2021 – Page 10 – The Softcopy

Districts alarmed after fresh COVID clusters breakout across Karnataka

November 30, 2021November 30, 2021 Souptik Datta1188

Two educational institutes in Hassan and Chamrajanagara reported fresh cases taking the total active cases to 2334 across the state. Bengaluru: District administrations are on high alert after several educational institutes in Hassan and Chamrajanagara reported coronavirus clusters on Monday afternoon. District officials say 13 students at government-run Morarji Desai Residential School in Guramaranahalli village […]

EC to hold elections amidst Omicron fears

November 30, 2021November 30, 2021 Anisha Degalahal764

Election Commission doesn’t plan on changing the number of polling booths this year. The Karnataka State Election Commission (KSEC) announced that elections to 60 Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) will be held on December 27, 2021, despite the new variant scare. The results will be announced on Dec 30, 2021. “The election commission’s guidelines do not […]

Homegrown wines winning!

November 30, 2021December 1, 2021 Isha Rautela1212

The Karnataka government is actively engaged in encouraging wine culture in the state. Programme called WEAT organised to increase wine culture annually. Bengaluru; Business for Indian wineries is booming, while imported wines face heavy cess. Data from the Ministry of Commerce and Trade shows a decline in wine imports since 2019. Data from Karnataka State […]

Semi-naked man on HC screen

November 30, 2021December 1, 2021 Supriya Mehta1078

The Karnataka High Court has issued a notice to the semi-naked man with contempt of court. A semi-naked man appeared on the screen while Indira Jaising was giving her arguments through video conferencing in the Court Hall of Chief Justice of Karnataka. Jaising had joined court proceedings for the case Smt. Geetha Mishra vs. State […]

Sandalwood farmers wait for the watcher in the woods

November 30, 2021December 5, 2021 Sourasis Bose1359

The Forest department said that hundreds of cases of sandalwood theft are reported each year in Karnataka alone. Bengaluru: A microchip developed by the Institute of Wood Science and Technology (IWST) to detect sandalwood theft cannot be produced on a mass scale because the central government is yet to release funds for it. V. Soundarajan, […]

CBSE Board exams: Students excited, experts doubtful

November 30, 2021November 30, 2021 Dimpal Gulwani870

Students praise offline new board exam pattern requiring them to answer multiple choice questions , leaving parents worried. Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) term one board exam that started today have been welcomed by the students for their Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) pattern, while the experts doubt the quality of knowledge retention. Noor H., […]

The doctors’ protest strikes a chord with the patients

November 30, 2021December 8, 2021 Anushka Sharma929

KARD is set to meet the CM today discussing the concerns. The doctor show concern about their demands still not being met. Although junior doctors went on strike, the Out-Patient Department (OPD) ran well as doctors worked in shifts and juggled their workload with the protests.. “I didn’t face any problems today when I went […]

Why so serious?: Bengaluru comedians fear backlash

November 29, 2021December 8, 2021 Souptik Datta1122

The cancelling of Munawar Faruqui’s show has made a bad situation worse for comedians. Several comedians in the city fear performing after Munawar Faruqui’s event got cancelled in Bengaluru on Sunday. Gaurav Purohit, a stand up comedian, believes if comedians are penalized for their jokes, the art form will die out gradually.”I do not want […]

Sahitya Parishad’s event schedules to January, 2022

November 29, 2021November 30, 2021 Suchandra Sarkar794

Various Kannada literary works are set to be released at the event, along with display of other works of historic importance. The third state session of Akhila Bharathiya Sahitya Parishad (ABSP ) will be held in Ujire, Dakshin Kannada on January 8 and 9, 2022. The event was supposed to take place in December 2021 […]

Farmers’ lives choked by poisons in the field

November 29, 2021November 30, 2021 Snigdha Voruganti1508

Accidental pesticide poisoning cases increase proportionally with the sales of chemical fertilizers Cases of unintentional pesticide and insecticide poisoning have increased by 13 percent in Karnataka, and about six percent across the country between 2019 and 2020, shows data from the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) report. In Karnataka, 862 cases were reported in 2019 […]

Year: 2021