KOTTAYAM: The Rubber Board has decided to grant financial assistance to set up demonstration plots for soil protection and water harvesting in small holdings.

According to a release, the scheme intends to set up such demonstration plots in a total area of 1,000 hectares, spread over traditional and non-traditional rubber areas other than Northeast during 2010-11.

Initiation of breast feeding in the first hour of delivery is not happening.

KOCHI: Faulty feeding habits and low levels of exclusive breast feeding for children up to six months have resulted in increasing malnutrition in children below three years.

Speaking to press persons during the first State conference of the Indian Public Health Association on Saturday, Satish Kumar, Chief of the Fie

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THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Foreign countries are keenly watching the development of launch vehicle technology in Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) which has made notable achievements in aerospace technology, S.