Author: Tini Sara Anien
Karnataka’s infrastructure development minister, M B Patil, has called for a feasibility study on a second airport in Bengaluru due to the increasing traffic at Kempegowda International Airport (KIA), making it the third busiest in the country with 52 million passengers annually. An agreement preventing the construction of another airport within a 150 km-radius of KIA is set to expire in 2033. Patil emphasizes the importance of planning for a second airport now to meet future demands. Tamil Nadu’s announcement of an international airport in Hosur could benefit residents of Bengaluru’s outskirts like Electronics City and Koramangala. Experts suggest the…
The journalism landscape in Bengaluru is changing as the Indian Institute of Journalism and New Media (IIJNM) discontinues its journalism programmes, following the closure of other media schools like Convergence Institute of Media Management and IT Studies (Commits). The shift in student preferences after the pandemic has impacted journalism education, with a decline in admissions to specialized journalism schools. John Thomas, former head of IIJNM, notes a fall in the quality of journalism applicants and emphasizes the importance of formal training amidst the rise of citizen journalism. The denigration of journalists and journalism, along with economic disruptions exacerbated by the…