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Topic: Kerala

Deaths, boycotts over workload threaten to derail SIR. BLOs ask ‘how long should we work?’

As Block Level Officers in Kerala, Rajasthan & Bengal die by suicide, states raise concerns over the workload imposed on them for the completion of the SIR, within tight deadlines. 

Why BJP is confident of big gains in Thiruvananthapuram civic polls

District has been Sangh bastion since 1980s & it is here BJP secured its assembly election win in 2016. Moreover, Thiruvananthapuram stands out for its cadre base unlike Thrissur.

From ‘khaki to saffron’: Once Kerala’s trailblazing IPS, ‘Raid Sreelekha’ eyes panchayat win with BJP

Five years post-retirement, R. Sreelekha is set to contest Kerala's upcoming Panchayat polls from Thiruvananthapuram’s Sasthamangalam ward.

After Goa, Kerala sees tussle between local & app-based cab drivers—‘Kerala Savari app is a solution’

Instances of clashes between traditional & app-based taxi drivers are rising in the state. There have been protests from both sides, and both want govt intervention. 

Kerala’s first nun to be declared ‘blessed’—who was Mother Eliswa Vakayil

Cardinal Sebastian Francis, the current Bishop of Penang, Malaysia, deputed by Pope Leo XIV, will preside over the event Saturday.

What is ‘brain-eating amoeba’, the outbreak causing panic in Kerala

Kerala has recorded an unprecedented 160 cases of amoebic meningoencephalitis this year. But for an infection with a death rate of about 97%, it has been only 23% in the state so far.

‘LDF was seen as shattered over PM-SHRI row, but we resolved it amicably,’ says CPI’s Binoy Viswam

Thiruvananthapuram: The CPI and CPI(M) were able to resolve the PM-SHRI controversy amicably within days, though it created a perception of a split in...

BCI nod on 2 seats for transgenders in Kerala law colleges a start, 22-yr-old awaits HC’s take on quota

Approval is interim though as a plea seeking reservation for transgender students is pending before Kerala HC. Stakeholders assert that more sensitisation is required at large.

Kerala local body polls: Congress bets on early start, mix of young & old faces to revive its base

Thiruvananthapuram: In opposition in Kerala for almost a decade, the state Congress unit has launched an early campaign for the upcoming local body polls in...

Kerala’s silent startup surge—work near home, smooth roads, fast internet & diaspora engagement

Once seen as a fading presence on India’s investment & startup picture, the state is slowly moving up the ladder, with policy reforms & infrastructure building.

On Camera

Bangladesh needs change, not old executioners

The leaders of the new establishment, including Mohammad Yunus, should realize by now the danger of their single-minded focus on eradicating Sheikh Hasina’s Awami League.

India has a low inflation problem. What can it do?

It will be tough for Reserve Bank of India Governor Sanjay Malhotra to get right. Rupee is the worst-performing Asian currency this year against the dollar.

India and France to jointly manufacture HAMMER air-to-surface missile

Indigenisation level will progressively increase up to 60 percent with key sub-assemblies, electronics and mechanical parts being manufactured locally.

A tribute to Tejas. India’s delay culture is the real enemy in the skies

It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.