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 …
V SREERAJ THIRUVANANTHAPURAM in a bid to revitalise local health traditions and dietary habits, the Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute ( tbgri ) in Palode, Tiruvananthapuram, has started a grassroots-level programme called "Herbs for all, Health for all, by 2000 ad' . By recognising and scientifically evaluating and validating …
A new variety of edible mushroom, Pleurotus djamor beodijin , has been raised from the waste of an oil palm bunch using polybags and paddystraws as its substrate. Experiments conducted in Quilon, Kerala, yielded 408 gm of mushrooms per bed of 500 gm of the substrate. The yield is 22.5 …
Scientists working at the Central Plantation Crops Research Institute , Kayamkulam, Kerala, have developed a new variety of coconut palm, which is highly resistant to the century-old root-wilt disease. It also produces a large number of nuts by crossbreeding a disease-tolerant variety
inspired by the success of informal banking schemes in rural Bangladesh, Kerala's department of fisheries initiated similar programmes of assistance, three years back. These schemes, which can be accessed only by fisherwomen, are primarily meant to assist them financially. The main state-level body heading the schemes is the Vanitha Fisheries …
How strong is the adivasi community in Wayanad? Wayanad's adivasi population is the biggest in Kerala. Out of the 3.2 lakh adivasis in the state, Wayanad has about 1.3 lakh. We constitute 20 per cent of Wayanad's population. Why is it that your people have been marginalised in their own …
the decision of the Kerala State Mineral Development Corporation Limited (ksmdcl) to join hands with the Gujarat Mineral Development Corporation Limited (gmdc) in a mining venture, at Madayipara in north Kannur district, has invited the wrath of the villagers of Madayi. Residents of the village fear that the joint venture …
the depleted rain forests of the Western Ghats may yet regain some of their green cover if the efforts of scientists from the Tropical Botanical Garden and Research Institute (tbgri) in Palode, Kerala, continue to be productive. Over the years, these forests consisting of trees, plants and medicinal herbs had …
fishing for a livelihood in deep waters is replete with dangers. Every year, statistics of deaths at high seas only show an upward trend. With the development of a new communication device, however, by the rural electronics division of the Electronics Research and Development Centre (erdc), Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala, fisherfolk …
IN ITS short span of research activities in medicine, the Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology (SCTIMST) in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, has again tasted sweet success. Its latest achievement has been developing an artificial blood vessel - the vascular graft. After successfully completing trials in pigs, this new …
THE practice of tribal or generic medicines is a school with a difference. The practitioners are still found among the Irula tribals of Attapadi near Pallakkad in Kerala. Recently at a camp organised by the Prakrithi Sastra Vijnana Kendram at Nadavardmpu near Irinjalakudda, more than 2,000 people were given tribal …
The Kerala government is all set to 'develop' Bekal, near Kasargod, into Asia's largest tourist resort. But the locals are far from enthusiastic about it. Resentment against the Rs 1,000- crore mega project resulted in the filing of a writ petition in Kochi High Court by the Bekal Samrakshana Samiti, …
SWEET REMEMBRANCE: Students can now literally chew their way to better memorv. Madras-based Velvette International Pharma is all set to launch a wonder drug - chocolates with memory-enbancing properties. The chocolates will be laced with a potent formula which has been developed by the Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow. The …
A RECENT ruling by the Kerala High Court (HC) directed concerned authorities to protect the prehistoric remains in the Maraiyurvalley in Idukki district from granite quarrying by declaring them as national monuments. It was ruled last November, that quarrying would not be permitted at the site. The, prehistoric tombs - …
AFTER malaria, it is the turn of Japanese encephalitis. Alapuzha and Kottayam districts of Kerala are in severe grip of encephalitis where it has already claimed 3G lives. Though the situation is serious, the local doctors have failed to tackle it. The virus which- spreads through mosquitoes, can be eliminated …
TRIBALS and patent rights activists have something to cheer for. In the first instance of its kind, the Kani tribe dwelling in the Agastyar hills in southern Kerala, will get the rights over an anti-stress drug developed by the Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute (TBGRI). The tribe had helped …
The state forest department of Kerala has been ordered by the High Court not to carry on with its proposal for constructing a forest lodge in Parambikulam Wildlife Sanctuary. Apparently, the proposal had no prior sanction of the central government as required under the Forest Conservation Act, 1980. The court …
Action councils have been set up in a number of villages in Kerala opposing the proposed Kurumaulloor Major Distribution Canal, an 18.5 km extension canal of the Muvattupuzha Irrigation Project. The Project) begun in 1975 to provide water for raising three crops of paddy, was to be completed in six …
THEY invaded the panchayat offices in several parts of Kerala... teeming crowds of noisy school students demanding, of all things, panchayat maps! This sudden interest in their respective local geographies was sparked off by the Vigyanotsavam - meaning a 'festival of sciences' - conducted by the Kerala Sastra Sahitya Parishad …
KERALA is considered a puzzle in international development debates as it reportedly shows economic stagnation with high social development. Comparative longevity, declining fertility, better infant survival rate and increasing literacy are some development indicators usually projected. With the kind of publicity received within the country and abroad, there are frequent …
Six years ago, Bill Mckibben wrote The End of Nature and became the most prominent literary environmentalist. But writing this book depressed him, and he decided to look more optimistically at the world around. Thus originated his ne book, Hope, Human and Wild. In this book he relates some true …
