KOCHI: Raging wildfires have destroyed large tracts of forests and grasslands in Kerala. According to available information, over 200 hectares of forest area have been destroyed since January and it is mostly grasslands that are lost to the flames.
The State Forest Department has raised concern over the rising incidents of forest fire during the summer months.
Thiruvananthapuram: The Shanghumughom beach, one of the most favoured weekend destinations of city dwellers, is increasingly getting littered.
Shards of glass from broken bottles, plastic refuse, discarded fruit-juice packets, food leftovers and waste from mobile eateries seem to have usurped the joy of walking barefoot on the sands.
The urban waste is particularly hazardous to scores of chi
Such malls you'll find only in countries such as Singapore, Malaysia, the United States and Europe, not in India."
Kerala will soon become the first state in the country to have three malls dedicated exclusively to healthcare.
The health mall is the brainchild of the BCG Group CEO, Ms Rekha Babu, and the managing director, Ms Renu Babu.
Thiruvananthapuram: Indiscriminate sand-mining poses a serious threat to the conservation and management of the Sasthamcotta freshwater lake in Kollam and the Vellayani lake in Thiruvananthapuram, says a study by the Centre for Earth Science Studies here.
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Large-scale deforestation and the disturbances caused by poachers and illicit liquor-brewers could be forcing king cobras to migrate from their natural habitat in bamboo-rich dense evergreen forests to villages nearby.
A study conducted by the researchers of the Department of Zoology, University of Kerala, and the Reptile Study Group, Thiruvananthapuram, has revealed that th
It is around 8.30 a.m. The sun is up, but there is still some nip in the air as the breeze from the lake wafts landward. The glistening pitch-dark water is a ravishing sight.
Thiruvananthapuram: The State Women's Commission's proposal to the State government to consider framing laws for making pre-marital HIV testing compulsory has drawn flak from various quarters for being
ALAPPUZHA: After making husbands run carrying their wives at the Shankumugham Beach Thiruvananthapuram, Ecorun India is organising another run, this time a 50 km marathon from Alappuzha to Kottayam, demanding a ban on pesticides.
Titled Ecorun Ultra Marathon, the event will be from Mullackal in Alappuzha to Thirunnakkara in Kottayam via Changanassery from 10.30 a.m. on Saturday.
THIRUVANATHAPURAM: KTDC chairman Cherian Philip said that steps were taken to ensure long-term conservation of Kumarakom Bird Sanctuary. Modern facilities will be introduced without harming the habitat of rare birds, he said. Tourism Minister will open the Rs 1-cr-scheme to renovate the sanctuary, he said.
