1. Following Food Corporation of India’s refusal to sell rice to Karnataka for Anna Bhagya scheme, the State Government is set to approach rice-growing States to help start the scheme to give 10 kg rice per head to BPL families free, on July 1.
2. Rohit Chakratirtha, who headed the committee that revised school textbooks during the BJP-rule, said the present government has the right to revise the textbooks. The Congress government on Thursday rolled back the revisions made by the previous BJP regime, which had added lessons on Hindutva ideologues, including RSS founder K.B. Hedgewar.
3. International Electric Vehicles Expo was inaugurated by Minister for Energy, K.J. George and Minister for Municipal Administration and Haj Rahim Khan, at the Bangalore International Exhibition Centre on Tumakuru Road, at 10.30 a.m.