Kochi: Keeping decibels in check
Last year, the sound decibels at Pallimukku and Kundanoor Junctions recorded 106 decibels, nearly double the permissible levels. KOCHI: Last year, the sound decibels at Pallimukku and Kundanoor Junctions
New Indian Express (Kochi)
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UPA Govt has ensured welfare of rural folk, says Antony
PADICHIRA: (Wayanad):
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Agricultural package hot topic in Idukki
KOCHI: The Rs 1126-crore agricultural package, known as the Idukki package, is one of the major discussion topics for the coming Lok Sabha polls in Idukki this time. With plenty of plantations and an agri-based economy, sudden price fall of crops like pepper, cardamom and rubber would reflect in the coming elections in this hill constituency.
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Campus Green Project
KOLLAM: Poet Sugathakumari will inaugurate the Campus Green Project at Member Sree Narayana Pillai Institute of Management and Technology at Sasthamcotta on Wednesday by planting a sapling. The students of the college have undertaken the project as the first phase of converting Mukundapuram into a `green village.
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JICA project on track: Officials
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The going has been good so far for the Thiruvananthapuram scheme of the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC)-assisted Kerala State Water Supply Project (now known as the Japan International Cooperation Agency [JICA]-assisted project). The Rs 300-crore Thiruvananthapuram scheme of the Rs 2,590-crore project has made enough progress, officials say.
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A bottled threat
Jipson Sikhera KOCHI: The summer is on and the sale of bottled drinking water has gone up drastically. But are we really buying drinking water which has undergone stringent quality tests? While a large number of brands are available in the market with BIS certification, only a few adhere to the quality standards prescribed by the government for drinking water.
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Preserving the herbal tradition
Sivadas Varma KOCHI: Kerala campuses will soon sport a green look, courtesy the herbal nursery of the Hill Palace Museum in Tripunithura. Spread over 54 acres, the biggest botanical garden in the state supplies breeds of rare trees like the old man tree, banyan and mahogany.
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Booming medical tourism
KOCHI: Cochlear Implantation, a boon for persons with hearing loss, is the latest treatment that brings patients from abroad to city hospitals. Giving a boost to the already flourishing medical tourism sector, specialist ENT treatment is much in demand among overseas patients.
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Hunting for squids
Sudha Nambudiri KOCHI: While over-exploitation facilitated by improved technologies has depleted inshore fish stocks, the offshore regions in the Indian Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) and beyond remain under-exploited.
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Food recall procedures to remove unsafe food
Scaria Meledam KOCHI: The food recall procedures, introduced for the first time in India by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India to remove unsafe food from the market and thus prevent injury to consumers, can be initiated voluntarily by the manufacturers/distributors concerned or by the Food Authority or the Local Competent Authority (LCA).
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Bt cotton cultivation catching up in Attappadi area
PALAKKAD: The Bt cotton is being widely cultivated in the Attappadi area and initial estimates point out that it is spread over 500 acres. These facts were revealed in a study conducted by the Wild Life Protection Society of India, New Delhi, and Thanal, an organisation based in Thiruvananthapuram.