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🚄 Railways, Roads & Aviation 📍 Kerala Important

Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan opens first completed reach of the Hill Highway in Kozhikode

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.

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🎓 Education 📍 Kerala Important

Kerala Cabinet approves draft Bill to permit private universities

A special Kerala Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan approved the Kerala State Private Universities (Establishment and Regulation) Draft Bill, 2025 in Thiruvananthapuram on 10 February 2025.

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💹 Budget & Taxation 📍 Kerala Important

Kerala Budget 2025-26 raises basic land tax by 50%, sets ₹750 crore for Wayanad rehabilitation

Kerala Finance Minister K.N. Balagopal presented the State Budget for 2025-26 in the Assembly on 7 February 2025, raising basic land tax rates by 50% and announcing ₹750 crore for the first phase of Wayanad landslide rehabilitation.

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🛡️ Defence & Security 📍 Kerala

Keel laid for Machilipatnam, seventh ASW Shallow Water Craft, at Cochin Shipyard

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.

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🛡️ Defence & Security 📍 Kerala Important

Rajnath Singh inaugurates Vidyadhiraja Vidyapeetom Sainik School in Alappuzha, Kerala

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.

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💹 Economy 📍 Kerala

Mines Ministry holds Kochi roadshow on India's maiden offshore mineral blocks auction

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

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🎭 Festivals & Events 📍 Kerala Important

Thrissur wins Gold Cup at 63rd Kerala School Kalolsavam after 26 years

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

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🛡️ Military Exercises 📍 France Important

French Carrier Strike Group led by FNS Charles de Gaulle visits India, 3–9 January

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

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👤 Appointments & Resignations 📍 Kerala Important

Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar sworn in as Governor of Kerala

Kerala High Court Chief Justice Nitin Jamdar administered the oath at Raj Bhavan, Thiruvananthapuram.

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🌿 Disasters 📍 Kerala Important

Kerala Cabinet approves two model townships for Wayanad landslide survivors

Townships will come up on 58.50 hectares of Elstone Estate and 48.96 hectares of Nedumpala Estate.

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🕯️ Obituaries 📍 Kerala Important

Botanist K.S. Manilal, who revived Hortus Malabaricus, passes away at 86

The Padma Shri awardee spent about 35 years translating and annotating the 12-volume Latin treatise.

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🕯️ Obituaries 📍 Kerala Important

Jnanpith awardee M.T. Vasudevan Nair dies in Kozhikode at 91; Kerala declares two-day mourning

M.T. Vasudevan Nair, the Jnanpith-winning Malayalam writer and filmmaker, died in Kozhikode on 25 December 2024 at the age of 91.

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👤 Appointments & Resignations 📍 India Must know

President accepts Raghubar Das's resignation; Ajay Kumar Bhalla named Manipur Governor, Gen V.K. Singh Mizoram Governor

The President of India accepted the resignation of Odisha Governor Raghubar Das and reshuffled or appointed Governors of five States on 24 December 2024.

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🌾 Agriculture & Rural 📍 Kerala Important

Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan opens Milma milk powder factory at Moorkanad, Malappuram

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan inaugurated Milma's milk powder factory at Moorkanad near Valanchery, Malappuram, on 24 December 2024.

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🛡️ Defence & Security 📍 Kerala Important

Keel laid for Magdala (BY 528), sixth Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft, at Cochin Shipyard

The keel of Magdala (BY 528), the sixth ship of the Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft project, was laid at Cochin Shipyard, Kochi on 17 December 2024.

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🛡️ Defence & Security 📍 Kerala Important

Steel cut for Indian Navy's first Next Generation Missile Vessel at Cochin Shipyard

The steel cutting ceremony of the first Next Generation Missile Vessel (NGMV) for the Indian Navy was held at Cochin Shipyard Limited, Kochi, on 16 December 2024.

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🌿 Climate Change 📍 India Must know

District-level Climate Risk Assessment maps flood and drought risk in 698 districts

A report mapping flood and drought risks across 698 Indian districts using the IPCC framework, prepared by IIT Mandi, IIT Guwahati and CSTEP Bengaluru with DST support, was released at IIT Delhi on 13 December 2024.

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🏅 Other Sports 📍 Kerala

Team Russia wins 13th Admiral's Cup sailing regatta at Ezhimala

Team Russia won the 13th edition of the Admiral's Cup sailing regatta, which concluded at the Indian Naval Academy, Ezhimala, on 13 December 2024.

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🛡️ Defence & Security 📍 Kerala Important

MoD signs ₹1,207.5 crore contract with Cochin Shipyard for refit of INS Vikramaditya

On 30 November 2024, the Ministry of Defence signed a ₹1,207.5 crore contract with Cochin Shipyard Limited, Kochi, for the Short Refit and Dry Docking of aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya.

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🛡️ Defence & Security 📍 Kerala

239 trainees pass out at Indian Naval Academy, Ezhimala

On 30 November 2024, 239 trainees passed out at the Indian Naval Academy, Ezhimala, Kerala, in a parade reviewed by Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi.

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🛡️ Military Exercises 📍 Kerala Important

Coast Guard conducts 11th National Maritime Search and Rescue Exercise off Kochi

On 29 November 2024, the Indian Coast Guard conducted the sea phase of the 11th National Maritime Search and Rescue Exercise (SAREX-2024) off the Kochi coast, Kerala.

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🌿 Disasters 📍 India Must know

HLC under Amit Shah approves ₹1,115.67 crore, including ₹1,000-crore landslide mitigation project in 15 States

On 26 November 2024, the Home Ministry said a High-Level Committee chaired by Amit Shah approved ₹1,115.67 crore for disaster mitigation and capacity-building projects, including a ₹1,000-crore National Landslide Risk Mitigation project in 15 States.

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🎓 Education 📍 Delhi

Pradhan and Mandaviya launch World Bank's 'Jobs at Your Doorstep' report on six STARS states

On 22 November 2024 in New Delhi, Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and Labour Minister Mansukh Mandaviya launched the World Bank report 'Jobs at Your Doorstep: A Jobs Diagnostics for Young People in Six States'.

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🌾 Agriculture & Rural 📍 Delhi Important

World Fisheries Day 2024: 5th Marine Fisheries Census launched; Kerala best marine state, Telangana best inland

On 21 November 2024 in New Delhi, Fisheries Minister Rajiv Ranjan Singh marked World Fisheries Day by launching the 5th Marine Fisheries Census, a National Plan of Action on Sharks and other initiatives, and presenting awards to Kerala, Telangana and others.

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🏛️ Elections 📍 Maharashtra Must know

Polling ends in Maharashtra and Jharkhand Phase 2, along with by-polls in 15 seats and Nanded

On 20 November 2024, all 288 Maharashtra assembly seats voted in a single phase and 38 Jharkhand seats voted in Phase 2, concluding both assembly elections, the ECI said.

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🏛️ Elections 📍 Jharkhand Must know

Jharkhand Phase I polling in 43 seats and by-polls in 31 assembly seats plus Wayanad conclude peacefully

On 13 November 2024 in Jharkhand, polling in 43 assembly constituencies in Phase I concluded peacefully, along with by-polls in 31 assembly constituencies across 10 states and the Wayanad Lok Sabha seat in Kerala.

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🛡️ Defence & Security 📍 Kerala Important

CDS Gen Anil Chauhan chairs 35th Tri-services Commanders' Conference at Kochi

On 13 November 2024 in Kochi, Kerala, Chief of Defence Staff Gen Anil Chauhan chaired the 35th Triservices Commanders' Conference (TSTCC) at Southern Naval Command.

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🏛️ Governance & Administration 📍 Kerala

Fifteenth Finance Commission grants released for rural local bodies in Kerala and Meghalaya

On 12 November 2024, the Panchayati Raj Ministry said the Union Government has released Fifteenth Finance Commission grants for rural local bodies in Kerala and Meghalaya.

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🚄 Railways, Roads & Aviation 📍 Kerala Important

Kerala's first seaplane arrives in Kochi, lands at Bolgatty waterdrome ahead of trial

On 10 November 2024 in Kochi, Kerala, a De Havilland Canada seaplane arrived at Cochin International Airport and then landed at the Bolgatty waterdrome, ahead of the state's first seaplane trial run under RCS-UDAN.

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🏛️ Polity & Governance 📍 India Must know

1 November: Kerala Piravi, Kannada Rajyotsava and MP Foundation Day mark the 1956 reorganisation

On 1 November 2024, PM Narendra Modi greeted Kerala on Kerala Piravi, Karnataka on Kannada Rajyotsava and Madhya Pradesh on its Foundation Day; these states were formed under the States Reorganisation Act, 1956, whose appointed day was 1 November 1956.

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