The Kerala Water Authority (KWA) has started giving advance alerts about pipeline-related works and repairs that may cause water supply disruptions. This decision comes after a recent five-day water supply crisis in Thiruvananthapuram city. The KWA issued an alert on September 19 for a supply disruption on September 24 due to new supply lines being…
Issa, a 17-year-old student in Kerala, tragically died after being hit by a train on Thursday morning. She was known for participating in an anti-garbage protest in 2013 when she was just six years old. Issa, from Punnol Kurichi, gained attention for standing up against garbage dumping in her residential area. Her death is a…
Kerala has proposed to limit its ecologically sensitive area (ESA) to 8,711.98 sq. km in 98 villages by confining ESAs to forests and protected areas. Human habitations and plantations are excluded from the ESA. The State may come up with a final proposal later. The draft proposal was submitted in response to an initiative from…
The health minister of Kerala, Veena George, has urged people to be vigilant in light of confirmed cases of Mpox in the state. The government had already issued a standard operating procedure in 2022 to deal with Mpox, including isolation, sample collection, and treatment protocols. All hospitals, both government and private, must strictly follow these…
The cabinet has approved a family budget survey to create a new consumer price index for revising worker wages under the Minimum Wages Act of 1948. A state-level committee will oversee this process. The 15th legislative assembly session will convene on Oct 4 for legislation, including bills on senior citizens, domestic workers, and university education….
The cabinet has approved a family budget survey to create a new consumer price index for adjusting worker wages under the Minimum Wages Act of 1948. The survey, based on recommendations from the department of economics and statistics, will use 2023-24 as the base year. A state-level committee will oversee this process. The cabinet also…
The CPM state secretariat criticized some media outlets for claiming that the Kerala government submitted inflated expenditure claims for landslide-hit areas in Wayanad. The government allocated funds for rehabilitation based on guidelines from the National Disaster Response Fund, following detailed proposals and instructions from the central government. Kerala requested Rs 1,202 crore in aid from…
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan took to social media to wish Prime Minister Narendra Modi a happy birthday, sending him good health and joy as he turned 74. Mr. Modi was born on September 17, 1950, in Gujarat. Vijayan’s message was shared on X platform, where he extended warm birthday greetings to the Prime Minister….
The Centre has assured Kerala that it will consider the state’s demand for an AIIMS facility sympathetically, according to Health Minister Veena George. During a meeting with Union Health Minister J P Nadda, it was mentioned that Kerala’s advanced healthcare sector was a reason for not receiving priority earlier. The AIIMS in Kerala would include…
Kerala Health Minister Veena George announced that 13 people who were in close contact with a man who died from Nipah virus in Malappuram district have tested negative for the disease. The Health department is working to identify and test as many contacts as possible to prevent the spread of the virus. The government has…