Karnataka panel proposes 3-color official state flag If adopted with clearance from the MHA, Karnataka will be the second state after Jammu and Kashmir to have an official state flag. Karnataka has had an unofficial state flag since the mid-1960s, used to signify local pride.
G S Siddaramaya, Chairman of the nine-member committee. The red-yellow flag
was created by Kannada writer and activist Ma Ramamurthy.
Mudhol Hound: Indian Army’s first desi dog breed, The Mudhoi Hound famously known as Caravan Hound, is known to have extremely good vision.
The feathered variety of the Mudhoi Hound is known as Karwani or Pashmi.
Mudhol, in Bagalkot district of North Karnataka, after which the breed gets its name
Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs Hardeep Puri.
Swachhata Survekshan 2018 Winners – Indore, Bhopal & Chandigarh Emerge as The Top 3 Cleanest Cities in The Country
• India’s Best city in solid waste management – South Zone <1Lakh – Hunsur in Karnataka
• India’s Best city in solid waste management – 3-10 Lakh – Mangalore in Karnataka
• India’s cleanest Medium City – 3-10 Lakh – Mysuru in Karnataka.
World’s largest solar park launched in Karnataka The world’s largest solar park set up at an investment of Rs 16,500 crore at Pavagada village in Karnataka’s Tumakuru district
The 2,000 MW park, named as ‘Shakti Sthala’, spans across 13,000 acres spread over five villages joint venture between Karnataka Renewable Energy Development Ltd (KREDL) and Solar Energy Corp of India (SECI).
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Maximum – Jharkhand 19
Bihar – 13
Chhattisgarh – 10
99 smart cities
Belgaum
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Bengaluru
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The Karnataka state government will purchase 640 electric vehicles under the Central government’s FAME India subsidized scheme Karnataka received approval from the Department of Heavy Industries to purchase the electric vehicles under the National Electricity Mobility Mission of the Central government’s Fame India scheme.
Of the total electric vehicles, 40 will be buses, 100 cars and 500 threewheelers.
The Department is giving subsidy up to 60% under the scheme with funds to set up infrastructure to charge the vehicles across Bengaluru. The electric vehicles will be operated by the state-run transport corporation. The Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of (Hybrid &) Electric Vehicles (FAME) India scheme was launched in 2015 to promote eco-friendly vehicles
across the country by providing fiscal and monetary incentives for adoption and market creation of both hybrid and electric technologies vehicles.
The scheme incentivises all vehicle segments, including two-wheeler, three- wheeler auto, four-wheeler vehicles, light commercial vehicles and buses. It also covers hybrid and electric technologies like a strong hybrid, plug-in hybrid and battery electric vehicles.
Phase I of the FAME-India Scheme was launched for a two-year period between April 1, 2015, and March 31, 2017, at an approved outlay of Rs 795 crore. The scheme was subsequently extended for six months till September 30, 2017 and then again till March 31, 2018.
the FAME India Scheme is further extended for a further period of six months i.e. up to 30th September 2018 the Karnataka government in September 2017 approved the state’s Electric Vehicle and Energy Storage Policy 2017.
The initiative is in line with the union government’s vision to make the country an all-electric vehicle market by 2031.
The Electric Vehicle policy of Karnataka envisions making the state a hub for the production of alternative fuel vehicles, and push the ‘Make In Karnataka’ initiative. It aims to attract investments worth $4.83 Bn (INR 31K Cr) and create around 55,000 employment opportunities.
the Karnataka government itself has been on the forefront as far as popularizing EV adoption is concerned. In September 2017, in its efforts to become the Electric Vehicle Capital Of India, has
approved the state’s Electric Vehicle and Energy Storage Policy 2017.
The initiative is in line with the union government’s vision to make the country an all-electric vehicle market by 2031 The Electric Vehicle policy of Karnataka envisions making the state a hub for the production of alternative fuel vehicles, and push the ‘Make In Karnataka’ initiative.
It aims to attract investments worth $4.83 Bn (INR 31K Cr) and create around 55,000 employment opportunities.
The 7th edition of ‘Rashtriya Sanskriti Mahotsav-2018’ was inaugurated at Bangaluru, Karnataka on 14th January 2018. The Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilizers and Parliamentary Affairs, Shri Ananth Kumar and The Union Minister of State for Culture (I/C) and Environment, Dr. Mahesh Sharma was inaugurated the Mahotsav at the Jnana Jyothi Auditorium, Palace Road, Gandhi Nagar, Bengaluru.
The ‘Ek Bharat-Shreshtha Bharat’ yojana has been implemented with an objective to strengthen cultural ties of various States of the country. The Prime Minister Narendra Modi had announced this scheme on the occasion of ‘Rashtriya Ekta Diwas’ on Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel Jayanti
on October 31, 2015. The EK Bharat Shreshtha Bharat Engagement Matrix between States and UTs for the First year would be as follows:
Jammu & Kashmir : Tamil Nadu
Punjab : Andhra Pradesh
Himachal Pradesh : Kerala
Uttarakhand : Karnataka
Haryana :Telangana
Rajasthan : West Bengal
Gujarat : Chhattisgarh
Maharashtra :Odisha
Goa : Jharkhand
Delhi : Sikkim & Assam
Madhya Pradesh : Manipur & Nagaland
Uttar Pradesh : Arunachal Pradesh & Meghalaya
Bihar : Tripura & Mizoram
Chandigarh : Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Puducherry : Daman & Diu
Lakshadweep : Andaman & Nicobar
Commonwealth Games 2018 : Karnataka 22 medals (9 gold, 6 silver and 7 bronze), Haryana was head and shoulders above the rest Maharashtra second best with 8 medals (5 gold, 2
silver and 1 bronze) Tamil Nadu third with 11 medals (4 gold, 5 silver and 2 bronze).
Commonwealth Games 2018 : Karnataka P Gururaja won India’s first medal at
2018 Commonwealth Games Gururaja hails from Udupi in Karnataka is the son of a truck driver and is employed with the Indian Air Force. Retired Vikas S Gowda – a native of Mysore
Discuss Throw Asian athletics championship, Pune 2013 – Gold CWG , Glasgow 2014 – Gold
Asian Games, Incheon 2014 – Silver Asian athletics championship, Wuhan 2015 – Gold
Asian athletics championship , Bhuwaneshwar 2017 – Bronze Pankaj Advani retains Asian Billiards title With this win, Advani remains the reigning Indian, Asian and world champion in billiards for 2017-18.
This is Advani’s 11th gold medal at the Asian level of cue sports Advani (India) beat B Bhaskar (India) Pankaj Advani retains Asian Billiards title With this win, Advani remains the reigning
Indian, Asian and world champion in billiards for 2017-18.
This is Advani’s 11th gold medal at the Asian level of cue sports Advani (India) beat B Bhaskar (India) Padma honour for nine from Karnataka Pankaj Advani – Padma Bhushan, the third highest civilian award in the country.
Eight persons – Padma Shri Rudrapatnam Brothers — R.N. Thyagarajan and R.N. Tharanathan
(Carnatic Music) , Sufi singer from Bagalkot Ibrahim Sutar and R. Satynarayana have all been selected for the honour in the music category. The others are writer and film lyricist Doddarange Gowda (lyrics), Sitavva Jodatti from Belagavi (social work), midwife from
Tumakuru Sulagitti Narasamma (social work), and Siddheshwara Swamiji (spiritualism).
Mr. Ibrahim Sutar has made a mark for himself by singing vachanas and padas of Sufi saint Shishunala Sharif Ms. Tumakuru Sulagitti Narasamma , who has had no formal
education, has assisted in conducting 15,000 deliveries. Spiritual leader Siddeshwara Swamiji, of the Jnana Yogashram, Vijayapura, respectfully declined to receive the Padma Shri award for
the year 2018 stating that he had not accepted any honors in his life so far.
Hubballi airport, Belagavi airport, Vijayanagar airports serving flights under regional connectivity scheme (RCS) Hubballi airport – Recently upgraded to international
status heli-taxi operations between Kempegowda International Airport and Electronics City
The Centre has identified 19 airports in the State — Chikkamagaluru, Kushalnagar, Karwar, Harihar, Ammasandra, Koppal, Bengaluru, Ballari, Bidar, Ginigera (Hosapete), Hassan, Jakkur, Kolar, Mysuru (Mandakalli), Raichur, Shahabad, Vidyanagar, Yadgir and Yelahanka — under RCS.
Karnataka’s Information Technology department organised a block chain hackathon In Bengaluru from January 19 to January 21 to see if participants could create demonstrable prototypes of the use of block chain in government applications.
Karnataka 3rd state in India to adopt Block chain technology after Andhra and Telangana
Karnataka’s second Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) will become operational in
Raichur 1st – Bengaluru, electronics city New IIT at Dharwad Nitin R’s documentary Name|Place|Animal|Thing, won the National Award for best anthropological/ethnographic film 2018 Based on the Hakki Pikki tribe, The Hakki Pikkis (literally bird hunters) are a nomadic tribe based largely in Karnataka, who were “rehabilitated” in the 1970s once their trade of bird hunting was banned. They now live in villages around Bengaluru.
The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, approved the inclusion of the communities ‘Parivara’ and ‘Talawara’ in the list of Scheduled Tribes (STs) in Karnataka.
A list prepared by UNESCO has mentioned – 42 languages or dialects in India are endangered and they may be heading towards extinction 2 are from Karnataka Koraga and Kuruba (Karnataka).
NATIONAL AWARD WINNERS FROM KARNATAKA
1. Best Kannada Film: Hebbettu Ramakka Director: NR Nanjunde Gowda
2. Best Lyrics: Muthu Ratnada Pyate, Lyricist: JM Prahlad
3. Best Tulu film: Paddayi
Director: Abhaya Simha
Geographical Indication (GI) tag the KARNATAKA state government is making attempts to get
the GI tag for a rare variety of lemon that is grown in Indi Taluk of Vijayapura district.
As part of its efforts to improve the State’s visibility in the tourism market, the Tourism Department held the ‘Karnataka International Travel Expo’ (KITE) from February 28 to March 2.
largest B2B travel event in India.
The Indian Government has identified 15 destinations in India for development under the Ramayana Circuit Ayodhya, Nandigram, Shringverpur & Chitrakoot (Uttar Pradesh), Sitamarhi, Buxar & Darbhanga (Bihar), Chitrakoot (Madhya Pradesh), Mahendragiri (Odisha),
Jagdalpur (Chattisgarh), Nashik & Nagpur (Maharashtra), Bhadrachalam (Telangana), Hampi
(Karnataka) and Rameshwaram (Tamil Nadu).
Asian Development Bank (ADB) will fund highway up gradation project in Karnataka for which it has approved a loan of USD 346 million to improve 419 km of state highways by upgrading them to two and four-lane with paved shoulders.
The project will see construction of planned pedestrian, installation of women-friendly elements including bus shelters, marked crossings, footpaths and proper signage, among others.
Total cost of the project is USD 655 million. Of this, the state government will provide USD 202 million and the private sector will invest an estimated USD 107 million through hybrid annuity
contracts. It is due for completion by 2023.
Veteran Kannada actor Kashinath passed away at the Sri Shankara Cancer Hospital in Bengaluru.
He was 67 and had been diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma Kashinath hailed from Kundapura in Udupi district He had acted in over 40 movies. His last film was Chowka
which released in 2017. Kashinath began his career in films as a director and the first movie he directed was
Aparoopada Athithigalu. acting debut with Anubhava in 1984.
President Ram Nath Kovind inaugurated the 88th Mahamastakabhisheka of Lord omateshwara by unveiling an idol of Bahubali at Shravanabelagola in Hassan district the mega event, held once in 12 years. Centre to develop Karnataka’s pride Hampi as iconic tourism site
one among 10 tourist destinations across India to be developed as ‘Iconic Tourism Site’ by the Union government Hampi was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO The Hampi monuments are located in Hosapete taluk of Ballari district. There are 57 major monuments, most of them falling in the core zone of Hampi.
PM Modi flagged off Palace Queen Hamsafar Express The train between Mysuru
and Udaipur.
The Humsafar train is a all AC 3 tier train. The train is comprised of an electric locomotive and will connect the 5 Western Indian states namely, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat,
Maharashtra and Karnataka.
India’s biggest Annual Conference on Pharma Industry and Medical Devices – India Pharma 2018 and India
Medical Device 2018 – held at Bengaluru
Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers
1. Pradhan Mantri Janaushadhi Kendras being made functional across the country
2. 100% FDI in Greenfield projects and 75% in Brownfield projects in Pharma sector have been permitted through automatic route.
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