Tech capital of India lost its number one “super city” tag, which it held for 15 years, with Toronto taking the lead and pushing Bengaluru to third position, as per a global innovation index released by Tholons, a strategic consulting, research and investment advisory firm.
Karnataka launched the country’s maiden Engineering Research & Development (ER&D) Policy on Tuesday to raise its contribution to the sector in the country to 45% in the next five years.
KIA bags award for best airport by size, region for fourth yearKIA had earlier received ACI’s Airport Health Accreditation (AHA) and the first-ever World’s ‘Voice of the Customer’.
The Kempegowda International Airport has been judged the Best Airport by Size and Region in the category of 25-40 million passengers per annum at the Airports Council International’s Airport Service Quality (ACI-ASQ) Awards 2020.
City-based NGO Jhatkaa and bicycle touring company ‘Pedal in Tandem’ have teamed up to make Bengaluru’s streets cycle-friendly, especially for women
Blending her profession and passion of meeting people from different parts of the world, city-based photographer Apoorva Prasad is creating a photo series of people from different countries
An exotic and highly invasive earthworm — Amynthas alexandri of the Megascolecidae family — has been collected and reported for the first time from Karnataka. Its original home is believed to be Southeast Asia
A team of researchers from St. John’s Research Institute (SJRI) has developed a new test to measure vitamin B12 absorption in humans with stable 13C isotopes. Earlier, this was possible only using the radio-isotopes-based Schilling test.
This major clinical development has been published in American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
How many times can one donate blood in a lifetime? Ask Chandrakantha KV, a 56-year-old engineer who on Tuesday donated blood for the 200th time in 35 years.
Japan Habba Trust and the office of the Consulate General of Japan in Bengaluru organised the 17th edition of ‘Japan Habba 2021’. The event aimed to celebrate Japanese culture in India.
Researcher S.R. Vignaraj of Dharmasthala is among nine persons chosen by the Karnataka Tulu Sahitya Academy for its honorary award.
Kelepu Perade Kelepu, a collection of poems by scholar and former Vice-Chancellor of Karnataka Folklore University K. Chinnappa Gowda and released last year, is among the four books selected by the academy for its book award.
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