30.11.17 Karnataka (KPSC) Current Affairs

KARNATAKA   From food to crop, Karnataka tops GI table with 39 products   Karnataka leads the list of states that have claimed geographical indications for products, with 39 tagged items, ranging from Mysore silk and Dharwad pedha to Coorg green cardamom and Appemidi mango. According to the latest report on registration of GIs released … Read more

24.11.17 Karnataka (KPSC) Current Affairs

KARNATAKA   Karnataka govt to pay for patients who die in private hospital   The state government is introducing a concession scheme to be implemented as per the amendment made to the Karnataka Private Medical Establishment (KPME) Bill, which was tabled in the legislative council.   Under this scheme, the government will bear the entire medicine and … Read more

21.11.17 Karnataka (KPSC) Current Affairs

KARNATAKA   Coast Guard Karnataka all geared up for Sagar Kavach from Nov 21   Comprehensive coastal security exercise ‘Sagar Kavach’ involving all land and sea related stake-holders and agencies will be conducted in Karnataka under the aegis of the state government on November 21 and 22. Coastal security has come to forefront after Mumbai … Read more

19-20.11.17 Karnataka (KPSC) Current Affairs

KARNATAKA   Hubballi-Mumbai air services may begin next month   Aircraft services between Hubballi and Mumbai will resume by next month.   Private aviation companies too have been consulted and one of them has expressed interest to fly services from Hubballi.Private players have been asked to consider providing aircraft services to other major cities, including … Read more

18.11.2017 Karnataka (KPSC) Current Affairs

KARNATAKA   Falling sex ratio in Karnataka   The sex ratio at birth in Karnataka has dropped to 898 in 2016 from 917 in 2014, but not a single person has been convicted under the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection) Act, till date.   Enacted in 1994 to stop female foeticide, the Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (Regulation and … Read more

Challenges of corruption

Challenges of corruption Corruption is an age old phenomenon and can be seen everywhere now a days. It is like a cancer in public life, which has not become to rampant and perpetuated overnight, but is course of time. The word corruption means destruction, ruining or spoiling a society or nation. A corrupt society is … Read more

14.11.17 KPSC (Karnataka) Daily Current Affairs

KARNATAKA   One coop. society for every gram panchayat: CM   The State government has drawn an ambitious plan of promoting at least one cooperative society in each gram panchayat and enrol every farmer in at least one cooperative institution.   Only around 22 lakh farmers were members of cooperative societies in the State now. … Read more