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Bengaluru, Sept 3: Karnataka cabinet on Thursday approved the new IT (information technology) policy for 2020 -25 that aims to generate over 60 lakh direct and indirect jobs in the state. The policy would also enable the IT industry contribute approximately 30 per cent to the country's goal of creating a trillion-dollar digital economy. According to the government, the policy would ensure the

Bengaluru, Sept 3: Former Karnataka chief minister H D Kumaraswamy on Wednesday alleged that certain MLAs took money from the drug mafia to bring down the JD(S)-Congress coalition government headed by him last year. He also claimed that some people part of the efforts to topple the coalition government were found to be involved in illegal activities, including drug trafficking and betting. The JD

Bengaluru, Sept 3: With liquor being served in pubs and restaurants of Karnataka under Unlock 4.0 guidelines, pub owners said that footfalls have increased. With precautionary measures such as maintaining social distancing norms, use of hand sanitisers, face masks, and thermal screening in place, pubs and restaurants have resumed their services. G Kiran Raj, the owner of a pub, said that earlier

Bengaluru, Sept 3: US wireless carrier Verizon Communications Inc and Amazon.com Inc may invest more than $4 billion for a stake in India's Vodafone Idea Ltd, the Mint newspaper reported on Thursday, sending shares in the struggling Indian telecom firm up 10 per cent. Vodafone Idea's stake-sale talks had been paused pending the outcome of a court hearing in India, which created uncertainty and

Bengaluru, Sept 3: Karnataka's Covid tally crossed the 3.7 lakh-mark to reach 3,70,206 with 8,865 more infections getting reported in the last 24 hours, while 104 fresh deaths took the state's death toll to 6,054, an official said on Thursday. "Today, 8,865 new cases were reported while 7,122 people have been discharged," said Health Commissioner Pankaj Kumar Pandey. Continuing the daily trend

New Delhi, Sept 3: One member of the Board of Control for Cricket in India's (BCCI) medical team in the UAE has tested positive for COVID-19, sources within the board have confirmed. This development comes after 13 people tested positive for COVID-19 just a few days after reaching the UAE. It has also been revealed that two people at the National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Bengaluru have also tested

Kerala Health Minister KK Shailaja aka Shailaja Teacher has been named as the winner of World's Top 50 Thinkers Thinkers of COVID-19 Age by UK-based Prospect Magazine. Jacinda Ardern, the Prime Minister of New Zealand is ranked second in the list that was prepared from the result of a public ballot. "So deft was her handling of a 2018 outbreak of the deadly Nipah disease that it was commemorated

Bengaluru, Sept 2: The BJP-ruled Karnataka today said it has decided to opt for the first among the two options offered by the Central government for borrowing to meet the shortfall in GST revenues, under which the state will be eligible for a total compensation of ₹ 18,289 crore. The decision was taken by Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa, who also holds the finance portfolio, after a meeting with

Mangaluru, Sept 2: Dozens of organisations including women’s groups, and human and LGBTQ rights organisations from across Karnataka have come together to organise ‘If We Do Not Rise’ online campaign on September 5 to mark the third anniversary of the assassination of activist/journalist Gauri Lankesh. It is aimed at raising voices against the sustained, targeted and planned attacks on

Tel Aviv, Sept 2: Saudi Arabia has agreed to allow flights between Israel and United Arab Emirates to pass through its airspace. The Times of Israel reported citing Saudi press agency that Saudi Arabia will allow passage in its airspace to flights to and from the UAE "to all countries." The announcement comes after an official request by the UAE and diplomatic efforts by White House Special