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BMTC women employees to get self-defence training

The Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) has initiated a special training on gender sensitization for all the staff employees and a self-defence training for the female employees to make them strong and resilient for tackling any form of sexual harassment at work. According to an official release, BMTC stated its objective to make meaningful intervention…

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Media in the time of COVID-19

The year 2020 has been a bearer of terrible news from the day it began its journey on the calendar. Horrifying forest fires in Australia, deaths of eminent international personalities, unfortunate incidents and the most unexpected of all – a global pandemic in form of the COVID-19 outbreak. With confirmed cases crossing 4.5 million across…

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Trivendra Singh Rawat launches the debut of Uttarakhand’s Nayar Valley Adventure Sports festival

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat initiated on Thursday the inauguration ceremony of the debut of the Nayar Valley Adventure festival and also the National Paragliding Accurcay Competition based in Pauri. The sports festival was organized in Uttarakhand with the intent of attracting more adventure tourism for the state. The first ever festival of its…

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Jal Shakti Minister: India accomplished goal of toilets in every household 11 years prior to the target

Union Minister of Jal Shakti, Gajendra Singh Shekhawat said on World Toilet Day that India has already accomplished the United nations Sustainable Development Goal of having toilets in every household by 2030, being 11 years ahead in time for the target. Gajendra Singh addressed the reporters right after a virtual meeting held which consisted of…

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Bengaluru city police chief to interact with citizens live on Twitter this Saturday

Bengaluru city police commissioner Kamal Pant will be available live on Twitter by tagging the handle #AskCPBlr for live interaction with the citizens scheduled for this Saturday between 11 am to 12 noon. Kamal Pant took to Twitter to share the news, “Mark your calendars! Join me for another live session to discuss your concerns…

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