Top news developments in Karnataka on November 4, 2023
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Top news developments in Karnataka on November 4, 2023
1. The comment of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah that he will complete full term in his post has sent other aspirants, especially Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar, into a tizzy. Meanwhile, Chief Minister has not only claimed that he was misquoted, but also called a breakfast meeting with ministers, including Mr. Shivakumar.
2. City Crime Branch has been cracking down on illegal storage of crackers ahead of Deepavali, after the death of 14 persons in an accident in a firecracker godown at Attibele in October.
3. Sandhya Devanathan, Vice-President at Meta India, and Natasha Jog, Head of Public Policy at Instagram, Facebook India (Meta), will share insights into Meta’s initiatives and endeavours aimed at ensuring the safety of women and youth on Facebook and Instagram, at The Leela Palace today.
4. Nationwide Digital Life Certificate campaign launch by V. Srinivas, Secretary (Pension and Pensioners’ Welfare), Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Government of India, at State Bank of India Auditorium, Avenue Road.
5. Department of Medicine, Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute, and Medical Service Centre are jointly organising all-India conference. It will be held at BMCRI Auditorium, 6th Floor, from 10 a.m. onwards.
6. Bangalore Association for Science Education is organising a Dasara lecture series - Taking Science to Society. Talk on “Size, a strategic asset in the pursuit of revolutionizing the world of materials”, by Prof. Ranjani Viswanatha, JNCASR, will be held today in Jawaharlal Nehru planetarium, High Grounds, T. Chowdaiah Road, at 4 p.m.
7. Ajitkumar Smaraka Samskritika Vedike will present the national award ‘Ajithashree’ for lifetime achievement - 2023 to M.S. Sathyu, renowned film director. Sridhara Sagara, social worker, will be the chief guest. The programme will be held at the Indian Institute of World Culture on B.P. Wadia Road, in Basavanagudi, from 5.45 p.m.
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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.