Karnataka School Education and Literacy Minister Madhu Bangarappa on Friday launched the Shiksha Co-pilot, an AI-powered digital assistant for government school teachers which aims to improve learning outcomes.

Two key Parliamentary Standing Committees, led by prominent opposition leaders, have outlined their agendas to address pressing national concerns, including the availability of essential commodities, foodgrain management, and the regulation of pharmaceuticals.

The Karnataka State Election Commission has announced that by-elections will be held on November 23 for 10 vacant seats across eight Gram Panchayats in Udupi district’s four taluks. The vacancies have arisen due to various reasons.

The investigation into the murder of Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Baba Siddique has intensified, with the number of arrests rising to nine. On Friday, his son, MLA Zeeshan Siddique, shared a cryptic message on X (formerly Twitter), prompting speculation about the ongoing situation.

India on Friday sent 33 tonnes of humanitarian supplies, including medicines, to Lebanon.

Canada's Minister of Foreign Affairs Mélanie Joly on Friday said the remaining Indian diplomats in the country are “clearly on notice” after Canada named the Indian High Commissioner in Ottawa as a person of interest in the assassination of a Sikh separatist leader.

Karnataka's school education and literacy minister, Madhu Bangarappa, announced on Friday that state board schools will not hold common assessments for classes 5, 8, 9, and 11 this academic year. Instead, summative assessment-2 will be conducted for classes 5, 8, and 9. This decision follows the state’s recent withdrawal of exam notifications in three districts, a move that came after a reprimand from the Supreme Court during hearings on appeals against the Karnataka High Court’s decision to uphold the exams last year.

At least 33 people, including 21 women, were killed in an Israeli airstrike on the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza, according to Hamas-led authorities. The attack, which injured more than 85 people, has worsened the dire humanitarian situation in the densely populated camp, which has been under siege for weeks.