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KARNATAKA Breakfast scheme for over 2,400 pourakarmikas to be scrapped The Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has decided to cancel the tender of the breakfast scheme for over 2,400 pourakarmikas. The breakfast scheme for the pourakarmikas was launched in November 2019. A few members raised the issue saying that the quality of … Read more
KARNATAKA Open book exam system for primary education on anvil in Karnataka The state government is contemplating to bring changes in the elementary education examination system. It is mulling to introduce open book exam systems from Std I to V. Currently, students write exams without seeing books. This makes the students look guilty … Read more
KARNATAKA Karnataka CM lays foundation stone for 108-feet tall statue of Bengaluru founder Kempegowda Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa laid the foundation stone for the 108 feet tall bronze statue of Bengaluru founder Kempegowda near the state capital’s international airport. The statue will cost around 78 crore rupees and is likely to be … Read more
Fifth edition of India-UK joint military exercise ‘Ajeya Warrior’ The fifth edition of India-UK joint military exercise ‘Ajeya Warrior’ will be conducted at Salisbury Plains, United Kingdom from February 13 to 26 The aim of this exercise is to conduct company level joint training with emphasis on counter-terror operations in urban and semi-urban areas. Training … Read more
KARNATAKA Bengaluru looks to Goa for help to eliminate rabies Inspired by the partial success of Goa’s anti-rabies vaccination (ARV) drive, a team of government veterinarians from Bengaluru in Karnataka visited Goa recently to understand the modalities of the project.India’s Garden City has set its sights on becoming rabies-free by 2025. Goa’s Short Scheme for Mission Rabies received national … 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 · Kodagu floods: Karnataka to seek ₹3,000-crore aid from Centre ð Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy will submit an interim report on the Kodagu floods to the Centre. ð Mr. Kumaraswamy said he would meet Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh in New Delhi and seek a ₹3,000-crore package as immediate relief for … Read more
KARNATAKA Mobile app to survey 2.2 crore farm plots in kharif, rabi seasons With conventional methods of crop survey reporting glaring differences between the estimation and actual production of crops or loss across Karnataka, the State Cabinet on Friday decided to conduct a crop survey of all farm plots through a mobile phone app during … Read more
KARNATAKA Karnataka State Open University gets UGC recognition The Karnataka State Open University(KSOU) has been granted recognition by the University Grants Commission(UGC) for the year 2018-2019. It has been granted permission to run courses for the 2018-19 to 2022-23 academic year. KSOU has not been granted UGC recognition till 2013-2014. This has caused a huge injustice to lakhs … Read more
KARNATAKA Karnataka: Soon, buy sand through new app Once the app is launched, the government intends to supply sand at a maximum rate of Rs 1,500 per tonne. The current market rate is close to Rs 3,250 to Rs 3,500 per tonne. Just about a month after the government launched a new sand policy, it … Read more