Kerala Demographic Challenge and the Way Forward

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#opinion Kerala is a state that is often considered one of the best places to live in India. It ranks high on multiple indices of the NITI Aayog and boasts impressive Human Development Indicators such as literacy rate, healthcare, education, and low corruption. This success is attributed to the contributions of visionary leaders, irrespective of political affiliation, as well as public participation in socio-politics, policymakers, subject experts, the erstwhile Travancore Kingdom, and many others. This collective effort has led to what is known as the Kerala Model of Development. The state is among the top ten in terms of both GDP and per capita income. Despite Kerala's significant progress in quality of life and human development parameters, there are other fronts where this success is lacking. Today, Kerala is in the news for negative reasons such as a financial crisis, decreased revenue, rising debt, high unemployment, brain drain, and other challenges. While some issues are ov
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News Capsule for the Week- July (1st-10th)

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Following are the top news for the week. 

Credits- PxFuel 

Kerala 

  • Kitex, the popular Garments company, decides to leave Kerala and abandon the Massive infrastructure project. The company received an official invite from Govt. of Telangana. 
  • Kerala reports the majority of the COVID-19 cases in the country. 
  • State's first Zika Virus case reported in Capital- Trivandrum. Over 15 cases were reported from the city limits. 
  • Supreme Court refrains from dropping Kerala Assembly 2016 ruckus case. 

India 

  • Legendary Actor Dilip Kumar passes away.  
  • Himachal Pradesh ex-CM Veerbhadra sing passes away. 
  • 84-year-old Tribal Activist Stan Swamy passed away this week. He was arrested with UAPA charges and kept in Jail for more than a year. 
  • PM Modi wishes Tibet's Dalai Lama for the first time in public. This move indicates a strategic shift amidst India's rift with China. 
  • Kappa variant of COVID-19 variant is reported in UP. 
  • Authorities in France initiated a judicial probe into allegations of corruption in the sale of Rafale aircraft to India. 
  • Modi Govt. completed shuffling of its cabinet and appointment of new portfolios.  The New cabinet has included a lot of women, youth etc. uniformly from poll-bound states showing both short and long-term strategies.

    Check the Full list of new ministers. 

World/International

  • Haiti President Jovenal Moise is assassinated. 
  • US troops leave Bagram Air Base without any prior notice. Taliban gains ground to fill the vacuum.  
  • Tokyo Olympics to be conducted without audience or fans in the gallery.
  • Face Masks And Social Distancing Scrapped in the UK.  
  • Chinese Communist Party (CCP) celebrated its centenary on July 1st. 
  • Lambda variant of COVID-19 is expected to be the strongest yet as per the Malaysian Govt. 
  • Jeff Bezos became the richest person again.
  • Ever Given Ship leaves the Suez Canal after paying fines and dues. 
  • The USA celebrated its Independence Day on July 4th. It missed its vaccination target which was fixed at 70%. 
  • Eric Adams wins NYC Democratic Mayoral Primary Elections for this year. He will be the candidate who will compete with GOP's Curtis Silwa for becoming the Mayor of New York City. 

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