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Livelihoods hit as tourism bears the brunt of Kerala floods

Devastating Kerala floods take a toll on the 30,000 crore tourism sector that employs around 1.4 million people in the state

2 min read21 Aug 2018
Politics

Kerala floods highlights: Kochi airport closed till 26 August, death toll rises to 114

The day’s highlights on the Kerala floods that have so far killed 114 people and submerged Aluva, Muvatthupuzha and Pathanamthitta districts

26 min read17 Aug 2018
Politics

Kerala floods highlights: Death toll rises to 67, Tamil Nadu agrees to draw water from Mullaperiyar Dam

The day’s developments on the Kerala flood situation, which has so far claimed 67 lives in the state and led to a shutdown of the Kochi airport

17 min read16 Aug 2018
News

Slow strides in placid Palakkad

A world away from the fast and furious

2 min read2 Sep 2021
Politics

Kerala government transfers Sriram V., face of Munnar’s anti-encroachment drive

Kerala government promoted sub-collector Sriram V., who led anti-encroachment drive in Munnar, as employment director and transferred him out, citing his completion of four years in the current post

1 min read5 Jul 2017
Politics

Remote sensing data shows massive diversion of forest land in Munnar

Thousands of hectares of forest land in Munnar, one of the world's greatest biodiversity hotspots, have disappeared, remote sensing data shows

2 min read27 Apr 2017
Politics

Pinarayi Vijayan speaks for religion, risks the wrath of fellow comrades

CPM's Vijayan slams officers of CPI-held revenue department for demolishing a cross belonging to a Christian sect, as part of an eviction drive in Munnar

3 min read24 Apr 2017
Politics

How serious are the environmental concerns in Munnar?

Munnar has already lost much of its natural wealth and any further delay in addressing the problems would mean the end of the hill station, warn reports

5 min read5 Apr 2017
Politics

Kerala govt in a spot as bureaucrat bulldozes encroachments in Munnar hills

V. Sreeram, a young bureaucrat, is on an anti-encroachment drive in ecologically- sensitive Munnar, where unauthorized commercial properties are flouting norms

4 min read29 Mar 2017
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Why is the elusive Nilgiri tahr, found now only in pockets of south India, under constant stress?

6 min read14 Nov 2015
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