CSE clean city award: Why Alappuzha is one of the cleanest cities in India

Alappuzha has an excellent waste disposal system. It relies on decentralised biogas plants and composting to take care of 80 per cent of its waste.…

Solving India's garbage problem

Segregation at source should be at the heart of municipalities’ solid waste management system

On a coconut trail

Fascinated by a more than liberal use of coconut in south Indian cuisine, Hoinhnu Hauzel sets off on a journey to find out what is so special …

Tissue culture in a pressure cooker

A new tissue culture technique that is claimed to be cheap and easy to understand is fast gaining popularity.

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 …

Kuttanad: a case in point

Kuttanad in Malayalam means 'small town'. But the ecological devastation which human hands have wrought here is in no way small or insignificant

Backs to the wall

Kerala's backwaters are one of its most prized possessions. But they are fighting for survival today, with reclamation for the purposes of …

Root cures

A dedicated group of botanists, ayurvedic practitioners and pharmacologists are showing rural Keralites that all the medicines they need, grow in …

Saved by a signal

Rescue operations in the high seas get a boost with the development of a new communication device

Graft craft

An artificial blood vessel, developed indigenously, would shortly undergo clinical trials on humans, heralding a new era in India's medical technology

Monumental victory

A Kerala High Court order quashes quarrying operations which had dealt a bodyblow to megalithic tombstones in the state

Grasim draws flak

A public meeting held in Kerala criticised a Birla-owned factory for doing nothing to control the pollution it is causing

The fabric of disaster

About 30 per cent of all deaths in a Kerala village are caused by cancer. Residents say that pollution from a nearby rayon factory owned by the …

Bailing out turtles

A Kerala village strives to save Olive Ridley turtles threatened by indiscriminate sand mining

Reviving Kottayam

The healthy city project is, if nothing else, a pointer to the direction that Indian cities need to move in

Vembanad, Ashtamudi: NGT slaps Rs 10 crore on Kerala for its failure to protect Ramsar sites

The penalty is levied per the ‘polluter pays principle’, the tribunal noted 

Full reservoirs as monsoon sets in: Why India should watch out for floods

Current live storage available in 123 reservoirs was 170 per cent of the same corresponding period of last year. This does not bode well for …

Jazeera’s sit-in protest against coastal sand mining enters third month

Mother of three has been sitting outside Kerala’s state secretariat since August 2; her children attend school from protest site and sleep …

A wild chase

Based on a 2015 probe that bust a major ivory smuggling racket in india, ‘Poacher’ provides a rare glimpse into the work of forest …

The Nipah virus in Kerala may have mutated due to climatic stress: Expert

Urbanisation could cause spillover from other states, scientist says

Kerala, Karnataka cannot avail drought assistance despite being stricken by drought

The Central government’s new definitions of drought are acting as impediments

Sweet success for wonder fruit kokum

Local groups are helping farmers rewrite the story of the healthy fruit

Power peril

Dam damage

Clone forests

Newly developed clones of eucalyptus may help increase forest areas in Kerala