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Rural share of Karnataka population to fall to 30% by 2047
The rural population is expected to decline from the current 3.6 crore to 2.4 crore by 2047, according to the Karnataka State Regional Urbanisation Plan-2047 report
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AI must be integrated into thinking and work, says NITK Director
Artificial intelligence should be integrated into one’s thinking and working practices, while ethics, compassion and a sense of responsibility towards society must remain central to technological advancement, says B. Ravi, Director of the National Institute of Technology, Surathkal
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Why are paper ballots used for MLC polls? Explained
MLC elections use proportional representation through a single transferable vote. Voters rank candidates instead of picking just one. EVMs are built for “first-past-the-post elections” in India in which voter chooses one candidate, so they cannot record ranked preferences
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Premium hotel in Kochi booked for unauthorised DJ party, liquor sale beyond permitted hours
Customers present at the bar during the search operation were reportedly let off after being examined
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Karnataka Minister Satish Jarkiholi denies defending SIR
PWD Minister says he was misquoted
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Two friends, same police batch: Karnataka loses second officer in two months
Karnataka police inspector Arun Salunke was among the deceased in the helicopter crash in Uttarakhand
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West Asia crisis triggers payment concern in Keralam’s cardamom sector
Cardamom growers voice serious concern over extended delays in receiving payments from auctioneers. Usually, auction houses clear dues to planters within 15 days; currently, disbursements take over a month
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Actor Ajay Devgn moves High Court against FDA notice over Vimal Elaichi ads
Devgn's petition stated that the notice was arbitrarily issued to him as an actor rather than to the manufacturing company
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The great escape from Theni jail
On October 26, a group of 17 remand prisoners hatched a plan to escape from the Theni district jail under the cover of darkness. All of them were apprehended within 42 hours in a massive search operation involving various Tamil Nadu police teams and drones. But the jailbreak has raised larger questions about prison overcrowding, staff shortages, security, and the need for reform, reports L. Srikrishna
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Why is ISRO’s NVS-03 satellite launch crucial? | Explained
The mission could help restore the functioning of India’s regional satellite navigation system NavIC; its development began following the 1999 Kargil War, when the U.S reportedly clamped down on GPS data access
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GSLV places next-generation navigation satellite NVS-03 into orbit
The NVS-03, with a mission life of 12 years, is expected to restore the functioning of the NavIC constellation; satellite carries an indigenous atomic clock, along with procured atomic clocks
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India slams global energy disruptions through sanctions, chokepoints
The Minister emphasised that continuous distortions of energy markets through obstacles, sanctions and chokepoints were happening with increasing frequency, greater complexity and wider impact
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Jaishankar holds bilateral meetings with Foreign Ministers from G20 nations
External Affairs Minister Jaishankar met Canadian counterpart Anita Anand in Atlanta on the sidelines of the G20 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
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Ex-bureaucrat moves Delhi HC against ‘large-scale’ CAPF deployment during protests
The PIL seeks directions to the authorities to disclose details of requisitions made by the Delhi Police and the sanction and extension order of the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA)
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SAD will establish ‘Build Punjab’ department, says Badal
“We will allow industrialists to install their own solar power plants which would bring down their power rates to ₹1.50 per unit,” Sukhbir Singh Badal said
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Heavy polling in second phase panchayat elections for Sarpanch, Ward Panch in Rajasthan
The highest voter turnout was recorded at 84.37% in Jaipur district’s Rampura Dabri
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