Oct 2019

KARNATAKA   ●      New industrial policy will focus on encouraging backward sections     The new industrial policy to be announced shortly would focus on providing more facilities and incentives to encourage members of the backward sections to take up industrial activities and push the industrial hubs to the two-tier cities.   The existing industrial … Read more

KARNATAKA     Karnataka must adopt zero death strategy to combat Kyasanur Forest Disease, says expert   Kyasanur Forest Disease (KFD) or monkey fever continues to haunt parts of Shivamogga. Though KFD season begins from November to May (winter to summer) the virus exists in the nature and good surveillance will help early detection of … Read more

  KARNATAKA   Karnataka: Fuel prices, Andhra Pradesh’s booze ban could boost state revenues   Faced with a resource crunch, the Karnataka government is hoping for a rise in revenue thanks to rising fuel prices and neighbouring Andhra Pradesh’s move to prohibit liquor sales in some parts there.   The Andhra government on Tuesday decided … Read more

KARNATAKA   After Jamkhandi, demand for Indi to be made separate district   As state reforms report said that smaller districts help in better administration.   The demand for separate districts in the State is now growing with many leaders calling for bifurcation of districts to carve new ones.     Indi was one of … Read more

KARNATAKA   Karnataka first state in South to moot NRC   The government in Karnataka has proposed introducing the National Register of Citizens (NRC), thus becoming the first state in southern India to consider the controversial move to weed out illegal immigrants. After Assam released its NRC list in August, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, Haryana and Uttarakhand have also pitched for NRC.   The … Read more

KARNATAKA   ISRO to celebrate ‘World Space Week’ with 7 academic institutions in Karnataka   As a part of World Space Week program, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has joined hands with seven academic institutions across Karnataka to spread information and knowledge about the benefits of space science and technologies to the student community.   … Read more

KARNATAKA   Karnataka produces second largest number of PhDs   Karnataka produces the second largest number of PhDs in the country — 5,020 PhDs were awarded in 2018, of which 1,821 were for women   Tamil Nadu tops the list with 5,844 PhDs, and Uttar Pradesh is third with 3,996. The total number of students awarded PhD-level … Read more