25.10.17 KPSC (Karnataka) Daily Current Affairs

KARNATAKA   Karnataka plans ‘safe selfie’ campaign   Concerned over the growing number of ‘selfie deaths’, the Karnataka government has decided to launch an online campaign warning that “self-photography could cost you your life” and urge people to take a pledge to take selfies responsibly.   The state tourism department will simultaneously launch a statewide drive … Read more

ADB,EU, ASEAN, SAARC, AU, NATO, NAM, OPEC, G-8, IAEA, etc.

Regional Organizations   Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)   The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) was formed in 1967 by Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand to promote political and economic cooperation and regional stability. The member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) are Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, … Read more

24.10.17 KPSC (Karnataka) Daily Current Affairs

KARNATAKA   Karnataka to ban Pillion Riding on Two-Wheelers With Engine Capacity up to 100 cc   Karnataka government has decided to ban pillion riding on two-wheelers with less than 100 cc engine. It will not affect the existing two-wheelers but will be applicable for new vehicles. The ban comes in the backdrop of safety … Read more

22-23.10.17 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs

UTTARAKHAND   Uttarakhand forms special cattle squads to check bovine smuggling, cow vigilantes   Chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat  directed the state director general of police (DGP) Anil Raturi to form a special squad — the first of its kind in the state — to check cattle smuggling especially in Haridwar district where the CM said … Read more

20.10.17 KPSC (Karnataka) Daily Current Affairs

KARNATAKA   Green panel approves Rs 151 cr industrial area proj in K’taka   A central green panel has given environment clearance for developing the Rs 151.60-crore Jakkasandra industrial area in Kolar district, Karnataka.   As per the proposal, the Karnataka Industrial Area Development Board (KIADB) will develop an industrial area in 627.47 acres in Jakkasandra village of Kolar with an aim … Read more

20.10.17 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs

UTTARAKHAND   Deen Dayal Upadhayay Vigyan Gram Sankul Pariyojana   The Minister of Science & Technology, Earth Sciences and Environment, Forest & Climate Change, Dr. Harshvardhan launched “Pt Deen Dayal Upadhayay Vigyan Gram Sankul Pariyojana” which will experiment and endeavour to formulate and implement appropriate S&T Interventions for Sustainable development through cluster approach in Uttarakhand. … Read more

15.10.17 (KPSC) Karnataka Daily Current Affairs

KARNATAKA   Casteism comes in the way of Matrupoorna scheme   Pregnant women in some villages are refusing to have freshly cooked meals provided to them under the Matrupoorna scheme because it is cooked by women belonging to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.   Matrupoorna was an ambitious project launched recently by the state government … Read more

15.10.17 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs

UTTARAKHAND   Pancheshwar dam displaced to be resettled on irrigation department land   ð Tourism and irrigation minister Satpal Maharaj said that he will soon hold talks with UP chief minister Adityanath Yogito get land in Uttarakhand which is currently under UP government’s control to rehabilitate around 33,000 people who would be displaced due to submergence of their villages … Read more

13.10.17 (KPSC) Karnataka Daily Current Affairs

KARNATAKA   Karnataka silk corporation to hold expo in Pondy from Oct 14 to 16   Karnataka silk industries corporation limited (KSIC), a Karnataka government’s undertaking, will hold an exhibition cum sale of Mysore silk products from October 14 to 16.   The corporation will display its various products including crepe de chine (light and fine plain-woven silk … Read more