Karnataka Current Affairs — Last 3 months | Daily News + MCQs

🌾 Agriculture & Rural 📍 Uttar Pradesh Important

₹5,547.99 crore MSP procurement of pulses and oilseeds approved for UP, Karnataka and Telangana

On 30 September 2026 Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan approved ₹5,547.99 crore procurement of 7.06 lakh MT of pulses and oilseeds at MSP under the Price Support Scheme for Kharif 2026-27 in Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka and Telangana.

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📋 Central Schemes 📍 Kerala Important

Amit Shah launches 'Vanitham She-Mart' shops and NCCF's 'Janah' products in Kollam, Keralam

On 26 September 2026 Union Cooperation Minister Amit Shah inaugurated 'Vanitham She-Mart' shops and launched the sale of NCCF's 'Janah' products in Kollam to link women SHGs and rural women entrepreneurs directly with markets.

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🎭 GI Tags 📍 Karnataka Important

APEDA facilitates export of GI-tagged Gulbarga Tur Dal from Karnataka to the Maldives

On 24 September 2026 APEDA facilitated the flag-off of a 1 metric tonne consignment of GI-tagged Gulbarga Tur Dal from Karnataka to the Maldives.

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🔬 Space 📍 Karnataka Important

TDB-DST signs ₹63.84 crore RDI Fund agreement with GalaxEye for multisensor OptoSAR satellite

On 24 September 2026 the Technology Development Board of DST signed an agreement with Bengaluru-based GalaxEye Space Solutions for ₹63.84 crore support under the RDI Fund to develop a next-generation multisensor satellite.

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💹 Economy 📍 Madhya Pradesh Important

DoT holds investors' roundtable in Bengaluru for India's first integrated Telecom Manufacturing Zone at Gwalior

On 22 September 2026, the Department of Telecommunications held its 3rd Investors' Roundtable in Bengaluru for India's first integrated Telecom Manufacturing Zone (TMZ), coming up in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh.

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🌾 Agriculture & Rural 📍 Karnataka Must know

Central Silk Board marks 77th Foundation Day in Bengaluru; India targets No. 1 rank in silk by 2028-29

On 20 September 2026, Textiles Minister Giriraj Singh inaugurated the 77th Foundation Day of the Central Silk Board in Bengaluru and said India aims to become the world's No. 1 silk producer by 2028-29.

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👤 Appointments & Resignations 📍 India Important

President appoints 14 judicial officers as judges of Delhi, J&K and Ladakh, Jharkhand and Karnataka High Courts

On 19 September 2026, the Law Ministry notified that the President, after consulting the Chief Justice of India, appointed 14 judicial officers as Judges or Additional Judges of the Delhi, J&K and Ladakh, Jharkhand and Karnataka High Courts.

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🔬 Health & Medicine 📍 Karnataka

Amit Shah visits JGMM Medical College and KLE Hospital in Hubballi; 250 MBBS seats and 1,200 beds

On 19 September 2026, Union Home Minister Amit Shah visited the campus of JGMM Medical College and KLE Hospital and Medical Research Centre in Hubballi, Karnataka.

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🛡️ Weapons & Induction 📍 Karnataka Must know

HAL hands over 2 Tejas FOC twin-seat trainers and 3 HTT-40 trainers to IAF, 4 Dhruv NG helicopters to Pawan Hans

On 18 September 2026, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) handed over two LCA Tejas Final Operational Clearance (FOC) twin-seat trainers and three HTT-40 basic trainers to the IAF, and four Dhruv NG helicopters to Pawan Hans Limited, in Bengaluru.

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🏆 National Awards 📍 Karnataka Must know

Actor Anant Nag to receive Dadasaheb Phalke Award 2024

On 16 September 2026, the Government of India announced that veteran actor Anant Nag will be conferred the Dadasaheb Phalke Award for 2024, to be presented at the 72nd National Film Awards ceremony at Kevadia, Gujarat, on 22 September 2026.

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🔬 Science & Technology 📍 Karnataka Important

JNCASR scientists find wave-like heat transport in TlCu5Se3, aiding waste-heat-to-electricity conversion

On 14 September 2026, the Department of Science and Technology said researchers at JNCASR, Bengaluru, found an unusual wave-like heat transport regime in the copper chalcogenide thallium copper selenide (TlCu5Se3).

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🛡️ Internal Security 📍 India Important

DRI seizes about 41 kg of smuggled gold worth ₹62 crore in six pan-India operations; 24 arrested

On 10 September 2026, the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) reported seizing about 41 kg of foreign-origin gold worth around ₹62 crore in six intelligence-led operations, with 24 arrests including three foreign nationals.

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🎓 Social Justice & Welfare 📍 Karnataka Important

Tribal Affairs Ministry holds first Regional Review Conference on Forest Rights Act implementation in Bengaluru

On 10 September 2026, the Ministry of Tribal Affairs held the first Regional Review Conference on implementation of the Forest Rights Act, 2006 in Bengaluru with the five southern States.

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🚄 Railways, Roads & Aviation 📍 Tamil Nadu Must know

Cabinet approves five railway multitracking projects worth ₹10,021 crore in Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Telangana

On 9 September 2026, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approved five railway multitracking projects costing about ₹10,021 crore that will add about 540 km to the Indian Railways network across 17 districts in four southern States.

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🌿 Wildlife & Protected Areas 📍 India Important

DRI seizes leopard pelts, 180 Indian star tortoises, tokay geckos, pangolin scales and tiger bones in six operations

On 9 September 2026, the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence reported seizing two leopard pelts, 180 live Indian star tortoises, 12 tokay geckos, about 24 kg of pangolin scales and 500 g of tiger bones in six operations, arresting 13 people.

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🌿 Environment & Ecology 📍 Karnataka

India and Japan hold 7th Joint Working Group meeting on forests in Bengaluru

On 8 September 2026, India and Japan held the 7th meeting of their Joint Working Group on forests in Bengaluru and endorsed a 2027–2031 roadmap under their 2015 Memorandum of Cooperation.

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🔬 Space 📍 France Important

India and France discuss Paris Space Summit and Bengaluru Space Expo

On 4 September 2026, Union Minister Jitendra Singh and French Minister Philippe Baptiste held a virtual meeting on deepening space cooperation ahead of the International Space Summit in Paris.

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🛡️ Defence & Security 📍 Karnataka Important

16th Aero India to be held in Bengaluru from 8 to 12 February 2027

On 2 September 2026, the Defence Ministry announced that the 16th edition of Aero India will be held at Air Force Station Yelahanka, Bengaluru, from 8 to 12 February 2027.

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🔬 Research & Discoveries 📍 Karnataka Important

JNCASR-led team finds giant thermoelectric voltage in scandium nitride

On 31 August 2026, DST said a JNCASR-led team found that scandium nitride thin films convert temperature differences into a voltage nearly a thousand times larger than textbook limits, in work published in Science.

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🌟 Persons in News 📍 Karnataka Important

Vice President marks birth centenary of former Karnataka CM Ramakrishna Hegde

On 29 August 2026, Vice President C. P. Radhakrishnan paid tribute to former Karnataka Chief Minister Ramakrishna Hegde on his 100th birth anniversary at Vidhana Soudha, Bengaluru.

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🏛️ Governance & Administration 📍 India Must know

Legal Metrology (Indian Standard Time) Rules, 2026 notified for 'One Nation, One Time'

On 27 August 2026, the Department of Consumer Affairs notified the Legal Metrology (Indian Standard Time) Rules, 2026, making IST the common legal time reference; the Rules take effect 180 days after Gazette publication.

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🌾 Agriculture & Rural 📍 Karnataka

APEDA facilitates first-ever air shipment of Karnataka's Neelam and Totapuri mangoes to the Maldives

On 30 July 2026 APEDA flagged off the first-ever air shipment of Karnataka's late-season Neelam and Totapuri mangoes to the Maldives, sourced from farmers in Kolar district.

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🚄 Railways, Roads & Aviation 📍 Karnataka Important

CCEA approves 3rd and 4th line of Ballari–Guntakal section

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs on 24 July 2026 approved the 3rd and 4th railway lines of the Ballari–Guntakal section in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh at a cost of about ₹1,264 crore, adding about 46 km to the Indian Railways network.

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🛡️ Weapons & Induction 📍 Karnataka Must know

INS Malvan, second Mahe-class anti-submarine shallow water craft, commissioned at Karwar

INS Malvan, the second of the indigenously designed and built Mahe-class Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft (ASW-SWC), was commissioned into the Indian Navy at Karwar on 22 July 2026 in a ceremony presided over by Chief of the Air Staff Air Chief Marshal A. P. Singh.

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🌾 Agriculture & Rural 📍 Andhra Pradesh

Agriculture Minister reviews relief for Totapuri mango farmers of AP, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka

Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan held a high-level review at Krishi Bhavan, New Delhi on 22 July 2026 on the problems of Totapuri mango farmers in Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, based on an expert committee report.

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🌾 Agriculture & Rural 📍 Karnataka

Mangalore Fishing Harbour modernisation under PMMSY reaches 25% progress

The Modernisation and Upgradation of Mangalore Fishing Harbour, approved in 2024 under PMMSY at ₹37.47 crore, has reached 25% physical progress, the Fisheries Department said on 21 July 2026.

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🛡️ Internal Security 📍 India Important

CBN's Operation Vajra stops diversion of 12 crore Tramadol tablets

The Central Bureau of Narcotics seized 12 crore high-strength Tramadol tablets (about 30 tonnes) from a Delhi warehouse under 'Operation Vajra', it said on 20 July 2026, preventing their suspected diversion to Libya.

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🔬 Science & Technology 📍 Karnataka Must know

Pralhad Joshi inaugurates White Rabbit-based Indian Standard Time distribution network in Bengaluru

Union Minister Pralhad Joshi inaugurated the 'White Rabbit Technology'-based Indian Standard Time (IST) Distribution Demonstration Network at RRSL, Jakkur, Bengaluru, on 16 July 2026 under the 'One Nation, One Time' vision.

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🔬 Research & Discoveries 📍 Karnataka

CeNS Bengaluru develops ultra-sensitive room-temperature ammonia sensor

Scientists at the Centre for Nano and Soft Matter Sciences (CeNS), Bengaluru, have developed a room-temperature ammonia sensor that detects the gas down to 319 parts per billion and can power itself from body motion.

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🕯️ Obituaries 📍 Karnataka Must know

Legendary playback singer S. Janaki dies in Mysuru at 88

Veteran playback singer S. Janaki, who recorded over 48,000 songs and won four National Film Awards, died in Mysuru, Karnataka, on 11 July 2026 at the age of 88.

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