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• Karnataka government mulling over handing over Shivamogga airport to AAI without losing ownership of land acquired for project January 31, 2025
  If a airport is handed over to AAI, the land too will go into the hands of the authority. Hence, the government is contemplating handing it over on lease. Then the ownership of the land will remain with the State Government
• Treatment for Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS) included under Ayushman Bharat Arogya Karnataka January 31, 2025
  According to a government order (GO), the government of Karnataka has approved inclusion of IVIG therapy for GBS as an add-on procedure code under 2B category in the benefit package of AB-ArK subject to a limit of ₹10 crore annually
• BLDE University scientist gets sixth patent January 31, 2025
  His work on ‘Pharmaceutical Composition of Electrically-Sensitive Polyacrylamide Grafted Gum Tragacanth Copolymer of Electro-Modulated Transdermal Drug Delivery’ has been patented
• Lokayukta raid on sub-registrar, other officials in Belagavi January 31, 2025
  The officials raided include Sachin Munded, Sub-Registrar of Anagol in Belagavi district, and Sanjay Durgannanavar, veterinary officer
• Hassan police open fire at person who attacked a private bus January 31, 2025
  Manu, the accused, recently waylaid a private bus on the Bengaluru-Mangaluru highway near Hassan
• Tapping neera: From keeping monkeys away to making value-added products January 31, 2025
  ‘Neera’, a sweet nutrient-rich sap derived from coconut spathe, using the Coco-sap Chiller has raised the hopes of farmers in earning income from coconut trees, even while keeping monkeys at bay
• Karnataka Cabinet approves ₹12,150 crore Greater Bengaluru Integrated Township project in Ramanagara January 31, 2025
  The project will encompass 8,943 acres across 10 villages, with the initial land already acquired by the Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Board (KIADB).
• Peripheral Ring Road phase II: Notices to be issued to farmers for acquiring land January 31, 2025
• Childhoods stolen as underage pregnancies rise in Karnataka January 31, 2025
  The lack of awareness about sex and contraceptives, sexual abuse, early engagements and marriages prompted by socio-economic situations, and traditional beliefs have led to an increase in underage and child pregnancies in Karnataka in the post-COVID-19 period, writes Jahnavi T.R.  
• Tekion and Praana Animal Foundation launch cat rehabilitation and adoption centre in Bengaluru January 30, 2025