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 …
Kuttimathan's search for sustainable development started way back in 1987, when he started work as a guide for scientists from Kerala's Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute (tbgri) in Agasthyar Hills. He informed these scientists about the many secrets of the herb Trichopus zeylanicus, known in local parlance as aarogyapacha. …
an international study on genetic mutations in people living in the high-radiation coastal belts of southern Kerala has hit the headlines. But for all the wrong reasons. Scientists who conducted the study have not followed guidelines issued by the Union government on transfer of biological data outside the country. The …
Keeping tabs: A stiff dose of preventives is set to find its way into the European Union's (EU) prescription for curbing the illegal trade of low-cost antiretroviral drugs. The proposal comes in the face of the recent revelation that shipments of cheaper AIDS drugs intended for Africa were intercepted, flown …
an ambitious international project to promote washing hands with soap in Kerala has evoked a sharp response from the hygiene conscious people of the state. Recent media reports suggest that the
kerala is once again in the grip of leptospirosis, commonly known as rat fever. According to P K Sivaraman additional director, ministry of health, Kerala, though 1,621 cases of the disease have been reported from different parts of the state this year, only 68 have been confirmed till now. Leptospirosis, …
if states like Madhya Pradesh and Kerala showed the way, Maharashtra appears to have taken it a step further. And that's good news for the people. By bringing out an ordinance to amend the Gram Panchayat Act, thus ensuring empowerment to the gram sabha (village assembly) and right to information, …
The backwater islet of Kaavaalam has settled into an uneasy sleep. Some time past midnight they wake up to a much-awaited call: " Vellam vannoo, vellam vannoo
STATUS OF ENDOSULFAN IN KERALA: THE FACTS Brought out by Pesticides Manufactures and Formulators Association of India (PMFAI) in The New Indian Express . Trivandrum . September 4 . 2002 Pesticide industry is at it again. Placing advertisements in newspapers and bringing out 'selective' facts seems to have become their …
In the context of present-day India, liquefied petroleum gas (lpg) is by far the most effective and least polluting of all the commonly-used cooking fuels. Although electricity has been proven better, it continues to have a limited presence in Indian households. The traditional curve in upward mobility, therefore, is from …
after a series of agitations demanding the protection of rights of the traditional fisherfolk community of India, the National Fishworkers' Forum (nff) has finally been assured by Prime Minister (pm) Atal Bihari Vajpayee that its demands will soon be looked into. Even as the nff delegates were hopeful that their …
After figuring in the list of 27 most polluted cities in India, Kochi in Kerala has decided to advance the deadline for the conversion of all vehicles to Euro-II norms from 2005. In view of the high pollution levels, the Kerala State Pollution Control Board has been directed to submit …
IN GOD'S OWN COUNTRY Directed by Rajani Mani and Nina Subramani . Produced by Elephant Corridor . English . 28 mins . 2002 Kasaragod, a district in north Kerala, is a breathing example of India's trail of toxins. Surrounded by deceptively beautiful forest, Kasaragod has been crippled by three decades …
the monsoon is late by a little more than a fortnight. And the alarm bells are already ringing furiously across the country. State governments, lulled into a false sense of security by the meteorological department's forecast of
Seeking nirvana Rich, restless and willing to pay Babu Vargese was thrown out of college because he insisted on wearing his hair long. Vargese likes to do things differently. Like running TourIndia, a Kerala based travel agency he founded 20 years ago. His keen interest in nature and people, coupled …
USA: Domestic and international travellers made nearly 287 million visits to the 378 parks under the US National Park Service in 1998 compared to the 275 million visits in 1997. This travel generated US $14.2 billion and supported almost 300,000 tourist-related jobs during 1996. Nepal: The Annapurna area is the …
If there is an ideal ecotourism destination in India, it is Sikkim. This eastern Himalayan state of India with its pristine mountains, crystal clear lakes and rich cultural and natural diversity, is fast gaining popularity. Attracting some two lakh tourists a year, of which 12,000 are foreigners, it has witnessed …
