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Kerala Norms eased for registering vehicles from other States The Motor Vehicles Department (MVD) has simplified the norms for registration of motor vehicles from other States. The new norms are aimed at clearing the backlog of applications in the Regional Transport Offices (RTO) and Sub-RTOs, State Transport Commissioner K. Padmakumar said. The order … Read more 09.02.18 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
Kerala Govt planning online system for teacher postings in aided schools The government is planning to introduce an online system for appointment of teachers and non-teaching staff to aided schools, Education Minister C. Ravindranath informed the Assembly. The proposed online system would be introduced for appointments to aided schools from pre-primary to … Read more 07.02.18 Kerala(KeralaPSC) Current Affairs
KERALA Women police stations in all taluks All taluks in the State will have women police stations, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has said. Preliminary works to set up women police stations at the taluk level are on, the Chief Minister informed the Assembly on Monday in reply to a question. The move was … Read more 06.02.18 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
KERALA Cochin Shipyard Limited signs MoU with Russian firm Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) and Joint Stock Company United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC), Russia have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate and engage in Design, Development and Execution of contemporary, State-of-Art vessels for Inland and Coastal Waterways. CSL and USC will collaborate for development … Read more 03.02.18 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
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
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