Oct 2019

KERALA Kerala literacy mission to enroll 1 lakh school dropouts. In an unique attempt, the Kerala State Literacy Mission Authority has decided to enroll nearly a lakh members of women empowerment project “Kudumbashree”, who had discontinued school education, to take the 10th and Plus Two equivalency exams from next year onwards. The literacy mission would … Read more 02.10.19 Kerala (KeralaPSC) Daily Current Affairs

KERALA State pledged ₹10,000-crore investment   Kerala has been pledged ₹10,000 crore as investment at the Round Table on Investment Opportunities held in Dubai under Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan.   Leading port terminal operator DP World will invest ₹3,500 crore , RP Group, ₹1,000 crore; Lulu Group, ₹1,500 crore; and Aster, ₹500 crore. Small investors … Read more 17.10.19 Kerala (KeralaPSC) Daily Current Affairs

KERALA Vazhoor block tops in fund utilisation   Vazhoor Block panchayat in Kottayam has topped in the annual Plan fund utilization among block panchayats in the State in the first half of the current fiscal year.   According to officials, the local body has utilized ₹2.83 crore out of its budget amount of ₹4.6 crore, … Read more 10.10.19 Kerala (KeralaPSC) Daily Current Affairs

KERALA Kerala: Experts warn about increased cases of PCOD among teenage girls   Cases of polycystic ovaries syndrome are high among the teenage girls in Kerala.   If treated in the early stage, the disorder, PCOD, can be completely cured and there are effective treatments for this in Ayurveda.   Government also sought the cooperation of the Ayurveda sector as … Read more 19.10.19 Kerala (KeralaPSC) Daily Current Affairs

KERALA 4% reservation for differently abled in KAS The government has issued orders allowing four per cent reservation for differently abled persons in the Kerala Administrative Service (KAS). Under the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (RPWD) Act, 2016, the reservation has been increased from three per cent to four per cent. This amendment would now … Read more 27-28.10.19 Kerala (KeralaPSC) Daily Current Affairs

KERALA Nedumangad won the 2019 Deen Dayal Upadhyay Panchayat Sashaktikaran Puraskar award   Kerala’s Nedumangadblock panchayat won the prestigious Deen Dayal Upadhyay Panchayat Sashaktikaran Puraskar for 2019. A total of nine awards were given to Kerala civic bodies, including Kolazhy of Thrissur district, Tirunavaya, and Maranchery of Malappuram, Srikrishnapuram of Palakkad, Sasthankotta of Kollam and Pappinisseri of Kannur. The award recognized the good work provided by the … Read more 25.10.19 Kerala (KeralaPSC) Daily Current Affairs

KERALA Kerala high court gets new chief justice The President appointed justice S Mani Kumar of the Madras high court as the chief justice of the Kerala high court. Justice Mani Kumar had enrolled as an advocate on November 23, 1983 and had practised for around 22 years at Madras high court. He was a senior central government standing counsel … Read more 04.10.19 Kerala (KeralaPSC) Daily Current Affairs