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Topic: Karnataka

Karnataka coverts old bus into toilet for women, equips it with sanitary pads, baby stalls

Run on solar power, the Sthree toilet-bus parked at Majestic Central Bus Stand in Bengaluru has Indian & western toilets, solar sensor lights, and baby diaper changing areas.

Karnataka’s ex-IPS officer ‘Singham’ Annamalai joins BJP, will fight polls from Tamil Nadu

K. Annamalai, known as 'Singham', resigned as South Bengaluru DCP in 2019 after a 9-yr IPS career. He now wants to work in home state Tamil Nadu where he says BJP is 'misinterpreted'.

This is how Karnataka’s Covid War Room is fighting the big battle, one app at a time

Karnataka govt has developed 8 in-house apps as part of its pandemic management. IAS officer Munish Moudgil, the Covid War Room chief, has been at forefront of this effort.

Yediyurappa govt reverses Ganesh Chaturthi order, allows low-key celebrations

Days after it banned all Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations, the Karnataka government overturned its order. The move came after requests from Hindu groups.

Uttar Pradesh now among India’s 5 worst Covid-hit states, cases double in 3 weeks

UP — just behind Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka — has recorded 1.63 lakh cases so far, with active cases at 50,242.

‘Warned Naveen, but he did not listen’ — father of man whose post led to Bengaluru riots

P. Naveen Kumar distributed sweets among local residents, including Muslims, after Ayodhya Ram Mandir bhoomi pujan. Neighbours say it looked like he was 'provoking people'.

Bengaluru has seen 8 major riots since 1986 — including two over Prophet Muhammad

From violence over an actor’s death to a longstanding water-sharing issue, Bengaluru has been witness to several riots over the years.

Former Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah discharged after testing negative for Covid-19

According to an official statement, Siddaramaiah was admitted to hospital on 3 August for urinary infection and subsequently had tested positive for the infection.

BJP blames radical PFI’s political arm for Bengaluru riots, police say investigation on

Sources in Bengaluru Police say the alleged role of Social Democratic Party of India is under the scanner on the basis of ‘some evidence’, but the organisation has denied the charge.

Karnataka Health Minister B Sriramulu tests positive for Covid, admitted to hospital

Sriramulu has been admitted to the Government Bowring hospital in the city for treatment and is the fifth minister in Karnataka to have tested positive for coronavirus.

On Camera

New labour codes make India’s workforce competitive with China—and build Viksit Bharat

By consolidating 29 laws into four codes, compliance is streamlined and regulations are simplified, improving “ease of doing business”. This is bound to improve investor confidence.

India has a low inflation problem. What can it do?

It will be tough for Reserve Bank of India Governor Sanjay Malhotra to get right. Rupee is the worst-performing Asian currency this year against the dollar.

India and France to jointly manufacture HAMMER air-to-surface missile

Indigenisation level will progressively increase up to 60 percent with key sub-assemblies, electronics and mechanical parts being manufactured locally.

A tribute to Tejas. India’s delay culture is the real enemy in the skies

It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.