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
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
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Even though the total number of swine flu cases being reported in Thiruvananthapuram and Kollam has started coming down, a total of 46 positive cases and one death was reported in the state on Sunday.
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: As part of the efforts to find solution to the issues related to land acquisition for Guruvayur Devaswom, the Government has constituted two committees to prepare a master plan.
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Three deaths caused by H1N1 and 41 fresh cases of the disease were reported in the State on June 24. Afeefa, 19, of Vadakara, Sojan, 10, of Kalaparambil, Idukki, and Jyothi, 25, of Kalladikodu were the three dead. The deceased were under treatment for acute respiratory diseases.
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: How small can the smallest toilet be? Check out the baby-friendly Indian-style toilets displayed at Museum compound and auditorium as part of the exhibition being by organised by the Kerala Suchitwa Mission.
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The fact-finding team from the Union Health Ministry will start assessing the swine flu situation in the state from Wednesday. The three-member expert team, two of whom have already reached the state capital, will be meeting Health Secretary Manoj Joshi on Wednesday morning before visiting the hospitals in the district.
KOCHI: As viral fever is spreading across Kerala, the district medical authorities have claimed that they are taking all necessary steps to ensure that the fever was contained. However, much more needs to be done as more people are succumbing to the viral attack. The district authorities said the situation was under control and there was no cause for alarm regarding the epidemics.
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A total of 9,783 fever cases were reported in the state on Monday out of which 11 cases of dengue fever and two cases of malaria have been detected.
DURAI slept soundly through tremors that were felt in the city early Sunday morning that were set off by the 7.7 magnitude earthquake off the Nicobar coast. A fisherman residing in Srinivasapuram, which is close to the sea, he dismissed fears of a tsunami such as the one in 2004. "I felt the ground shake, but it stopped almost as soon as it started.
Sudha Nambudiri KOCHI: Now you won
KOCHI: The failure to implement projects formulated to manage domestic waste at its place of origin has led to the current waste management crisis in the city, former Tamil Nadu Chief Secretary P C Cyriac said here on Saturday.