KOCHI: The city will start to stink soon if the row between the Kochi Corporation and the Andhra Pradesh Technical Development Corporation carries on. The Corporation authorities have not taken any steps to take over the Brahmapuram plant which is the only solution for the city
Kochi city is poised to join hands with the rest of the world to observe Earth Day on April 22 even as the threat of climate change is escalating by the day. The focus of the 40th anniversary of the Earth Day observance will be Green Generation Campaign.
Kochi, April 6 Present system of agriculture is robbing the soil of its native reserves and that in turn would hamper the sustainability of the cropping system in the country. Farmers, therefore, need to revert to organic agriculture so as to enrich the already degraded soil, according to experts in the field.
Sivadas Varma
KOCHI: After the death of Chalakkal Mohanan, another young tusker, Gajendran awaits death due to prolonged starvation. The tusker who attacked its first mahout, now under treatment, was abandoned by the other mahouts in a compound near Kumbalam.
New Delhi: Earth Hour, an hour when world over people will voluntarily turn off all non-essential lights in a bid to pledge their bit to fight climate change, is just a week away. The event was formally launched in Delhi on Friday night with a concert by rock band Advaita and musician Sajid Akbar.
KOCHI: For many of us, the festival of harvest has faded into oblivion. But a group of youngsters at Malayidamthuruthu, a village near Pukkattupady, has been engaged in an effort to bring back that long forgotten culture.
KOCHI: Expressing concern over Kerala not taking the initiative to grab projects sponsored by the CSIR, National Institute of Science Communication and Information Resources chief Gangan Pratap said that the state stood at third last spot in the list of applicants just ahead of Jammu and Kashmir and Jharkhand recently.
KOCHI: The private bus operators are a privileged lot in the city. They can park their vehicle right under No Parking sign boards and go scot-free.
They will not be fined by the police. But if you take your car and park it at the same place you will end up paying fine or cranes will drag it to the nearest police station. If you want your vehicle back you better pay Rs 600 as fine.
KOCHI: Will you vote for the earth? The world is going to do so. A race is on between the earth and global warming. As many as 934 cities and towns in 80 countries have already expressed their willingness to be part of Earth Hour 2009, a novel initiative where lights will be switched off for an hour on March 28, 2009 at 8.30 pm, as part of the fight against global warming.
