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KARNATAKA Advanced technology from Israel to boost farming Minister for Agriculture Shivashankar Reddy has said that Israel’s advanced technology will be implemented in farming in select places, called model areas, in the State for the efficient management of water and the project will be announced in the budget. Advanced technology will be … Read more
KARNATAKA Karnataka to get a standardised State anthem soon Karnataka will soon get a standardised ‘Naada Geethe’of 150 seconds duration. It is thanks to Kannada Sahitya Parishat, the representative body of Kannadigas, for stepping in to end the 15-year old controversy over the length and standardisation of the State anthem. The first … Read more
KARNATAKA National Horticulture Fair 2020 concluded in Bengaluru It focused on creating awareness about the nutrition and vertical gardening for nutritional security and accentuated the need for horticulture-based integrated farming systems. Highlights: The fair addressed the malnutrition problem in the country. 8 farmers representing Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Mizoram, Odisha, and Tamil Nadu were felicitated for their … Read more
KARNATAKA Karnataka government appointed 4 AAGs The Karnataka governmenthas appointed 4 Additional Advocates Generals (AAGs) to represent the government in the Principal Bench of the High Court of Karnataka. The AAGs are A.S. Ponnanna, N. Dinesh Rao, Sandesh J. Chouta, and Nitin Ramesh. The permanent Benches are at Dharwad and Kalaburagi. Advocate I.S. Pramod Chandra has … Read more
KARNATAKA Bengaluru’s proposed 102km elevated corridor to cost 26,000 cr Bengaluru’s Elevated Corridor Project, covering a distance of 102 kilometreswith six corridors, is estimated to cost between ₹25,000 and ₹26,000 The proposed elevated corridors along with the Peripheral Ring Road are proposed as the answers to decongest the city’s roads. The project, expected to be completed … Read more
KARNATAKA More than 200 Pocso cases in Mysuru district yet to be resolved Against a backdrop of the judges of the Supreme Court contemplating revision of the quantum of sentences, and the nature of punishment, to criminals guilty of abusing children, the poor conviction rate in Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) … Read more
KARNATAKA 3 years on, Centre’s coastal tourism plan for Karnataka yet to take off More than three years after the Union tourism ministry sanctioned Rs 95.7 crore for developing Karnataka’s coastal tourism circuit, work is yet to begin, say sources in the state tourism department. Detailed project report (DPR) for the circuit — to be developed … Read more
KARNATAKA Mining rehab plans unviable, Karnataka can’t access Rs 25,000 crore The government literally has Rs 24,997 crore on tap to develop three mining-ravaged districts of Ballari, Tumakuru and Chitradurga, but it cannot lay hands on the cash as it has not been able to present a viable revival plan to the Supreme … Read more
KARNATAKA urged to open procurement centres Pointing at green gram and black gram being sold at prices less than the minimum support price (MSP) fixed by the Union government, leaders of the Karnataka Prantha Raitha Sangha (KPRS), the Karnataka Prantha Krishi Koolikarara Sangha, (KPKKS) and the Centre of Indian Trade Unions have demanded … Read more
KARNATAKA Karnataka: Study launched to analyse jab effect on pandemic The health and family welfare department has launched a study on the vaccination status of those who died of Covid-19 from March 1 this year. Karnataka recorded 23,820 Covid deaths since March 1 till date, the state’s daily Covid bulletins show. The pan-Karnataka study will factor … Read more