Here are the big stories from Karnataka today

Chikki removed from midday meal menu in Karnataka After senior officials of the Department of School Education and Literacy flagged concerns about the adverse effects of groundnut chikki, which was being provided as one of the nutritional supplements to students as part of the midday meal scheme, the department issued an order on February 17, 2025, to stop the distribution of chikkis across Karnataka. The lab would initially look at research on creating datasets for glaucoma, AI-enabled early screening of diabetic retinopathy and early identification of ageing-related cognitive impairment. Vice-principal of law college in Kolar among three arrested in question paper leak case The cybercrime police on February 18, 2025, arrested the vice-principal of a law college in Kolar and two others for allegedly leaking a law exam question paper in the last week of January. While the vice-principal had shared it with only a few of his students to improve the pass percentage of the college to reap more academic benefits and to get more seats for next year, the other two accused had leaked the Contract Law question paper on WhatsApp and Telegram channels for monetary gain, the Bengaluru police said.