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Topic: Karnataka

Ballari officials apologise, change staff after video shows Covid bodies being dumped in grave

The Ballari administration in Karnataka apologised for the 'disrespectful' disposal of deceased Covid patients after the video sparked outrage over the 'inhuman' handling of the bodies.

Karnataka medical education minister says community spread has started in Covid clusters

The sudden spike in Covid-19 cases in Bengaluru is being attributed to an influx of people from other infected states and flouting of home quaratine rules.

99-year-old woman in Karnataka beats coronavirus against all odds

Marceline Saldanha had contracted the pathogen after coming in contact with her grandson and was hospitalised on her 99th birthday on 18 June.

Karnataka IAS officer found hanging ‘was under lens for Rs 1.5 crore bribe in IMA Ponzi scam’

Police are investigating the unnatural death of IAS officer B.M. Vijay Shankar, who was found hanging at his Bengaluru residence Tuesday evening.

Covid is war, policemen who die fighting it deserve martyr status: Karnataka DGP Sood

In an exclusive interview, Karnataka DGP Praveen Sood tells ThePrint the Covid-19 pandemic has seen police assume roles 'they had never imagined'.

‘Man of data & details, a cricket lover’ — the IAS officer driving Karnataka’s Covid fight

Karnataka Chief Secretary T.M. Vijaya Bhaskar, say colleagues, is a soft-spoken, methodical officer with a zeal for data, all of which has helped him manage the state's Covid crisis.

Doctors’ availability and patient flow improve in states with fewer Covid cases: Survey

A survey by Indian Pharmaceutical Alliances finds lowest availability of doctors at their clinics in Gujarat (60%), Maharashtra (60%) and Delhi (62%).

How big city Bengaluru managed to beat coronavirus while Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai struggle

Bengaluru has recorded just 732 cases as of 15 June even as Mumbai, Delhi and Chennai have contributed 38% of the country’s over 3.42 lakh cases.   

Karnataka to get private hospitals to test, treat Covid-19 patients at capped prices

Karnataka Medical Education Minister K Sudhakar Monday said private nursing homes and corporate hospitals with large number of beds will have to set up Covid isolation wards.

3 days institutional quarantine for those entering Karnataka from Delhi, Chennai

Out of total 7,000 cases in the state 4,386 are returnees from Maharashtra, 87 are from Delhi, and 67 are from Tamil Nadu 67.

On Camera

Anand Gandhi is taking his biggest moonshot from Goa— vaanars, rakshasis, manushyas

Ship of Theseus director Anand Gandhi moved to Goa to synthesise big ideas and build an Indian sci-fi mythiverse with MAYA. ‘In a way, the job title in the East for this enterprise is the Buddha.’

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.