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🔬 Research & Discoveries 📍 Karnataka Important

JNCASR scientists develop sodium-ion battery that charges 80% in six minutes

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.

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🔬 Research & Discoveries 📍 Tamil Nadu Important

Department of Posts releases stamp marking 125 years of Kodaikanal Solar Observatory

The Department of Posts released a commemorative postage stamp on 16 May 2025 at the Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bengaluru, marking 125 years of the Kodaikanal Solar Observatory, established on 1 April 1899.

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🚄 Railways, Roads & Aviation 📍 Karnataka

Karnataka seeks electric buses under PM E-DRIVE; Centre assures phased allocation

The Ministry of Heavy Industries said on 16 May 2025 that Karnataka had formally sought electric buses under PM E-DRIVE, and Union Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy assured phased allocation; 14,000 e-buses are to be allocated to 9 major cities under the scheme.

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🔬 Research & Discoveries 📍 Karnataka

CeNS Bengaluru develops iron-doped nickel selenide catalyst for oxygen electrocatalysis

Researchers at the Centre for Nano and Soft Matter Sciences (CeNS), Bengaluru, developed an iron-doped nickel selenide catalyst that outperformed ruthenium- and platinum-based catalysts in oxygen evolution and reduction reactions, DST said on 14 May 2025.

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🔬 Science & Technology 📍 Uttar Pradesh Important

India's first 3nm chip design centres of Renesas inaugurated in Noida and Bengaluru

Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw inaugurated two design facilities of Renesas Electronics India in Noida and Bengaluru on 13 May 2025, described as India's first design centres to work on 3-nanometre chip design.

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🌿 Climate Change 📍 Haryana Important

DST announces India's first cluster of five CCU testbeds in the cement sector

On National Technology Day, 11 May 2025, the Department of Science and Technology announced five Carbon Capture and Utilisation (CCU) testbeds in the cement sector, set up in academia–industry partnership under a PPP model.

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🛡️ Defence & Security 📍 Kerala Important

INS Sunayna (IOS Sagar), jointly crewed by nine IOR navies, returns to Kochi

INS Sunayna, deployed as Indian Ocean Ship Sagar with personnel from nine Indian Ocean Region navies, returned to Kochi on 8 May 2025 after a month-long deployment in the south-west Indian Ocean.

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🎓 Education 📍 India Important

Cabinet approves ₹11,828.79-crore expansion of five new IITs at Tirupati, Palakkad, Bhilai, Jammu and Dharwad

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.

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🔬 Research & Discoveries 📍 Karnataka

JNCASR develops metal-free organic catalyst that makes hydrogen from mechanical energy

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.

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📅 Important Days & Themes 📍 Karnataka Must know

Basava Jayanti: PM pays tribute to Jagadguru Basaveshwara

Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid tribute to Jagadguru Basaveshwara, the 12th-century philosopher and social reformer, on Basava Jayanti on 30 April 2025.

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🔬 Space 📍 Karnataka Important

IIA-led study charts flows in the Sun's near-surface shear layer tied to the 11-year cycle

A study led by the Bengaluru-based Indian Institute of Astrophysics traced plasma flows in the Sun's near-surface shear layer that change with the 11-year sunspot cycle, DST said on 29 April 2025.

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🌾 Agriculture & Rural 📍 Karnataka Must know

Mann Ki Baat: apples in Karnataka's Bagalkot, saffron in Kinnaur and Wayanad

In Mann Ki Baat on 27 April 2025, PM Modi cited Shri Shail Teli of Bagalkot, Karnataka, who grows apples in the plains, and saffron cultivation in Kinnaur (Himachal Pradesh) and, using aeroponics, in Wayanad (Kerala).

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🔬 Research & Discoveries 📍 Karnataka

Jitendra Singh reviews BRIC-inStem trials, including first-in-human haemophilia gene therapy

Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh visited BRIC-inStem, Bengaluru, and reviewed its clinical trials, including the first-in-human gene therapy trial for haemophilia conducted with CMC Vellore, as reported on 24 April 2025.

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🌾 Agriculture & Rural 📍 Andhra Pradesh

Virginia tobacco grower registrations and barn licences made valid for 3 years

The Government amended the Tobacco Board Rules, 1976, to make Virginia tobacco grower registrations and barn licences valid for 3 years instead of 1, effective from the 2025-26 crop season in Andhra Pradesh, the Commerce Ministry said on 22 April 2025.

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🏛️ Governance & Administration 📍 Karnataka Important

Centre releases over ₹436 crore of XV Finance Commission grants for Karnataka and Tripura panchayats

The Union Government released the second instalment of XV Finance Commission untied grants for 2024-25 to rural local bodies in Karnataka (₹404.97 crore) and Tripura (₹31.13 crore), the Ministry of Panchayati Raj said on 27 March 2025.

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🔬 IT, AI & Digital 📍 India Important

IndiaAI and Geological Survey of India launch hackathon on AI-driven mineral targeting in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh

IndiaAI and the Geological Survey of India launched the IndiaAI Hackathon on Mineral Targeting on 18 March 2025, asking participants to use AI/ML to find new exploration areas for critical minerals in a 39,000 sq km area of Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh.

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🔬 IT, AI & Digital 📍 Karnataka Important

Department of Posts signs MoU with IISc's FSID to design the technology architecture for a Digital Address DPI

The Department of Posts signed an MoU with the Foundation for Science Innovation and Development (FSID), Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, on 11 March 2025 to design and document the technology architecture for a Digital Address digital public infrastructure.

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🛡️ Defence & Security 📍 Karnataka Important

Rajnath Singh becomes first Defence Minister to visit IAF's Institute of Aerospace Medicine; launches space psychology project

Rajnath Singh became the first Defence Minister to visit the Indian Air Force's Institute of Aerospace Medicine in Bengaluru on 9 March 2025, where he launched an ICMR-funded centre for research on space psychology.

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🛡️ Weapons & Induction 📍 Karnataka Important

Alpha Tocol hands over first privately built rear fuselage for LCA Mk1A to HAL in Bengaluru

The first rear fuselage for the Light Combat Aircraft Mk1A made by private firm Alpha Tocol Engineering Services was handed over to HAL in Bengaluru on 9 March 2025 in the presence of Defence Minister Rajnath Singh.

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🎭 Art & Culture 📍 Delhi Important

President Murmu opens second edition of Vividhta ka Amrit Mahotsav, on South India, at Rashtrapati Bhavan

President Droupadi Murmu inaugurated the second edition of 'Vividhta ka Amrit Mahotsav', showcasing the culture of South India, at Rashtrapati Bhavan on 5 March 2025.

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🛡️ Internal Security 📍 Karnataka Must know

DRDO completes high-altitude trials of indigenous OBOGS-based life support system for LCA Tejas

DRDO's Bengaluru-based Defence Bio-Engineering & Electro Medical Laboratory (DEBEL) successfully conducted high-altitude trials of the indigenous On-Board Oxygen Generating System-based Integrated Life Support System for the LCA Tejas on 4 March 2025.

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🌿 Wildlife & Protected Areas 📍 Karnataka Important

Mann Ki Baat: PM credits Soliga tribe for tiger rise in Karnataka's BRT Tiger Reserve, hails Andaman's 'Deer Woman'

Ahead of World Wildlife Day, PM Narendra Modi said in Mann Ki Baat on 23 February 2025 that the tiger-worshipping Soliga tribe deserves much of the credit for the rising tiger population in Karnataka's BRT Tiger Reserve.

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🛡️ Defence & Security 📍 Karnataka Important

MoD signs ₹1,220.12 crore contract with BEL for 149 Software Defined Radios for the Indian Coast Guard

The Ministry of Defence signed a ₹1,220.12 crore contract with Bharat Electronics Limited, Bengaluru, on 20 February 2025 for 149 Software Defined Radios for the Indian Coast Guard under the Buy (Indian-IDDM) category.

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🎭 Art & Culture 📍 Delhi Important

Tableaux of 16 States/UTs and 10 ministries showcase 'Swarnim Bharat' on Republic Day 2025

Tableaux from 16 States/UTs and 10 central ministries/departments rolled down Kartavya Path on 26 January 2025 on the theme 'Swarnim Bharat: Virasat aur Vikas'.

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🔬 IT, AI & Digital 📍 Karnataka

UNESCO and MeitY hold second AI Readiness Assessment Methodology consultation in Bengaluru

UNESCO and MeitY concluded a two-day stakeholder consultation on the AI Readiness Assessment Methodology (RAM) in Bengaluru on 17 January 2025, the second of five planned consultations.

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📋 Central Schemes 📍 India Important