20.07.19 Karnataka (KPSC) Daily Current Affairs

KARNATAKA   Mysuru connects to Goa, Hyderabad and Kochi by air   A decade after the Mysuru airport is opened for commercial flights, direct flights have been launched between Mysuru and Panjim in Goa. Given that the Mysuru airport is facing competition from the newly opened international terminal at Kannur in Kerala, the direct flights are expected … Read more

17.01.19 Karnataka (KPSC) Current Affairs

KARNATAKA     Bengaluru voter strength is up by nearly 1.6 lakh; over 17,000 first-timers   Nearly 1.6 lakh more Bengalureans are eligible to vote in the upcoming parliamentary polls likely to be scheduled for April-May this year. More than 10% of them, 17,686 to be precise, will be first-time voters.   There are 89,57,750 … Read more

28.03.19 Karnataka (KPSC) Current Affairs

KARNATAKA     Karnataka set to choke Krishna flows into TS, AP   As the two Telugu States — Telangana and Andhra Pradesh — are grappling with the issues in Krishna water sharing among themselves and continue their arguments before the Brijesh Kumar Tribunal to finalise their share, neighbouring Karnataka is quietly getting ready to … Read more

23.08.19 Karnataka (KPSC) Daily Current Affairs

KARNATAKA   Karnataka state university develops news portal for women   The department of journalism and mass communication of Karnataka State Akkamahadevi Women’s University, Vijayapura has launched a news portal called Mahila Dhwani. The portal is said to be the first of its kind news portal by a department of journalism in a state university. It was designed and launched … Read more

17-18.04.21 Daily KPSC Current Affairs

KARNATAKA   Karnataka revenue hits high note in new financial year   Karnataka has ringed in the 2021-22 financial year on a promising note: Most revenue-earning departments have exceeded their annual target for the previous year despite the lockdown-induced slowdown in the first two quarters due to the pandemic. The commercial taxes department has mopped up Rs 82,491 … Read more

31.03.18 Karnataka (KPSC) Current Affairs

KARNATAKA More departments at Central University planned   Vice-Chancellor of Central University of Karnataka at Kalaburagi H.M. Maheshwaraiah has said that the University, which had 21 departments, plans to add more departments in the coming years and infrastructure had been created for the purpose.   He told presspersons here on Friday that the University was … Read more

02.01.20 Karnataka (KPSC) Daily Current Affairs

KARNATAKA   Karnataka plans centre to sort out AI misuse, unethical trade practices Karnataka is likely to have a ‘Centre for Internet of Ethical Things’, perhaps, the world’s first, which will seek to ensure ethical practices in trade and businesses, besides addressing issues like misuse of artificial intelligence, a concern that has been bothering business leaders across … Read more

20.04.21 Daily KPSC Current Affairs

KARNATAKA   Karnataka nets Rs 10,000 crore commercial tax   Commercial activities remained strong in Karnataka in March, when Covid-19 cases began to climb. The state collected commercial tax of Rs 10,900 crore in the month, an all-time high. The GST collection was Rs 9,200 crore and sales tax mopup from petrol and diesel sales … Read more