N V Ravindranathan Nair Citizen Matters

How Kerala’s print media defied corona blues to become the urban reader’s choice

May 8, 2020 N V Ravindranathan Nair

Corona has trumped politics in Kerala. Even party mouthpieces are giving more space to useful COVID-related information.

Thiruvananthapuram: Confusion over colour coding leads to chaos after lockdown relaxation

April 24, 2020 N V Ravindranathan Nair

Residents of Trivandrum took the relaxations as a nod to get back to how it was before the corona outbreak and caused traffic bottlenecks at different parts of the city on April 20. In fact, the capital city is a hot spot though Thiruvananthapuram district as a whole is categorised as Orange zone.

A deeper look into Kerala’s 20,000-crore relief package to beat COVID blues

March 24, 2020 N V Ravindranathan Nair

With the economy on the verge of collapse, the state government has taken three immediate steps: cash relief to BPL families, a consumer loan scheme to be managed by women, and a push for rural employment guarantee schemes.

How Kerala stopped the Coronavirus scare from becoming a full-blown health crisis

February 20, 2020 N V Ravindranathan Nair

Kerala initially declared a “state-specific health emergency” after three positive Coronavirus cases were reported in the state. However, it withdrew the declaration within days and today, the situation is largely normal. No fresh case has been reported from any part of the state.

Thiruvananthapuram candidates: Will the city elect Kerala’s first ever BJP MP?

April 22, 2019 N V Ravindranathan Nair

Congress’s two-time MP Shashi Tharoor had won from Trivandrum parliamentary constituency by a narrow margin in the 2014 polls. This election, BJP’s Kummanam Rajasekaran is expected to give him a tough fight