Pulse of the Public
Pulse of the Public
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The Supreme Court has issued an interim order barring educational institutions across India from appointing or continuing teachers who lack qualifications mandated under RTE, NCTE, and UGC regulations. Chief Justice Surya Kant noted that deploying unqualified personnel severely damages the educational prospects of young learners.
The Karnataka government has approved a ₹35 crore Artificial Intelligence Hub at IIIT-Bangalore to develop industry talent and prepare for the state's planned AI University.
The Karnataka High Court dismissed a writ petition challenging the term extension granted to VTU Vice-Chancellor S. Vidyashankar, ruling the decision legally valid.
The Kalaburagi bench of the Karnataka Administrative Tribunal stayed the suspension of two government primary school teachers from Hunsagi taluk who were penalized for participating in an RSS march.
CSI Lombard Memorial Hospital in Udupi has been named among the world's greenest hospitals in Newsweek's 2026 ranking. The hospital earned a four-leaf rating, making it one of only eight institutions from India to feature on the global list.
Parents and local residents in Kiruvase village of Sagara taluk expressed deep outrage after a guest teacher physically punished primary school students for scoring low marks in a test.
Villagers in Kotekal in Maski taluk reprimanded a government primary school teacher who allegedly reported to duty under the influence of alcohol. A video of the confrontation went viral on social media, prompting calls for strict departmental action.
Coorg Institute of Technology in Ponnampet welcomed its 2026–27 engineering batch with an orientation programme organized by the Department of Basic Sciences and Humanities.
Sadguru Shri Madhusudan Sai announced plans to set up free 50-bed hospitals in North Karnataka, highlighting the ongoing success of the mission's free school operating in Majjigudda village of Shirahatti taluk.
Residents of a village in Mudigere taluk have expressed outrage after a disused government primary school building was converted into a sheep shed due to official neglect, demanding immediate restoration by authorities.
Doctors conducting an autopsy at Gudibande Government Hospital were shocked to find battery cells, a lighter, keys, and iron fragments inside the stomach of a 28-year-old youth who died under suspicious circumstances.
V. Venkatesh, headmaster of Government High School in Guloor, Bagepalli taluk, has been chosen for the Karnataka State Level Best Teacher Award for 2026-27. The state education department selected him among 31 outstanding educators in recognition of his service to rural schooling.