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Mehak Luthra

🐕 Spotlight on animal rights

The Karnataka Police Department has tightened its teeth around animal rights in the city as, from now, ACP-ranked officials will be in charge of animal cruelty cases.

It is game time

In today's edition: 1. Fourth wave soon?; 2. Universities compete on the field; 3. Specialty coffee decoded

😷 Fourth wave soon?

Two cases of Omicron sublineage BA.2 have been detected in Bengaluru over the weekend. Overall, the number of Covid-19 cases has crossed 100 in a span of 24 hours, after a gap of 38 days.

🏅 Universities compete on the field

The 2021 edition of Khelo India University Games (KIUG), which was postponed last year due to Covid-19, was inaugurated by Vice President Venkaiah Naidu in Bengaluru yesterday.

☕ Specialty coffee decoded – Today

This one is for all the coffee lovers in the city. The Specialty Coffee Association (SCA) is organizing the SCA Coffee Skills Program: Introduction to Coffee today.