Oct 2020

KARNATAKA     At Rs 10,000 crore, Karnataka got India’s highest FDI in April-June Karnataka got more than Rs 24,000 crore ($3,254 million) in foreign direct investment (FDI) between January and June 2020 — second highest in the country after Maharashtra, which raked in Rs 38,631 crore ($5,295m). A break-up of the data shows that in … Read more

KARNATAKA   Udupi’s CFR is lowest among K’taka dists   Udupi has the lowest Covid-19 case fatality rate (CFR) among all districts, but unlike Yadgir and Chitradurga, which also have a low CFR but refer critical cases to hospitals in Kalaburagi, Davanagere or Bengaluru, the coastal district handles all patients on its own.   Udupi had … Read more

KARNATAKA   Government school enrolment rises in rural Karnataka: Report Karnataka has seen a substantial increase in children joining government schools in the past two years, according to the Annual Status of Education Report (Rural) 2020 (Wave 1). The number of boys enrolling in rural Karnataka government schools in class 1 increased 15% to reach … Read more

KARNATAKA   State’s medical education hub set for regional centre of RGUHS Work on the third of four proposed regional centres mooted by Bengaluru-based Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS) got under way at Mangaluru. Kalaburagi regional centre of RGUHS is ready for inauguration. Preliminary work on Davangere regional centre has been initiated and the regional … Read more

KARNATAKA   Karnataka to build flatted factories that firms can rent Karnataka has identified some areas around Bengaluru and other districts to build flatted factories that can be leased out to industries for short or long periods. A flatted factory is a multistorey complex where groups of units/firms can run individual operations while sharing some common … Read more

KARNATAKA   Karnataka: Govt to set up trust to impart scientific education among Muslims   The BJP government in Karnataka has mooted a new trust to promote modern and scientific education among educationally backward Muslims. Though a proposal to set up Maulana Azad Scientific Education Centre at a cost of Rs 25 crore was placed before the … Read more