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Thiruvananthapuram: A wild elephant died after falling into a septic tank near Thrissur, a forest official said on Tuesday. The elephant had fallen into the septic tank of a house located on the border of the forest area on Monday night. Top Forest officials have reached the place and began the process of arranging for […]

Thiruvananthapuram: Another person died in Kerala even after taking the full course of anti-rabies vaccine, sending the health authorities into a tizzy. Fifty-three-year-old Chandrika from Kozhikode passed away a month after taking the vaccine. Chandrika was bitten by a stray dog last month following which she took the full course of the anti-rabies vaccine. Things appeared […]

Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Wednesday launched the LDF government’s own e-taxi service app — named ‘Kerala Savari’ — which is considered to be the first such initiative by any state in the country. Vijayan also flagged off, at the app launch event, the auto-rickshaws which would be operating under the new online […]

Hyderabad: Taking inspiration from the recently concluded 44th Chess Olympiad held in Chennai, a police station in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, has come up with a new initiative to teach children the basics of chess. At present, children from the Karimadom colony and nearby colonies (known for high crime rate) of the police station are undergoing training. These […]

New Delhi: India’s COVID-19 case tally increased by 8,813 in a day to reach 4,42,77,194, while active infections have declined to 1,11,252, according to the Union Health Ministry data on Tuesday. The death toll has climbed to 5,27,098 with 29 more fatalities, including one death reconciled by Kerala, the data updated at 8 am stated. […]

Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala has registered its fifth monkeypox case, State Health Minister Veena George said here on Tuesday. “A 30-year-old man presently under treatment in Malappuram has tested positive for the virus. He arrived from the UAE on July 27 to the Kozhikode airport. His contacts which included his parents and two of his friends have […]

Thiruvananthapuram: As many as 10 people have lost their lives and few others are reported missing as incessant rain continue to batter Kerala from Sunday. On Tuesday morning, the body of a two-and-a-half-year-old child was found around 200 metres away from the house in Kannur, where three more deaths have been reported. The State Disaster […]

Thiruvananthapuram: State Health Minister Veena George on Monday confirmed that the test reports of a 22-year-old person with monkeypox symptoms who died on July 30 were found to be positive for the viral zoonotic infection. The youth hailed from Chavakkad Kuranjiyur in Thrissur district tested positive in UAE and died in Kerala on July 30. […]

Thiruvananthapuram: At least five people were killed due to the heavy rain in Kerala. While two deaths were reported on Sunday, a car while overtaking a bus on Monday, lost control and fell into a overflowing canal in Pathanamthitta district and moved in the waters for over 15 minutes before the fire department officials recovered […]

Thiruvananthapuram: African swine flu cases have resurfaced in Kerala’s Wayanad district and for the first time in the neighbouring Kannur. The first case was reported in Wayanad in the last week of July following which over 300 pigs was culled in two farms. This morning, fresh cases was reported in Wayanad, where 15 pigs suddenly […]

Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Health Minister Veena George on Sunday said the government will examine the reasons behind the death of a 22-year-old young man who recently returned from UAE and allegedly died due to monkeypox a day ago. With the swab results of the deceased patient yet to be reported, the Health Minister said that the […]

Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Health Minister Veena George on Saturday announced that the country’s first ever monkeypox patient has fully recovered and will be discharged later in the day. The 35-year-old Kerala native arrived here from the UAE on July 12 and had tested positive for the virus two days later. When he developed the symptoms, he […]

Hyderabad: Both men and women have natural facial hair. However, there’s a lot of stigma attached around women growing facial hair as the society has certain check-boxes for women and expects them to adhere to their perceptions and definitions. Shattering all the norms, a thirty-five-year-old woman, Shyja, from Kerala is breaking gender stereotypes by flaunting […]

Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Finance Minister K.N. Balagopal has written a letter to Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, seeking urgent intervention by her in the backdrop of the grave financial crisis that the state government is facing currently. “The financial health of the state has been seriously affected by a reduction in the revenue deficit grant to […]

New Delhi: With 14,830 new COVID-19 cases being reported in a day, India’s tally of coronavirus infections rose to 4,39,20,451, while the count of active cases has declined to 1,47,512, according to Union Health Ministry data updated on Tuesday. The death toll due to the disease has climbed to 5,26,110 with 36 new fatalities being […]

Thiruvananthapuram:  A snake wrapped itself around the leg of a Class 4 student after she accidentally stepped on it in her classroom in Palakkad district of Kerala on Monday. The incident took place at the state-run Government Higher Secondary School in Palakkad. As the child screamed in horror and shook her leg desperately, the reptile […]

New Delhi: India has reported four cases of monkeypox so far – three from Kerala and one from Delhi – the latest being that of a 34-year-old man in the national capital with no history of foreign travel testing positive for the disease. The patient, who is presently recovering at an isolation centre at the […]

Thiruvananthapuram: A laboratory report from Bhopal, which was received here on Friday, has confirmed the presence of African Swine fever at a pig farm in Mananthavady in Kerala’s Wayanad district. It was early this week that the samples collected from dead pigs were sent to Bhopal. Now that the results have turned positive for African Swine […]

Thiruvananthapuram:  The Kerala Police, probing the NEET innerwear row in the state, on Thursday arrested two more accused taking the total arrests in the case to seven. The arrest was recorded by the police probe team and it included the vice-principal of the Mar Thoma Institute of IT and Center Superintendent of NEET examination – […]

Kollam: Five women, who were on NEET exam duty held in an educational institute in Kerala, were arrested on Tuesday here for allegedly asking girl students to remove their innerwear for appearing for the test held on Sunday, police said. Police told PTI that they were arrested after hours-long interrogation by police probing the case. […]