36,000 public EV charging guns needed by 2030 to meet demand: Study

36,000 public EV charging guns needed by 2030 to meet demand: Study

About 400 potential spots for setting up the stations have been identified, like IT parks, metro stations, fuel stations, shopping malls, and Regional Transport Office zones, etc. | Photo Credit: file photo A study conducted by the Centre for Study of Science, Technology, and Policy (CSTEP), a Bengaluru-based think tank, shows that in order to […]

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Karnataka women collective makes bamboo lanterns fairylights for Christmas to light up homes

Karnataka women collective makes bamboo lanterns fairylights for Christmas to light up homes

In a tiny hamlet at rustic Dasanapura in Chamarajanagar district, Karnataka, a group of women deftly shape fine slivers of bamboo to make beautiful bamboo lanterns in different shapes to hold fairy lights that promise to bring the twinkle of stars into your homes for Christmas. The fairy light holders in green, red, orange and […]

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Three Karnataka farmers retailing farm-fresh value-added products

Three Karnataka farmers retailing farm-fresh value-added products

Merwin and Regina Fernandes @ Savera Naturals  It was close to two decades ago, in 2007 to be precise, that Merwin Fernandes quit the corporate rat race and decided to get into farming. “I took early retirement from Infosys as I wanted to move away from the consumerist urban-corporate life to a simple life more […]

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Three Karnataka farmers retailing farm-fresh value-added products

Three Karnataka farmers retailing farm-fresh value-added products

Madhu Kargund @ Tengin Born and raised in a small village called Kargunda in Karnataka’s Hassan district, Madhu Kargund spent most of his childhood on farms. “My father is a farmer, and I vividly remember my weekends and summer vacations spent on farms picking coconuts or working other menial tasks,” says Madhu, who went on […]

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How did sari revivalist Vinay Narkar recreate the  Motichoor sari, once woven in the Deccan?

How did sari revivalist Vinay Narkar recreate the Motichoor sari, once woven in the Deccan?

Vinay Narkar with weaver Ambubai Dhotre. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT For sari revivalist Vinay Narkar, the six-yard and nine-yard unstitched drapes are not merely a piece of cloth but a repository of India’s tradition of native weaves and patterns that showcase the unmatched skills and creativity of the subcontinent’s weaving communities. The threads of […]

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Don’t act against actor Chetan for now if he undertakes to delete tweets against judiciary: HC 

Don’t act against actor Chetan for now if he undertakes to delete tweets against judiciary: HC 

Actor Chetan | Photo Credit: File photo The High Court of Karnataka has directed the Union government not to precipitate the matter further, till June 2, the issue of cancellation of Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) card given to Kannada actor Chetan Kumar, if he submits an undertaking stating that he would delete tweets against […]

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ED attaches businessman’s property worth ₹1.1 crore

ED attaches businessman’s property worth ₹1.1 crore

The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) on Tuesday provisionally attached a residential plot worth ₹1.1 crore owned by Aslam Pasha, partner of Rajamahal Silks, in connection with a case related to illegal mining and trading of iron ore at Hosapete. Investigations by the ED were initiated on the basis of an FIR registered by the Economic […]

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Coimbatore’s Kannan Jubilee Coffee launches instant filter coffee decoction

Coimbatore’s Kannan Jubilee Coffee launches instant filter coffee decoction

Kannan Jubilee Coffee’s instant filter kaapi decoction pouches and kaapi dips | Photo Credit: PERIASAMY M “Over two lakh consumers in South India start their morning with our coffee. We have to ensure that it is ethically-sourced and consistent in quality,” says J Shanker Krishnan, executive director of Coimbatore-based Kannan Jubilee Coffee Company. As he […]

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Karnataka Assembly polls will be key to Congress revival before 2024 Lok Sabha elections

Karnataka Assembly polls will be key to Congress revival before 2024 Lok Sabha elections

Congress leaders Siddaramaiah and Randeep Singh Surjewala during a protest against the Karnataka Government. File | Photo Credit: ANI The upcoming Karnataka Assembly elections will be crucial for the Congress to not only reverse its fortunes after the recent setback in the Northeast elections but also to take on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) later […]

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Special court issues Letters Rogatory to four counties in illegal mining case against former Minister Janardhana Reddy

Special court issues Letters Rogatory to four counties in illegal mining case against former Minister Janardhana Reddy

A special court in Bengaluru for the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) cases has ordered issue of Letters Rogatory (LR) to four countries — Isle of Man, Singapore, Switzerland, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) — seeking details of a company and its bank transactions in the illegal mining and export case registered against the […]

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