November 2021

  KARNATAKA   Karnataka received 249% excess rain in November   In an all-time record, Karnataka received 249% excess rainfall in November, which caused flash floods and widespread damage to crops and infrastructure. Bengaluru recorded 224mm rainfall in November — 329% above normal. In the past 100 years, only twice before has the city had more rain … Read more

KARNATAKA   Only a third of Karnataka women ever used internet, shows survey   Only about a third of Karnataka women have ever used the internet, while not more than half of them spent over 10 years in school, the latest round of national family health survey (NFHS-5) revealed, even as some other indicators in the state … Read more

KARNATAKA   Panchayats Offer Mysuru Declaration Services   On November 22, 2021, delegates from 16 states signed the “Mysuru Declaration” during a “National Consultative Workshop on Citizen Charter & Delivery of Services by Panchayats.” Highlights: These states agreed to implement Common Minimum Service Delivery by Panchayats in India beginning April 1, 2022. The Mysuru Declaration … Read more

KARNATAKA Karnataka students among 10,000 NEET toppers double in 2 years The number of students from Karnataka among those securing the top 10,000 ranks in NEET-UG has more than doubled this year from pre-Covid times — 436 state students made it to the 1-10,000 bracket as compared to 351 in 2020 and 198 in 2019. The number … Read more

  KARNATAKA   Calls for joint efforts between Goa, Maharashtra, K’taka for tiger conservation in Wester Ghats region   Camera traps inside the Mhadei Wildlife Sanctuary have revealed that the male tiger, which has been repeatedly captured on camera, also moves in the neighbouring forested areas of Maharashtra and Karnataka. A year-long occupancy study in the Sahyadri Konkan corridor … Read more

  KARNATAKA   Karnataka govt forms task force to develop R&D policy   The state government has formed a task force to develop the state’s research and development policy. Ashok Shettar, the vice-chancellor of KLE Technological University, will lead the task force as its chairman. The task force is made up of 13 people from various walks … Read more

  KARNATAKA   Karnataka celebrates Kanakadasa Jayanthi   Karnataka celebrated “Kanakadasa Jayanthi” on November 22, 2021 to pay tribute to Shri Kanaka Dasa, who was the 15th century poet, saint and social reformer. On the occasion, Chief Minister Basavaraja Bommai garlanded the photograph of Kanaka Dasa in Bengaluru.   Kanaka Dasa had advocated social equality … Read more

  KARNATAKA   Schools with poor enrolment to merge in Karnataka   In a bid to draw more children to state-run schools, the Karnataka government is planning to set up a ‘model school’ in every gram panchayat by merging local schools, where number of new admissions is mostly in single digit currently. Teaching and non teaching staff … Read more

  KARNATAKA   Bengaluru ranked ‘Fastest Mover’ mega city; 28th in cleanliness   Notwithstanding the flak it gets on the cleanliness front, Bengaluru bagged a top Swachh City Award as the Centre announced its Swachh Survekshan-2021 survey results. The city is ranked first as the Fastest Mover Mega City, in the 40 lakh plus population category. The tech capital … Read more

    KARNATAKA Number of children out of schools in Karnataka plummets to 1.6%   In a positive sign for Karnataka, the number of children in the 6-14 age group, who are not enrolled in school, dropped to 1.6% in 2021 from 6.2% in 2020. However, the number is still much higher than pre-Covid days when … Read more