Top news developments in Karnataka on July 11, 2023
The Hindu
Top news developments in Karnataka on July 11, 2023
1. Legislature session continues today, with the BJP threatening a protest over murder of Jain monk in Belagavi district and of a Yuva Brigade activist in Mysuru district. The party has attributed a communal colour to both incidents, which the ruling party and the police have stoutly denied.
2. Primary Education Minister Madhu Bangarappa has called a press meet today, which comes after the government proposed scrapping New Education Policy during the budget presentation.
3. Department of Health and Family Welfare, National Health Campaign, is celebrating World Population Day. Minister for Health and Family Welfare Dinesh Gundu Rao will inaugurate. Anil Kumar T.K., Principal Secretary, Department of Health and Family Welfare, will preside over the programme that will be held at Arogya Soudha, 1st Cross, Magadi Road, at 11 a.m.
4. Inauguration of Advanced Mycology Diagnostic and Research Centre, south zone nodal centre. Dr. Rajiv Bahl, Secretary to Government of India, Department of Health Research and Director General, ICMR, will preside over the event in St. John’s Medical College premises at 10 a.m.
5. Happiest Health, a wellness platform, is organizing The Edge of Nutrition Summit. The two-day event will be unveiled by Anindya Chowdhury, President and CEO of Happiest Health. Keynote address will be by Dr. Anura Kurpad, Professor of Physiology, St. John’s National Academy of Health Sciences. The programme will be held in St. John’s Auditorium, WJJC+JP8, 18th Main Road, John Nagar, Koramangala from 10 a.m. to 5.30 p.m.
6. Online talk by Nadoja Dr. Siddalingaiah Smaraka Pratistana on Itihaasa mareyade itihaasa bareda kavi Siddalingaiah by Prof. N. Chinnaswamy Sosale, Prof. Department of History, Kannada University, Hampi, at 7 p.m. Zoom ID: 87170675754, password bgm.
1. Kalyana Nadu Vikasa Vedike to stage protest outside Kalaburagi DC office demanding railway division in Kalaburagi.
“We are judges and therefore, cannot act like Mughals of a bygone era ... the writ courts in the guise of doing justice cannot transcend the barriers of law,” the High Court of Karnataka observed while setting aside an order of a single judge, who in 2016 had extended the lease of a public premises allotted to a physically challenged person to 20 years contrary to 12-year period stipulated in the law.
The High Court of Karnataka on Monday declined to interfere, at present, in the investigation against a Bharatiya Janata Party worker, who is among the accused persons facing charges of circulating obscene clips, related to “morphed” images and videos clips related to Prajwal Revanna, former Hassan MP, in public domain through pen drives and other modes.
The 16th edition of Bhoomi Habba was held on June 8, at the Visthar campus. The festival drew a vibrant crowd who came together to celebrate eco-consciousness through a variety of engaging activities, creative workshops, panel discussions, interactive exhibits and performances, all centered around this year’s theme: “Save Water, Save Lives.”