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Kutiyattam, Kerala's Sanskrit Theatre, Was Inscribed by UNESCO in 2008 and Can Stretch One Act Over Days and a Full Performance to 40 Days, With a Single Actor Conjuring a World From Eyes and Hands

AI & Technology

Tessy Thomas of Alappuzha Was Project Director of Agni-IV, Which Finished Its Development Launches on 20 January 2014, and Project Director (Mission) for Agni-V's First Flight on 19 April 2012

Anju Bobby George Jumped 6.70 m in Paris on 30 August 2003 to Win Long Jump Bronze, India's First Medal at the World Athletics Championships, 4 cm Behind Silver and 7 cm Ahead of Fourth

Cochin International Airport Switched On a 12 MW Solar Plant in 2015 to Cover Its Own Power Use and Won the UN's Champions of the Earth Award in 2018

Neelakurinji, Recorded Flowering Across the Nilgiris Since 1826, Is in Bloom Around Munnar in 2026 on a 12-Year Cycle, and Kerala Is Booking Visitors Into Slots to Protect It

Science & Space

Zoological Survey of India Scientists Describe Tetronarce ramanamurthyi, a New Deep-Sea Electric Ray From the Arabian Sea and the First of Its Genus Confirmed in the Northern Indian Ocean

Science & Space

Zoological Survey of India Scientists Described Three New Rhysida Centipede Species From Kerala and Coorg, Published Online on 12 October 2026

The Dam Planned for Silent Valley Was Abandoned in 1983, and 89.52 Square Kilometres of Kerala Rainforest Became a National Park Dedicated on 7 September 1985

Economy & Infrastructure

Vizhinjam Port Near Thiruvananthapuram Handled a Record 141,759 TEU in August 2026 and Began Direct Export and Import Cargo on 18 August, With an Expansion to 5.7 Million TEU Targeted for December 2028

Economy & Infrastructure

Kochi Water Metro Has Carried 7.9 Million Passengers on Electric-Hybrid Boats Since April 2023, Linking Kochi's Mainland to Its Island Communities

Government & States

Kerala Recorded 93.91 Per Cent Literacy in 2011 and an Infant Mortality Rate of 5 in 2023, the Only Single Digit Among India's 21 Large States