Kerala Current Affairs — Last 12 months · Page 3 of 4 | Daily News + MCQs

🚄 Railways, Roads & Aviation 📍 Kerala Important

Kerala CM opens Perumbalam bridge, the state's longest bridge over a backwater stretch

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan inaugurated the 1,155.40-metre Perumbalam bridge across Vembanad Lake in Alappuzha district on 7 March 2026, giving Perumbalam island its first road link to the mainland.

For: State PSC · State Police · State Staff Selection +2 2 MCQs

🎭 Festivals & Events 📍 Kerala Important

Attukal Pongala draws lakhs of women devotees to Thiruvananthapuram on 3 March 2026

Attukal Pongala, the ritual offering by women devotees to the deity of Attukal Bhagavathy Temple, was held across Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, on 3 March 2026, with the main hearth lit at 9.45 am.

For: State PSC · State Police · State Staff Selection +2 2 MCQs

🔬 Research & Discoveries 📍 Kerala Important

Jitendra Singh opens ₹60 crore recombinant cells and sensors facility at BRIC-RGCB

Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh inaugurated the ₹60 crore Central Facility for Recombinant Cells and Sensors at BRIC-Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, on 1 March 2026.

For: State PSC · State Police · State Staff Selection +2 2 MCQs

🚄 Energy & Power 📍 Kerala Important

BPCL's compressed biogas plant at Brahmapuram, Kochi, inaugurated

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan virtually inaugurated Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited's Compressed Biogas (CBG) plant at Brahmapuram, Kochi, on 27 February 2026, making Kochi the first city in Kerala with a CBG plant for biodegradable waste.

For: State PSC · State Police · State Staff Selection +2 2 MCQs

🏛️ Constitution & Amendments 📍 Kerala Must know

Union Cabinet approves renaming Kerala as 'Keralam'

The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi approved the proposal to alter the name of the State of Kerala to 'Keralam' on 24 February 2026.

For: State PSC · State Police · State Staff Selection +2 5 MCQs

🏛️ Governance & Administration 📍 India Important

PM's 131st Mann Ki Baat: AI Impact Summit, organ donation by Kerala family, digital-arrest warning

Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the 131st episode of Mann Ki Baat on 22 February 2026 spoke about the India AI Impact Summit, paid homage to Alin Sherin Abraham from Kerala whose parents donated her organs, and urged vigilance against digital frauds and 'digital arrests'.

For: UPSC Civil Services · State PSC · SSC +7 2 MCQs

🎭 Art & Culture 📍 Delhi

Vice President releases Shashi Tharoor's book on Sree Narayana Guru

Vice President C. P. Radhakrishnan released Shashi Tharoor's book 'The Sage who Reimagined Hinduism: The Life, Lessons and Legacy of Sree Narayana Guru' at the India International Centre, New Delhi, on 19 February 2026.

For: State PSC · Judiciary 1 MCQs

🚄 Railways, Roads & Aviation 📍 Kerala Important

CMA CGM and Cochin Shipyard sign contract for six LNG-fuelled container vessels

French shipping major CMA CGM and Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) signed a contract in New Delhi on 18 February 2026 for six 1,700 TEU LNG-fuelled feeder container vessels to be built in Kochi, Kerala.

For: State PSC · State Police · State Staff Selection +2 2 MCQs

🎭 Art & Culture 📍 Delhi Important

Department of Posts releases a set of 8 commemorative stamps on 'Puppets of India'

The Department of Posts released a set of eight commemorative postage stamps on 'Puppets of India' at the India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, on 13 February 2026.

For: State PSC · State Police · State Staff Selection +2 2 MCQs

🏆 National Awards 📍 India Important

Republic Day Parade 2026 awards: Maharashtra best state tableau, Indian Navy best Services contingent

On 30 January 2026 MoS Defence Sanjay Seth gave the Republic Day Parade 2026 awards: Maharashtra's Ganeshotsav tableau came first among states, Indian Navy and Delhi Police won best marching contingents.

For: UPSC Civil Services · State PSC · SSC +7 3 MCQs

🔬 Health & Medicine 📍 Kerala

PM addresses centenary of Arya Vaidya Sala Charitable Hospital in Kerala

PM Modi addressed the centenary celebrations of the Arya Vaidya Sala Charitable Hospital in Kerala by video message on 28 January 2026, recalling founder Vaidyaratnam P.S. Varier and the institution's 125-year journey in Ayurveda.

For: State PSC · Judiciary 1 MCQs

🚄 Railways, Roads & Aviation 📍 Kerala Important

Vizhinjam port expansion: work on Phases II–IV begins, longest container berth in India planned

Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal inaugurated capacity augmentation works (Phases II, III and IV) of Vizhinjam International Seaport in Thiruvananthapuram on 24 January 2026.

For: State PSC · State Police · State Staff Selection +2 3 MCQs

📋 Central Schemes 📍 Kerala Must know

PM launches PM SVANidhi Credit Card, flags off three Amrit Bharat Express trains in Thiruvananthapuram

In Thiruvananthapuram on 23 January 2026, PM Narendra Modi launched the PM SVANidhi Credit Card for street vendors, flagged off four trains and laid the foundation of the CSIR-NIIST innovation hub.

For: State PSC · State Police · State Staff Selection +2 3 MCQs

🚄 Railways, Roads & Aviation 📍 India Important

IWDC 3.0 in Kochi identifies inland waterway projects worth over ₹1,500 crore

The third meeting of the Inland Waterways Development Council, chaired by Sarbananda Sonowal in Kochi on 23 January 2026, identified projects worth over ₹1,500 crore.

For: UPSC Civil Services · State PSC · SSC +7 2 MCQs

🛡️ Defence & Security 📍 India Important

INS Sudarshini sets sail on Lokayan 26 expedition from Kochi

The Indian Navy's sail training ship INS Sudarshini was flagged off from Kochi on 20 January 2026 for Lokayan 26, a ten-month transoceanic expedition covering about 22,000 nautical miles.

For: UPSC Civil Services · State PSC · SSC +7 2 MCQs

🛡️ Defence & Security 📍 India Important

INS Sagardhwani flagged off for Sagar Maitri V

DRDO's oceanographic research vessel INS Sagardhwani was flagged off from Kochi on 17 January 2026 for the fifth edition of the Sagar Maitri initiative, the Defence Ministry said on 18 January.

For: UPSC Civil Services · State PSC · SSC +7 3 MCQs

📋 State Schemes 📍 Kerala Important

Kerala Cabinet revises CM's Connect to Work scheme; family income cap set at ₹5 lakh

The Kerala Cabinet on 14 January 2026 approved revised guidelines for the Chief Minister's Connect to Work scheme, which gives ₹1,000 a month for 12 months to youth in skill training or preparing for competitive exams, with an annual family income ceiling of ₹5 lakh.

For: State PSC · State Police · State Staff Selection +2 2 MCQs

🔬 IT, AI & Digital 📍 Kerala Important

UIDAI launches Aadhaar mascot 'Udai' chosen through MyGov contests

The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) launched 'Udai' (उदय), a mascot to simplify communication about Aadhaar services, at a function in Thiruvananthapuram on 8 January 2026; the design and name were chosen from 875 entries in national contests on MyGov.

For: State PSC · State Police · State Staff Selection +2 3 MCQs

🎭 Art & Culture 📍 Kerala Important

Vice-President inaugurates 93rd Sivagiri Pilgrimage at Varkala, Kerala

Vice-President C. P. Radhakrishnan inaugurated the 93rd Sivagiri Pilgrimage at the Sivagiri Mutt in Varkala, Kerala, on 30 December 2025, highlighting Sree Narayana Guru's teachings.

For: State PSC · State Police · State Staff Selection +2 2 MCQs

🎓 Social Justice & Welfare 📍 Kerala Important

Kerala to notify revised minimum wages for private hospital staff directly under Minimum Wages Act

Kerala Labour Minister V. Sivankutty directed on 27 December 2025 that a draft notification revising minimum wages of private hospital employees be published in the gazette within a month under Section 5(1)(b) of the Minimum Wages Act, 1948.

For: State PSC · State Police · State Staff Selection +2 3 MCQs

🏛️ Governance & Administration 📍 Kerala

Kerala Cabinet approves permanent photo nativity card in principle

The Kerala Cabinet on 24 December 2025 gave in-principle approval to a permanent, photo-embedded nativity card to replace the nativity certificate now issued in the state.

For: State PSC · Judiciary 2 MCQs

🔬 Health & Medicine 📍 Kerala

Kerala Cabinet sanctions 60 posts for Kozhikode organ transplant institute, adds communities to OBC list

The Kerala Cabinet on 17 December 2025 sanctioned 60 faculty posts for the first phase of the Institute of Organ Transplantation in Kozhikode and decided to add the Balija and related communities to the State OBC list.

For: State PSC · Judiciary 3 MCQs

🛡️ Weapons & Induction 📍 Kerala Important

Navy commissions DSC A20, first of five indigenous Diving Support Craft, at Kochi

The Indian Navy commissioned DSC A20, the first of five indigenously built Diving Support Craft, at Naval Base Kochi on 16 December 2025.

For: State PSC · State Police · State Staff Selection +2 3 MCQs

🚄 Railways, Roads & Aviation 📍 Kerala

NHAI suspends concessionaire and engineer from bidding after reinforced soil wall failure on NH-66 in Kerala

The National Highways Authority of India announced on 10 December 2025 action after a reinforced soil wall failed at Mylakkadu in Kollam district on NH-66, temporarily suspending the concessionaire and the independent engineer from bidding.

For: State PSC · Judiciary 2 MCQs

🚄 Infrastructure & Energy 📍 Kerala

India Post opens Kerala's first Gen Z Post Office extension counter at CMS College, Kottayam

India Post opened Kerala's first Gen Z Post Office extension counter at CMS College, Kottayam, a student-designed facility, as announced on 9 December 2025.

For: State PSC · Judiciary 2 MCQs

🏅 Other Sports 📍 Kerala

Indian Naval Academy, Ezhimala to host 14th Admiral's Cup sailing championship with 35 countries

The Indian Naval Academy (INA), Ezhimala, Kerala, announced on 7 December 2025 that it will host the 14th Admiral's Cup naval sailing championship from 8 to 13 December 2025 with 35 participating countries.

For: State PSC · Judiciary 3 MCQs

🛡️ Defence & Security 📍 Kerala

232 trainees pass out at Indian Naval Academy, Ezhimala; CDS Gen Anil Chauhan reviews parade

On 29 November 2025, 232 trainees, including 18 cadets from seven friendly foreign nations, passed out at the Indian Naval Academy, Ezhimala (Kerala), in a parade reviewed by CDS General Anil Chauhan.

For: State PSC · Judiciary 2 MCQs

🛡️ Weapons & Induction 📍 Maharashtra Must know

INS Mahe, first Mahe-class anti-submarine shallow water craft, commissioned

The Indian Navy commissioned INS Mahe, the first of the indigenously designed and built Mahe-class Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft (ASW-SWC), at the Naval Dockyard, Mumbai, on 24 November 2025.

For: State PSC · State Police · State Staff Selection +2 3 MCQs

🏆 National Awards 📍 India Important

National Gopal Ratna Awards 2025 announced; to be presented on National Milk Day

The Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying announced the winners of the National Gopal Ratna Awards (NGRA) 2025 on 17 November 2025; the awards will be presented on 26 November 2025, National Milk Day.

For: UPSC Civil Services · State PSC · SSC +7 2 MCQs

🏛️ Elections 📍 India Important

SIR Phase II: 95% of enumeration forms distributed across 12 States/UTs

The Election Commission's daily bulletin of 15 November 2025 showed that 95.44% of enumeration forms had been distributed under Phase II of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in 12 States and Union Territories.

For: UPSC Civil Services · State PSC · SSC +7 3 MCQs