Top news developments in Karnataka on December 1, 2022

Here are the key news developments to watch out for from Karnataka today

1. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will be launching the first pilot of its retail digital rupee today. Bengaluru is one of the cities where Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC-R) will be introduced on a pilot basis for the Indian market. 

2. Social Welfare Minister Kota Srinivas Poojary is holding a meeting today in the light of complaints about huge backlog in using up funds set aside for welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes by various departments.

3. Today is World AIDS Day. District and health department authorities are organising events to mark the day in various places across Karnataka.

Today is the birth anniversary of Kengal Hanumanthaiah, second Chief Minister of Karnataka best known for his contribution to the construction of Vidhana Soudha, the seat of the state legislature. Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai garlanded his statue on the premises of Vidhana Soudha early in the morning.

Fire and Emergency Services’ sports ground, jointly developed by Karnataka State Fire and Emergency Services and Bengaluru Metro Corporation Limited, will be inaugurated by Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai at R.A. Mundkur Fire and Emergency Services Academy, Bannerghatta Road, 5 p.m.

Protest against the ITI management for failing to take back the 80 workers who were terminated on December 1, 2021, completes one year today.

Members of Bengaluru Jilla Manekelsagarara Sangha, domestic workers’ union, will stage a protest seeking that the Government settle their issues. The protest will be held at Freedom Park from 4 p.m. onwards.