Top news developments in Karnataka on May 20, 2023
The Hindu
Top news developments in Karnataka on May 20, 2023
1. Siddaramaiah will be sworn in as Chief Minister and D.K. Shivakumar as Deputy Chief Minister at Kanteerava stadium in Bengaluru today. The event is expected to be attended by a large number of Congress supporters and workers.
2. The first meeting of the cabinet of the new government is expected to be held post the event, in which implementation of the guarantees made in the Congress manifesto ahead of elections is expected to be discussed.
3. Common Entrance Test for engineering courses is being held across Karnataka today. In Bengaluru, many students reached the centres early fearing traffic snarls in view of the swearing-in ceremony.
4. Department of Apiculture, University of Agricultural Sciences-Bengaluru, is celebrating World Honey Bee Day and organizing a honey fair. Dr. S.V. Suresh, Vice Chancellor of UAS-B, will inaugurate. Chayaa Nanjappa, honey entrepreneur, founder and managing partner of Nectar Fresh, Mandya, will be participating as the chief guest at North Block premises, GKVK campus, UAS-B, from 10 a.m. onwards.
Kalavedi will present a vocal concert by Thanmayee Krishnamurthy. She will be accompanied by B.S. Prashanth on tabla, Aditi Krishnaprakash on violin and G. Lakshminarayan on morsing. The concert will be held at MES Auditorium, 15th Cross, Malleswaram, from 6.30 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Natya Ninada Nrityalaya Trust will present Bharatanatyam by Monal A. Keskar. The programme will be held at Seva Sadana premises on 14th Cross, in Malleswaram, from 5.30 p.m. onwards.
Mayor Jayananda Anchan will inaugurate 10 Reduce, Reuse and Recycle centres in the city. They will collect old toys, clothes, footwear, newspapers, books and electronic gadgets under ‘my life, my clean city’ initiative of the Union government, 11.30 a.m.
The Opposition Congress demanded that the government open the Gandhi Vatika Museum, depicting Mahatma Gandhi’s legacy and freedom struggle, built at a cost of ₹85 crore in Jaipur’s Central Park last year, during the Congress-led regime in Rajasthan. The museum has not been opened to the public, reportedly because of the administration’s engagements with the State Assembly and Lok Sabha elections.
Almaya Munnettam (Lay People to the Fore), group in the Ernakulam-Angamaly Archdiocese of the Syro-Malabar Church opposed to the synod-recommended Mass, rejected a circular issued by Major Archbishop Raphael Thattil and apostolic administrator Bosco Puthur on June 9 to implement the unified Mass in the archdiocese from July 3.
Pakistan coach Gary Kirsten stated that “not so great decision making” contributed to his side’s defeat to India in the Group-A T20 World Cup clash here on Sunday. The batting unit came apart in the chase, after being well placed at 72 for two. With 48 runs needed from eight overs, Pakistan found a way to panic and lose. “Maybe not so great decision making,” Kirsten said at the post-match press conference, when asked to explain the loss.