Top news developments in Karnataka on April 13, 2023
The Hindu
Top news developments in Karnataka on April 13, 2023
1. Election Commission of India will issue notification for Assembly elections in Karnataka today, setting the stage formally for the poll calendar of events. Nomination filing process will start today.
2. With second list too announced and only 12 seats yet to be announced from BJP, the saffron party is contending with dissidence from disappointed candidates. Congress and JD(S) too are finalising the rest of their candidates.
3. Indian Institute of Horticultural Research is organizing the appemidi mango (a fragrant variety of tender mango) diversity fair today. Vice-Chancellor of University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, Dr. S.V. Suresha, is participating in the fair on IIHR premises at Hesarghatta from 9.30 a.m. onwards. The fair will be held on April 12 and 13 on the IIHR campus in Hessarghatta..
4. Pustaka Preeti is organizing a monthly interaction programme on a book titled ‘Kutluru Kathana’. Artiste M.D. Pallavi will read the story. Vittal Malekudiya and Naveen Surajnje will share their experiences. The interaction will be held at Pustaka Preeti premises, II floor, next to Bayer’s Coffee, Netkallappa Circle, Basavanagudi, from 5 p.m. onwards.
5. Dhrushya will present Kannada play Poli Kitti by T.P. Kailasam. Design and direction is by Dakshayini Bhat A., at Ravindra Kalakshetra, J.C. Road, 7 p.m.
6. Kalathaana Art Foundation presents Ksavika, 6 th edition of group exhibition at Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath, Gallery No. 1 and 2, Kumarakrupa Road, from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
7. Rama Navami concerts in Bengaluru:
Several principals of government and private schools in Delhi on Tuesday said the Directorate of Education (DoE) circular from a day earlier, directing schools to conduct classes in ‘hybrid’ mode, had caused confusion regarding day-to-day operations as they did not know how many students would return to school from Wednesday and how would teachers instruct in two modes — online and in person — at once. The DoE circular on Monday had also stated that the option to “exercise online mode of education, wherever available, shall vest with the students and their guardians”. Several schoolteachers also expressed confusion regarding the DoE order. A government schoolteacher said he was unsure of how to cope with the resumption of physical classes, given that the order directing government offices to ensure that 50% of the employees work from home is still in place. On Monday, the Commission for Air Quality Management in the National Capital Region and Adjoining Areas (CAQM) had, on the orders of the Supreme Court, directed schools in Delhi-NCR to shift classes to the hybrid mode, following which the DoE had issued the circular. The court had urged the Centre’s pollution watchdog to consider restarting physical classes due to many students missing out on the mid-day meals and lacking the necessary means to attend classes online. The CAQM had, on November 20, asked schools in Delhi-NCR to shift to the online mode of teaching.