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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Biotechnology could be a tool to combat climate change
THRISSUR: Climate change is a reality and seeing nothing, hearing nothing and doing nothing to lessen its impact on life on the earth are no longer an option, said Prof Kadambot Siddique, Director of the University of Western Australia.
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Its to avoid pollution, says management
KOCHI: As the workers
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Death of peacocks: Probe ordered
THRISSUR: Kerala agricultural University (KAU) Vice-Chancellor Viswambharan on Monday ordered an inquiry by a five-member highlevel expert committee into the alleged death of peacocks near the Cashew research Station of the KAU at Madakkathara, near here. Dean of the College of Veterinary and animal Sciences Dr Nanu will be the chairman of the committee.
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Is the green bag really green?
COOL, breezy evenings are a virtue of the season. It is a time when city folks hang around shops with their family. Kochi is bustling with shoppers.
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Land will be acquired on fast-track basis: CM
PALAKKAD: The state government would complete the acquisition process of the land required for the coach factory in Kanjikode on a fast-track basis so that the work could begin by the end of this year, according to Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan.
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A zero budget alternative for organic farming
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: When Subhash Palekar chants the
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Double gift from Forest Department
KOCHI: The New Year greets the greens and the picnickers in the city with a double gift from the Forest Department - a nature study centre and a bird watching tower. Set up at the Mangalavanam in the city, the twin projects will be dedicated to the public by Forest Minister Benoy Viswom on Thursday.
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Global economic crisis to hit India
KOLLAM: Pravasi Bharatheeya Puraskar winner and industrialist B. Ravi Pillai said that the global economic crisis would start affecting India from 2009.
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State to be hit hard: Report
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The report submitted by the Centre for Development Studies (CDS) on the impact of the global economic crisis on the state has confirmed the worst fears. The fallout from the burst of the housing bubble in the United States has shaken the foundations of the state economy.