Karnataka Yadgir 19-10-2025 RSS march was organized in Yadgir on Sunday | Picture Credit score: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT
1. Prepare dinner at Karnataka authorities hostel relieved from service for participating in RSS march in Bidar’s Basavakalyan
A contract worker working as an assistant prepare dinner at a State-run boys’ hostel in Basavakalyan in Bidar district, has been relieved from service after he was discovered to have participated in a Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) route march held on October 14, 2025, as a part of the group’s centenary celebrations within the city.
The motion was taken following a grievance lodged by Gagan Phule, a civil society activist and president of the Committee for Defending Democracy, who objected to the worker’s participation within the RSS procession. The event comes amid the State Authorities’s scrutiny of presidency staff and outsourced employees collaborating in RSS actions in public areas.
A video exhibiting Mr. Pramod Kumar participating within the RSS route march in Basavakalyan had earlier surfaced on social media. He had additionally reportedly uploaded {a photograph} of himself on the occasion as his WhatsApp standing, which prompted the grievance.
2. From wreck to restoration: How a parasitic wasp saved South India’s tapioca crops
Two years after scientists from the ICAR-NBAIR launched a tiny parasitic wasp into South India’s tapioca fields, the crop that when confronted close to devastation from an invasive pest is now thriving once more. Farmers in Tamil Nadu, Kerala, and Puducherry report that their tapioca harvests have returned to pre-outbreak ranges. This marks a uncommon success in controlling a serious agricultural pest with out chemical substances.
Cassava, higher often known as tapioca, is grown on about 1.73 lakh hectares in India, with Tamil Nadu and Kerala collectively contributing greater than 90% of whole manufacturing. Earlier than the outbreak, yields averaged 35 tonnes per hectare, far above the worldwide common of 10.76 tonnes, and India exported value-added tapioca merchandise value practically ₹200 million yearly, based on NBAIR officers.
3. Karnataka State Journey Operators Affiliation urges Finance Ministry to incorporate mid-sized autos underneath GST 2.0 concessions
The Karnataka State Journey Operators Affiliation (KSTOA) has raised sturdy objections to the GST 2.0 reforms, which exclude mid-sized multi-purpose autos (MPVs) and sport utility autos. (SUVs) from the revised concessional tax construction. In a current letter to the Union Finance Ministry, the affiliation termed the transfer as a ‘grave injustice’ to the journey and tourism business.
KSTOA President Ok. Radhakrishna Holla mentioned the exclusion of extensively used mid-sized MPVs and SUVs utilized in tourism operations would have opposed results on journey companies. He urged the Union Finance Ministry and the Fitment Committee to acknowledge mid-sized passenger autos because the ‘actual workhorses of Indian tourism’ and lengthen applicable tax concessions to them.
4. Police shoot at alleged cow lifter, seize truck transporting 10 cattle in Puttur
The Puttur Rural Police in Dakshina Kannada district shot at a truck driverwho was allegedly transporting 10 cattle illegally and didn’t heed their warning to cease the car close to Ishwaramangala on October 22 early morning.
Driver Abdulla from Kasargod in neighboring Kerala, who the police mentioned is a recurring cow lifter, was injured on his leg and was admitted to a authorities hospital in Mangaluru. The driving force allegedly rammed his car into the police car.
Revealed – October 22, 2025 06:13 pm IST