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
Reema Narendran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: While mangroves come under moist tropical forest as per many classifications, the Forest Department has failed to bring the mangroves in the state under its fold. To make matters worse, the incentivebased scheme for mangrove conservation, as announced by Finance Minister Thomas Isaac in his budget speech, is still having teething problems.
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M Subramanian KOCHI: All kinds of plants have the capacity to refresh the air in the interior of the house if placed in the proper positions and are provided proper care. In addition to giving out oxygen and humidity, the plants can absorb the polluting chemicals from the atmosphere. On absorption, these chemicals are dissociated and used for the metabolic activities or rendered harmless.
Babu K Peter KOCHI: The Central Government has directed all the major ports in the country to install advanced radioactive material detectors to prevent shipment and smuggling of hazardous materials into the country.
PALAKKAD: The drought situation in Palakkad district, which is reeling under scorching heat, may worsen with summer showers failing to gain momentum and many parts yet to receive showers. The worsening situation calls for a permanent solution for the drought which accompanies the rise in mercury levels every year.
Asha P Nair | THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Gen Next students can be bound to classrooms only through innovative learning techniques and new teaching strategies. Realising this, the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) has begun thinking out of the box, to bring about a change in the way teaching happens in a classroom.
KOCHI: Contrary to the findings of the Union Environment Ministry, the Himalayan glaciers are retreating at a rapid rate, environmental activist and scientist Vandana Shiva has said.
Anil S KOCHI: Calling upon governments across the world to devise a quick action plan to deal with the rapid retreat of the Himalayan glaciers, environmental activist Vandana Shiva said the glaciers might not survive this century if the melting continued.
Sudha Nambudiri KOCHI: Guruvayur Anakotta which houses more than 60 elephants has to deal with nine tonnes of elephant dung every day. It is with the help of a contractor that the authorities dispose off the dung by using it for land-filling or some other purpose.
KOCHI: The first phase of national census began in the district on Wednesday with the collection of data from Justice V R Krishna Iyer. The census activities will be supervised by secretaries at the corporation and municipality levels and tahsildars at village level.