Kerala

Anti AIDS treatment aims at tolerating virus

Ayurveda practitioners in Kerala are experimenting with a novel approach to tackling AIDS: herbal medicines that increase the patient's immunity towards the virus

Publication Date:

14/08/1993

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Health Care, Ayurveda, AIDS, India, Kerala

India

Contaminated water

Municipal authorities in Thrissur, Kerala, have been accused of dilly-dallying though a deadly chemical has reportedly flowed into the town's drinking water reservoir, resulting in at least 30

Publication Date:

14/08/1993

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Water Pollution, Drinking Water, Health Effects, Hazardous Products, India, Kerala

Wildlife

Home range of elephants in the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve, South India

Ranging behaviour of the Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) was studied using radio telemetry in the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve had home ranges of over 500 sq km. These sizes are much larger than those defined by earlier studies. The study ranged across the three southern states of Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka.

Publication Date:

01/06/1993

Author(s): N Baskaran, M Balasubramanian, S Swaminathan & et al

Source: Bombay Natural History Society

Tags:

Elephant, Nilgiri, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka, Wildlife Management, Nilgiri Tahr SA, Mudumalai SA, Bandipur NP, Wynad SA

India

Sewage plant raises storm in temple town

Despite protests from villagers near Kerala's most famous temple town, authorities insist on locating a sewage treatment meant for Guruvayur, in the village.

Publication Date:

14/05/1993

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Religious Places, Marine Life, Fish, Rural Habitat, India, Kerala

India

Marine feuds are festering sores in Kerala

Kerala's coast has become a battleground between traditional and mechanised fishing communities, jeopardising the marine ecosystem.

Publication Date:

14/05/1993

Author(s): Ganesh Pangare

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

1

Issue:

19930515

pp:

0

Tags:

Crustaceans, Fish, Marine Fisheries, Fisherfolk, Conflicts, Exports, India, Kerala

India

Artificial reefs swell fish catch in Kerala

Helped by a grassroots organisation, the fishing village of Thumba near Thiruvananthapuram is successfully creating artificial reefs to increase their fish catch substantially.

Publication Date:

29/04/1993

Author(s): Raj Kamini Mahadevan

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

1

Issue:

19930430

pp:

0

Tags:

Rural Habitat, Fisherfolk, Conflicts, NGO, India, Kerala

India

Supreme Court to consider doctors' appeal

The Supreme Court will decide whether medical practitioners can be held guilty of criminal negligence under the Consumer Protection Act.

Publication Date:

14/03/1993

Author(s): Anjani Khanna

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Health Care, Health Personnel, India, Kerala

India

Stagnating scheme

Six months ago, the Union department of electronics (DoE) announced an ambitious plan to create electronics hardware technology parks (EHTPs) in order to help the country's stagnating electronic

Publication Date:

27/02/1993

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Electronics Industry, Technology, India, Gujarat, Kerala, Electronics

India

Women engineers come to the forefront

DESPITE sex-role conditioning by teachers and traditional attitudes that rule out floor and site jobs for women, the number of Indian women taking to engineering has increased manifold in the period

Publication Date:

Saturday, January 30, 1993

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

Issue:

pp:

Tags:

Women, Scientists, Indian Institute Of Technology (IIT), Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Statistics, Electronics

India