Topic: Karnataka
Karnataka CM Yediyurappa goes into home quarantine after staff tests positive for Covid
According to a close aide of the CM, his office-cum-residence has been sealed for 5 days for sanitisation. This is the second time the office has been shut due to Covid.
RCB homeground Chinnaswamy stadium to serve as Covid care centre in Bengaluru
The iconic stadium in Bengaluru spread across 18 acres is believed to have a seating capacity of 40,000, and 70-odd rooms.
Karnataka govt to deploy robots to help doctors monitor Covid patients
A US-based robotics company has been roped in by Karnataka government, and a trial run using robots at a Covid care facility begins Thursday.
Go online but don’t go overboard — how Karnataka panel wants govt to regulate classes
On 15 June, Karnataka government tasked a 14-member panel with studying the feasibility of online classes amid the pandemic. The panel submitted its report Tuesday.
Funded Congress’ cooker distribution in 2018, will spend for BJP win now: Karnataka minister
Targetting his former party’s Belagavi Rural MLA, Karnataka minister Ramesh Jarikholi says he had funded Laxmi Hebbalkar’s 2018 assembly poll campaign.
Bengaluru corporation is blamed as sudden Covid spike unravels city’s fight against virus
'Community transmission', lack of coordination and lax contact tracing are being cited for the surge in cases, with authorities laying the blame on the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike.
Why Kerala is spending Rs 1 crore on private weather agencies despite IMD providing data
Kerala officials say IMD data is not refined or specific enough to provide alerts at the block level, impeding disaster management.
Karnataka to make striking contracted doctors permanent, but with a performance rider
State Health Minister Sriramulu says contracted doctors’ other demand for a salary hike has already been met, and urges them to get back to fighting Covid-19.
Have beds, ventilators but no one to treat Covid patients — Bengaluru doctor in viral video
Dr Taha Mateen of HSB Hospital in Bengaluru says the facility isn't the only one facing a shortage of doctors and nurses to treat Covid-19 patients.
Congress puts up grand digital show as DK Shivakumar officially takes over as Karnataka chief
The party put up over 12,000 LEDs in 6,608 panchayats and connected with nearly 10 lakh people via Facebook, Zoom and regional channels.
Brahmin pride and pain flood Facebook after Vikas Dubey’s encounter killing
For many social media users, gangster Vikas Dubey was first and foremost a Brahmin — a ‘tiger’ whose killing is just another ‘atrocity’ on the community under 'Thakur' CM Yogi Adityanath.
Not ‘overworried’ about NPAs, no need for a blanket moratorium extension: SBI chairman
SBI chairman Rajnish Kumar said the extension of the loan moratorium may be needed only for certain specific stressed sectors.
Defence
IAF gets night-flying capability at Leh for MiG-29s, force sees it as a ‘game-changer’
The new capability will allow IAF to conduct full-spectrum operations at the LAC on short notice, given Leh’s proximity to it.
Read my lips, forget the camera
Say Central forces' angry soldiers. They need reform, committed leaders. And very sensitive handling.