Hot water; hotter tempers
On April 10, a hot sunny day, Chennai’s Chepauk stadium became a fortress. Yellow barricades, armed policemen and security vans surrounded the venue. The Indian Premier League was in town, and the Chennai
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In the name of green
The Central and state governments are dragging their feet on the implementation of the Kasturirangan report. We have not inherited this earth from our forefathers, but borrowed it from our children. —Moses
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Gadgil report not mandatory for giving clearance in WGhats: NGT
The National Green Tribunal Tuesday said that it is no longer mandatory for the environment ministry to refer to Gadgil panel's report while deciding applications for clearance for projects in permissible
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Global warming could submerge Kochi: Report
Kochi: A report by European organisation ICLE has warned that a part of Kochi could be submerged if average global temperatures increase by five per cent. ICLE had compiled the report by focussing
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KSEB to power a remote village in Karnataka
Kerala State Electricity Regulatory Commission has given Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) the green light for selling power to a remote village in Karnataka that borders with Kannur district in Kerala.
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Wet and witless
A farmer from Indore, Gabbu Singh went to Kedarnath as part of a group of 50 people. Only seven have managed to survive the disaster. “The Mandakani's killer currents took 30 of them,” he says. “The remaining
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Macho looks, vulnerable within
The Himalayas are depicted in popular iconography as the tough guys who stand tall—tallest, actually—protecting the subcontinent from invasions, both human and climatic. They command the monsoon clouds
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Dry rot
What does it say about the rest of India when Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi's pet project is reeling under corruption? Fake bills, inflated estimates, non-transparent contracts and sub-standard
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Kochi tops the list in nation-wide obesity survey
Kochi: Almost half of the Kochi population is overweight, reveals a 11-city survey on obesity-related trends, putting the city on top of the list. The AC Nielsen survey conducted for a medical company found 46% of the people in the city above their ideal weight, out of which 13% were found to be obese and 7% morbidly obese. The prevalence of obesity is equally high among men and women (20%) and it is well above the rate in the other cities where it is 8% for men and 11% for women. Morbid obesity was also found to be the highest in Kochi. Delhi, Ludhiana, Jaipur, Mumbai, Kolkata, Ahmedabad, Nagpur, Chennai, Bangalore and Hyderabad were the other cities surveyed.
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See change
For those living in darkness for decades, seeing even a faint ray of light is a cause for celebration. Today, Bionic Eye, an artificial retinal implant, offers this hope to many visually challenged patients.
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Unhealthy gap
On the surface, it sounded like an outburst from a minister known to speak his mind. “Public health lies outside the medical fraternity,” said Union Minister for Rural Development Jairam Ramesh inaugurating