Pinarayi Vijayan is an Indian politician who is the current Chief Minister of Kerala, serving since 25 May 2016. A member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of India, he was the longest-serving secretary of the Kerala State Committee of the CPI from 1998 to 2015. Read More
Even as Kerala is witnessing the highest number of COVID cases in the country, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan ruled out a complete lockdown stating that "it will create a huge crisis for the economy and livelihoods". ...
In the Covid review meeting chaired by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Tuesday, it was decided to conduct only RTPCR testing in six districts where the vaccination is 80 per cent complete or close to 80 per cent. ...