New Delhi: The Kasthuri Rangan draft notification has been extended again. The decision comes amid ongoing disputes over environmentally sensitive areas. The deadline for the draft notification has been extended till July next year.

The Center again extended the deadline for the draft notification without accepting Kerala’s objection. An area of 13108 square kilometers in 123 villages of Kerala has been included in the list of environmentally sensitive areas by the Kasthurirangan Committee.

Accepting Kerala’s protest against it, the Center issued a new draft notification in December 2018, reducing the environmentally sensitive area to 9993.7 square kilometers according to the Oommen v Oommen committee report. The position of the state government is to reduce the area by 880 square kilometers if the residential areas are to be completely avoided.

Thiruvananthapuram: Gandhian Gopinathan Nair passed away. He was admitted to a private hospital in Neyyatinkara after collapsing at home on May 9. Gandhian Gopinathan Nair was 100 years old.

Born on July 22, 1922, in Neyyattinkara, Gandhian Gopinathan Nair joined the freedom struggle when he was a college student. The motivation to embark on the freedom struggle was the excitement of meeting Mahatma Gandhi who came to Neyyatinkara. Tagore’s study of Viswa-Bharati changed the course of his life. Gopinathan, who was also researching Chinese culture, became a full-time Gandhian when he came to Navakhali and met Mahatma Gandhi.

In 1951, K. He started his work in Kerala by working with the Gandhi Memorial Fund formed under the chairmanship of Kelappan. He remained its chairman until his death.

He was a lifelong worker of the Gandhi Peace Foundation. He was the first Malayali to preside over Sarva Seva Sangh and Sevagram Ashram founded by Mahatma Gandhi. Gopinathan Nair participated in the padayatra of Vinoba Bhave who led the Bhudanayagna for 13 years. In 2005 he won the Jamnalal Bajaj Award. In 2016, the country honored him with the Padma Shri. His wife is Women Welfare Officer Saraswati Amma.

Kochi: Weekly and monthly trip pass announced by Kochi Metro for passengers will be available from today.
The pass costs Rs 700 for a week and Rs 2,500 for a month. You can travel from any station as many times as you want with the pass.

Passes can be recharged and reused after expiry. Travel passes will be available at all metro stations from today. Metro in association with Axis Bank has prepared new travel passes for the public. These travel passes will be available at all metro stations from today.

Thiruvananthapuram: Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said that Kerala has been awarded the top performer in the Centre’s startup ranking. The Chief Minister said that the LDF government is committed to making Kerala a knowledge society where knowledge and skills are at the core.
Through the measures devised for this, we have been able to make unparalleled leaps in many fields. Many recognitions have been achieved in the state. For the third time in a row, Kerala received the Central Government’s Startup Award for the best performance in the startup sector. Kerala has been awarded the Top Performer Award for 2021 in the Centre’s States Startup Ranking due to its emphasis on developing a robust startup environment.
The award is given by an expert committee jointly formed by the Union Ministry of Industry and Commerce, Startup India and the Union Ministry of Commerce and Industry. As part of the award announcement, the committee lauded the state government’s promotion of missions like the Kerala Startup Mission as a digital hub for product design and development activities.

New Delhi: Manju Warrier has been recognized by the central government for filing and paying GST tax correctly.
The government felicitated the actress with a certificate. The certificate is issued by the Central Board of Indirect Taxes under the Union Ministry of Finance.

Earlier, the central government had given a similar certificate to Mohanlal and Antony Perumbavoor’s production company Aashirvad Cinemas. Later, Mohanlal wrote on social media that he was thankful for allowing him to be a part of nation-building and that it was a proud moment.

Kollam: The two buses were taken into custody after the owners of the bus lit crackers on top of the bus before leaving for a college trip. The buses were taken into custody at Punnapra and Takazi when the students were returning from their recreational trip.

A fine of Rs 36,000 was imposed on both the buses. The RTO officials seized the buses in Ambalapuzha.

36000 was fined after being charged under the Motor Vehicle Act. Later the drivers were allowed to drop the children at the college. Then the buses were handed over to Kollam RTO enforcement wing. Crackers were placed on top of the bus before the departure of the second-year undergraduate students of Kollam Peruman Engineering College.
The fire spread to the bus but was put out soon. It came to the attention of the authorities when the footage of this was circulated on social media. As the news spread, the High Court sought an explanation about the incident.