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UN honors Kerala Health Minister KK Shailaja for her efforts to stop the pandemic

June 30, 2020
KK Shailaja
  • Kerala’s Health Minister KK Shailaja was respected by the United Nations for her struggles to stop the coronavirus pandemic. She was among a few of the world leaders called to speak on the occasion of the United Nations Public Service Day.

Kerala govt declared “K-FON” free internet project by December 2020

June 2, 2020
K-FON
  • Kerala Chief Minister, Pinarayi Vijayan has declared that Kerala Fibre Optic Network Project (K-FON) project of Rs. 1,500 crore that will give free internet access to the poor will roll out by December 2020.

R Sreerekha to be the Kerala’s first woman DGP

May 29, 2020
R Sreerekha
  • R Sreerekha will be the first woman Director General of Police in Kerala as the Kerala government has selected her as Fire and Rescue Services DGP.
  • She is right now an Additional Director General of Police, heading the Prisons and Correctional Services Department.

Dedicated search engine for COVID-19 Vilokana launched.

April 27, 2020
Vilokana
  • A specially dedicated search engine for COVID-19 has been developed by The Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management – Kerala (IIITM-K).

Kerala starts using robots to serve COVID-19 patients.

April 27, 2020
KARMI-bot
  • Kerala’s medical college has started using Robot named “KARMI-bot” to help patients that are affected or are in isolation due to COVID-19. 

Kerala prepares trial plasma therapy for COVID-19 treatment

April 14, 2020
Kerala prepares trial plasma therapy for COVID-19 treatment
  • Kerala to be the 1st state of India to start clinical trial plasma therapy for COVID-19 treatment.
  • The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has given approval to Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology (SCTIMST), Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, to commence clinical trial convalescent plasma therapy treatment.

Malayalam actor, Sasi Kalinga passed away

April 8, 2020
sasi kalinga
  • Well known Malayalam Actor Sasi Kalinga passed away. He worked in hundreds of movies and spent over 25 years in film industry. He was born in Kerala.

‘Break the Chain’ campaign started by Kerala govt to combat coronavirus

March 18, 2020
Break the Chain
  • The Kerala government has started a mass hand washing campaign named ‘break the chain’ to combat coronavirus.
  • The campaign targets to educate people about the importance of public and personal hygiene.

Kerala to start digital literacy drive ‘I am also digital’

March 10, 2020
I am also digital

Kerala is all set to start a massive total digital literacy campaign to make sure that the benefits of the state’s surge as an inclusive knowledge-based society reaches the grass roots level. The drive, powered by the Kerala State IT Mission under the Department of Information Technology and Kerala Literacy Mission, is titled as ‘I am also digital.’

4th Global Ayurveda Festival to be organized at Kochi

March 6, 2020
Global Ayurveda Festival

The 4th Global Ayurveda Festival will be organized at Kochi, Kerala with the theme of Ayurveda Medical Tourism: Actualizing India’s credibility. GAF2020 is being launched by the Centre for Innovation in Science and Social Action (CISSA). It will be the largest Ayurvedic event ever to be held anywhere across the world. GAF-2020 will bring together the world of Ayurveda wellness providers and it’s seekers to one platform.