Bengaluru: The Karnataka government on Wednesday said that the exams for nearly 8.5 lakh 10th graders studying state syllabus, will commence from Thursday as scheduled, much to the anguish of parents and guardians opposing the move.The decision to go ahead with the exams despite the opposition has fueled outrage that the B.S.Yediyurappa-led state government was risking the lives of young students just to prove that it had the covid-19 situation under control.The decision comes on a day that the state breached the 10,000 covid-19 case mark much ahead of projections as 397 persons tested positive on Wednesday including 176 in Bengaluru.