march 2023

KARNATAKA     Karnataka elections: Survey finds 57% of respondents want to change state government     An exclusive survey-cum-opinion poll conducted by CVoter in Karnataka ahead of the May 10 assembly elections reveals that as many as 57 per cent of the respondents are angry with the state government and want to change it. … Read more

KARNATAKA     Panels for safe environment for kids in villages     The Karnataka State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (KCPCR) chairman Naganna Gowda on Tuesday announced village level committees composed of social activists, representatives of NGOs, locals, etc to create a safe environment for kids in the village level, which will be monitored by gram panchayat and district-level … Read more

KARNATAKA     NITK inks MoU with NJB to develop geo-cell products from Jute       The National Institute of Technology Karnataka (NITK) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the National Jute Board (NJB), Ministry of Textiles, Government of India, to develop technology to make Geo-Cell products from jute and standardize them for various engineering applications. The … Read more

KARNATAKA   Karnataka draft education plan for kids aged 3-8 out; focus on ‘learning via play’    Departments of school education and literacy, and women and child development have released the draft of Karnataka State Curriculum Framework for Foundational Stage, in keeping with National Education Policy (NEP) for pupils in the age group of three to eight … Read more

KARNATAKA     Centre approves nearly Rs 700 cr for NH widening project in Karnataka    The Centre has approved a sum of Rs 698.08 crore for the widening of the Belur to Hassan section of NH373, with the addition of paved shoulders, in Karnataka, Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari said. “This project, executed under the NH(O) Annual … Read more

KARNATAKA     Dakshina Kannada will have 100 uniquely themed polling stations   Even as political parties are gearing up for the election battle, the district administrations are working towards increasing the poll percentage in the upcoming assembly election. Dakshina Kannada zilla panchayat, through the Systematic Voters’ Education and Electoral Participation (SVEEP) programme, has decided to … Read more

KARNATAKA     Karnataka to get 2 new cybersecurity labs       The home department will set up two cybersecurity forensic labs with exclusive focus on cybercrime in Shivamogga and Tumakuru. The Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) is awaiting a final order from the government in this regard. In the recently presented budget, chief minister … Read more

KARNATAKA       Allocate 6% of GDP to education, says Students’ Islamic Organisation of India, Karnataka With state assembly elections approaching, the Students’ Islamic Organisation (SIO) of India, Karnataka, has released its manifesto, asking political parties to allocate 6% of the state’s gross domestic product (GDP) for education in the annual budget. While reiterating that 50% … Read more

KARNATAKA     Karnataka to launch training programmes for 2 lakh teachers In what could be one of the biggest teacher training programmes by the education department, Samagra Shikshana Karnataka (SSK) is set to roll out Karmayogi Shikshak programme “with an aim to reawaken the pride of teachers”. The programme is likely to cover around 2 lakh teachers from … Read more

KARNATAKA     In Karnataka, forest department battles to douse fires With rising temperatures and increasing incidents of forest fires, the forest staff are busy dousing several forest fires in the last 10 days. A majority of them are learnt to be creeping fires. It is learnt the forest staff, along with locals, were successful … Read more