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KARNATAKA Kannada to be made mandatory from Class 1’ Starting from academic year 2018-19, students will be taught Kannada in all schools in the State, including private, linguistic minority, and Central board schools. Minister for Primary and Secondary Education Tanveer Sait, who made the announcement, said children would start learning the subject … Read more
KARNATAKA Three more airports in Karnataka Government has got in-principle approvals from the civil aviation ministry for airports in Hassan, Shivamogga and Vijayapura. Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri said his ministry has given “in-principle” approval for airports at Vijayapura (Rs 150 crore), Hassan (Rs 592 crore) and Shivamogga (Rs 39 crore). newer and smaller airlines … Read more
KARNATAKA CM to inaugurate mega water project in Gadag The ambitious drinking water supplyproject worth ₹1,049 crore aimed at covering 343 villages in Gadag district has been completed and Chief Minister Siddaramaiah will inaugurate it on March 22. under the project, completed within the stipulated time, water drawn from the Tungabhadra was being supplied … Read more
KARNATAKA KSRTC bags HUDCO award KSRTC has bagged prestigious “HUDCO award for best practices to improve the Living Environment-2018-19,” constituted by the Central Government. The corporation got this award for its initiative to introduce city bus services at Tier II & III cities. It carries a cash prize of Rs 1 lakh … Read more
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
INTERNATIONAL Netherlands joins Solar Alliance The Netherlands has become the 64th signatory member of the International Solar Alliance (ISA). The joint statement issued hailed the Netherlands as India’s “Gateway to Europe”. India also welcomed the Netherlands as the Partner Country for the TechSummit in 2019. Barbados elects Mia Mottley as … Read more
KARNATAKA Excise Department to review liquor licence suspension With wine merchants across the State raising a hue and cry over the implementation of the model code of conduct and seeking the intervention of the Election Commission on the suspension of hundreds of liquor licences, the Excise Department has decided to review the cases and … Read more
KARNATAKA IIM-Bengaluru ranks third in MOOC performance among B-Schools globally Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB) secured the third rank in the global list of Top Business Schools of 2020 by MOOCLab. This was the maiden ranking for business schools globally who are offering MOOCs (massive online open courses) courses. HEC Paris … Read more
KARNATAKA ₹29,000 crore for SC/ST Sub-Plan works The State government has set aside ₹29,000 crore for more than three dozen departments for implementing hundreds of programmes during 2018–19 under the Karnataka Scheduled Castes Sub-Plan and Tribal Sub-Plan (Planning, Allocation, and Utilisation of Financial Resources) Act, 2013. Under the plan, there is a provision for … Read more