Karnataka reports over 4,000 cases after five months
The Hindu
The number of fatalities also rose to 26 taking the toll to 12,541
Karnataka on Wednesday reported a steep rise with 4,225 new cases of COVID-19, taking the total to 9,97,004. Of these, 2,928 cases are from Bengaluru Urban alone. Cases had breached the 4,000 mark on June 3 last year. After that, they peaked and started declining since mid-October. The last time the State reported over 4,000 cases was on October 29.The Shakti Scheme in Karnataka has completed its first year, yet the smart cards intended for the beneficiaries remain undistributed. According to Transport Minister Ramalinga Reddy, while the smart cards have been prepared, their issuance has been stalled due to the absence of electronic ticketing machines (ETMs) in all buses, making them impractical.
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Assembly R. Ashok were engaged in war of words over the Lok Sabha election results on Tuesday, with the former calling the latter “ignorant and entertaining people”. In response, Mr. Ashok said the Chief Minister “sometimes wakes up from deep slumber to exhibit his arrogance and anger”.
Makineni Jishnu Sai from Guntur secured the first position in the engineering stream while Yellu Srishant Reddy from Nizampet in Telangana bagged the first place in the Agriculture and Pharmacy (Bi.P.C. stream) in the Andhra Pradesh Engineering, Agriculture and Pharmacy Common Entrance Test (EAPCET)-2024.