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Idukki district of Kerala becomes India’s first district with rural broadband network
Idukki district of Kerala has become first district in India to have high speed Rural Broadband Network i.e. National Optical Fibre Network (NOFN) Internet connectivity. Union Minister of Information Technology and Communications Ravi Shankar Prasad commissioned this Hi-speed rural broadband ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2015
Second National Biodiversity Conference-2015 will be held in Kerala
The National Biodiversity Conference (NBC)-2015 will be held in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala from 23rd to 27th February. It will be second edition of this biodiversity conference and its focal theme for 2015 is ‘Biodiversity: Access and Benefit Sharing’. NBC is being ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2014
Kerala Government lays foundation stone for Global Artists Village
Kerala government has laid foundation stone for the first government-run ‘Kalagramam’ i.e Global Artist village in the country at Kakkananpara in Kannur district of Kerala. The foundation stone was laid by Chief Minister Oommen Chandy. Key facts of Global Artists ..
Two Indians from Kerala conferred Sainthood at Vatican
Two Kerala-born Indian Catholics Father Kuriakose Elias Chavara and Sister Euphrasia have been canonised by Pope Francis at St Peter’s Square in Vatican. Pope Francis pronounced them as saints at a special mass held at St Peter’s Square, Vatican. The ceremony ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2014
Two states, three UTs achieve 100% inclusion under PMJDY
Union Finance Ministry has announced that Goa and Kerala became the first states in the country to achieve 100 percent Financial Inclusion under Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY). Union Finance Ministry also announced that three Union Territories (UTs) namely ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2014
Kerala became first state with bank accounts for all families
Kerala Finance Minister KM Mani has announced that Kerala has become the first state in the country to have bank accounts for all families under Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojna (PMJDY). This formal declaration was by minister at the State-Level ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2014
Communist Leader M V Raghavan Passes away
Communist Marxist Party (CMP) founder in Kerala and leader Melathu Veettil Raghavan died on 9th November 2014. He was 81. He died after a prolonged illness due to Parkinsons disease. He had served as Minister for Co-operation of Kerala for ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2014
Kerala’s Ashtamudi clam fishery to first in India to receive MSC certification
Clam fishery in the Ashtamudi estuary in Kolam district of Kerala is the first in India to receive Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification. This certification will help to boost sustainable fisheries while protecting the ecosystem in this Wetland area. It ..