Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "Containers from sunken ship likely to drift towards Alappuzha, Kollam Coasts in 48 hours: INCOIS" appearing in The Hindu dated 25.05.2025 dated 27/05/2025. The original application was registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: An interim report of the first-ever dengue seroprevalence collaborative study being carried out by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the state government is in the offing by June. As part of preparing the report and for assessing the progress of the study, a team from WHO will pay …
KOCHI: The oceans will house more plastics than fish by 2050. Recent studies have shown that there are 5.25 trillion pieces of plastic debris in the ocean. Of that mass, 269,000 tonnes float on the surface, while some four billion plastic microfibres per square kilometre litter the deep sea, said …
Judgement of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Kerala Ayurveda Paramparya Vaidya Forum Vs State of Kerala & Others dated 13/04/2018 regarding the question of granting registration to practice medicines to the ‘Paramparya Vaidyas’. The appellants have contended that in the State of Kerala, a large number …
KOCHI: Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Monday inaugurated the foundation stone laying ceremony for the Brahmapuram Waste-to-Energy(WtE) treatment plant at a function held at the Town Hall here. Addressing the gathering, the CM said the menace posed by mounting plastic refuse and garbage in the state can be tackled to …
Calls for sustainable approach to derive social and economic benefits India is poised to derive social and economic benefits from the convergence of various disruptive technologies for sustainable production and consumption, according to V.K. Saraswat, member, NITI-Aayog, and noted defence technologist. Delivering the first A.P.J. Abdul Kalam lecture instituted by …
The Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs, present this Two Hundred Eleventh Report on 'The Cyclone Ockhi - Its Impact on Fishermen and Damage Caused by it '. A very severe cyclonic storm „Ockhi‟ hit the coast of Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Lakshadweep, during November-December 2017, wreaking unprecedented havoc. …
Judgement of the High Court of Kerala in the matter of Elko Properties And Developers Private Limited Vs The District Geologist, Department of Mining And Geology, Thrissur District & Others dated 04/04/2018 regarding refusal on the part of Department of Mining and Geology to accept the application of the Elko …
Order of the High Court of Kerala in the matter of Shameer Vs State of Kerala dated 03/04/2018. The case has been filed under Sections 20 & 23 of the Kerala Protection of River Banks and Regulation of Removal of Sand Act, 2001. The petitioner was found transporting stolen river …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Three bagsful of plastic waste and 150 plastic bottles; that’s what three small teams of WWF-India volunteers managed to recover from the Punchakkari wetlands - the capital’s bird hub - during a three-hour cleanup drive on Wednesday. Now, litter bins have been installed at Punchakkari as part of a …
KOCHI: Rain gods were merciful on the state last year. Many districts received a fair amount of summer rains in 2017 and in March, 2018. Met department officials said the summer rains in the month of March this year have been in excess. It has helped contain the mercury levels …
The paddy fields in Keezhattur, where a bypass is planned, is situated just seven metres above the sea level. There is no farmland so close to sea level. Kuttanad and the Netherlands are the only places where farming activities are carried out below the sea level. The paddy land acts …
CWRDM study finds most rivers highly contaminated due to lack of proper waste management As World Water Day is being observed on March 22, scientists claim that water in almost 83% of open wells and most of the rivers in Kerala is highly contaminated. This was revealed by studies conducted …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Now with the approval from Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) for the Indian Neutrino Observatory (INO) project at Bodhi West Hills, Theni in the Kerala-Tamilnadu border, the project leaders are awaiting the state level clearances indicating that it is a basic science project to unravel the mystery …
As World Water Day is being observed on March 22, scientists claim that water in almost 83% of open wells and most of the rivers in Kerala is highly contaminated. This was revealed by studies conducted by the Centre for Water Resources Development and Management (CWRDM), Kozhikode, which periodically monitors …
KANNUR: Even as the CPM has strengthened the campaign against Vayalkilikal, the collective of the local residents of Keezhattur in the district who oppose the proposed national highway bypass through the paddy fields there, the Kerala Sasthra Sahithya Parishad (KSSP), has said that the environmental impact of the project would …
Rivers have already started drying up The district is facing an acute drought-like situation with major rivers here beginning to dry up as early as March. The water flow in the Payaswini river, a tributary of the Chandragiri, has stopped at Neyyamkayam near the north-eastern border hamlet of Kanathur. The …
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Toddy Shop Licensee Association & Others Vs Union of India & Others dated 13/03/2018 to treat toddy as liquor while enforcing the highway liquor ban in Kerala. Supreme Court while disposing of the Applications stated that the Court has …
Kerala, the land of rich biodiversity, is a treasure of land races of many crops. The speciality rice varieties of Kerala include Pokkali (organic rice), Jeerakasala and Gandhakasala (scented rice varieties), Black Njavara and Golden Njavara (medicinal rice varieties). A study on the nutraceutical properties of these speciality rice varieties …
KOCHI: Economic growth in the course of urban development is causing serious air pollution problems everywhere. By 2050, outdoor air pollution is projected to become the top cause of environmental related deaths worldwide. The good news is that polluted air is not necessarily an inevitable by-product of the economy. Since …
KOZHIKODE: Minister for Labour and Excise T P Ramakrishnan inaugurated the Mampuzha restoration project. The project by the district panchayat aims to protect Mampuzha river from pollution and stagnation. The district panchayat is implementing the Mampuzha protection project with the support of Kozhikode and Kunnamangalam block panchayats. Perumanna, Olavanna and …
