Bengaluru’s Kempegowda International Airport has launched 24/7 Covid-19 testing facility, which is a boost to the city’s Covid-19 testing amenities. The testing unit is an RT-PCR centre, right in the vicinity of the arrival terminal. The unit;s management and operations are under Bengaluru-origin Auriga Research Private Limited. According to an official statement released by Bangalore…
In the first phase of the Karnataka local body elections, polling has commenced for 3,019 gram panchayats on Tuesday. Over 50 percent villages in the state of Karnataka will be voting in the 23,706 booths during the Civid-19 pandemic. The voting started at 7 am and will go on till 5 pm in the evening….
The controversial legislation adhering to laws against cow slaughter will have a major impact for those working in butchery as well as the employment opportunities of thousands of skilled workers based in the leather industry. The Yediyurappa led Karnataka Government is all geared up to forward an ordinance which will solidify the Karnataka Prevention of…
Wistron Corp, the Taiwanese contract manufacturing company for Apple Inc has given the statement about the recent violence in the Karnataka unit will not be the cause of any significant impact on the company. On December 12, the workers at the Narsapura unit in Kolar district had created violence in the unit citing delay in…
Karnataka’s Covid-19 caseload took a drop further in the last week as compared to the state’s graph in the previous works. In the past seven days, the state of Karnataka recorded 8,059 cases, which has dropped by 345 cases as compared to the previous week. The low numbers are synchronizing with the case load recorded…
The Union Government on Sunday extended the permit to five states inclusive of Karnataka, for borrowing an additional Rs 16,728 crore on an aggregate from the open market post their completion in the ease of doing business reforms. The other four states in the permit list include Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Telangana….
A count of 431 trees, which include some being decades old, will bd chopped off from the road that connects Belatturu bridge and Koramangala Cross based in East Bengaluru taluk, to further widen the road, which will act as another bypass for the Kempegowda International Airport. The plan is for axing down 355 trees and…
Wistron, Apple’s contract manufacturer stated that some workers based in the Narasapur facility were not paid the wages at the right time or the amount was not proper. The company had initiated an internal inquiry regarding the unfortunate events and violence were incident in the previous week and it was discovered that there were lapses…
Karnataka High Court is deliberating on a PIL filed which appeals for the police department to obtain body-worn cameras for the police force. According to the person filing the PIL, this move will help to prevent the incidence of corruption in handling the cases and simultaneously add to the safety of the policemen. The petitioner…
The Karnataka government has issued an order to deduct some content from the social science textbooks of class 6th, as a move to resolve the issues triggered after the Brahmin Development Board filed a complaint about the context, stating it was an “insult” to the Brahmin community. Alongside, S Suresh Kumar, the Primary and Secondary…
