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Mehak Luthra

🚖 Cab crisis in the city

Bengaluru May 20, 2022

All of us already know how hard it is to get a taxi in the rain. Now tag that along with unempathetic company policies and we’ve got ourselves a statistical anomaly.

💧 Scarcities in access to water

Bengaluru May 20, 2022

Several families living in Bengaluru slums have to buy water in pots due to their lack of access to water. One family said that they buy 20 pots of water for ₹2 each.

🏥 Bengaluru to get its own AIIMS

Bengaluru May 20, 2022

The Centre has finally given Karnataka the green signal to set up an All India Institute Of Medical Science (AIIMS) in the state.

AIIMS in Bengaluru

Newsletters May 20, 2022

In today's edition: 1. Exploitative labour stands; 2. Cab crisis; 3. Water scarcity; 4. AIIMS in Bengaluru; 5. Things to do

🚕 The plight of debt-ridden drivers

Bengaluru May 19, 2022

The rising fuel prices and falling earnings of cab drivers in the city have made them more vulnerable to unhinged loan sharks.