The Union Cabinet on Tuesday (February 24, 2026) approved the Kerala government’s proposal to change the State’s name from ‘Kerala’ to ‘Keralam’, the name used in the Malayalam language.
Fresh friction between Governors and elected governments surfaced in Tamil Nadu and Kerala on Tuesday (20 January) as disputes over constitutional addresses dominated the opening of the year’s first Assembly sessions in both States.
The Kerala government has officially enrolled in the Pradhan Mantri Schools for Rising India (PM SHRI) scheme of the Central government after almost two years of opposition to the scheme alignment with the National Education Policy ( NEP 2020 ).
The Supreme Court Collegium has proposed the reshuffling of judges across nine State High Courts. This is the second time in four months since Chief Justice of India B.R. Gavai took charge that the Collegium has proposed substantial transfers and repatriations of High Court judges
After spending nine days in custody and facing a political uproar, two Catholic nuns from Kerala, Sister Preethi Mary and Sister Vandana Francis, were granted bail and released from Durg Central Jail in Chhattisgarh.
Iconic Communist and former Chief Minister of Kerala VS Achuthanandan has passed away. He was undergoing treatment at a private hospital in the capital, following a cardiac attack on June 23rd morning. He was earlier incapacitated following a stroke in 2019.
It has been over a month since Mizoram was declared India’s first fully literate state. With a literacy rate of 98.2%, Mizoram surpassed the Ministry of Education’s 95% benchmark under the ULLAS initiative very quickly.
The government of Kerala is pressing the central government to amend the Wildlife Protection Act of 1972 to allow controlled culling of wild animals that have been threatening human lives and livelihoods in the state.
