The Latest Breaking News from Karnataka

Opposition to NCF proposal of conducting board exams twice a year by educationists and parents due to lack of clarity and potential to create exam pressure. NCF aims to make board exams ‘easier’ and assess understanding and competencies. Karnataka to file objection to Ministry of Education, while NEP withdrawal in…

Kalyana Karnataka region faces teacher shortage crisis as govt allows inter-divisional transfer of teachers, leaving 464 schools with zero teachers. Raichur worst-hit with 981 transfers & only 4 teachers coming in. Koppal & Yadgir also affected. Govt to appoint guest teachers temporarily & 13,000 permanent teachers soon. Activist calls for…

ICMR-National Institute of Traditional Medicine (ICMR-NITM) held an orientation programme for officials of the State governments of Karnataka and Goa, on the ‘Role of laboratory in Disease Surveillance with special reference to outbreaks of Acute Diarrhoeal Diseases’ in Belagavi on Sunday.

Eye donation and pledging in Karnataka got a big boost in the last two years following Kannada actor Puneeth Rajkumar’s donation that gave the gift of sight to four people. Under the National Programme for Control of Blindness and Visual Impairment, the National Eye Donation fortnight is observed annually from…

The commission will investigate purchase and procurement of medicines, COVID-19 management equipment, Rapid Antigen Test kits, besides purchase and distribution of ventilators and oxygen maintenance by the Health and Medical Education departments. It will also enquire into the deaths due to oxygen crisis and other issues that had made national…

This Onam, Wayanad district in Kerala is tapping its tourism potential with innovative floriculture projects set up by civic bodies, farmers groups, and other organisations. The Sulthan Bathery Municipality has launched a project to attract tourists to the town, while a tribal group in Noolpuzha has set up a garden…

Mandya hosts unique 'Bellada Parishe' initiative to promote jaggery production. It is organised by Ministry of Food Processing, Karnataka govt, KAPPEC, KABDC, district admin & zilla panchayat. Farmers, entrepreneurs, SHGs, jaggery producers to benefit from event. Exhibition, scientific info from CSIR-CFTRI, NIFTEM, IIMR. Focus on organic jaggery production to help…

Karnataka HC commutes death penalty of Saibanna to life sentence due to inordinate delay in mercy plea process & illegal solitary confinement for 10 yrs. Liberty to submit application for remission to State govt.

While a majority of the nominees belong to Andhra Pradesh, the Government of Maharashtra is successful in securing four berths in the board as against three each by the governments of Tamil Nadu and Telangana, and two by Karnataka. Six of the 24-member trustees have retained their berths in the…

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For 3 yrs, onion growers in Karnataka have faced low returns due to unpredictable weather. This yr, 40% of farmers in Chitradurga decided not to grow onions. Govt's 40% duty on exports further discouraged farmers. To pacify farmers, govt announced record price of ₹2,410/quintal for onions. Farmers now await this…