Kerala Current Affairs One-liners — All time

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.

Wed, 07 May 2025

• The Union Cabinet on 7 May 2025 approved Phase-B expansion of five IITs set up after 2014, at a cost of ₹11,828.79 crore over 2025-26 to 2028-29, raising their student capacity from 7,111 to 13,687.
• The Kerala cabinet on 7 May 2025 approved a revised estimate of ₹3,716.10 crore for the Integrated Urban Regeneration and Water Transport System (IURWTS) to revive six canals in Kochi, with Kochi Metro Rail Limited continuing as the SPV.

Sun, 04 May 2025

• K.V. Rabiya, the Padma Shri-awarded literacy activist from Kerala who worked from a wheelchair after polio, died at Tirurangadi in Malappuram on 4 May 2025, aged 59.

Fri, 02 May 2025

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated the ₹8,800 crore Vizhinjam International Deepwater Multipurpose Seaport in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, to the nation on 2 May 2025.

Sun, 27 Apr 2025

• In Mann Ki Baat on 27 April 2025, PM Modi cited Shri Shail Teli of Bagalkot, Karnataka, who grows apples in the plains, and saffron cultivation in Kinnaur (Himachal Pradesh) and, using aeroponics, in Wayanad (Kerala).

Fri, 25 Apr 2025

• The Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG) held the 5th National Workshop on 'Sevottam and Effective Redressal of Public Grievances' at the Institute of Management in Government, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, on 25 April 2025.

Sun, 30 Mar 2025

• Union Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya led the Fit India Sundays on Cycle event in Junagadh, Gujarat, on 30 March 2025, while Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan flagged off a rally from Cliff House, Thiruvananthapuram.

Fri, 28 Mar 2025

• A High-Level Committee chaired by Union Home Minister Amit Shah approved ₹555.70 crore for Sikkim's recovery from the October 2023 glacial lake outburst flood and ₹1,604.39 crore for fire services in five States on 28 March 2025.

Thu, 06 Mar 2025

• Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan inaugurated the Advanced Cybersecurity Operations Centre (SOC) of the Kerala Police Cyber Division, developed by C-DOT, on 6 March 2025.

Wed, 05 Mar 2025

• President Droupadi Murmu inaugurated the second edition of 'Vividhta ka Amrit Mahotsav', showcasing the culture of South India, at Rashtrapati Bhavan on 5 March 2025.

Mon, 03 Mar 2025

• The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy said on 3 March 2025 that it has sanctioned five pilot projects under the National Green Hydrogen Mission for 37 hydrogen buses and trucks and 9 refuelling stations.

Sun, 02 Mar 2025

• Vidarbha won the 2024-25 Ranji Trophy on 2 March 2025 when the final against first-time finalists Kerala at the VCA Stadium, Jamtha, Nagpur, was drawn and Vidarbha took the title on their 37-run first-innings lead.
• Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar delivered the Fourth P. Parameswaran Memorial Lecture, organised by Bharatheeya Vicharakendram, in Thiruvananthapuram on 2 March 2025.
• Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on 2 March 2025 that courts have convicted 29 drug traffickers in 12 cases investigated by the Narcotics Control Bureau across India.

Fri, 28 Feb 2025

• The HIMASHIELD 2024 Grand Challenge on Glacial Lake Outburst Flood mitigation, organised by C-DAC Thiruvananthapuram, concluded on National Science Day, 28 February 2025.

Thu, 27 Feb 2025

• Union Mines Minister G. Kishan Reddy said on 27 February 2025 that the first tranche of Exploration Licence auctions would be launched in March 2025 and that Assam, Jammu & Kashmir and Kerala would soon join the mineral auction regime, taking it to 17 States.
• The Kerala Cabinet decided on 27 February 2025 to build the first phase of the township for survivors of the 30 July 2024 Wayanad landslides only at Elstone Estate in Kalpetta municipality, and fixed ₹20 lakh as the sponsorship amount per house.

Sat, 22 Feb 2025

• The two-day Invest Kerala Global Summit 2025 in Kochi concluded on 22 February 2025 with expressions of interest for investments worth ₹1,52,905 crore from 374 companies, according to Industries Minister P. Rajeeve.

Fri, 21 Feb 2025

• The Inland Waterways Authority of India decided at its 196th Board meeting, announced on 21 February 2025, to study Water Metro systems in 17 cities across 12 states, with Kochi Metro Rail Limited appointed to carry out the feasibility study.
• Kerala reached their first-ever Ranji Trophy final on 21 February 2025 after securing a two-run first-innings lead over Gujarat in the drawn semi-final in Ahmedabad.

Sat, 15 Feb 2025

• Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan inaugurated the 34.76 km Kodenchery-Kakkadampoyil reach, the first completed stretch of the Hill Highway in Kozhikode district, at Koodaranhi on 15 February 2025.

Wed, 29 Jan 2025

• The keel of BY 529 Machilipatnam, the seventh Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft, was laid at Cochin Shipyard Limited, Kochi on 29 January 2025.

Wed, 22 Jan 2025

• Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated the Vidyadhiraja Vidyapeetom Sainik School in Alappuzha district, Kerala, on 22 January 2025, one of the 100 new Sainik Schools in partnership mode.

Sat, 11 Jan 2025

• Three offshore construction-sand blocks off Kerala drew keen interest; auction runs on the MSTC platform.

Wed, 08 Jan 2025

• Thrissur scored 1,008 points, one ahead of Palakkad; defending champion Kannur was third.

Fri, 03 Jan 2025

• The group makes port calls at Goa and Kochi and holds a PASSEX with the Indian Navy's Western Fleet.