Articles by Bhanu Sridharan

Rainfall patterns in Bengaluru are increasingly unpredictable, but the city can be self-sufficient in water with a few simple fixes.

The health department said they conducted awareness campaigns, larval surveillance, and spraying for mosquito larvae across the city.

Citizens, rights groups demand removal of 2022 police order restricting protests to Freedom Park in Bengaluru. They say the order is unconstitutional.

Dengue mosquitoes can breed in as little as 5 ml of stagnant water. Bengaluru is full of potential breeding sites for these mosquitoes.

Rising dengue cases are sparking concern in Bengaluru. Bangalore East, South worst among the BBMP divisions, as per data.

If 2022 was a deluge, 2023 may be a damp squib. Could El Nino and La Nina explain the city’s changing rainfall patterns?

To better understand Bengaluru’s rainfall patterns, we looked at IMD rainfall data, from 1900-August 2023. This is what we found.

The UGC guidelines around SC/ST cells have undergone multiple changes in 2023. Since the nineties, SC/ST cells have been mandatory in all colleges.

Cash transfers are done to Aadhar Enabled Bank Accounts of the head of the household as listed on ration cards. But the process is not so smooth.

The BBMP has come up with 225 wards this year. The public has two weeks to register objections to the new ward boundaries.

Under the revamped Anna Bhagya scheme, beneficiaries will now receive 3 kgs of rice, 2 kgs of ragi, and Rs 170 in cash per person

Domestic Workers’ Rights Union invited a group of eminent people to make a set of recommendations the union could take up.