22 October 2026
Kerala State Electricity Board's first Battery Energy Storage System is ready at Mulleria in Kasaragod district.
The plant is rated at 15 MW and is designed to deliver 15 MW continuously for four hours, about 60 MWh of storage.
In trial runs over two days it discharged 60 MWh into the grid during peak night hours.
It stands on one acre of KSEB land next to the Mulleria substation and has 14 containerised battery units, 7 power converter systems and 2 transformers.
It stores low-cost daytime power from the central grid and surplus solar from the Ambalathara and Paivalike solar parks.
KSEB will pay Rs 4.38 per unit for energy drawn at night, and reports zero capital expenditure apart from giving land free of cost.
Gujarat-based Opera Green Yana Private Limited executed the project, developed under NHPC.
Final operational clearance is awaited from the State Load Despatch Centre at Kalamassery.
Capacity:
15 MW
Storage:
about 60 MWh
Night tariff KSEB will pay:
Rs 4.38 per unit
Land:
One acre next to Mulleria substation
Why it matters for exams: Kerala's energy storage build-out is a standing question area for PSC general knowledge and UPSC energy questions.
Kerala PSCUPSCSSC
In plain words
BESS Battery Energy Storage System — A grid-connected battery bank that stores cheap or surplus power and releases it at peak hours.
22 October 2026
The Angamaly Magistrate Court has rejected an application to shift Suhail Sajeev, an accused in the Nedumbassery Mini Cooper accident case, from the Borstal School to Viyyur Jail.
The application was filed by the superintendent of the Borstal School on security grounds.
The court said the authorities could apply again if a threat or other problem arises later, and noted that the accused had not raised any concern himself.
Suhail Sajeev will remain at the Borstal School.
The same court had earlier rejected his bail applications.
Gopika, who died in the accident, was the victim in the case.
Her family has sought a special public prosecutor and proposed advocate John S Ralph for the post.
Court:
Angamaly Magistrate Court
Applicant:
Superintendent of the Borstal School
Jail sought:
Viyyur Jail
Why it matters for exams: The Borstal School system and the powers of a magistrate over custody are standard Kerala PSC law questions.
Kerala PSC
In plain words
Borstal School Borstal School — An institution where young offenders are kept and trained instead of in an ordinary prison.
22 October 2026
The Kerala High Court Registry is to assign a fresh number to the appeal in the CMRL pay-off case.
Former Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and others had appealed against a Single Bench directive that ordered the registration of FIRs against them.
A Division Bench of Justices K Natarajan and Johnson John had denied leave to appeal.
On 21 October 2026 a two-judge Supreme Court bench set aside that Division Bench order and granted a ten-day stay on investigations under the FIRs registered after the Single Bench order.
The Supreme Court did not rule on the validity of the Enforcement Directorate's Enforcement Case Information Report.
The appeal is expected before a newly constituted Division Bench on Saturday.
Pinarayi Vijayan conveyed that he would not appear before the Enforcement Directorate in Kochi, citing the Supreme Court's interim orders and the ongoing Kerala Legislative Assembly session.
Division Bench judges:
Justices K Natarajan and Johnson John
Supreme Court stay:
Ten days
Date of Supreme Court order:
21 October 2026
Why it matters for exams: The route from a Single Bench to a Division Bench and then to the Supreme Court is a standard question on judicial hierarchy.
Kerala PSCUPSC
In plain words
ECIR Enforcement Case Information Report — The internal record the Enforcement Directorate opens when it begins a money laundering inquiry.
22 October 2026
Health Minister K Muraleedharan said an inquiry by the Director of Medical Education found lapses in the treatment of Haseena at Kottayam Medical College Hospital.
Haseena, a resident of Puthuparambu in Changanassery, died at about 3.30 am on 1 October 2026.
The Director of Medical Education appointed a three-member panel to investigate the complaint of medical negligence.
Haseena underwent laparoscopic surgery for a hernia at the hospital on 18 September and her relatives said she was discharged on the third day.
She developed a high fever and was readmitted, and was admitted again on 27 September.
She was being treated in the General Surgery ward.
Her relatives filed a complaint with the Gandhinagar police.
Panel size:
Three members
Hospital:
Kottayam Medical College Hospital
Date of death:
1 October 2026, about 3.30 am
Why it matters for exams: The Director of Medical Education is the head of Kerala's government medical colleges and appears in PSC health administration questions.
Kerala PSC
In plain words
DME Director of Medical Education — The officer who heads medical education and the government medical colleges in Kerala.
22 October 2026
The Forest department's Workation scheme, which lets information technology professionals stay at a forest site and work, is running as a government pilot project at Gavi in Pathanamthitta district.
The site is near the Kerala Forest Development Corporation's Gavi Green Mansion, and the Corporation runs operations there.
Chief Minister V D Satheesan inaugurated the scheme at the state level in Thiruvananthapuram.
Minister Shibu Baby John, who evaluated the operations at Gavi, said the scheme will soon start at Suryanelli and Wagamon.
Actor Kunchacko Boban accompanied the Minister on the visit.
K U Jenish Kumar, MLA, Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forests Pramod G Krishnan, Chief Conservator of Forests P P Pramod and Kerala Forest Development Corporation Managing Director Raju K Francis took part.
Pilot site:
Gavi, Pathanamthitta district
Next sites:
Suryanelli and Wagamon
Operating agency:
Kerala Forest Development Corporation
Why it matters for exams: Gavi, the Kerala Forest Development Corporation and eco tourism schemes are frequent Kerala PSC geography and scheme questions.
Kerala PSC
In plain words
KFDC Kerala Forest Development Corporation — A state undertaking that runs plantations and forest tourism facilities in Kerala.
22 October 2026
Balakrishnan, a welder from Koyilandy, has surrendered in the robbery of Rs 8 crore from the Kerala Muslim Cultural Centre office in Qatar.
He said he was taken to Qatar on the promise of a job and was asked to open the strongroom with a gas cutter.
He said he received Rs 50,000 and had been offered Rs 10 lakh for the work.
He said the robbery took place in September 2025.
He named Rashi, Sai Baba and Shaji as persons connected with the travel.
Six people are accused in the case and the police are tracing the other five.
Amount taken:
Rs 8 crore
Amount he said he got:
Rs 50,000
Accused in the case:
Six
Why it matters for exams: Cross border cases involving Kerala expatriate bodies show how state police coordinate on offences committed abroad.
Kerala PSC
In plain words
KMCC Kerala Muslim Cultural Centre — An expatriate Malayali organisation with branches in the Gulf countries.
22 October 2026
A youth injured in a bike accident at Perinthalmanna in Malappuram district was found carrying MDMA during a medical examination.
21.42 grams of the drug were found in his pocket.
The discovery was made when he was taken for treatment after the accident.
He was arrested after the drug was found.
The case was registered in Malappuram district.
Quantity found:
21.42 g
Place:
Perinthalmanna, Malappuram district
Why it matters for exams: MDMA seizures fall under the NDPS Act, whose quantity thresholds are asked in PSC and SSC law questions.
Kerala PSC
In plain words
MDMA Methylenedioxymethamphetamine — A synthetic psychoactive drug listed under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act.
22 October 2026
Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar presented the Kerala Puraskaram, the State's highest honours, at a ceremony at Lok Bhavan on 22 October 2026. Chief Minister V D Satheesan presided. M R Raghava Warrier received the Kerala Jyothi for education. P B Aneesh (agriculture) and Rajshri Warrier (arts) received the Kerala Prabha. Shahal Hasan Musaliyar (education), M K Vimal Govind (startups), Jilumol Marriott Thomas (various fields) and Abhilash Tomy (sports) received the Kerala Sree. Acting Chief Secretary Minhaj Alam introduced the awardees; Speaker Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan attended.
Kerala Jyothi:
M R Raghava Warrier
Kerala Sree recipients at the ceremony:
4
Press release:
PNX 4406/2026
Why it matters for exams: Kerala's three-tier civilian honours and their recipients are standard awards questions in Kerala PSC papers.
Kerala PSCUPSCSSCBank
In plain words
Kerala Puraskaram Kerala Puraskarangal (Kerala Awards) — The State's highest civilian honours, given in three tiers: Kerala Jyothi, Kerala Prabha and Kerala Sree.
22 October 2026
The Kerala government decided on 22 October 2026 to form a special committee, including trade union representatives, to examine the implementation of the Labour Codes. The decision came at a meeting chaired by Chief Minister V D Satheesan at the Secretariat, attended by Labour Minister Bindu Krishna and office-bearers of 22 trade unions. The Labour Department Secretary will be convenor and the Law Department Additional Secretary a member, with seven trade union representatives and Labour Department officials. The committee must report within 10 days of its formation. Unions may propose amendments to the draft prepared in 2021, and the State will ask the Centre to lower the worker threshold in the Codes.
Trade unions at the meeting:
22
Union representatives on the committee:
7
Report due:
10 days
Why it matters for exams: Labour is in the Concurrent List, so each State frames its own rules under the central Labour Codes.
Kerala PSCUPSCSSCBank
In plain words
Labour Codes The four central labour codes on wages, industrial relations, social security and occupational safety — Four central laws that consolidated older labour statutes; States frame their own rules under them.
22 October 2026
Health and Devaswom Minister K Muraleedharan said on 22 October 2026 that Kerala will examine bringing in 'virtual autopsy', a post-mortem technique that uses modern equipment without dissecting the body. It will be implemented first at Kozhikode Medical College. He was laying the foundation stone of a new building for the Ulliyeri Block Family Health Centre under Balussery Block Panchayat, with V T Suraj MLA presiding. The minister said about 1800 new posts have been sought from the Chief Minister to meet the shortage of doctors, and that the Chief Minister has assured they will be created in three phases. He said low-cost Indian-made medicines will be provided for children with bone diseases and medicines for rare diseases, including haemophilia, will be ensured.
First centre for virtual autopsy:
Kozhikode Medical College
New posts sought:
about 1800
Why it matters for exams: Non-invasive post-mortem imaging and State health staffing plans are asked under science and health policy.
Kerala PSCUPSCSSCBank
In plain words
Virtual autopsy Virtual autopsy (also called digital autopsy) — A post-mortem examination done with imaging such as CT scans instead of cutting open the body.
22 October 2026
The Department of Sports and Youth Affairs has sanctioned 50 lakh rupees for basic development of the Agali Grama Panchayat stadium in Palakkad district under its 'Oru Panchayathil Oru Kalikkalam' (one playground in one panchayat) scheme. The Agali ground is in the newly announced list of 34 playgrounds and swimming pools. Attappadi has long needed a proper ground; at present the schools at Agali and Sholayur have only small grounds. Agali Grama Panchayat President Shibu Syriac had petitioned Minister N Shamsudheen for the funds. Site inspection and other preliminary steps are to begin in the coming days.
Sanctioned:
50 lakh rupees
New playgrounds and swimming pools:
34
Why it matters for exams: State sports infrastructure schemes and the tribal block of Attappadi are recurring Kerala PSC topics.
Kerala PSCUPSCSSCBank
In plain words
Oru Panchayathil Oru Kalikkalam One Playground in One Panchayat — A Kerala Sports and Youth Affairs Department scheme to give every panchayat a playground.