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Kerala CM inaugurates Digital Hub; aims to have 15K start-ups in next 5 yrs

Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has inaugurated "Digital Hub" with a capacity to support 200 start-ups via video conferencing, said a press release from Chief Minister's Office

Kerala reports 19,325 fresh coronavirus cases, 143 deaths in a day

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Saturday informed that 19,325 people turned Covid positive after 1,21,070 samples were sent for testing in the past 24 hours

Kerala aiming for 15,000 start-ups by 2026: CM Pinarayi Vijayan

Kerala is working towards a four-fold increase in the number of startups by aiming to take their total to 15,000 in the next five years, said Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, here on Saturday.

Kerala FM seeks extension of GST compensation regime

Kerala Finance Minister pitched for extending the GST compensation beyond June next year as he highlighted that the state is already grappling with significant revenue shortfall.

First dose administered to 81.9% of targeted population: Kerala Health Min

Kerala has administered the first dose of Covid-19 vaccine to 81.9 per cent of the targeted population till September 17 while 33.4 per cent received the second dose also, State Health Minister said

Kerala administers 500,000 people with Covid-19 vaccines in past 24 hours

Kerala has inoculated more than five lakh people with COVID-19 vaccine doses in the past 24 hours, the state Health Minister, Veena George said in a press release on Thursday.A total of 5,19,484 people have been administered the covid vaccine in the state.The press release stated that this was the sixth day on which Kerala has crossed this benchmark of vaccinating more than five lakh people in a single day.Earlier, the state has inoculated a total of 5,15,244 people on July 30, around 5,60,515 were vaccinated on August 13, 5,28,321 people on August 14, 7,78,626 people on September 7 and 6,66,936 persons on September 10.Around 81.46 per cent of the population were given one dose of vaccine and 33.06 per cent were given two doses of vaccine, the press release said.There are 1908 vaccination centres, including 1553 government centres and 355 private centres in the state.

Kerala sees 22,182 fresh coronavirus cases, reports 178 deaths

Kerala on Thursday reported 22,182 fresh Covid-19 cases and 178 deaths, which took the caseload to 44,46,228 and fatalities to 23,165.

GST council: Kerala to oppose move to bring petrol, diesel under GST regime

Kerala on Thursday said it will vehemently oppose any move to bring petrol and diesel under the GST regime as that will further reduce revenue generation for the state

Kerala sees 17,681 fresh coronavirus cases, reports 208 deaths today

Kerala on Wednesday reported 17,681 fresh COVID-19 cases and 208 deaths, which took the total caseload to 44,24,046 and fatalities to 22,987. The number of people who recovered from the infection since Tuesday was 25,588 which brought the total recoveries to 42,09,746 and the number of active cases to 1,90,750, a state government release said. While the release said that 97,070 samples were tested in the last 24 hours, it did not state what the Test Positivity Rate was. However, 17,681 fresh positive cases, reported in the last 24 hours, out of 97,070 samples tested during the same period, gives a figure of more than 18 per cent. Among the 14 districts, Thiruvananthapuram recorded the highest with 2,143 fresh cases followed by Kottayam (1,702), Kozhikode (1,680), Ernakulam (1,645), Thrissur (1,567), Palakkad (1,558), Malappuram (1,372), Kollam (1,348), Alappuzha (969) and Kannur (967), the release said. Of the new cases, 97 were health workers, 47 from outside the state and 16,656

Will Vijayan's hegemony continue as CPI-M begins party meetings?

Ahead of the upcoming State party conference, the one thing which is being looked upon is, will the total dominance of Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan in the party continue unabated?

Ensure continuous administration of vaccines to prisoners: HC to Kerala

The Kerala High Court has directed the state government to "continuously" administer vaccines to the prisoners and others in central prisons and other jails to prevent spread of COVID-19 there. The high court also directed the Director General of Prisons and Correctional Services to monitor the administration of vaccines. With the directions, the court disposed of a plea initiated by it on its own based on a prisoner's letter claiming that no vaccination was being carried out in prisons in the state. The court's order came after the state government informed it that there were only 4,808 prisoners in the prisons in Kerala and that majority of them have been given the first dose of vaccination and special initiatives have been taken to vaccinate the prisoners in different age groups. The state government also told the court that vaccination was being done for the remand prisoners and others periodically. Recording the submission of the state, the court directed, "We order that the

Covid cases in Kerala likely to come down in next 2 weeks: AIIMS professor

Kerala has passed its COVID-19 peak and in the next 2 weeks, a decline in cases should start in the state, said Dr Sanjay Rai, AIIMS Professor on Tuesday.Rai told ANI, "Earlier sero survey in Kerala suggest that most population was susceptible but latest sero survey shows that 46 per cent had antibodies due to vaccine or by infection. The measures are taken by the state only slows down the spread. By looking at the data of the virus spread in last 2-3 months, Kerala has passed its peak and in the next 2 weeks, a decline in cases should start. Just like North-East, Kerala should also start witness drop in COVID cases by the start of October as per the epidemiological picture."AIIMS will be starting Phase 2/3 trials of Hyderabad-based COVID-19 vaccine manufacturer Bharat Biotech's nasal vaccine soon and the application has been put to seek the mandatory permission of the Ethics Committee."It is very early to say but we believe that future is promising for Nasal Vaccine as it can ...

FSSAI suspends licences of 15 food business operators in Kerala

Food safety watchdog FSSAI has suspended the licences of 15 food business operators in Kerala as they failed to comply with the requisite mandatory safety audits despite repeated reminders. To strengthen the food safety surveillance system, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has directed carrying out of audits of Food Business Operators (FBOs) through private auditing agencies. In a statement on Tuesday, the regulator said that even after repeated intimation and issuance of improvement notices twice, the 15 FBOs belonging to the Kerala region have not conducted any third-party food safety audits. "Non-compliance of mandatory audits by above FBOs in high risk food business operations has been viewed seriously and their FSSAI licence has been suspended with effect from September 13 fore-noon by Central Designated Officer, Kerala & Lakshadweep in accordance with section 32 (2) of Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 rules and regulations made thereunder," the ...

Samples of contacts of deceased child return negative for Nipah virus

The samples of four close contacts of the 12 year-old child who succumbed to Nipah virus infection last week has returned negative

Kerala unit of BJP writes to Union Home Minister for protecting Pala Bishop

The Kerala unit of BJP has written a letter to Union Home Minister Amit Shah, urging the central government to protect Pala Bishop Joseph Kallarangatt

Kerala govt conducts seroprevalence study to assess Covid spread

Health Minister Veena George said the study began earlier this month

Kerala coronavirus update: 25,010 new Covid-19 cases, 177 deaths

Kerala on Friday logged 25,010 new Covid-19 cases and 177 deaths, taking the caseload to 4,334,704 and the death toll to 22,303

Kerala to kick-start India's ambitious green hydrogen mission

IOC confirms talks to set up two hydrogen production and refuelling stations

60.98% of India's total Covid cases past week were from Kerala: Health Secy

Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan on Thursday said that 60.98 per cent of the total active Covid-19 cases in India were from Kerala and of the 43,263 Covid-19 cases reported in the last 24 hours

46 people test negative for Nipah so far, says Kerala Health Minister

Test results of 46 people who had come in close contact with the 12-year-old child who succumbed to Nipah have been negative, till now, for virus infection, Kerala Health Minister Veena George said