KPSC (Karnataka) Current Affairs One-liners — All time

Wed, 07 May 2025

• The Union Cabinet on 7 May 2025 approved the National Scheme for ITI Upgradation and setting up of five National Centres of Excellence for Skilling as a Centrally Sponsored Scheme with an outlay of ₹60,000 crore, covering 1,000 government ITIs.
• The Ministry of Home Affairs directed all States and Union Territories to hold a civil defence mock drill on 7 May 2025 across 244 categorised Civil Defence districts, with air-raid sirens, blackout measures and training of civilians.
• Operation Sindoor was launched by the Indian Armed Forces on 7 May 2025, hitting terrorist infrastructure at nine sites in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir; the Ministry of Defence described the action as focused, measured and non-escalatory, with no Pakistani military facilities targeted.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the 12th Global Space Exploration Conference (GLEX 2025) via video on 7 May 2025; the three-day conference at Yashobhoomi, New Delhi, was organised by the International Astronautical Federation with ISRO as host.
• The Union Cabinet on 7 May 2025 approved Phase-B expansion of five IITs set up after 2014, at a cost of ₹11,828.79 crore over 2025-26 to 2028-29, raising their student capacity from 7,111 to 13,687.
• The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs on 7 May 2025 approved the Revised SHAKTI policy for coal allocation to the power sector, mapping the existing eight paras into two windows — coal at notified price and coal at a premium above notified price.
• The Ministry of Culture said on 7 May 2025 that Sotheby's Hong Kong had postponed the auction of the sacred Piprahwa Buddhist relics, which had been scheduled for that day, after legal notices and talks by the Government of India.
• Union Ayush Minister Prataprao Jadhav chaired a review meeting on 7 May 2025 in New Delhi on preparations for International Day of Yoga 2025 (21 June), in the spirit of 'Yoga for One Earth, One Health'.
• The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade signed an MoU with Hafele India on 7 May 2025 in New Delhi to support product startups, MSMEs and entrepreneurs through infrastructure access, supplier development and market access.
• The Centre for Joint Warfare Studies, with Aerospace Services India and Israel Aerospace Industries, hosted the Medium-Range Surface-to-Air Missile (MRSAM) India Eco-System Summit 2.0 at the Manekshaw Centre, New Delhi, on 7 May 2025.

Tue, 06 May 2025

• Prime Ministers Narendra Modi and Keir Starmer on 6 May 2025 announced the conclusion of the India–UK Free Trade Agreement and a Double Contribution Convention, with tariff elimination on about 99% of tariff lines for Indian exports.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to Anthony Albanese on 6 May 2025 and congratulated him on his re-election as the 32nd Prime Minister of Australia; the leaders reaffirmed the India–Australia Comprehensive Strategic Partnership.
• The Inland Waterways Authority of India signed an MoU with Rhenus Logistics India on 6 May 2025 for barge services on national waterways, with 100 cargo vessels to be deployed in phases on NW-1, NW-2, NW-16 and Indo-Bangladesh Protocol routes.
• Friedrich Merz assumed office as the Federal Chancellor of Germany on 6 May 2025, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated him, saying he looked forward to further cementing the India–Germany Strategic Partnership.
• Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh said on 6 May 2025 that India's first human space mission Gaganyaan has entered its final phase, with the first human spaceflight now scheduled for the first quarter of 2027.
• Union Minister Kiren Rijiju addressed the United Nations Vesak Day 2025 celebrations at the Vietnam Buddhist Academy in Ho Chi Minh City on 6 May 2025, conveying the greetings of the President and the Prime Minister.
• Union Health Minister J P Nadda inaugurated the 2nd National Workshop on 'Health Sector Disaster Preparedness and Response' and 'Fire Safety in Healthcare Facilities' at Dr Ambedkar International Centre, New Delhi, on 6 May 2025, and an iGOT course on fire safety was launched.
• Scientists of the Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences, Lucknow, have traced palaeofires from about 250 million years ago in the Permian period using shale samples from the Godavari Basin, the DST said on 6 May 2025.
• Communications Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia inaugurated Bharat Telecom 2025 in New Delhi on 6 May 2025; the event, organised by TEPC with the Department of Telecommunications, drew over 130 foreign delegates from more than 35 countries.

Mon, 05 May 2025

• DRDO and the Indian Navy on 5 May 2025 successfully carried out combat firing (with reduced explosive) of the indigenously designed and developed Multi-Influence Ground Mine (MIGM).
• The Ministry of Mines said on 5 May 2025 that iron ore production reached a record 289 million metric tonnes in FY 2024-25 (provisional), with records also in manganese ore and primary aluminium.
• Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh held a bilateral meeting with Japan's Minister of Defense Gen Nakatani at the Manekshaw Centre, New Delhi, on 5 May 2025.
• INS Sharda arrived at Maafilaafushi Atoll, Maldives, for a Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) exercise planned from 4 to 10 May 2025 with the Maldives National Defence Force.
• India's first mortgage-backed Pass Through Certificates (PTCs), structured by RMBS Development Company Limited, were listed on the National Stock Exchange on 5 May 2025.
• UIDAI carried out a proof of concept of Aadhaar Face Authentication for candidate verification at select NEET UG 2025 centres in Delhi, with NIC and NTA, as announced on 5 May 2025.
• The Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF) on 5 May 2025 announced the selection of seven e-Nodes under its Mission for Advancement of High-impact Areas on Electric Vehicles (MAHA-EV).
• The Department of Biotechnology and BIRAC on 5 May 2025 announced a joint call for proposals to set up Bio-AI 'Moolankur' hubs under the BioE3 Policy for biomanufacturing.
• Researchers led by Prof. Tapas K. Maji at JNCASR, Bengaluru, have developed a metal-free covalent organic framework (COF) catalyst for piezocatalytic water splitting to produce hydrogen, the Science Ministry said on 5 May 2025.

Sun, 04 May 2025

• Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on 4 May 2025 announced two genome-edited rice varieties developed by ICAR, DRR Rice 100 (Kamla) and Pusa DST Rice 1, which the Ministry described as the world's first.
• The Election Commission of India said on 4 May 2025 that it is developing ECINET, a one-stop digital platform that will integrate over 40 of its existing mobile and web applications.