Top news developments in Karnataka on July 1, 2022
The Hindu
Here are the key news developments to watch out for from Karnataka today
1. Garbage collection and sweeping of streets has been partially hit in Bengaluru and elsewhere following the pourakarmika strike. The workers are holding a meeting at Freedom Park today and Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai is holding a meeting with civic officials later today to find ways of resolving the impasse.
2. As ban on single use plastic kicks in from today, all eyes are on Karnataka State Pollution Control Board on how they would go about implementing it.
3. Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai is set to chair a Cabinet meeting today.
4. Indian Medical Association-Karnataka State branch is holding Doctors’ Day celebration and presenting IMA-KSB Doctors’ Day awards. The event will be held at Dr. Basavarajendra auditorium, BMC Alumni Association Building, Bengaluru Medical College and Research Institute campus, K.R. Road from 3 p.m. onwards.
5. The 3rd edition of green vehicle expo will commence today. Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot, Minister for Energy V Sunil Kumar and Minister for Large and Medium Scale Industries Murugesh Nirani will be participating in the inaugural function that will be held at Bangalore International Exhibition Centre at 10 a.m.
6. Karnataka Media Academy, Press Club of Bangalore and Karnataka Working Journalists’ Association are jointly organising a seminar on ‘Journalism challenges - then, now and in future’, on the occasion of Press Day. Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai will inaugurate the event. The event is presided over by former Chief Minister S.M. Krishna at 3.30 p.m. on the Press Club premises in Cubbon Park.
7. Indirect Taxes and Customs, GST, Central Tax, Bengaluru Zone, is hosting GST Day in which Dr. Gururaj Karjagi, Chairman and Director of Academy of Creative Teaching, Bengaluru, will be participating as the chief guest. Srividya Srinivasan, founder of Amagi Media Pvt Ltd, will be the guest of honour. Dinesh Chandara Patwari, Principal Chief Commissioner, Income Tax, Karnataka and Goa Region, will be participating as the guest. The event will be held at 3.30 p.m. at the Cauvery Hall, Central Revenue Building, Queens Road,
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