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Topic: Karnataka

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.

Bengaluru man dies after 18 hospitals ‘deny admission’, govt issues notice to 9

The 53-year-old man, who had fever and breathlessness, tested Covid-positive two days after his death. He died moments before he was to be admitted to a govt-run hospital.

50 goats ‘quarantined’ in Karnataka village after goatherd tests positive for Covid

Karnataka animal husbandry officials said the goats were isolated to calm the villagers who panicked when 4 goats died days after the goatherd tested positive.

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Trump’s 28-point peace plan for the Ukraine war reveals his pro-Putin inclination

The most geopolitically consequential dimension is Donald Trump’s attempt to anchor a US-Russia reset into this peace package. This includes diplomatic and economic ties.

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.