January 2021

KERALA Covid-19: Kerala’s growth rate highest in India   Kerala’s seven-day average daily Covid growth of 0.67% is the highest in the country. Meanwhile, the average of the neighbouring southern states is lesser than the national average of 0.18%. Chhattisgarh is behind Kerala with 0.37% followed by Uttarakhand at 0.34%. The average daily growth rate … Read more 08.01.21 Daily KPSC Current Affairs

KERALA Vehicle registration sees downward trend in Kerala for second consecutive year   Registration of vehicles in Ernakulam RTO limit has recorded negative growth consecutively for the second year in 2020. Ernakulam RTO limit, which is one of the highest vehicle registration offices in the state, registered a negative growth of 36.54% in vehicle registration … Read more 07.01.21 Daily KPSC Current Affairs

KERALA Kerala govt to carry out sero-surveillance   The state health department will carry out Covid-19 sero-surveillance. At least 350 samples will be taken from each district and the study aims to include 12,100 people above 18 years. Besides, 240 frontline workers from each district will also be part of the study. In addition to … Read more 05.01.21 Daily KPSC Current Affairs

KERALA Banana Grit Developed From Raw Nendran Bananas   Scientists from the CSIR (Council of Scientific and Industrial Research)-National Institute of Interdisciplinary Science and Technology (NIIST) in Pappanamcode, Kerala, have proposed a new product, Banana Grit or Granules developed from the original Nendran banana. CSIR is India’s largest research and development (R&D) organization.   Banana … Read more 09.01.21 Daily KPSC Current Affairs

KERALA State drafting own farm law: Agri min   The government is in the process of framing a law as an alternative to the farm laws amended by the Centre, agriculture minister V S Sunil Kumar said in the assembly. The state is exploring all possible ways on how to provide relief to farmers from the black laws passed by the … Read more 13.01.21 Daily KPSC Current Affairs

KERALA Congress Leader and Former Kerala Minister Ramachandran passes away at 84   Veteran Congress leader and former state minister of Kerala, K K Ramachandran has passed away.   He was popularly known as Ramachandran Master.   He had represented the party as an MLA six times, which included three times from Kalpetta and thrice … Read more 10-11.01.21 Daily KPSC Current Affairs

KERALA Kerala declares bird flu as state-specific disaster, issues high alert   Kerala government has declared bird flu as a state-specific disaster and issued a high alert after the outbreak of bird flu was confirmed in certain parts of Kottayam and Alappuzha districts.   The presence of the H5N8 subtype of the Influenza A virus was reported in ducks in … Read more 02.01.21 Daily KPSC Current Affairs

KERALA Perumbavoor road projects pick up pace   After many months of being in limbo, two road projects – the Perumbavoor town bypass and Iringole-Vallam Ring Road – that would help solve woes of Perumbavoor, which witnesses traffic snarls on a daily basis, have picked up momentum. Authorities are hoping to complete the process of fixing the basic price of land … Read more 03-04.01.21 Daily KPSC Current Affairs

KERALA Govt relaxes entertainment tax for 3 months   The government decided to exempt entertainment tax for three months and also assured other relaxations, thus paving the way for reopening theatres in state. Though government had decided to reopen theatres from January 5 in compliance with Covid-19 prevention protocol, theatre owners were less inclined to resume screening … Read more 12.01.21 Daily KPSC Current Affairs

KERALA Kerala: Resource centres soon in all districts for child welfare   Taking forward the campaign to ensure safe childhood and positive parenting, the women and child development (WCD) department is setting up district resource centres in each district under the child protection office. “The centres will be an umbrella to address all referral cases related to … Read more 06.01.21 Daily KPSC Current Affairs