Five-time MLA U.T. Khader's return as Cabinet Minister is expected to help push development projects of the coastal belt, especially of Ullal. Two “visionary bridge projects” both across the river Netravathi are expected to get a fillip.
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Of 15,200 candidates trained/oriented under PM Kaushal Vikas Yojana in #DakshinaKannada till 2025, only 8.45% (1,284 candidates) were placed, according to the Centre. In #Udupi, of 8,491 candidates, only 8.63% (733 candidates) were placed.
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Over 840 job openings in coastal Karnataka are on offer under ‘HomeComing’ platform, says Silicon Beach Programme
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The #HomeComing platform , an initiative of the @itssiliconbeach, connects experienced IT and technology professionals with impactful career opportunities across Coastal Karnataka.
As companies expand into the Silicon Beach of India, demand for senior, experienced talent to scale delivery, engineering, and leadership teams is accelerating. HomeComing bridges this gap by aligning experienced professionals with credible IT opportunities closer to home.
The platform currently features 840+ experienced-level IT roles from 100+ companies across the #Udupi #Mangaluru region and has already facilitated 16 successful senior hires with organizations such as Niveus Solutions, @UniCourtInc, OjasQuest, and Sclera.
HomeComing offers a practical pathway to return home, with responsibility, growth, and long-term career continuity intact.
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For more information, please reach out to Darshan N Shetty at [email protected] or at +91 90351 70811.
Karnataka has told the Centre that scattered habitations in Dakshina Kannada do not meet the requirement for drone mapping and parcel delineation through Survey of Villages and Mapping with Improvised Technology in Village Areas (SVAMITVA).
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Accuracy in forecasting heavy rainfall for Coastal #Karnataka improved from 80% in 2021 to 92% in 2025 for one day lead period, as per Union Ministry of Earth Sciences. Overall improvement of 15-25% was recorded for day-1 to day-5 forecasts.
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Agrileaf Exports Pvt Ltd at Nidle in Dakshina Kannada has developed a functional prototype of an AI-based arecanut grading and sorting machine. The tech can be used to sort out four grades of arecanut - chali, ulli, fator and karigot
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Hindutva activist Arun Kumar Puthila, the rebel candidate who pushed #BJP to third position in #Puttur in the previous Assembly elections, has hinted that if his supporters wished, there could be a repeat of 2023 in the next Assembly polls.
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Winter migration of birds began on a celebratory note for a group of birders in Mangaluru who spotted the Sykes’s Nightjar on Nov 16.
It is reportedly the first time that the sighting of the bird in south India has been placed on record.
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Establishing undersea cable connectivity will help position #Mangaluru as an AI data centre hub and could generate over 25,000 direct and indirect jobs across multiple sectors, according to the Karnataka Digital Economy Mission document.
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Wild mango has now made it to the vacuum-fried food industry. Gokul Fruits Pvt. Ltd, a food processing unit located in Kundapur taluk of Udupi, has begun making vacuum-fried chips of two wild varieties of mangoes, Malbar and Bhatkal.
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#Mangaluru once bagged the third spot among 476 Indian cities in Swachh Survekshan Survey, and was adjudged ‘India’s best city in solid waste management’ in 2018. However, in the past one year, blackspots across 60 wards have gone up, reports @ravikamila
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Between 2023 & 2024, the annual groundwater recharge in #Karnataka fell from 18.93 bcm (billion cubic meters) to 18.74 bcm while the extraction increased from 66.26% in 2023 to 68.44% in 2024, according to a Central Groundwater Board report. | @ravikamila
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As per ISFR-2023 report, the mangrove cover in Karnataka stood at 14.20 sq km. It was up when compared to the ISFR-2021. ISFR is published biennially @THBengaluru
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The Union govt has reiterated that there is no proposal to constitute an arecanut board in #Karnataka. The decade-old demand hopes to protect growers' interests, ensure remunerative price & undertake research to prevent pest/fungal infection in the crop.
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Much anticipated ‘evidence based research on arecanut and human health’ to be taken up by the Union Govt has taken a leap with the Centre releasing ₹9.9 crore to CPCRI to lead the multi-institutional research project @THBengaluru
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Tapping ‘neera’, a sweet nutrient-rich sap derived from coconut spathe, using the Coco-sap Chiller developed by ICAR-CPCRI, Kasaragod, Kerala, has raised farmers' hopes of earning income from coconut trees, even while keeping monkeys at bay
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Reji Joseph from Pulloopuram near Ranny town in Pathanamthitta district in Kerala has conserved about 250 tuber varieties of which about 100 are Dioscorea varieties.
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