April 2021

KERALA Human milk-based milk fortifier for preterm babies   The Postgraduate and Research Department of Chemistry of Bishop Moore College, Mavelikara, in collaboration with the Pushpagiri Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Thiruvalla, will develop human milk-based human milk fortifier for preterm infants. In a statement issued here recently, the college authorities said that … Read more 17-18.04.21 Daily KPSC Current Affairs

KERALA e-platform for aqua farmers, buyers   An electronic market place for aqua farmers and buyers, e-SANTA, was inaugurated by Union Minister for Commerce and Industry Piyush Goel at a virtual programme.   The platform will help aqua farmers get better price and exporters to directly purchase quality products from the former enhancing traceability, a … Read more 16.04.21 Daily KPSC Current Affairs

KERALA Thiruvananthapuram Corporation hits 50% fund expenditure for AMRUT projects   The city Corporation has finally hit 50% fund expenditure for projects being executed under the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) scheme. As on Saturday, the Corporation has spent 50.55% of a total of ₹357.50 crores allocated for the scheme, with some … Read more 15.04.21 Daily KPSC Current Affairs

KERALA Website to the aid of special-needs children   A website of the Samagra Shiksha, Kerala, for children with special needs now has over 1,000 videos related to academics and life skills. The website (http://ssakerala.in/ie/), still being uploaded with resource materials, has Whiteboard videos for all subjects for classes 1 to 10. The videos have … Read more 14.04.21 Daily KPSC Current Affairs

KERALA ‘Migrant workers nowhere on the election horizon’   As Kerala goes to polls, many of our migrant workers are heading home to exercise their franchise in West Bengal, Assam and Tamil Nadu. DespiteCovid protocols and skyrocketing travel expenses amid job uncertainties, they know that this will have a major bearing on their lives as these are the first polls after the pandemic began last … Read more 13.04.21 Daily KPSC Current Affairs

KERALA Bamboo rice comes to the rescue of tribals by opening up a new income source amid pandemic   The gregarious flowering of bamboo in the Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary (WWS) after almost a decade has opened up an unexpected source of income to tribespeople providing them succour during the pandemic. With bamboo groves in hundreds of acres of the … Read more 12.04.21 Daily KPSC Current Affairs

KERALA Annual census of Nilgiri tahrs begins   The annual census of the Nilgiri tahr inside the main habitat of Eravikulam National Park (ENP) begins   The ENP, Chinnar wildlife Sanctuary and Shola National Park are divided into 18 blocks and 66 officials of the forest department will collect details from each block. The total number of Nilgiri tahr in ENP … Read more 10-11.04.21 Daily KPSC Current Affairs

    INTERNATIONAL Highlights of Food Waste Index Report The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) released the “Food Waste Index Report 2021”. According to the UNEP report, an estimated 931 million tons of food was wasted worldwide in 2019. The agency also emphasized that this amount of wasted food may cause the earth to orbit … Read more 09.04.21 Daily KPSC Current Affairs

  INTERNATIONAL   World in 2030 – Public Survey Report   UNESCO released the World 2030: Public Survey Report. The organization released the report based on surveys conducted from May 2020 to September 2020. The survey collected feedback from more than 15,000 people around the world. Highlights:   According to the report, climate change, violence … Read more 08.04.21 Daily KPSC Current Affairs

  INTERNATIONAL   Forest Governance by Indigenous and Tribal Peoples   The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations & the Fund for the Development of Indigenous Peoples in Latin America and the Caribbean have released a new report entitled “Indigenous and Tribal People’s Forest Governance”. Highlights:   In the Caribbean and Latin America, … Read more 07.04.21 Daily KPSC Current Affairs