In another sad demise of a private doctor from Hassan dying due to Covid-19 on Wednesday, no compensation or relief measures will be directed to his family. He is the 42nd private doctor in the state who died on-duty. The Government provides compensation to the government doctors under PM Garib Kalyan Package Insurance Scheme and…
As per the government report released on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the data reveals that Karnataka has quite lower representation of women in the public services and higher levels of government job. According to the SDG index, Karnataka has the seventh rank in India for gender equality. However, the same does not follow in terms…
After investigating the flood-affected regions, BBMP Commissioner N Manjunatha Prasad has confirmed that the flood victims will be provided with compensation and are asked to address their joint commissioners. Prasad had assessed the Dasarahalli area, particularly the Nelagadaranahalli’s storm water drain. Water has overflown through the narrow drains and 1,000 houses and roads are affected…
Strongly focusing on digitization, the Karnataka state government is going to provide smartphones to 60,000 Anganwadi teachers and make them tech-savvy Following the guidelines of the Poshan Abhiyan scheme of the Union government, it is mandatory to feed the updates of the activities done on a regular basis on a national portal called Common Application…
As per an order passed by the first ACMM court on Monday, actress Ragini Dwivedi will be kept in judicial custody till September 28 and the police custody of Sanjjanaa Galrani will be further extended for the next three days. The Central Crime Branch (CCB) had placed a request to the court for a five…
For the first time, the Karnataka government will have disincentives for the farmers growing wrong crops. If this proposal is put into action, then there will be no subsidy or loan waiver or benefits for the farmers who will grow crops which are not inherently based on the location. The Department of Planning, Programme Monitoring…
As the Covid-19 cases surge in Bengaluru, the city is having a shortage of the ICU beds as the private hospitals are stepping down from their commitment of providing bed supply. Tushar Girinath, the IAS official, managing the beds in Bengaluru, said, “The number of patients and the ICU beds had been balanced up till…
BBMP administrator Gaurav Gupta paid a visit near the Manyata Tech Park for inspecting the affected regions and assessing the absolute damage invoked by the floods hit on Tuesday. Manyata Tech Park was highly impacted due to flash-floods. Gupta instructed the other authorities to search the other regions impacted. BBMP chief engineer BS Prahlad briefed…
The Karnataka Government will soon introduce a website for resolving all the issues and queries encountered by the potential entrepreneurs and businessmen connected to the industries, according to the official statement released by the Jagadish Shettar on Saturday. Major and Medium Industries Minister, Jagadish Shettar inaugurated the Karnataka Chapter of the Foreign Investor Council. During…
The National Investigating Agency (NIA) has given the Karnataka High Court the due information that it will be investigating two cases connected to riots on August 11 as instructed by the Centre. When the petition for the investigation was being heard, as suggested by the public prosecutor for NIA, the bench under chief justice Abhay…
