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Bengaluru Buzz: Zonal committees in BBMP? | Safety audits in schools | Unseasonal rains batter roads..and more

October 6, 2019 News Desk

State government plans to set up ‘zonal committees’ for further decentralisation of BBMP. The committees will include citizens and senior officials, and will decide on zonal works. Read more on what else happened in Bengaluru over the past week, in our roundup

Education

NIMHANS launches digital academy to help tackle India’s mental health crisis

July 13, 2018 Seema Prasad

In June 2018, NIMHANS, which has 5.5 lakh people from around the country seeking help at its doors annually, formally launched a digital academy that will impart virtual training to doctors around the country to address and treat common mental health disorders.

Education

Bangalore school rape incident triggers NIMHANS advisory on Child Abuse

July 22, 2014 News Desk

National Institute of Mental Health And Neuro-Sciences has sent an advisory to schools, parents, police and media to enable them to deal with a case of child sex abuse, in the right way.

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Health

Maximize child safety, minimize accidents

June 23, 2013 Chetan Ginigeri

Children are often involved in accidents that can be prevented. A pediatrician lists important precautions to keep kids safe.

Health

NIMHANS provides mental healthcare to local community

July 24, 2012 Abhishek Angad

A student facing board exams, a professional working with impossible deadlines or a homemaker in-charge of the household well being, everyone needs a bit of help in handling stress. NIMHANS now provides counselling in your neighbourhood.

Society

Are you alert to child abuse?

March 30, 2008 Sindhu Kashyap

A gynaecologist working with an NGO in Koramangala says that 30-40 per cent of her cases involve child sexual abuse. Children do not lie about such abuse, she says, and asks parents to be alert.

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