Top news developments in Karnataka on June 5, 2023
The Hindu
Top news developments in Karnataka on June 5, 2023
1. Department of Forests, Ecology and Environment, Government of Karnataka, in association with the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board, will observe World Environment Day today. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah will inaugurate the event at Jnana Jyothi Auditorium, Central College premises, Bangalore University, Palace Road, from 10 a.m.
2. To mark the birth centenary celebration of its founder chairman Dr. M.S. Ramaiah, and diamond jubilee of Ramaiah Institute of Technology, the institute is organizing Dr. M.S. Ramaiah memorial lecture today. It will be delivered by Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi. The programme will be held at Quadrangle, RIT premises, M.S. Ramaiah Nagar, from 11 a.m.
3. Indian Institute of Cartoonists is organising an exhibition of cartoons by Malatesh Garadimani. It will be held at the Indian Cartoon Gallery, No. 1, Midford House, Midford Garden, Trinity Circle, off M.G. Road, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
1. Dr. S. V. Halse, Vice-Chancellor of Karnataka State Open University, will interact with mediapersons in Kalaburagi.
2. Congress party is organising a reception for Minister for Medical Education Sharanprakash Patil in his constituency —Sedam.
3. Hazrat Khwaja Bande Nawaz Urs is being observed in Kalaburagi
4. Small Scale Industries Minister Sharanabasappagouda Darshanapur will hold a meeting of officials in Yadgir.
More than 2.6 lakh village and ward volunteers in Andhra Pradesh, once celebrated as the government’s grassroots champions for their crucial role in implementing welfare schemes, are now in a dilemma after learning that their tenure has not been renewed after August 2023 even though they have been paid honoraria till June 2024. Disowned by both YSRCP, which was in power when they were appointed, and the current ruling TDP, which made a poll promise to double their pay, these former volunteers are ruing the day they signed up for the role which they don’t know if even still exists