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Bus travel in times of COVID: How BMTC can accommodate senior citizens

August 28, 2020 Prajwal N and Prof. Ajay Bailey

COVID has posed many barriers to senior citizens’ use of buses. A recent study indicates five measures BMTC can take to remove these barriers and ease commute for seniors again.

Opinion: “Use technology, repurpose Volvos to boost bus services in Bengaluru”

August 12, 2020 Shraddha Goled

BMTC’s services and ridership have reduced drastically during COVID. How can these be brought back to pre-COVID levels while also ensuring passengers’ safety?

Bengaluru marches to promote scientific temper

August 10, 2019 News Desk

Around 200 scientists, teachers and citizens participated in a march in the city today, to promote scientific temper. Taking science to common citizens, solutions to Bengaluru’s water crisis were among the topics discussed at the event

Bellandur student wins international science contest

July 28, 2017 Shilpi Sahu

Vikhyath Mondreti, a class 10 student from Greenwood High International School Bangalore, was part of the winning team in an innovation challenge conducted by the New York Academy of Sciences as part of their Junior

Governance

Don’t panic – these mobile apps can get you out of danger

October 16, 2013 Bosky Khanna

GPS-enabled smartphone can be your best friend in crisis. It can send SOS messages and calls during crisis, and send your location details to your prime contacts – just with the help of an app.

Education

NIAS: Expanding the borders of knowledge

March 10, 2013 Shamala Kittane Subramanyan

In the concluding part of our series, take a look at a destination that leads scholars to acquire knowledge across disciplines and apply it to solve real-life problems.

Time to move out of caves and itoilet train?

January 22, 2013 Reshmi Chakraborty

For a generation of kids adroitly handling mummy’s smartphone, gadgets could well help with life skills training, but are there enough takers? Reshmi Chakraborty shares her findings.

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A day to shoot the city

April 14, 2010 News Desk

Pick up your camera and join other shutterbugs for a day filled with photography in your favourite city and capture it at its best (or worst!).