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N Sakthan elected Kerala Assembly Speaker

March 12, 2015

Congress legislator and deputy speaker N Shakthan was elected as the new speaker of the Kerala Assembly on 12 March 2015. It was announced by Pro-tem Speaker Dominic Presentation. Shakthan defeated CPI (M) candidate P. Aysha Potty by 74 to ..

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Kerala Tourism's campaign’ wins silver prize in Golden Gate Award at ITB-Berlin

March 9, 2015

Kerala Tourism has won silver prize in the prestigious Golden Gate Award at the Internationale Tourismus-Börse Berlin (ITB-Berlin) – 2015. Kerala Tourism received the prize in the category of mulimedia-campaign for its global multimedia ‘The Great Backwaters campaign’ in the ..

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Kerala Assembly speaker G Karthikeyan passes away

March 7, 2015

Senior Congress leader and Kerala Assembly Speaker G Karthikeyan passed away in Bangalore, Karnataka. He was 66. Karthikeyan died while he was undergoing treatment in Bangalore after he was diagnosed with liver cancer. About G Karthikeyan Karthikeyan was a prominent ..

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Four new fish species discovered in Kerala

February 12, 2015

Four new fish species named Puntius nelsoni, Puntius nigronotus, Systomus chryseus and Systomus rufus have been discovered in Kerala. They were discovered by Mathews Plamoottil, a zoology professor at Baby John Memorial Government College in Kollam. Facts about discovered species ..

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35th National Games mascot Ammu the Great Hornbill in Limca Book of Records

February 11, 2015

35th National Games mascot Ammu- the Great Hornbill, has made into the Limca Book of Records. It made into the record books owing to a play Kalikkunna Kuttikalkkayi Bharatham Kathirikkunnu (India Awaits Children Who Play) in which Ammu is featured ..

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First World Ocean Science Congress concludes in Kochi

February 10, 2015

First World Ocean Science Congress (WOSC) concluded in Kochi, Kerala. The four-day-long event had started in Kochi on 5 February 2015. Key facts about World Ocean Science Congress (WOSC)-2015 Themes of WOSC-2015: Protect Oceans for Posterity and Blue Economy. It was ..

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Veteran Malayalam actor Mala Aravindan passes away

January 28, 2015

Veteran Malayalam actor Mala Aravindan has passed away in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. He was 76. He was best known for his work as a comedian, character artist in Malayalam films and was also noted theatre personality. He was also the president ..

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Kerala’s Periyar tiger reserve wins NTCA biennial award

January 22, 2015

Periyar Tiger Reserve located in Kerala has won the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) biennial award for encouraging local public participation in managing the reserve. Public participation in managing the Periyar Tiger Reserve India Eco-Development project (IEDP): People’s participation started in the ..

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