Udbhavi Balakrishna

In 2024, the BBMP’s Animal Husbandry Department impounded 1,466 stray cattle and fined their owners Rs 7.29 lakh. Most incidents were reported from the city centre, officials said.

The state health department has vowed to work towards ensuring there are zero deaths due to KFD this year.

Residents in some areas, including parts of Bellandur, experienced teething issues with muddy water after supply began, while other areas, such as Vibgyor High School Road, which had an older connection until this year, no longer receive Cauvery water.

Bengaluru: Karnataka has only eight drug inspectors against the sanctioned strength of 112, which is hobbling the state government's efforts at

Besides this delay, lack of widespread awareness about the benefits of vaccination against Human Papillomavirus (HPV) is risking a lot more women to potentially develop cervical cancer, which is one of the most common cancers affecting them, warned gynaecologists.

The paper outlines strategies to the government and stakeholders to address the rising burden of preventable non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and rising healthcare costs in India through lifestyle medicine.

According to department sources, the 40-year-old native of Karkala (Udupi district), who has been working in Dubai for 19 years, reached Mangaluru early on January 17 via an Air India Express flight.

A visit to the mall revealed an average of one or two security personnel per floor, supplemented by guards outside some stores. The barricades at the mall consist of four-foot-high reinforced glass with a metal hand railing.

The report, released earlier this month, summarised key takeaways from a workshop headed by Prof Dr Ashish Verma (Convenor, IISc Sustainable Transportation Lab) and Prof Dr Prabhdeep Kaur (Isaac Centre for Public Health, IISc), facilitated by the Bengaluru Science and Technology (BeST) cluster, an initiative of the Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India, last year.

Anant Nag, who began his career in the Kannada film industry, has been awarded the Padma Bhushan, along with journalist A Surya Prakash. Nag dedicated his award to the people of Karnataka.