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On the event of International Women's Day 20118, the Delhi Government takes another initiative for women’s safety, launching Panic Alarms in buses and have launched the pilot batch of this project. This project of installing alarm systems in all the buses is expected to be completed in one years time.How does this work?This Panic button system has a near perfect design that will help women raise a buzz against abuse they face. It will help gain the attention of the public where the accused can be easily caught.There will be four panic buttons installed in four different places on a ... Read More

The Kempegowda International Airport, shortly known as KIA of Bangalore which has been widely applauded as a high-flyer International Airport having considerable passenger growth for 2017, this has also got another feather in its crown now.KIA has bagged the second place in Airport service quality (ASQ) rankings, as reported by Airports Council International (ACI).Who Ranks Them?ACI is a trade association of the world’s airports. They collect data from the customers of all airports, over the course of the year in a worldwide program of evaluating airports depending on the customer feedback. According to the feedbacks, 34 key performance factors, such ... Read More

SBI announces slashing its charges for not maintaining minimum balance by 75% which will be effective from April 1st, 2018. SBI has previously announced that the Metro and Urban customers are requested to maintain Rs. 3000 minimum balance from October 1, 2017. Customers in semi-urban areas were required to maintain RS. 2000 monthly balance and rural branches required customers to have a minimum balance of Rs. 1, 000.The charges being levied for non-maintenance of minimum balance was a bit high which were slashed down by 75% after considering the view of various stakeholders. The freshly revised average monthly balances for ... Read More

The fourth estate which has to be responsible and should abide by its rules and ethics seems to be crossing its bounds these days. It is, of course, important for any TV channel or media to get a rating and increase its viewership for its channel to gain good popularity and income. But still, they have to follow some ethics which are utterly important for the welfare of people as well as the channel.Some of the common ethics to be followed are:No content that harms the harmony of the society is to be displayed.No content dishonoring the honorable members of ... Read More

How can a politically funded media channel avoid yellow journalism when a substantial part of yellow journalism is fostered and fueled by a large segment of politicians? And yet, it is also true that segments of the media that haven't compromised their integrity are the ones that keep the politicians in check. I must also add that many journalists have paid the ultimate price and have been murdered for daring to confront politicians. This segment of the media is what keeps most of the politicians in check although it needs to be admitted that some politicians are truly honest and ... Read More

Everybody knows the parking troubles in metro cities. After accomplishing the great task of driving in the traffic and reaching the destination starts the real challenge, how to get a good and hassle-free parking place. The parking places provided by the Commercial complexes, shops, and malls are charging huge parking fee without considering the duration and purpose of visit.In view of all these, Telangana Government came up with a Government Order, MS.No.63 on 20.03.2018. Much to the relief of the vehicle users, the government has issued orders considering duration and purpose of the visit made.Up to first 30 mins − ... Read More

Nowadays we read so much news online, especially in our social media, we get confused which is genuine and which is a hoax. There is a whole lot of fake news which is created and circulated deliberately to grab the attention of readers and draw views. Many news may appear to be true but can be very distractive and dangerous too.Usually, these stories are created to influence people in a wrong way or to grab public attention and divert them from reality. Most of the fake news is propagated by political parties to grab publicity and cause political infusion.It is ... Read More

Do you think it was an easy task to revive back a river declared ‘dead’ for almost ten years? But the villagers of Alappuzha district have made it possible with their strong willpower and physical strength.After 70 days of back-breaking effort, the 700-strong local group of villagers, mostly women, have waded through the toxic waste and physically cleaned the river and resuscitated life into it. In the process, many have fallen ill with deadly water-borne diseases but have not yielded to stop. They have physically de-silt and cleaned the river, and made the impossible dream turn into reality.The Kuttemperoor River ... Read More

The major changes in the process of passports announced by the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) have come up as a great relief to the citizens who are applying for a new passport. The committee came up with a new set of rules from June 2018.Let us look at the list of proposed passport changes.The last page of the Passport will not have residential information − The last page of the passport which has the details of the residential information of a person will no longer be printed. However, the information will be collected and remains in the government database. ... Read More

The Supreme court's verdict on allowing women of all ages into the shrine of Sabarimala has come as a disappointment to millions of devotees of Ayyappa. Women between the age of 10 - 50 (basically the menstruating age) are prohibited into the temple to protect the deity's celibacy. One should understand that the restriction is imposed by the religion (or practiced for the past 1000 years) because of the nature of the deity worshipped there and not because of any discriminatory attitude towards women.There are many religions who practice such discrimination towards women in particular areas. They should be respected ... Read More