Bengaluru: In a country where a serious illness can wipe out years of household savings, Karnataka has quietly emerged as one of India’s better-performing states in protecting families from medical expenses.According to the latest National Health Accounts (NHA) estimates released last week, out-of-pocket expenditure (OOPE) for 2022-23 accounts for 29.2% of Karnataka’s total health expenditure…
Bengaluru: A routine home-cleaning booking turned into a costly cyber fraud for a city-based doctor, who lost Rs 1.7 lakh after contacting a fake customer care executive.According to the complaint filed by Dr Imtiaz Zafar, a resident of Lakkasandra in Wilson Garden, he had booked a cleaning service through the Urban Company app. The assigned…
Fire at Nagasandra Metro station Bengaluru: Panic gripped commuters at Nagasandra Metro station on the Green Line Sunday after a minor fire was noticed on a signboard near the station’s emergency exit. No casualties were reported.The fire was first noticed around 1.30pm. Metro staff rushed to the spot and attempted to contain it using fire…
Hospital Management System Bengaluru: Patients visiting govt hospitals in Karnataka may soon no longer need to carry previous prescriptions or medical records. The govt is preparing to roll out a statewide digital health record system that will enable doctors at healthcare facilities to access a patient’s medical history electronically. Access to the records will be…
Video grab showing lions, tigers, and leopards interacting with perfume-sprayed cloth pieces as part of an olfactory enrichment experiment at Bannerughatta Biological Park in Bengaluru Bengaluru: What if one of the world’s most effective enrichment tools for big cats wasn’t a specially designed wildlife product, but a commercial men’s perfume available off the shelf? As…
Bengaluru: Bannerghatta police have arrested four persons in connection with the murder of gym trainer Vijay Kumar, 32, whose decomposed body was found in Kaleshwari village near Jigani on June 10.The accused have been identified as Srirama, Sumith, Venkateshaiah, and Babu, all residents of Anekal.Vijay, a native of Mulbagal in Kolar district and a resident…
Bengaluru: Thousands of medical aspirants who appeared for re-NEET across 68 exam centres in Bengaluru Sunday experienced a day marked by chaos, anxiety, and contrasting emotions, with several candidates complaining that a difficult Physics paper had upset their expectations.By 11.30am, RC College on Race Course Road was among the busiest centres. Parents gathered outside alleged…
World Music Day celebrations in Bengaluru Bengaluru: It was not a regular Sunday at MG Road. Bengaluru’s bustling boulevard traded the familiar sounds of traffic to hurried footsteps for melodies, rhythms and applause as the Rangoli Metro Art Centre came alive with a day-long celebration of World Music Day.From classical ragas and folk tunes to…
Rescue operations at Balagere STP Bengaluru: Three days after a worker went missing inside the Balagere sewage treatment plant (STP), rescue teams said thick layers of silt, sludge, plastic waste, and accumulated sewage have emerged as the biggest obstacles to the search operation.Officials said the missing worker, Akhilesh, a 30-year-old from Bihar, is believed to…
Nighttime crime scene as police officers investigate the area (AI image) BELAGAVI: A man was killed after being hit on the head with a stone in Sankeshwar town of Hukkeri taluk on Saturday night.The husband of the woman who was in a relationship with the murdered man, and his friend committed the murder. The murdered…
