Karnataka Current Affairs One-liners — All time

Fri, 05 Sept 2025

• The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment's Shilp Samagam Mela 2025, showcasing crafts of SC, OBC and Safai Mitra artisans, opened at Freedom Park, Bengaluru, on 5 September 2025 and runs till 14 September.

Thu, 04 Sept 2025

• Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan released the India Rankings 2025 under NIRF on 4 September 2025, with IIT Madras first overall for the seventh consecutive year and IISc Bengaluru topping universities.

Wed, 03 Sept 2025

• A team led by the Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bengaluru, reported the strongest observational evidence yet of how interstellar dust grains align with magnetic fields, using observations of the star-forming cloud G34.43+0.24, PIB said on 3 September 2025.

Mon, 01 Sept 2025

• President Droupadi Murmu attended the diamond jubilee celebrations of the All India Institute of Speech and Hearing (AIISH) in Mysuru, Karnataka, on 1 September 2025.

Sun, 31 Aug 2025

• The National e-Governance Division announced on 31 August 2025 that 1,938 e-Government services are now available on DigiLocker and e-District platforms across all 36 States and UTs, with Maharashtra offering the most.

Sat, 30 Aug 2025

• The Directorate General of GST Intelligence's Belagavi Zonal Unit said on 30 August 2025 that it had uncovered fake GST invoices of about ₹145 crore involving tax evasion of about ₹43 crore, and arrested one person.

Fri, 29 Aug 2025

• National Sports Day was celebrated on 29 August 2025, the 120th birth anniversary of hockey legend Major Dhyan Chand, with about 30 crore citizens taking part across all States and UTs.

Wed, 27 Aug 2025

• The Union Cabinet on 27 August 2025 approved four railway projects costing about ₹12,328 crore, including a new Kutch line and multi-tracking projects in Karnataka, Telangana, Bihar and Assam.
• MoSPI's Annual Survey of Industries 2023-24 results, released on 27 August 2025, show manufacturing-sector GVA growing 11.89% in current prices and employment 5.92%, with Tamil Nadu the top state for employment.

Tue, 26 Aug 2025

• India hosted its first-ever 3GPP Radio Access Network working group meetings in Bengaluru from 25 to 29 August 2025, where discussions on 6G standardisation under 3GPP Release 20 began.

Thu, 21 Aug 2025

• The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) seized 72.024 kg of hydroponic weed worth about ₹72 crore in a pan-India operation named 'WeedOut', with interceptions at Bengaluru and Bhopal on 20–21 August 2025.

Tue, 29 Jul 2025

• On 29 July 2025, DST said researchers at the Centre for Nano and Soft Matter Sciences, Bengaluru, made cost-effective smart windows using TiO2 films in place of tungsten oxide.

Fri, 25 Jul 2025

• On 25 July 2025, DRDO announced successful flight-trials of the UAV Launched Precision Guided Missile ULPGM-V3 at the National Open Area Range, Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh.

Fri, 18 Jul 2025

• On 18 July 2025, DRI Bengaluru seized 4,006 grams of cocaine worth about Rs 40 crore, hidden in two superhero comics, from a passenger arriving from Doha at Kempegowda International Airport.

Wed, 16 Jul 2025

• On 16 July 2025, DST said Indian Institute of Astrophysics astronomers had decoded the chain of six coronal mass ejections behind the May 2024 geomagnetic storm that lit up Ladakh's skies.

Mon, 14 Jul 2025

• On 14 July 2025, the President, in consultation with the Chief Justice of India, appointed five Chief Justices of High Courts and transferred four sitting Chief Justices.

Thu, 10 Jul 2025

• On 10 July 2025 (Guru Purnima), the Ministry of Tribal Affairs launched in Bengaluru the first Regional Process Lab of the Aadi Karmayogi mission, which aims at a cadre of 20 lakh tribal change leaders.
• On 10 July 2025 in Bengaluru, Communications Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia inaugurated the VTU-VRIF-TCOE Hub and Spoke Centre of Excellence for 5G/6G, AI and other frontier technologies.

Tue, 08 Jul 2025

• On 8 July 2025, the Indian Navy said it had signed a contract with Bharat Electronics Limited, Bengaluru, to implement the National Maritime Domain Awareness (NMDA) Project.

Sat, 05 Jul 2025

• On 5 July 2025 at Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bengaluru, Neeraj Chopra won the inaugural Neeraj Chopra Classic javelin event with a throw of 86.18 m.

Wed, 02 Jul 2025

• On 2 July 2025 at Nandi Hills, Chikkaballapur district, the Karnataka cabinet chaired by CM Siddaramaiah approved projects worth ₹3,400 crore and decided to rename Bengaluru Rural district as Bengaluru North.

Sat, 28 Jun 2025

• On 28 June 2025, Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar received the first copies of the books 'Ambedkar's Messages' and 'Ambedkar ke Sandesh' at the Vice-President's Enclave, New Delhi.

Tue, 27 May 2025

• The Ministry of Mines said on 27 May 2025 that Tranche V of critical and strategic mineral auctions ended with 10 of 15 blocks auctioned, including the first-ever successful auction of a potash block by the Government of India.

Mon, 26 May 2025

• The University of Liverpool received a Letter of Intent on 26 May 2025 to open a campus in Bengaluru, becoming the second foreign university issued an LoI under the UGC regulations of 2023 for foreign higher education campuses.

Fri, 23 May 2025

• Union Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Manohar Lal said in Bengaluru on 23 May 2025 that the Centre will examine the Bengaluru Metro Phase-2 revised cost and the ~37-km Phase-3A proposal after the required State approvals and expert appraisal.
• The 47th Flight Test Course of the Indian Air Force Test Pilot School concluded on 23 May 2025 at the Aircraft and Systems Testing Establishment (ASTE), Bengaluru, with Air Chief Marshal AP Singh as chief guest.

Thu, 22 May 2025

• The Ministry of Heavy Industries said on 22 May 2025 that about 4,500 e-buses will go to Bengaluru, 2,800 to Delhi, 2,000 to Hyderabad, 1,000 to Ahmedabad and 600 to Surat in the current phase of the PM E-DRIVE scheme.

Wed, 21 May 2025

• The Indian Navy inducted and named the traditionally built 'ancient stitched ship' as INSV Kaundinya at Naval Base, Karwar on 21 May 2025, with Culture Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat as chief guest.

Tue, 20 May 2025

• 'Heart Lamp' by Banu Mushtaq, translated from Kannada by Deepa Bhasthi, was announced as the winner of the International Booker Prize 2025 at London's Tate Modern on 20 May 2025 — the first short story collection to win the prize.

Mon, 19 May 2025

• Scientists at JNCASR, Bengaluru, an autonomous DST institute, have developed a NASICON-based sodium-ion battery that charges up to 80% in six minutes and lasts over 3,000 charge cycles, DST said on 19 May 2025.