Memorandum to Union Minister seeks effective national old age policy
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/memorandum-to-union-minister-seeks-effective-national-old-age-policy/article68474532.ece
Separate department in Union government for welfare of the elderly and a national commission for senior citizens sought
IDSFFK 2024 | Anand Patwardhan’s The World is Family wins Best Long Documentary Award
https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/idsffk-2024-anand-patwardhans-the-world-is-family-wins-best-long-documentary-award/article68469521.ece
KTU to lend helping hand to Wayanad
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/ktu-to-lend-helping-hand-to-wayanad/article68468759.ece
Doctor held for firing air gun at woman
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/doctor-held-for-firing-air-gun-at-woman/article68465900.ece
Massive landslides hit Kerala’s Wayanad; several feared trapped
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/massive-landslides-hit-keralas-wayanad/article68462894.ece
Rescue operations are being hindered by ongoing heavy rainfall
Failure to implement online transfers: Kerala Administrative Tribunal slaps stay on transfers in Cooperation department
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/failure-to-implement-online-transfers-kerala-administrative-tribunal-slaps-stay-on-transfers-in-cooperation-department/article68457337.ece
Tribunal finds the transfer order to be in violation of its October 2023 direction to the department, which required the latter to introduce online transfers without delay
Kerala Opposition cautions the government against hiking power tariff
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/kerala-opposition-cautions-the-government-against-hiking-power-tariff/article68453087.ece
Mr Satheeshan accused the Chief Minister’s Office of pulling strings to annul the 2014 power purchase agreement to help private suppliers renegotiate a deal to the latter’s pecuniary advantage.
CET bags patent for devising a digital modulation scheme for EVs
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/cet-bags-patent-for-devising-a-digital-modulation-scheme-for-evs/article68450021.ece
Researchers have devised a method and system for providing variable speed control to an electric motor. The control scheme has been found to optimise performance, enhance passenger safety, and extend the battery life of e-vehicles
Digital resurvey: Revenue, LSG departments to provide opportunity to public to examine land records
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/digital-resurvey-revenue-lsg-departments-to-provide-opportunity-to-public-to-examine-land-records/article68445894.ece
The digital resurvey was launched in 200 villages in the first phase. Of this, the exercise has been completed in 185 villages, in addition to 17 locations in 238 villages that fell in the second phase
Wild gaur on the loose in suburbs of Kerala capital tranquilised, Forest officials to translocate animal
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/wild-gaur-on-the-loose-in-suburbs-of-kerala-capital-tranquilised-forest-officials-to-translocate-animal/article68444794.ece
Presence of the wild animal sparked panic in the region after it entered human habitations from Palode forest area on July 23 evening
State government decides to slash building permit fee
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/state-government-decides-to-slash-building-permit-fee/article68441415.ece
Budget 2024: Kerala’s dream of AIIMS-like institution dashed again
https://www.thehindu.com/business/budget/budget-2024-keralas-dream-of-aiims-like-institution-dashed-again/article68436545.ece
Anticipation this year that the project might finally come through was intense, particularly because of presence of two Union Ministers of State from Kerala at the Centre, one of whom is BJP’s first-ever elected MP from Kerala
Septuagenarian woman, daughter found dead in house
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/woman-daughter-found-dead-in-house/article68376014.ece
Vice-President to arrive in Thiruvanthapuram on Saturday, traffic curbs in place
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/vice-president-to-arrive-in-thiruvanthapuram-on-saturday-traffic-curbs-in-place/article68371889.ece
Kerala govt. sanctions ₹55 crore for NHM, ASHA workers
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/kerala-govt-sanctions-55-crore-for-nhm-asha-workers/article68371602.ece
While ₹45 crore of the amount is for the payment of salaries to NHM employees, ₹10 crore is for the payment of incentives to ASHA workers
Traffic regulations in city for Karkidaka Vavu
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/traffic-regulations-in-city-for-karkidaka-vavu/article68474716.ece
CBI court sentences 12 accused in Cong. leader Ramabhadran’s murder to life imprisonment
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/cbi-court-sentences-12-accused-in-cong-leader-ramabhadrans-murder-to-life-imprisonment/article68469185.ece
All block panchayats in Thiruvananthapuram preparing water budgets
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/all-block-panchayats-in-thiruvananthapuram-preparing-water-budgets/article68465992.ece
Critical and semi-critical blocks in the district have increased from five to six
Protests continue to simmer at Kerala University, Syndicate members abstain from research award ceremony
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/protests-continue-to-simmer-at-kerala-university-syndicate-members-abstain-from-research-award-ceremony/article68465278.ece
Best Research Project Awards presented to R. Jayakrishnan of Physics department and Manju S. Nair of Economics department
Streetlights in the city to be replaced completely with LED lights by September
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/streetlights-in-the-city-to-be-replaced-completely-with-led-lights-by-september/article68461142.ece
Governor to deliver 9th A. P. J. Abdul Kalam lecture on July 29
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/governor-to-deliver-9th-a-p-j-abdul-kalam-lecture-on-july-29/article68456670.ece
Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan calls all-party meeting to address Thiruvananthapuram’s garbage problem
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/kerala-cm-pinarayi-vijayan-calls-all-party-meeting-to-address-thiruvananthapurams-garbage-problem/article68452818.ece
The government has reportedly finalised an elaborate scheme to make the Amayizhanjan Canal pollution-free.
HC refuses to stay nomination of two students made by Chancellor to Kerala University senate
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/hc-refuses-to-stay-nomination-of-two-students-made-by-chancellor-to-kerala-university-senate/article68445874.ece
Court directs Chancellor, State government, Vice-Chancellor, and two nominated students to file an affidavit in response to the petition
KTU Budget gives thrust to campus industrial park, bolstering edutainment sector and introducing social labs
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/ktu-budget-gives-thrust-to-campus-industrial-park-bolstering-edutainment-sector-and-introducing-social-labs/article68445844.ece
The Board of Governors of the university approves the ₹144-crore deficit Budget, presented by Syndicate member and chairperson of the finance committee P.K. Biju, which anticipates a revenue of ₹234 crore and an expenditure of ₹378 crore
Kerala Cabinet nod for Centre of Excellence in Nutraceuticals in Thiruvananthapuram
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/kerala-cabinet-nod-for-centre-of-excellence-in-nutraceuticals-in-thiruvananthapuram/article68442045.ece
It will be a joint venture of Kerala Development and Innovation Strategic Council (K-DISC), Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and Environment and Kerala State Industrial Development Corporation.
LDF, UDF term Union Budget an act of political self-preservation
https://www.thehindu.com/business/budget/ldf-udf-term-union-budget-an-act-of-political-self-preservation/article68437246.ece
CM says Budget ran against the grain of federalism; Satheesan says Finance Minister did not consider Kerala worthy of mention in the Budget
Kerala CM calls all-party meet to muster bipartisan political support for govt’s anti-littering drive
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/kerala-cm-calls-all-party-meet-to-muster-bipartisan-political-support-for-govts-anti-littering-drive/article68435907.ece
Kerala government’s special drive comes in wake of public outcry caused by death of sanitation worker who drowned in Amayizhanjan Canal in capital city
Govt. sanctions new master plan for Thiruvananthapuram, moots 77% of city’s area for built-up use
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/govt-sanctions-new-master-plan-for-thiruvananthapuram-moots-77-of-citys-area-for-built-up-use/article68375256.ece
For first time, several wards in outer areas of city, which were added in recent decades to the Corporation, will be coming under a master plan
Plus One supplementary allotment: 16,881 apply for 6,888 vacant seats in Malappuram
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/plus-one-supplementary-allotment-16881-apply-for-6888-vacant-seats-in-malappuram/article68372092.ece
Across the State, 57,712 students have applied for the 52,373 vacant seats in allotment phase
Campus clash: Principal told to appear before investigating officer
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/campus-clash-principal-told-to-appear-before-investigating-officer/article68371363.ece
It was on July 1 that a clash broke out between SFI workers and college management on the campus over setting up a help desk
