Top news developments in Karnataka on January 7, 2023
The Hindu
Here are the key news developments to watch out for from Karnataka today
1. Infosys Science Foundation is presenting Infosys Prize 2022 today. Shafi Goldwasser, Turing award laureate, Director, Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing, and C. Lester Hogan, professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, University of California, will be the chief guests. The ceremony will be held at The Leela Palace, Kodihalli, HAL Airport Road, from 5.30 p.m. onwards.
2. Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai will inaugurate national executive committee meeting of BJP’s SC/ST Morcha in Mysuru today. At Bengaluru early this morning, he attended a preparatory meeting of the National Youth Festival and launched its logo.
3. Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath, in association with Higher Education Department, is organizing Prof. M.S. Nanjunda Rao national award and Chitrakala Sanman award function. Former Union Minister and president, Chitrakala Parishat Trust, S.M. Krishna, will present the awards. Vice Chancellor of Bangalore University Prof. Dr. Jayakara S.M. will be the chief guest. The event will be held on the Parishat premises, Kumara Krupa Road, from 4.30 p.m. onwards.
4. Kannada Sahitya Sammelana at Haveri in north Karnataka continues on second day. Session on release of book of Saraswati Samman awardees, and interaction with president of Sammelana Doddarange Gowda are among the multiple events on the agenda today.
5. Institution of Engineers (India), Karnataka State Centre, Bengaluru, is organizing a lecture by Prof. Lawrence Surendra, Council Member, The Sustainability Platform Asia. Lecture is on institution premises, No. 3, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Veedhi, from 6 p.m. onwards.
6. Sadguru Sri Thyagabrahma Aradhana Kainkarya Trust is organizing a music festival from 10 a.m. till 9 p.m. at Sri Sringeri Shankara Mutt, Shankara Mutt Road, Shankarapuram, Chamarajpet.
7. Gokhale Institute of Public Affairs will present a vocal recital by M.K. Tejasvini and party. The programme will be held on the institute’s premises on Basavanagudi Road in Narasimharaja Colony from 5.30 p.m. to 8 p.m.
No room for complacency till counting is completed, Chandrababu Naidu tells TDP-BJP-JSP contestants. The TDP-BJP-JSP alliance will register a comfortable victory in the general elections over the YSRCP, he says. Alleging that the YSRCP has conspired to create disturbances on the counting day, the TDP national president advises the chief counting agents and their teams to see to it that the officials adhere to norms related to counting.