1. Budget session of the Karnataka legislature continues to see noisy debates. With the Assembly having adopted the Karnataka Town and Country Planning (Amendment) Bill, 2024, which provides for availing of additional floor area ratio (FAR) by paying a rate not less than 40% of the guidance value, amidst protests without discussion on Tuesday, there could be some heated debate around the issue today.
2. Union Minister for Environment and Forest, Bhupendra Yadav, will make a brief stopover at Bengaluru enroute to Wayanad where there are big protests over man-animal conflict. Karnataka government’s decision to pay compensation to the victim of elephant attack in Kerala has been strongly opposed by the opposition in Karnataka.
3. Entomological Society of India, New Delhi, in association with University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, ICAR-National Bureau of Agricultural Insects Resources and Indian Agricultural Research Institute are jointly organising Entomology Students Conclave 2024 and ESI Foundation Day, a three-day programme from today. Dr. S.N. Puri, Chief Patron of ESI, will inaugurate. Dr. K.C. Narayana Swamy, Director of Education, UAS-Benglauru, and Dr. J.P. Singh, Plant Protection Advisor, GoI, will participate as chief guests. The inaugural event will be held in Kuvempu Kannada Auditorium, UAS-B, GKVK campus, from 9.30 a.m.
