Top news developments in Karnataka on June 16, 2022
The Hindu
Here are the key news developments to watch out for from Karnataka today
1. Final results of the Karnataka Legislative Council polls to graduates’ and teachers’ constituencies will be out today. While results for three out of four seats are out (BJP - two and Congress - one), one seat has turned out to be a cliffhanger, with Congress and BJP in a close fight and counting is on.
2. CET for engineering seats begins today and goes on till July 18.
3. Karnataka Forest Development Corporation Limited to hold environment awareness cycle jatha from Vidhana Soudha to Kanteerava stadium, Jatha commenced from Vidhana Soudha at 8 a.m.
4. ToolTech 2022 exhibition organised by Indian Machine Tool Manufacturers' Association (IMTMA) will be held from June 16 to 21. The exhibition will be held at Bangalore International Exhibition Centre on Tumakuru Road, Madhavara, 11.30 a.m. onwards.
5. Domestic Workers’ Unions Joint Action Forum to observe International Domestic Workers Day with a protest demanding minimum wages, weekly holiday and paid sick leave with statutory social benefits. The workers will gather at Freedom Park at 3 p.m.
6. Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore, will see South Asian edition release of Dr. Deepti Ganpathy’s book ‘Media and climate change: making sense of press narratives’. Ricky Kej, Grammy winner, will be chief guest, IIMB auditorium, 5 p.m.
1. Convocation of Kuvempu University at Shivamogga in which Governor Thaawar Chand Gehlot will participate.
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.