Kerala

Energy

Tata Power Solar to install 2.67 MW solar carport at Cochin Airport

Tata Power Solar on Tuesday announced the commissioning of 2.67 MW solar carport at Cochin International Airport.

Publication Date:

26/07/2017

Source: Daily News Analysis (Delhi)

Tags:

Kerala, Solar Energy, Renewable Energy, Power Industry, Air Transport, Energy

Health

Kerala records highest dengue deaths at 18 this year, over 10,000 affected: Govt to Rajya Sabha

Tamil Nadu reported 4,407 cases of dengue, while Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh recorded 372 and 97 cases, respectively. Haryana reported one case and one death in the same period.

Publication Date:

19/07/2017

Source: Indian Express (New Delhi)

Tags:

Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Dengue, Vector Borne Diseases, Health Effects, Health

Natural Disasters

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Assistance for Drought, 18/07/2017

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Assistance for Drought, 18/07/2017. The Governments of Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu declared drought and submitted Memorandum to the Central government for financial assistance during the period 2014-15, 2015-16 and 2016-17. Details of districts declared drought affected by the state governments of Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu during the last three years are indicated in

Publication Date:

Tuesday, July 18, 2017

Source: Lok Sabha

pp:

Tags:

Droughts, Agriculture, Finance, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, India, Statistics, Parliament

Forests

Anatomy and functional status of haustoria in field grown sandalwood tree (Santalum album L.)

A study on the physiology of root parasitism in sandal (Santalum album L.) was conducted by comparing a six-year-old sandal grown alone and along with a host (Casuarina equisetifolia). Although maximum haustorial connections were observed when grown along with the host, sandal formed haustorial connections with plants including grass up to a distance of 3 m. Anatomical studies on haustoria indicated a vascular connectivity between the host and sandal.

Original Source

Publication Date:

10/07/2017

Author(s): D. Rocha, P. K. Ashokan, A. V. Santhoshkumar & et al

Source: Current Science

Vol:

113

Issue:

1

pp:

130-133

Tags:

Sandalwood, Thrissur (D), Kerala, Grasses, Agroforestry, Research

Water Resources

Women pick up shovels, dig 190 wells in Kerala

Breaking into male bastion, around 300 women have turned well-diggers in a nondescript village in Palakkad district of Kerala to find a solution to the acute water scarcity in the hamlet and earn

Publication Date:

10/07/2017

Source: Times Of India (Thiruvananthapuram)

Tags:

Kerala, Palakkad (D), Drinking Water Scarcity, Groundwater, Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), Water Resources

Solid Waste

Most colleges have sanitary napkin disposal system

KOCHI: Even as the UGC directed all universities to install sanitary napkin vending machines and incinerators on the premises of girls and women's hostels on Tuesday as part of the Swachh Bharath M

Publication Date:

07/07/2017

Source: Times Of India (Kochi)

Tags:

Kerala, Sanitary Landfill, Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan (Total Sanitation Campaign), Waste Disposal, Solid Waste

Health

With 9,000 plus cases, Kerala tops dengue list in country

Over 18,700 cases of dengue have been reported in the country this year, with the Union health ministry attributing early onset of monsoon as one of the factors for spurt in cases ahead of the vect

Publication Date:

06/07/2017

Source: Times Of India (Kochi)

Tags:

Kerala, Dengue, Vector Borne Diseases, Chikungunya, Ministry Of Health And Family Welfare, Health Effects, Health

Mining