july 2018

KARNATAKA   Incubation centre opened at KLE Technological University   Minister for IT, BT, Science and Technology K.J. George inaugurated the ESDN/VLSI Incubation Centre at KLE Technological University   The centre is another initiative by KLE Technological University (KLETU), which has been playing a major role in building an entrepreneurial ecosystem in north Karnataka. Together … Read more

KARNATAKA   Belagavi gets K-TECH Innovation Hub   Belagavi moved a step closer to becoming a smart city by getting its own innovation hub.   The government decided to establish these facilities in tier II cities to leverage the existing manufacturing clusters and the local human resource available in the academic and industrial bodies.   … Read more

KARNATAKA   Mission Indradhanush launched in Yadgir, Raichur districts   The first round of Mission Indradhanush, an initiative launched by the Union Health Ministry, as a special drive to vaccinate all unimmunised and partially-immunised children and pregnant women by 2020, under the Universal Immunisation Programme (UIP), was launched in Yadgir and Raichur .   The Indradhanush … Read more

KARNATAKA   Wipro will start BPO operations in Mysuru by year-end   Information Technology major Wipro is expected to start its BPO operations here by the end of the year, giving IT and ITES (Information Technology-Enabled Services) operations a boost.   Wipro was launching BPO operations in Mysuru under the Centre’s India BPO Promotion Scheme. … Read more

KARNATAKA State yet to make no-bag day a must   Students in State syllabus schools will have to continue to bear the burden on their backs as the government is yet to issue an order on making no-bag day mandatory once a week. The Department of Public Instruction in January this year mooted the idea … Read more

KARNATAKA   Farm loan waiver quantum jumps to ₹40,000 crore   The quantum of the Janata Dal (Secular)–Congress coalition government’s much-discussed farm loan waiver is now about ₹40,000 crore — a jump from ₹34,000 crore announced in the State Budget.   While the budget announcement had set the eligibility of crop loans taken between April … Read more

KARNATAKA   Union govt. defends sugar price control measures   Defending its sugar price control measures, the Union government on Monday told the Karnataka High Court that imposition of stock holding limit on sugar mills along with prescribing the minimum price of ₹29 per kg for sale in domestic market is one of the pillars … Read more

KARNATAKA   Infosys Foundation contribute Rs 200 crore to the Bengaluru Metro   For the construction of Konappana Agrahara Metro Station (Electronics City) as well as for laying railway tracks, Infosys Foundation would contribute Rs 200 croreto the Bengaluru Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. Both parties would sign an MoU on July 19. The estimated cost of the elevated rail … Read more

KARNATAKA   HAL signed MoU with BBMP for the infrastructure project   The Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) and Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) signed a MoU for facilitating the right of use of land for the corridor for the proposed signal-free corridorfrom Vellara junction to Hope Farm Junction. HAL handed over 3,100 sq.m. to the BBMP for the 17.5-km signal-free … Read more

KARNATAKA   Nearly 10,000 applications pending under RTI   The pendency of applications under Right To Information (RTI) Act has been reduced in the State and at present around 10,000 applications are pending.   Earlier in the day he disposed of 16 of 30 cases which came before the commission, most pertaining to officials not providing requisite … Read more