2 November 2026
Ahead of the Sabarimala Mandala-Makaravilakku season, the Institute of Land and Disaster Management will run a joint disaster management training programme with the National Institute of Disaster Management. The course runs from November 3 to 6 and is formally opened on November 4 at the institute by Revenue Minister A.P. Anil Kumar. More than forty officers take part, among them duty magistrates, executive magistrates, officers of about eleven departments and district officers of deputy tahsildar rank and above. The sessions cover crowd management, incident response systems, law and order, magisterial duties, disaster management and how the Sabarimala squads work. Tinku Biswal, Principal Secretary for Revenue and Disaster Management, and H. Dineshan, Land Revenue Commissioner, are among the speakers, along with faculty from the National Institute of Disaster Management.
Training dates:
November 3 to 6
Participants:
Over 40 officers
Why it matters for exams: NIDM's full form and Kerala's Institute of Land and Disaster Management are both standing institution questions, and the Revenue Minister is a named office holder.
Kerala PSCUPSC
In plain words
NIDM National Institute of Disaster Management — The Union government's premier training and research institute for disaster management, at New Delhi.
ILDM Institute of Land and Disaster Management — Kerala's training institute for revenue and disaster management officers.
2 November 2026
The Kerala Motor Transport Workers Welfare Fund Board says its official mobile app crossed 11,000 downloads within two weeks of release. The app lets both workers and vehicle owners pay their contributions, make secure online payments, download receipts at once and see their full payment history. It works alongside the board's web portal, kmtwwfb.kerala.gov.in. New registration of vehicles and of employees is now entirely online, and every vehicle-related service has moved to the portal. Applications for welfare benefits and the disbursement of financial assistance are to go online in stages. The app is on the Google Play Store and can also be opened by scanning the board's official QR code.
Downloads:
More than 11,000 in two weeks
Portal:
kmtwwfb.kerala.gov.in
Why it matters for exams: The Kerala Motor Transport Workers Welfare Fund Board and its portal kmtwwfb.kerala.gov.in are the kind of welfare-board facts Kerala PSC asks by name.
Kerala PSC
In plain words
Welfare fund board Welfare fund board — A statutory body that collects contributions from a trade and pays pension and benefits to its workers.
2 November 2026
Kerala has invited applications to form a district-level art troupe of differently abled artistes under the Rhythm scheme, which the Social Justice Department runs with the Kerala Social Security Mission. Differently abled persons below 45 years of age with ability in music, dance, performing arts or instrumental music may apply. In the first stage an applicant sends in an application with a performance video of not more than five minutes. Those shortlisted then face a direct screening before an expert committee. Applicants must produce a UDID card or a disability certificate issued by a medical board. Members chosen for the troupe will perform at government programmes, and what the troupe earns is to be passed on to the artistes. Application forms are on the Kerala Social Security Mission website, and the last date is November 7.
Age limit:
Below 45 years
Video length:
Not more than five minutes
Why it matters for exams: Rhythm is a named Kerala scheme run by the Social Justice Department with the Kerala Social Security Mission, and UDID's full form recurs in disability questions.
Kerala PSC
In plain words
UDID Unique Disability ID — A single national identity card for persons with disabilities, issued through a central portal.
Kerala Social Security Mission Kerala Social Security Mission — The Social Justice Department's agency that runs Kerala's welfare schemes for vulnerable groups.
1 November 2026
Kerala's cleanliness campaign Nirmalam - Puthuyuga Shuchithva Keralam was launched at panchayat level in Thavanur Grama Panchayat in Malappuram district. The panchayat-level opening was held near Mini Pamba, with Panchayat President C.P. Abubakker Siddique inaugurating it and Vice President C. Sunitha presiding. A cleanliness awareness rally and cleaning drives were part of the day. The panchayat has set itself the goal of becoming a fully clean village, and says challenge activities and follow-up work will be stepped up in every ward. Haritha Karma Sena members, Kudumbashree and MGNREGA workers, panchayat staff and students of MES Engineering College, Thavanur Government College and Thavanur KMGVHSS took part.
Campaign:
Nirmalam - Puthuyuga Shuchithva Keralam
Panchayat:
Thavanur, Malappuram district
Why it matters for exams: Nirmalam - Puthuyuga Shuchithva Keralam is a named Kerala campaign, and the Haritha Karma Sena is the force that carries out local-body waste collection.
Kerala PSC
In plain words
Haritha Karma Sena Haritha Karma Sena — Kudumbashree-linked green worker groups that collect non-biodegradable waste for local bodies in Kerala.
Kudumbashree Kudumbashree — Kerala's poverty eradication and women's empowerment mission, run through neighbourhood groups.
2 November 2026
Kerala has given more time to apply for the 2026-27 scholarship meant for the children of workers enrolled in the Kerala Toddy Industry Workers' Welfare Fund. The last date for applications is now November 16. Only children of workers who are members of the fund can apply. The Kerala Toddy Industry Workers' Welfare Fund is one of the State's sectoral welfare funds, each built on contributions from a particular trade and used to pay pension, medical help, marriage assistance and education support to its members and their families. Education assistance of this kind is one of the regular heads under which such funds pay out, and the fund's members are the toddy tappers and toddy shop workers of Kerala.
Scholarship year:
2026-27
New last date:
November 16
Why it matters for exams: The Kerala Toddy Industry Workers' Welfare Fund is one of the State's named sectoral welfare funds whose benefit heads are asked in Kerala PSC labour questions.
Kerala PSC
In plain words
Sectoral welfare fund Sectoral welfare fund — A Kerala welfare fund built on contributions from one trade, paying pension and benefits only to that trade's workers.
2 November 2026
An administrative language conference was held at NORKA Roots in Thaikkad, Thiruvananthapuram, as part of Kerala's seventieth formation anniversary. Staff took a pledge titled Bharanabhasha Malayalam, that is, Administrative Language Malayalam. General Manager Prakash P. Joseph administered the oath, and staff of the other NORKA Roots centres joined online. Administrative Officer S. Sanukumar welcomed the gathering, and Section Officer V.I. Pradeepkumar of the Recruitment section proposed the vote of thanks. Competitions for staff are being held through November 7 as part of Administrative Language Week. NORKA Roots is the field agency of the Non-Resident Keralites Affairs Department, which handles the concerns of Keralites living outside the State and abroad.
Pledge:
Bharanabhasha Malayalam
Week runs to:
November 7
Why it matters for exams: NORKA's full form and NORKA Roots as its field agency are standing Kerala PSC questions, and Malayalam is Kerala's official language under the 1969 Act.
Kerala PSC
In plain words
NORKA Non-Resident Keralites Affairs — The Kerala government department for Keralites living outside the State and abroad.
Bharanabhasha Administrative language — The language in which a government does its official work; in Kerala this is Malayalam.
2 November 2026
The Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Scientific Temper is opening its first sub-centre in Thiruvananthapuram, at Women's College, Vazhuthacaud. Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan is to inaugurate it on November 4, with Higher Education Minister Roji M. John presiding. The State says this is the first step towards 300 such sub-centres, meant to spread scientific temper and a habit of rational enquiry. Three student initiatives of the Higher Education Council go out the same day. One of them is the Siddharth Student Welfare mobile app, built to curb ragging and make campuses safer. It carries the name of J.S. Siddharth, a student who died after being ragged at Pookode Veterinary College. A Student Aspiration Survey and an online course on scientific temper, prepared with C-DIT, are also being released.
Sub-centres planned:
300
First sub-centre venue:
Women's College, Vazhuthacaud, Thiruvananthapuram
Why it matters for exams: The Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Scientific Temper and its 300-sub-centre plan is a new Kerala institution, and C-DIT's full form is a standing Kerala PSC question.
Kerala PSCUPSC
In plain words
C-DIT Centre for Development of Imaging Technology — A Kerala government agency that makes films, software and secure documents for departments.
Scientific temper Scientific temper — The habit of testing claims by evidence and reason, named as a duty in Article 51A of the Constitution.
1 November 2026
Guinness World Records lists S Nakshatra of India as the holder of the record for the most country calling codes identified in one minute, with 87 codes. The record was set on 20 April 2026 at Kadakkal in Kollam. She is ten years old, from Thiruvananthapuram, and studies in the fifth grade at Greenvalley International School, Peyad. The mark she beat stood at 77 codes and was held by a Malayali living in the United Kingdom. Senior IPS officer P. Vijayan handed her the Guinness World Record certificate. A country calling code is the number dialled before a national telephone number to reach that country.
New record:
87 country calling codes in one minute
Previous record:
77
Where set:
Kadakkal, Kollam
Why it matters for exams: A named Guinness World Record — most country calling codes identified in one minute, now 87 — is the kind of 'record and holder' fact asked by name.
Kerala PSCUPSC
In plain words
Country calling code Country calling code — The dialling prefix for a country, such as 91 for India.