KERALA

• Kerala is the first state to mandate Robotics education for 10th class students.
• First State to achieve total digital literacy.
• Global Age-friendly city — Kozhikode (By WHO). Kozhikode is the second Indian city after Kochi, Kerala.
• Kerala tops in highest passport penetration among women.
• First State to create a Commission for Senior citizens.
• Justice BR Gavai inaugurated India’s first ‘Digital Court’ for cases of Negotiable Instrument Act in Kerala.
• Kerala hosts the maximum number of butterfly species.
• Iris— India’s first AI teacher.
• First state run OTT platform ‘Cspace’.
• Gopika Govind — Kerala's first tribal woman to become air hostess.
• Governor- Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar (ex-Bihar Governor). Arif Mohammad Khan (ex-Kerala Governor) is 42nd Governor of Bihar since 02 January 2025.
• Conclave of Five States (Kerala, Tamilnadu, Karnataka, Telangana, Punjab) — held at Thiruvananthapuram; On Centre-State financial relations.
• nPROUD Project — First State to dispose of unused & expired medicines from households.
• Topped the State Food Safety Index 2024, Business Reform Action Plan 2022, Urban Governance Index 2024.
• Second most literate states in PLFS 2023-24.
• Liberian container ship ‘MSC ELSA 3’ sank off the Kochi coast, Kerala on May 25, 2025.
• Kappad beach & Chal beach — Blue flag certification by FEE (Foundation for Environmental Education).
• ASI discovered approx 110 Megaliths near Malampuzha dam in Palakkad, Kerala.
• KaWaCHam — disaster warning system; developed by Kerala with NDMA & World Bank.
• Kalariyapattu, a traditional martial art of Kerala, included only as a demonstration event in 38th National Games in Uttarakhand. (Removed from competitive events).
• ‘Jyothi’ Scheme — To educate children of migrant workers.
• GI tag — Kannadippaya, a tribal handicraft. (Also called “Mirror Mat”)
• PM Modi inaugurated India’s first deep-sea transshipment port at Vizhianam.
• Shendurney Wildlife Sanctuary — Kerala.
• Nilgiri Tahr Project— Kerala & Tamilnadu; State Animal of Tamilnadu; Eravikulam National Park (Kerala) hosts the largest population.
• Anamudi Shola National Park & Idduki Wildlife sanctuary — Kerala.
• Indian Sustainable Natural Rubber Initiative— Kerala.
• X-band radar to be installed in Wayanad, following heavy floods & Landslides.
• Citizen Sentinel App — Road safety.
• CoS-it-FloWS is a system that collects hyper-local data for flood forecast, launched in Periyar & Chalakudy river.
• Nayanamritham 2.0 — world’s first government-led AI assisted eye disease screening programme.
• Saraswati Samman 2023 — Prabha Verma.
• PATA (Pacific Asia Travel Association) Gold award 2024 to Kerala Tourism.
• Madhika language is on the brink of extinction.
• India’s first UNESCO ‘City of literature’ — Kozhikode (Calicut).
• Kerala Assembly passed a resolution to rename the State as ‘Keralam’.
• Kerala CM inaugurated India’s first supercapacitor manufacturing facility at Keltron in Kannur.
• Kallai river revival — Kerala.
• Choolanuar was declared as Peacock Sanctuary by the Union Environment Ministry.
• Breastfeeding is part of Right to life (Article 21) — Kerala HC.
• International conference on Law & Technology @Kerala.
• West Nile fever detected in Kerala. West Nile Virus is a single stranded RNA virus.
• Cattle Insurance Scheme named “Gosamrudhi”.
• Guruvayur Krishna Temple— Thrishur

KARNATAKA

• First state to complete a village-level antiquities survey.
• Karnataka was declared Naxal-free after the surrender of a Naxalite K Ravindra in Chikamagaluru district.
• In line with modified SC judgement (2023) in Common Cause Vs Union of India (2018), Karnataka is the first state that issued a circular to facilitate the right to die with dignity for terminally ill patients (Euthanesia).
• Karnataka has surpassed Kerala to become the largest coconut-producing State.
• Proposed to include Lakkundi group of monuments under UNESCO tentative list.
• Justice K S Puttaswamy (passed away) —Former Judge of Karnataka HC; The lead petitioner in ‘Right to Privacy' case (2017) where Nine-Judge SC bench considered privacy as part of Article 21. Also, he challenged Aadhar scheme in SC citing violation of fundamental right to Privacy.
• PM Modi made a reference to the Sholigas Tribe of Biligiri Rangaswamy Temple (BRT) Tiger Reserve. Sholigas was the first tribe to reside inside a Tiger Reserve. Sholigas reside mainly in Karnataka & Tamilnadu.
• Idol by Mysuru Sculptor Arun Yogiraj chosen for Ayodhya Ram temple.
• Adichunchanagiri was declared as Peacock Sanctuary by the Union Environment Ministry.
• Yiva Sudhhi Abhiyaan— To fight against drug abuse.
• SWIFT city initiative— Karnataka; on Startup, innovation etc.
• Karnataka has the highest number of Electronic Vehicle charging stations. First state to introduce Electronic Vehicle Policy.
• Irula (Iruliga) Tribe — Reside mainly in Karnataka, Kerala & Tamilnadu; a PVTG (Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group); India’s largest supplier of antoi-snake venom.
• The Jenu Kuruba tribe returned to their ancestral village in Nagarhole Tiger Reserve, Karnataka.
• Bengaluru City University to be named as Dr Manmohan Singh City University.
• Panchayats Devolution Index 2024 — Karnataka tops; Bihar 18th Rank; Released by Union Ministry of Panchayati Raj.
• India Justice Report 2025 — Karnataka topped; Bihar 13th Rank; Released by Tata Trust.
• Karnataka Police won FICCI drone award 2024.
• Shiksha Copilot — AI assistant helping teachers to draw lesson plans.
• Coffee — Karnataka produces India’s 70%; Brazil largest producer; India 7th largest Producer & 5th largest exporter.
• ‘Save Bandipur’ protest in Karnataka after reports suggested the government may lift the night traffic ban on NH-766 which cuts through Bandipur National Park.
• Cricketer Anil Kumble appointed as Ambassador of Karnataka Forest Department & for wildlife conservation.
• National Horticulture fair 2025 @Bengaluru.
• Digital Detox & Beyond Screens Initiatives — Karnataka.
• Bengaluru’s last standing Grassland at Hesaraghatta declared as Grassland conservation Reserve.
• Green Airport 2025 by Airport Council International— the highest honour (Platinum recognition) to Hubbali Airport (Karnataka).
• INSV Kaundinya (Handmade ship) joined at Karwar bay; Based on 5th Century CE ship depicted in Ajanta paintings.
• Yehlanka Gas-based power plant commissioned.
• All ST Residential schools & Raichur University to be named after Maharishi Balmiki.
• First Digital Population Clock — Bengaluru.
• IISc Bengaluru developed a biodegradable foam.
• First case of Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV) in India detected in Bengaluru. It is a respiratory virus.
• Karnataka HC Chief Justice NV Anjaria became SC Judge. (2 other HC CJ became SC Judge — Justice Vijay Bishnoi of Guwahati HC & Justice AS Chandrukar of Bombay HC)— On 26 May, 2025.
• Nugu Wildlife Sanctuary — Mysore.
• Aero India 2025 @Bengaluru.
• Karnataka launched ‘Garudakshi’ online FIR system with Wildlife Trust of India for forest & wildlife related crimes.
• South India’s first infectious disease research laboratory @Bengaluru.
• 6th International Millets festival 2025 @Bengaluru.
• First Technology Summit 2025 @Bengaluru.
• Sujal Project — for drought; World Bank assisted.
• Animatronic Elephant ‘Ellie’ unveiled by Dia Mirza & launched by PETA (People for Ethical Treatment of Animals) @Bengaluru.
• TIMES Higher Education Asia Ranking 2025 — IISc Bengaluru topped in India & 38th in Asia.
• Karnataka tops at Clean Energy Transition.
• Pragati Patha Scheme— Rural roads.
• Ancient Umamaheshwara metal sculpture found in Udupi district.
• Google’s largest office campus in India named ‘Anant’ @Bengaluru.
• NCC Directorate Karnataka & Goa won the Prime Minister Banner & Trophy during Republic Day Camp 2025 in Delhi.
• Karnataka ranked 2nd (20%) in receiving FDI for FY 2024-25. (First -Maharashtra-40%).

TAMIL NADU (TN)

• State of TN Vs Governor of TN (2025) — SC prescribed time limits for Governors to act on bills — one month to withhold assent, three months if going against state government advice & one month for bills brought again after reconsideration. (Article 200 — Governor’s power regarding bills passed by State Legislature) ((Article 201– Bills reserved by Governor for President Consideration, give assent or withhold assent or return if not a money bill).
• Yogi Adityanath inaugurated Kashi Tamil Sangamam 3.0 at Namo Ghat in Varanasi.
• South India’s first AC Electric Multiple Unit(EMU) train launched in Chennai.
• India’s first diabetes biobank, established in Chennai by ICMR.
• CM MK Stalin formed a three-member Committee headed by former SC Judge Justice Kurien Joseph to review Centre-State relations. (TN formed the Rajamannar Committee in 1969 on Centre-State relations).
• A street named after Cricketer R. Ashwin in Chennai.
• India-Russia Naval Exercise INDRA (2025) in Chennai.
• TN recorded 9.69% growth rate, the highest in India, for FY 2024-25.
• Included as Ramsar Site — Sakkarakottai & Therthangal Bird Sanctuary. TN has the largest number of Ramsar sites in India (20).
• Thanthai Periyar Wildlife Sanctuary — 18th Wildlife Sanctuary of TN.
• Thiruvalluvar Chair for Tamil Studies established at University of Houston, USA.
• Neolithic child burial site unearthed in Chengalpattu, TN.
• Hosur International Airport — TN.
• World’s first ‘Carbon neutral baby’, Aadavi, born in TN. (Parents planted 6000 fruit trees to offset her lifetime carbon emissions).
• Google to help TN build AI labs to train youngsters.
• Statue of Tamil Poet Thiruvalluvar unveiled at Cebu, Phillipines. (To mark 75 years of our Diplomatic ties).
• Tamil was first to get Classical Language status in 2004.
• Recent Radiometric dating reveals that Iron age began in TN, predating Hittite Empire iron usage.
• PM Modi inaugurated the new 2.07 KM Pamban Bridge on Ram Navami. It is India’s first vertical lift rail sea bridge. It connects Ramanathapuram with Rameshwar Island. Pamban Strait separates Indian mainland from Rameshwaram Island in TN.
• CM inaugurated Tamirabharani-Karumeniyar-Nambiyar River linking scheme.
• TN unveiled a Space Industrial Policy to attract 10,000 Cr investment.
• Jallikattu — Bull taming sport, primarily during the Pongal festival.
• CM inaugurated India’s first Glass Bridge over the sea, connecting Thiruvalluvar statue with Vivekananda rock memorial in Kanyakumari.
• M.R. Srinivasan (Passed away) — Nuclear Scientist; worked with Homi J Bhabha on India’s first nuclear research reactor ‘Apsara’; Headed Nuclear Energy Board, Atomic Energy Commission, Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited, Padma Vibhushan Awardee.
• CM announced a $1 Million prize to decipher Harappan civilization script.
• The Department of Post unveiled a stamp marking 125 years of Kodaikanal Solar Observatory, TN.
• Russian-owned company Rosatom shipped the 6th and final unit of Kudankulam Nuclear Plant, Tirunelveli, TN.
• Launched ‘Virtual Witness Room’ to provide evidence to the judiciary.
• Replaced Devanagari rupee symbol with Tamil alphabet ‘Roo’ in its state budget.
• Declared Snakebite envenoming as Notified disease.
• First multinational air exercise ‘Tarang Shakti 2024’ at Sular, TN.
• “SheTARA” health campaign of TN celebrates International Women’s Day.
• Venkataraman was first to convey news of India attaining Independence in Tamil from Delhi. (Passed away).
• Native species Seed Vault to be established in Coimbatore.
• India’s largest single location Solar Cell & Module manufacturing unit at Tirunelveli, TN.
• 2nd Bioheritage Site of TN — Kasampatty sacred Gove (First— Arittapatti).

ANDHRA PRADESH

1. The PM laid the foundation for India's first green hydrogen hub near Visakhapatnam.
2. Potti Sriramulu’s 58-Feet Statue to be installed in Amaravati, AP.
3. Rushikonda Beach in Visakhapatnam has temporarily lost its Blue Flag certification due to maintenance and hygiene issues.
4. Richest CM — Chandrababu Naidu (AP); Poorest CM — Mamta Banerjee (WB) — ADR Report.
5. AP is the first state to launch Whatsapp governance platform titled ‘Mana Mitra’.
6. Exercise Malabar 2024 — Vishakhapatnam (Harbour phase) & Bay of Bengal (Sea phase); India, US, Japan & Australia Navies participated.
7. Flamingo Festival 2025 — Celebrating the arrival of migratory birds, particularly flamingos to Pulicat lake & Nelapattu bird sanctuary.
8. Hyderabad hosted ‘Know Your Army Mela 2025’ at Golconda Fort.
9. India’s First Quantum Computing Village in Amaravati, AP.
10. INS Nirdeshak commissioned into the Indian Navy at Visakhapatnam Naval Dockyard.
11. New Missile testing range approved at Nagayalanka, Krishna district AP.
12. AP declared property tax exemption for all active Indian defense personnel owning homes.
13. India commissioned its first dedicated nuclear submarine base, INS Varsha in AP, as part of Project Varsha & plans to operationalise its third nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine, INS Aridhman at Vishakhapatnam. ( Other 2 Nuclear-powered submarines — INS Arihant & INS Arighaat).
14. Andhra Pradesh Launches India’s First Transmedia Entertainment City ‘Creator Land’ at Amravati.
15. P4’ is an initiative to achieve zero poverty in AP by 2047.
16. Andhra Pradesh promulgated Ordinance on sub-classification of Scheduled Castes.
17. AP launched ‘One family, One Entrepreneur Scheme’.
18. Deepam 2.0 Scheme -- Free Gas Cylinders.
19. AP abolishes Garbage Tax.
20. 19th Divya Kala Mela -- Vishakhapatnam.
21. AP raised the retirement age of Judicial officers from 60 to 61 Years.
22. The PSLV-C60 mission, carrying the Space Docking Experiment (SpaDeX) payloads, successfully launched from Sriharikota on December 30, 2024. The mission featured two satellites, SDX-01 (the Chaser) and SDX-02 (the Target). Docking achieved on January 16, 2025.
23. AP received Jeevandan award for organ donation.
24. AP natural farming model won Gulbenkian Prize(Portugal).
25. 41,000 year-old Ostrich nest found in Prakasam, AP.

TELANGANA

1. First State to implement Schedule Caste(SC) Sub-Categorisation in Reservation.
2. 3rd State after Bihar & Andhra start Caste survey. (Karnataka not published report).
3. Telangana to formulate ‘Composite Backwardness Index’ to measure sub-caste level disparities.
4. STREE Summit 2.0 — Hyderabad; women empowerment in safety & security.
5. Operation Black Forest (also called Operation Kagar) & Mission Sankalp— against naxals on Chhatisgarh-Telangana border.
6. Turmeric— Union commerce Minister Piyush Goyal launched the National Turmeric Board with headquarters at Nizamabad, TG. First chairperson— Palle Ganga Reddy. Turmeric is called ‘Golden Spice’. India is the largest producer, consumer & exporter of Turmeric. Maharashtra is the largest producer followed by Telangana.
7. Global AI Summit 2024 — CM Revanth Reddy inaugurated in Hyderabad, unveiling its plan to build a 200-acre AI City; Theme “Making AI work for everyone”.
8. Hyderabad launched India’s first Needle-free AI-powered blood diagnostic tool.
9. Telangana decided to celebrate Savitribai Phule birth anniversary, 3rd January as “Women teacher’s day”.
10. TG police implemented a QR code-based feedback system from citizens.
11. Telugu is now compulsory paper in all schools located in Telangana.
12. GI tag to Warangal Chapta Chilli or Tomato Chilli.
13. Telangana notified Kumram Bheem Conservation Reserve, encompassing a tiger corridor linking Kawal Tiger Reserve in Telangana with Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve in Maharashtra.
14. Sonu Sood received Humanitarian Award at 72nd Miss World festival in Telangana for his COVID-19 work.
15. NITI Aayog & Telangana launched the first state chapter of Women Entrepreneurship Platform.
16. Babuji Vanam— World’s first energy transmission garden; Hyderabad.
17. Buddhavanam is a Buddhist heritage theme park in Nagarjunsagar, TG.
18. T-SHEILD is Telangana’s first cybersecurity hardware lab.
19. ‘Family Digital Card’ pilot project launched in Telangana.
20. Vishwanath Karthikey is the youngest Indian to summit Mt Winson Massif, the highest peak in Antarctica.
21. Telangana was recognised for its outstanding performance in Tuberculosis (TB) testing, winning best award in NAAT (Nucleic Acid Amplification Test).
22. Telangana recruited Transgenders as Traffic Assistant in Hyderabad.
23. Telangana launched India’s first scheme to distribute fine rice (Sanna Biyam) at free of cost to the poor at ration shops.
24. Mudumal megalithic Menhirs of TG included in UNESCO Tentative list.
25. Daripalli Ramaih (Chetla Ramaiah or Vanjeevi) — Dies, Padma Shri Awardee, Environmentalist.
26. Nagoba Jatra— tribal festival in Keslapur village, TG.
27. Telangana police won the Digital Engineering Award for innovative use of GIS & AI during Ganesh Chaturthi.
28. Hyderabad Airport won global Airport Excellence award during Saudi Airport exhibition 2024.
29. Tamailisai Soundararajan resigned as Governor of Telangana & LG of Puducherry & rejoined BJP in Tamilnadu.
30. Anand Mahindra appointed as Chairman of Young India Skills University, Telangana.
31. Indiramma Housing scheme for the economically disadvantaged.
32. Paleolithic (Early stone age) quartzite tools discovered.
33. The World Economic Forum agreed to set up its Centre for Fourth Industrial Revolution (C4IR) in Hyderabad.
34. African-Mediterranean wader bird spotted for the first time in India at Warangal, TG.
35. Announce 100% tax exemption for electric vehicles for the first 2 years.
36. The Indian Navy is building its second Very Low Frequency (VLF) communication transmission system in TG.
37. DSP cadre allocated to Nikhat Zareen(Boxer) & Mohd. Siraj(Cricketer).
38. Rythu Bharosha scheme replaces Rythu Bandhu scheme — Farmer’s welfare. (Rythu= Farmer).