Animal Care

 Media hype

E V V BHASKARA RAO
Director, National Research Centre for Cashew, Puttur, Karnataka says, in his paper circulated by the pesticide association, that inbreeding or wrong medication taken during pregnancy could be responsible

Publication Date: 
14/10/2001
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 Pesticide plot

The powerful pesticide lobby campaigns for a deadly killer that has been linked to many diseases

Publication Date: 
14/10/2001
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Pesticides, Health Effects, Pesticide Industry, Endosulfan, Pesticide Residues, Research, Legislation, India, Kerala
India

 Sandal act

Winds of change in the scented wood

Publication Date: 
14/09/2001
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Forest Policy, Timber Smuggling, Sandalwood, Trade, Legislation, India, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu
Transport

 Malignant trials

Did Kerala’s Regional Cancer Centre use unsuspecting patients as guinea pigs to conduct drug tests?

Publication Date: 
30/08/2001
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Cancer, Drugs, Research, Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram (D)
India

 It pours red in Kerala

parts of Kerala have recently received red coloured rain. The first incident of the coloured rain was reported from Chaganasseri district, followed by many others. Scientists from the

Publication Date: 
30/08/2001
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Geology, Research, India, Kerala
Fisheries

 Toxic tales from God's own country

As deformity cases swell in Kerala s Kasaragod district, the silent screams of the victims fall on the deaf ears of the government

Publication Date: 
14/08/2001
Surendranath C
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Pesticides, Plantation Crops, Health Effects, Cancer, Workers, Children, Blindness, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Endosulfan, Kerala, Kasaragod (D), Diseases
India

 Pesticide poisoning

Kerala s tryst with pesticide related deaths continue

Publication Date: 
14/08/2001
Surendranath C
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Pesticides, Tea, Workers, Women, Hazardous Products, Kerala, Idukki
India

 There is never enough water

Kerala today has such a high population density that its total per capita rainwater availability is less than that of dry Rajasthan

Publication Date: 
14/08/2001
Anil Agarwal
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Western Ghats, Groundwater, Water Conservation, Water Harvesting, Kerala, Rainfall
India

 Wonders of the Sun

Installation of solar panels have made life comfortable

Publication Date: 
14/07/2001
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Solar Energy, Energy Technology, Electricity, Kerala, Idukki
Natural Disasters

 Twilight Zone

PRABHANJAN VERMA The film is a critical analysis of the left wing stand in Kerala on the sensitive nuclear arms issue. It portrays the tug-of-war between the official party line that has

Publication Date: 
29/06/2001
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