KPSC (Karnataka) Current Affairs One-liners — Last 6 months
Daily news by your exam, state and topic — each with a short summary, key facts and MCQs.
Sun, 24 May 2026
- On 24 May 2026 UPSC conducted the Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination 2026, including the IFS (Preliminary), at 2,072 venues in 83 cities, using real-time face authentication of candidates for the first time.
- In Cyprus's parliamentary election on 24 May 2026, the centre-right Democratic Rally (DISY) won the most seats (17), while the far-right ELAM moved into third place with eight seats and two newcomer parties entered parliament.
- On 24 May 2026 Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan directed that professors and technical experts from IIT Madras and IIT Kanpur assist CBSE in ensuring a glitch-free re-evaluation process after problems with its post-result services portal.
- The Department of Consumer Affairs has amended the Legal Metrology (Government Approved Test Centre) Rules, 2013, letting GATCs verify five types of fuel dispensers, including CNG, LNG and hydrogen dispensers, as announced on 24 May 2026.
- On 24 May 2026 ten people, most from one extended family, drowned when a sudden surge of water swept them away while they were collecting shellfish near Shirali in Bhatkal taluk of Uttara Kannada (Karwar) district, Karnataka.
- On 24 May 2026 Home Minister Amit Shah addressed the 'Janjati Sanskritik Samagam' in New Delhi, held in the 150th birth anniversary year of Bhagwan Birsa Munda, and said tribal communities had been kept outside the UCC in Gujarat and Uttarakhand.
Sat, 23 May 2026
- On 23 May 2026 the Rural Development Ministry reviewed States' preparedness for the VB–G RAM G Act, 2025, which commences on 1 July 2026, and approved over 45 crore persondays of MGNREGS labour budget for June 2026.
- On 23 May 2026 DPIIT released operational guidelines for the BHAVYA Scheme, a Central Sector Scheme to develop 100 investment-ready industrial parks over 2026-27 to 2031-32 with an outlay of about ₹33,660 crore.
- Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal will visit Canada from 25 to 27 May 2026 with over 100 Indian businesses to push negotiations on the India–Canada Comprehensive Economic and Partnership Agreement (CEPA), the ministry announced on 23 May.
- On 23 May 2026 US Secretary of State Marco Rubio called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi and briefed him on progress in India–US cooperation.
- On 23 May 2026 Prime Minister Narendra Modi distributed more than 51,000 appointment letters to newly recruited youth at the 19th Rozgar Mela via video conferencing.
- On 23 May 2026 eleven test pilots and six flight test engineers of the 48th Flight Test Course graduated from the Air Force Test Pilots School, Bengaluru, with Chief of the Air Staff Air Chief Marshal AP Singh as chief guest.
- On 23 May 2026 the Ministry of Education flagged off 56 government-school students from 15 States/UTs, all NMMS scholarship holders, for a 24–30 May visit to Japan under the Sakura Science Programme 2026.
- India's cold-water fisheries now produce around 7,000 tonnes a year, with Jammu & Kashmir the leading trout producer at about 3,010 tonnes in 2024-25, the Fisheries Ministry said on 23 May 2026.
- On 23 May 2026 a Maroon Beret Ceremonial Parade at the Garud Regimental Training Centre, Air Force Station Chandinagar, marked the passing out of new IAF Garud special forces operatives.
Fri, 22 May 2026
- On 22 May 2026 PM Narendra Modi and Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides elevated India–Cyprus ties to a Strategic Partnership, adopted a 2026–2031 defence cooperation roadmap and signed six MoUs/arrangements, including one on counter-terrorism.
- On 22 May 2026 NITI Aayog CEO Nidhi Chibber chaired the first meeting of the High-Powered 'Education to Employment and Enterprise' Standing Committee, set up under the Union Budget 2026-27 to help India reach a 10% share of the global services market by 2047.
- On 22 May 2026 Social Justice Minister Dr Virendra Kumar launched the JEEVAN mobile app for senior citizens and the SHATAYU dashboard showing the availability of geriatric caregivers.
- On 22 May 2026 India and Ethiopia signed the bilateral market-access protocol for Ethiopia's accession to the World Trade Organization in Geneva.
- The Health Ministry said on 22 May 2026 that over 100 crore health records have been linked with ABHA under the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission, doubling from 50 crore in 15 months.
- The Health Ministry announced on 22 May 2026 that the drug Pregabalin has been moved from Schedule H to the stricter Schedule H1 of the Drugs Rules, 1945, following reports of misuse among youth.
- On 22 May 2026 Slovenia's National Assembly elected Janez Janša as Prime Minister by 51 votes to 36, ending a deadlock after the 22 March parliamentary election.
- Scientists at ARCI, a DST institution, have developed a spinel nanocomposite phase change material whose specific heat capacity rises by up to 45% with just 1% nanoparticles, the Science Ministry said on 22 May 2026.
- On 22 May 2026 Vice President C.P. Radhakrishnan released 'The Library Man of India: The Story of P.N. Panicker', written by P.P. Sathyan, at Uprashtrapati Bhavan.
Thu, 21 May 2026
- On 21 May 2026 Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and South Korea's Minister of Patriots and Veterans Affairs Kwon Oh-eul inaugurated the Indian War Memorial at Imjingak Park, Seoul, honouring the 60 Para Field Ambulance and the Custodian Force of India.
- On 21 May 2026 Science Minister Dr Jitendra Singh dedicated the Department of Biotechnology's UMMID (Unique Methods of Management of Inherited Disorders) programme for rare genetic disorders to the nation.
- NSO's Quarterly Bulletin on Unincorporated Sector Enterprises, released on 21 May 2026, put the number of unincorporated non-agricultural establishments at 9.16 crore in January–March 2026, up 16.69% year-on-year, with employment crossing 15 crore for the first time.
- On 21 May 2026 the Sports Ministry placed draft anti-doping law amendments for public consultation, proposing criminal action against doping traffickers, suppliers and syndicates while keeping athletes out of criminal prosecution for rule violations.
- On 21 May 2026 the Environment Ministry said the First International Big Cat Alliance (IBCA) Summit, set for 1 June 2026 in New Delhi alongside the Fourth India–Africa Forum Summit, will be held at a later date.
- On 21 May 2026 Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal told the American Chamber of Commerce's Annual Leadership Summit in New Delhi that American industry commitments in India over the last six months were estimated at upwards of $60 billion.