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Tuesday, November 25, 2025
TopicKarnataka

Topic: Karnataka

Bengaluru Covid bed shortage isn’t about availability but hospitals flouting rules, says govt

Seven teams of IAS and IPS officers have found that the city’s private hospitals were either not reserving 50% of beds for Covid cases as ordered by the state or hiding information.

Gundas not scared in UP says ABP, what Zee News doesn’t want kids to know about J&K

A quick take on what prime time TV news talked about.

Karnataka CM Yediyurappa rules out lockdown extension, says not a solution to control Covid

Yediyurappa stressed on maintaining social distancing and wearing masks and said experts have advised 5T strategy - trace, track, test, treat & technology to curb spread of Covid.

Karnataka CM directs private medical college hospitals to provide 50% beds for Covid patients

CM Yediyurappa said the private medical college hospitals need to cooperate as there is a sharp rise in Covid-19 cases in Bengaluru.

Apollo, Vikram hospital OPDs sealed for 48 hrs in Bengaluru as they violate Covid norms

Karnataka govt notice says Apollo Speciality Hospital in Jayanagar and Vikram Hospital on Millers’ Road risked losing licence if they don't adhere to official directive.

Fish delivery to migrant database ⁠— a govt app for everything in India during lockdown

Around 40 apps have been created by various state govts to meet the needs of people, as well as their own, and mitigate the challenges arising out of Covid.

Complete lockdown in Bengaluru from 14-22 July as Covid cases rise

The lockdown in Bengaluru urban & rural districts will be from 8 pm on 14 July to 5 am on 22 July. Bengaluru urban currently has 16,862 Covid cases, the highest in the state.

Karnataka plans blanket ban on cow slaughter, to bring in more stringent version of 2010 bill

Under the 2010 bill, slaughter of cows, calf of a cow and bull, bullock, buffalo male or female and calf of a she-buffalo is prohibited.

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.

On Camera

172 countries & counting, India looks to hit new record in rice exports. But there’s a flip side

The industry forecasts exports are set to grow 16% in 2025-26, boosted by surplus domestic production and a drive to push into 26 underserved global markets with strong potential.

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.