Kerala Current Affairs One-liners — All time

Mon, 20 Oct 2025

• The President's Secretariat announced on 20 October 2025 that President Droupadi Murmu would visit Kerala from 21 to 24 October 2025, with darshan and aarti at Sabarimala Temple scheduled for 22 October.

Sat, 18 Oct 2025

• On 18 October 2025 at Cochin Shipyard Limited, Kochi (Kerala), BY 528 (Magdala), the sixth of eight Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Crafts (ASW SWC) for the Indian Navy, was launched.

Wed, 15 Oct 2025

• On 15 October 2025 at Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, Dr Jitendra Singh inaugurated the Golden Jubilee Building and Innovation Centre of CSIR–National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology at the close of its 50th-anniversary programme.

Wed, 08 Oct 2025

• A PIB explainer of 8 October 2025 says the GST rate cuts to 5% on cashew, coir, spices, processed seafood, tea and GI products such as Malabar Pepper and Vazhakulam pineapple will cut costs by about 6–11% for Kerala's producers.

Fri, 19 Sept 2025

• The Centre for Marine Living Resources and Ecology under the Ministry of Earth Sciences published a report on 19 September 2025 on the ecological impact of the ELSA 3 shipwreck in the south-eastern Arabian Sea.

Thu, 18 Sept 2025

• The Ministry of Culture announced on 18 September 2025 that seven natural heritage sites from India were added to UNESCO's Tentative List of World Heritage Sites, taking India's count from 62 to 69.

Thu, 11 Sept 2025

• Home Minister Amit Shah virtually inaugurated the Fast Track Immigration–Trusted Traveller Programme (FTI-TTP) at Lucknow, Thiruvananthapuram, Trichy, Kozhikode and Amritsar airports on 11 September 2025, taking the facility to 13 airports.

Sun, 07 Sept 2025

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi recalled the vision of Sree Narayana Guru on his birth anniversary on 7 September 2025, saying his teachings of equality, compassion and universal brotherhood resonate widely.

Fri, 05 Sept 2025

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi greeted everyone on Onam on 5 September 2025, calling the festival a symbol of unity, hope and cultural pride.

Tue, 02 Sept 2025

• The Coconut Development Board marked World Coconut Day on 2 September 2025 at Angamaly, Kerala, by launching revised schemes that raise the area expansion subsidy from ₹6,500 to ₹56,000 per hectare.

Fri, 29 Aug 2025

• The Bureau of Energy Efficiency released the State Energy Efficiency Index 2024 on 29 August 2025, with Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Assam and Tripura the top performers in their groups.
• The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, with Kerala's Directorate of Economics and Statistics, held a workshop on developing Ocean Accounts for coastal States in Kochi on 29 August 2025.

Thu, 28 Aug 2025

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid tribute to Mahatma Ayyankali on his Jayanti on 28 August 2025, calling him an icon of social justice and empowerment.
• The Emerging Leaders Panel Discussion under the Indian Ocean Naval Symposium (IONS) was held at Southern Naval Command, Kochi, on 27–28 August 2025 with delegates from 19 member countries.

Sat, 23 Aug 2025

• Union Minister of State George Kurian announced a pilot project to revive diversified fish farming in Kerala's Kuttanad region after a consultative meeting at ICAR-CMFRI, Kochi, the Fisheries Ministry said on 23 August 2025.

Fri, 25 Jul 2025

• On 25 July 2025 in Male, PM Modi and President Muizzu inaugurated the India-funded Ministry of Defence building of Maldives and released commemorative stamps for 60 years of diplomatic ties.

Wed, 23 Jul 2025

• On 23 July 2025, the Science Ministry reported that NIT Calicut scientists developed low-cost nano-sensors and a portable device to rapidly detect endotoxins, a key biomarker of sepsis.

Mon, 21 Jul 2025

• On 21 July 2025, former Kerala Chief Minister and veteran CPI(M) leader V.S. Achuthanandan died at a hospital in Thiruvananthapuram, aged 101.

Fri, 18 Jul 2025

• On 18 July 2025, Union MoS for Minority Affairs George Kurian inaugurated a Rs 7.92 crore Skill Development Centre and a Rs 9.97 crore Girls' Hostel under PMJVK at Nilambur, Malappuram, Kerala.

Sun, 13 Jul 2025

• On 13 July 2025, Union MoS Raksha Nikhil Khadse inaugurated the final round of the Mann Ki Baat Talent Hunt Season 5 in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.

Sat, 12 Jul 2025

• On 12 July 2025, the Union Home Ministry notified the President's nomination of four persons to the Rajya Sabha to fill vacancies caused by the retirement of nominated members.

Thu, 10 Jul 2025

• On 10 July 2025 (Guru Purnima), the Ministry of Tribal Affairs launched in Bengaluru the first Regional Process Lab of the Aadi Karmayogi mission, which aims at a cadre of 20 lakh tribal change leaders.
• On 10 July 2025, the Centre approved the release of ₹1,066.80 crore as its SDRF share to Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Kerala and Uttarakhand, hit by floods and landslides.

Fri, 27 Jun 2025

• On 27 June 2025, the 6th Joint Working Group meeting between the Indian Coast Guard and Assam Rifles concluded at ICG District Headquarters No. 4, Kochi (Kerala).

Sat, 31 May 2025

• The Spring Term 2025 Passing Out Parade at the Indian Naval Academy, Ezhimala, on 31 May 2025 saw 186 trainees graduate, with a Tanzanian midshipman winning the Most Promising Cadet trophy.

Tue, 27 May 2025

• The Indian Coast Guard said on 27 May 2025 that its response had slowed the spread of oil from the sunken Liberian container vessel MSC ELSA 3 off Alappuzha, Kerala, with no oil reaching the shore as of 26 May and about 46 containers washed ashore.

Sun, 25 May 2025

• The Liberian container vessel MSC ELSA 3 sank off the Kochi coast on 25 May 2025 due to flooding; all 24 crew were rescued — 21 by the Indian Coast Guard and three by the Indian Navy's INS Sujata.
• The Election Commission of India on 25 May 2025 announced bye-elections to five Assembly constituencies — Kadi (SC) and Visavadar in Gujarat, Nilambur in Kerala, Ludhiana West in Punjab and Kaliganj in West Bengal.

Thu, 22 May 2025

• NHAI disallowed concessionaire KNR Constructions Ltd and consultant Highway Engineering Consultant from ongoing and future bids after an embankment settlement and RE wall failure on the Ramanattukara–Valanchery section of NH-66 in Kerala, the Road Transport Ministry said on 22 May 2025.

Thu, 08 May 2025

• INS Sunayna, deployed as Indian Ocean Ship Sagar with personnel from nine Indian Ocean Region navies, returned to Kochi on 8 May 2025 after a month-long deployment in the south-west Indian Ocean.