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Fact Box: K. Kasturirangan High-Level Working Group

K. Kasturirangan-led 10-member panel High-Level Working Group (HLWG) Presented its report on Western Ghats to MoEF (Ministry of Environment and Forests) K. Kasturirangan-led 10-member panel High-Level Working Group...

April 18, 2013

Biogas plant commissioned on the Kerala Government Secretariat campus

Bio Flame-Biogas and Energy Pvt. Ltd. installed a biogas plant on the Government Secretariat campus in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.  The plant can process up to 100 kg of biowaste an hour...

March 31, 2013

Nikhil Kumar new Governor of Kerala

Nikhil Kumar sworn in as the 20th Governor of Kerala. Former Indian Police Service officer Nikhil Kumar  had earlier also served as Nagaland governor, the head of the NSG (National...

March 29, 2013

Renowned painter Ganesh Pyne passed away

Legendary painter Ganesh Pyne (76) passed away in Kolkata.  Described famously as ‘an artist’s artist, a philosopher’s philosopher and master fantasist of them all’, Pyne had received several...

March 15, 2013

Kerala raises age limit to buy liquor from 18 to 21

Kerala Cabinet ratified the Kerala Abkari Act Amendment Ordinance 2013 which ideates increasing the age for buying and selling liquor from 18 to 21 years in the state....

February 26, 2013

Kerala increases age limit to buy liquor from 18 to 21

The Kerala Abkari Act Amendment Ordinance 2013 has been given approval by the Kerala Cabinet. With this amendment, the age limit for buying and selling liquor has been...

February 24, 2013

Special court to try Italian guards accused of killing Kerala fishermen

Regarding the case of shooting of Indian fishermen by Italian naval guards, the apex court has ruled that Kerala government or police have no jurisdiction to deal with...

January 20, 2013

Persons in News: T. Samuel

Cartoonist T. Samuel passed away The pioneer of pocket cartoons in India, T. Samuel (86) passed away. Samuel belonged to Kollam in Kerala. He began his career as...

November 8, 2012

Uttarakhand tops in “Environmental Performance Index (EPI)”

Uttarakhand (scored 0.8123) topped the list of best-performing States and Union territories in terms of environmental performance. As per the Environmental Performance Index (EPI) released by Planning Commission:...

November 1, 2012

Gujarat tops in private sector investments across India

As per an analysis titled ‘Composition of Outstanding Investments Across States,’ carried out by Assocham, Gujarat has the biggest share of 12.5% in total outstanding private sector investments...

October 28, 2012

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