02.02.18 Kerala(KeralaPSC) Current Affairs

KERALA Highway widening will be over by 2020   All efforts are being made to widen the 590-km Kasaragod-Thiruvananthapuram National Highway corridor to four/six lanes by December 2020, official sources said.   Works to widen the Cherthala-Kazhakuttam corridor will begin in June, while the widening process will get under way on the Thalapady-Angamaly stretch in … Read more 02.02.18 Kerala(KeralaPSC) Current Affairs

10.02.18 Kerala(KeralaPSC) Current Affairs

Kerala   Kerala tops Health Index, Uttar Pradesh worst performer   Kerala has topped the Health Index report prepared by NITI Aayog while Uttar Pradesh appeared at the bottom among larger states, though it has shown improvement in the recent past.   As per the index report for large states, Kerala was followed by Punjab, Tamil Nadu and … Read more 10.02.18 Kerala(KeralaPSC) Current Affairs

08.02.18 Kerala(KeralaPSC) Current Affairs

  Kerala State plans law to protect Good Samaritans   The government is planning a legislation to ensure that Good Samaritans helping accident victims are not trapped in legal wrangles.   The proposed Bill would ensure speedy medical aid for accident victims and encourage people to offer assistance without the fear of any criminal or … Read more 08.02.18 Kerala(KeralaPSC) Current Affairs

04-05.02.18 Kerala(KeralaPSC) Current Affairs

KERALA 50,000 new cancer cases a year   As many as 50,000 new cancer cases are detected in the State every year, as per the registry at the Regional Cancer Centre (RCC) here. The number of cancer cases in the State exceeds the national average. The number of deaths from cancer is over 20,000.   … Read more 04-05.02.18 Kerala(KeralaPSC) Current Affairs

1.02.18 Kerala(KeralaPSC) Current Affairs

KERALA Kerala, TN asked to form disaster panels   The Supreme Court directed the Centre and the Tamil Nadu and Kerala governments to set up three separate committees to exclusively deal with any “unpredictable” disaster that may occur at the site of the over 180-year-old Mullaperiyar dam.   The proposed panels would only deal with … Read more 1.02.18 Kerala(KeralaPSC) Current Affairs