Shilpa Elizabeth

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A principal correspondent with The Hindu Digital, Shilpa reports on startups, civic issues, and everything Bengaluru. A trained Tabla artist, she claims her hobbies to be reading, painting and music, but spends most of her time binge-watching murder mysteries or annoying her dog.

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Karnataka Gig and Platform Workers’ Convention was held in Bengaluru on Wednesday.

Include access to washrooms, safeguards against customer misbehaviour in draft Bill, say women gig workers

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Bangalore at the beginning of the 20th century.

From electricity to Electronics City: Tracing Bengaluru’s journey to becoming the tech capital

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Around 2 lakh gig workers reportedly work with platforms such as Swiggy, Zomato, Uber, Ola, Urban Company, Porter, Dunzo, Amazon and Flipkart in Bengaluru alone. File

What does the Karnataka Bill promise gig workers? | Explained

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The draft Bill proposes establishing a Gig Workers Welfare Board and a Karnataka Gig Workers’ Social Security and Welfare Fund.

Gig workers laud new draft Bill, but feel there’s room for improvement

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During the first wave of Covid-19 and the subsequent lockdown there was a massive exodus of migrant workers who moved back to their villages in the absence of jobs. Now that the factories were reopening there was a dire need for labour

Tech-driven transparency: Bengaluru start-up aims to transform informal jobs into formal opportunities

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Watch: Are Bengaluru’s lakes monsoon-ready?

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Lately more funds seem to be emerging with a dedicated focus on student start-ups.

Breaking the ‘class’ ceiling: Student-focused funds help campus start-ups take wings

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Farmlands outside Heelalige lake.

Floods in Anekal taluk: Residents, farmers blame NGO for ‘shoddy’ lake work

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Boson Whitewater Team testing the water quality and storing water for months to measures quality for long duration of time under closed conditions.

Water reborn: Bengaluru start-up offers a lesson in sustainability

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Uncleared Garbage dumped by the side of rainwater drain inlet to the pond, at Doddakallasandra Lake in Southern Bengaluru, on Kanakapura Road.

The rains are here, but are Bengaluru’s lakes monsoon-ready?

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Uncleared Garbage was dumped by the side of rainwater drain inlet to the pond, at Doddakallasandra Lake in Southern Bengaluru, on Kanakapura Road.

Activists fear Bengaluru’s lakes are not monsoon ready

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“Neurodivergent means they experience the world differently, and hence, the way they interact with the world is different from people who are neurotypical,” says Merry Barua.

Aligning climate justice with disability justice

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Prototype of Sirinor’s electric engine.

Taking off on the wings of an electric dream

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Saraswathi Kasturirangan, Chief Happiness Officer at Deloitte India

We need to hire and retain more women, build a pipeline of future women leaders: Saraswathi Kasturirangan

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