DK, Udupi, Uttara Kannada among ten Karnataka districts facing ‘very high’ heat risk: Study
Bengaluru: A new study has revealed that ten districts in Karnataka face "very high" heat risks, with Dakshina Kannada, Udupi, and Uttara Kannada topping the list. Notably, no district in the state is classified as low-risk, highlighting the growing threat of heatwaves across Karnataka.
The findings come from an assessment by the Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW), a non-profit research centre. The study, as cited by Deccan Herald, evaluated heat risks across 734 districts in India using 35 indicators to paint a detailed picture of heat hazard trends from 1982 to 2022.
Nationally, 151 districts fall into the “very high” risk category, while only 116 are considered to have low or very low risk.
Karnataka's heat risk profile is alarming, with ten districts falling under the "very high risk" category and another eighteen classified as "high risk." Only two districts—Chikkaballapur and Bengaluru Rural—are considered to be at "moderate risk," while no district in the state is listed under the "low risk" category.
The report highlighted a troubling trend: heat extremes in India have increased consistently over the past four decades, resulting in landmark heatwaves in 2013, 2016, 2019, 2022, and 2024.
Vishwas Chitale, senior programme lead at CEEW, noted that India needs to invest in long-term resilience. "States like Maharashtra, Odisha, Gujarat and Tamil Nadu are already taking pioneering steps by integrating climate and health data into local planning. Now is the time to scale these efforts nationally, using district-level risk assessments to prioritise funding and action," DH quoted him as saying.
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Centre spent Rs 76.13 lakh on print media ads for RSS centenary, reveals RTI
New Delhi: The Union Ministry of Culture allegedly spent Rs 76.13 lakh on print advertisements marking the 100-year celebrations of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), according to a Right to Information (RTI) reply.
The information was sought by RTI activist Ajay Basudev Bose, who filed an application seeking details on expenditure incurred by the ministry for advertisements commemorating the RSS centenary.
Bose shared a picture of the reply from the ministry on his official ‘X’ handle.
“It is informed that an amount of Rs 76,13,129 has been spent on advertisement given in various print media by the Ministry of Culture on the occasion of the completion of 100 years of RSS,” the government’s reply stated.
RTI reply shows Min of Culture Govt of India spent a Whopping Rs 76L,13K,129 on Advertisement in Print Media on occasion of 100 yrs of #RSS
— AJAY Basudev Bose (@AjayBos93388306) April 16, 2026
When Everyone knows RSS is Not Registered & Does not Pay any Tax is it justified to spend Tax Payers Money on such Private event??@RSSorg… pic.twitter.com/dW4IUtdNCg
Bose questioned the expenditure in the post X, “when Everyone knows RSS is Not Registered & Does not Pay any Tax is it justified to spend Tax Payers Money on such Private event??”
Reacting to the development, Karnataka’s IT-BT and Panchayat Raj Minister Priyank Kharge also criticised the spending.
In a post on X, he asked why public money was being used for what he described as a “private ideological project.”
"Modi Sarkar spent Rs 76,13,129 of public money on newspaper advertisements to celebrate 100 years of the RSS. Why is Government spending taxpayers money on an unregistered, non-tax-paying organisation to celebrate their centenary?," he added.
Why is public money being used to serve a private ideological project?
— Priyank Kharge / ಪ್ರಿಯಾಂಕ್ ಖರ್ಗೆ (@PriyankKharge) April 16, 2026
Modi Sarkar spent ₹76,13,129 of public money on newspaper advertisements to celebrate 100 years of the RSS.
Why is Government spending taxpayers money on an unregistered, non-tax-paying organisation to… pic.twitter.com/EoZ6Pim3IM
According to reports, the RSS describes itself as a volunteer-based organisation and has stated that it functions as a body of individuals rather than a registered entity.
Founded by Keshav Baliram Hedgewar in 1925, the organisation is marking its centenary year beginning from Vijaydashami in 2025, with the milestone observed on October 2.
