Top news developments in Karnataka on April 1, 2023
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Top news developments in Karnataka on April 1, 2023
1. In a flip-flop on toll for Bengaluru-Mysuru expressway, National Highways Authority of India has decided to continue old toll rates. Rates were to go up from today, barely a month after it was first introduced, leading to protests by commuters.
2. As Karnataka Assembly elections draw near, while political parties are deciding their choice of candidates and mounting a high-decibel campaign, various civil society groups are also putting forward what people really expect from the electoral process. Civil Society Forum will today present their manifesto for Karnataka Assembly Election 2023, to political parties. Historian and writer Ramachandra Guha will preside over the event at BIFT Hall, Darussalam building, Queens Road, 10 a.m. to 1.30 p.m. Elections in Karnataka will be held on May 10 and results will be out on May 13.
3. Raman Research Institute will today share what they call ‘a new milestone in the journey towards satellite-based long distance secure quantum communication’. Introduction and visual presentation will be done by Prof. Urbasi Sinha.
4. All India Students’ Association (AISA) will present its views on what scrapping of OBC quota for Muslims means for social justice. Niranjan Aradhya, K. Sharifa and Maitreyi Krishnan will speak on the issue. Karnataka recently reserved 4% reservation for Muslims under OBC quota.
5. People’s Alliance for Fundamental Right to Education, All India Primary Teachers Federation and National Coalition on the Education Emergency are jointly organizing a two-day conference from today on the status of fundamental right to education and the way forward. It will be held at SCM House, 29, 2nd Cross, CSI Compound, Mission Road, from 9.30 a.m. onwards.
Karnataka Rajya Budakattu Hitarakshana Sangha is holding a press meet today to spell the demands of the Scheduled Tribe communities. Internal reservation for Scheduled Castes recommended in Karnataka has spurred a similar demand among Scheduled Tribes.
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The Union and State governments provided support in several ways to the needy people, but private institutions should also extend help, especially to those requiring medical assistance, said C.P. Rajkumar, Managing Director, Nalam Multispeciality Hospital, here on Saturday. Speaking at a function to honour Inspector General of Police V. Balakrishnan and neurologist S. Meenakshisundaram with C. Palaniappan Memorial Award for their contribution to society and Nalam Kappom medical adoption of Type-1 diabetic children, he said the governments implemented numerous welfare programmes, but the timely help by a private hospital or a doctor in the neighbourhood to the people in need would go a long way in safeguarding their lives.