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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
KERALA Kerala: Private hospitals to stop government schemes The private hospitals in the state have decided to stop all central and state government schemes for patients such as Karunya, Snehasparsham, Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (a health insurance scheme) , ESI and ECHS from April 1. They will be serving one-month notice to the concerned agencies in … Read more 31.01.18 Kerala(KeralaPSC) Current Affairs
KERALA Live organ donation norms get nod The government has decided to set up online registries for altruistic organ donors as well as patients with end-stage organ failure diseases (primarily liver and kidney diseases) and expand the pool of live donors by encouraging “swap donations” and “chain donations”. The decision is part of … Read more 30.01.18 Kerala(KeralaPSC) Current Affairs
KERALA Transgender cell soon in state While a 2014 survey puts the number of the transgender people in Kerala at a little above 4,000, unofficial estimates suggest that the figure could be anywhere between 20,000 and 25,000. The department has cleared a plan to hire dwelling space, safety homes, in Thiruvananthapuram, Ernakulam and Kozhikode for … Read more 28-29.01.18 Kerala(KeralaPSC) Current Affairs
KERALA State’s largest govt school turns 100 Government Moyan’s Girls Higher Secondary School, the largest government school in the State in terms of student strength. Set up in 1918, the school is celebrating its centenary by organising a year-long programme. England-educated Moyan Kunhiraman of Thalassery had contributed to the setting up of the … Read more 27.01.18 Kerala(KeralaPSC) Current Affairs
KERALA Attappady to be notified sandalwood reserve The government proposes to notify Attappady as a sandalwood reserve and protect the species to facilitate its regeneration, Governor P. Sathasivam said. The government had taken up a project to demarcate forest boundaries with permanent cairns to protect forestland and prevent encroachments. The project would be completed … Read more 25.01.18 Kerala(KeralaPSC) Current Affairs
KERALA First International Dam Safety Conference held in Thiruvananthapuram The first International Dam Safety Conference-2018 was held in Kovalam, Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) from January 23-24, 2018. It was inaugurated by Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and was presided over by Union Minister of State for Water Resources Arjun Ram Meghwal. This Conference is fourth in series organized … Read more 24.01.18 Kerala(KPSC) Current Affairs
KERALA International Dam Safety Conference to be held at Thiruvananthapuram India will be hosting the International Dam Safety Conference – 2018 at Thiruvananthapuram on January 23-24. Shri Pinarayi Vijayan, Chief Minister of Kerala will inaugurate the conference and Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal, Union Minister of State for of Water Resources, River Development and … Read more 23.01.18 Kerala(KPSC) Current Affairs
KERALA · New Bill to unify local body wings ð Minister for Local Self-Governments K.T. Jaleel has said that a unified service Bill to unite local self-government institutions in the State will be introduced in the Assembly soon. ð He was inaugurating the first State Urban Day celebrations organised by the Urban Affairs … Read more 20.01.18 Kerala(KPSC) Current Affairs
Rajasthan: Human Development Index The prime objective of any planning and policy is to enrich human development. It represents the process of expanding people’s choices to live long, healthy, and creative lives. It is argued that the long-term patterns of economic growth do not necessarily correlate with progress in human development, therefore, … Read more Rajasthan: Human Development Index