Controversial officer, a top contender for Chairman’s post for Real Estate Authority
The Kerala government is envisaging a Real Estate Regulatory Authority with a retired bureaucrat at its top, who is embroiled in many controversies, including his order to regularise a reclaimed paddy field in Kochi.
Two...
Revenue official’s secret roundtable with Plantation majors
A group of officials in the Revenue department is alleged to have connived with one of the largest plantation majors in Kerala at the behest of a former top bureaucrat. The Plantation majors is...
Earth at risk as one million species to be wiped out in near future
About a million animal and plant species face extinction, many of them within decades, because of human intervention, according to a UN report on biodiversity.
The report of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform n Biodiversity and...
Kerala’s health survey under a hidden agenda?
With the Kerala government going ahead with the controversial Kerala Information on Residents – Arogyam Network (KIRAN), which is alleged to be part of a design to hand over health data of the people...
India fourth largest military spender
India has been ranked the fourth Military spender in 2018 even as the expenditure on military rose to 2.6 per cent in 2018. The United States, China and Saudi Arabia are the three other...
KSEB given the final nod for backing out from coal mining
The Kerala government has given the final call for the Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) to stop its search of a coal block in Odisha. The government in its order dated April 6, 2019,...
Scientists concerned over fast melting of the largest ice shelf
The World’s largest ice shelf is believed to be melting ten times faster than the overall average, which has raised concern over the increase of sea level. Scientists have come out with the tragic...
India’s 20 per cent drugs are spurious: US
The drugs that you buy from the pharmacy store in your locality may not be genuine but spurious.
Well, one has to believe if the Special 301 report of the United States Trade Representative is...
Apparel factories ban toilet breaks to maximise production: HRW
The garment and apparel factories across the world have a common thread when it comes to human rights.
In the run to maximize production and get extra profit, the workers are denied the basis rights...
Indians spend more time on gadgets than before
An Indian spends about ten hours time in his devises a day, be it for watching videos/films, chatting with friends or even shopping online.
A recent Adobe survey has revealed that a lot of change...
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