Kerala’s New Trauma Care Project Will Ensure No Accident Victim Is Denied...
Most road-accident victims in India end up succumbing to their injuries for the delay in timely medical attention owing to the reluctance of hospitals in taking the victim’s responsibility during the...
View ArticleSenior Citizens in Kerala Will Soon Be Better Cared for, Courtesy Kudumbashree
India’s elderly population, classified as those above the age of 60, was 8% in 2015. This number is set to rise to 19% in 2050. Are we well prepared to take care of the elderly? A UN Population Fund...
View Article300 Schools in Kerala Will Provide Free Pads for Schools Girls Under New Govt...
In another pathbreaking move by initiated by Kerala government, girls will soon have access to free sanitary napkins in their schools under the ‘She Pad’ scheme. Launched on Wednesday, the scheme will...
View ArticleGaia Grid: One Man’s Attempt to Create a Self-Sustaining Community in Kerala
“There is so much corruption in India!” “Oh, the potholes in this city will kill someone someday!” “India’s economy is in the pits.” I am sure that even if you have not said these sentences out loud,...
View ArticleThe Tale of Travancore’s Last King and His Path-Breaking Temple Proclamation
For centuries, the system of caste based-social stratification in India has created conflict over one’s right to worship their preferred deity. But times are changing and so are regressive social...
View ArticleBe Inspired! Abandoned as a Baby, Kerala Girl Is Now a State Swimming Champion
Nirmala was only a month-and-half old when her father disappeared down the highway to never return. He abandoned the newborn and his ailing wife and left his old mother to take care of the two. The old...
View ArticleHow a Kochi-Based NGO Is Helping Parents Open Up To Their Kids About Child Abuse
As of May last year, a survey conducted in 26 states by World Vision India revealed that one in every two children is a victim of child sexual abuse in India. One in every five lives in the fear of...
View Article500 Kms in 6 Hours! Kerala & Its Citizens Come Together to Save a 31-Day-Old...
The distance between Kannur and Thiruvananthapuram is roughly around 500km, which makes the travel time between these two cities nothing less than 13 hours. Additionally, if one is to include road...
View ArticleNRI Alumni Come Together to Give a Very Special Gift to Differently Abled...
For Malappuram Munduparambu Shabana, a first-year student of BA Politics at Thrissur Sree Kerala Verma college, the daily commute to college was no less than a nightmare. Shabana is a paraplegic — the...
View ArticleJatayu Earth’s Center Is Open Now! Make Sure You Save a Date With Your Friends!
Believed to be the place where the mythical creature, Jatayu had fallen after being mortally wounded by Ravan before he fled to Lanka with Sita, the mighty rock of Jatayupara in the town of...
View ArticleHadiya Finds Freedom to Study, Now It’s Time That She Lives Life on Her Own...
After all the drama, the Supreme Court on Monday ordered that Hadiya, formerly Akhila Asokan, be released from the confines of her home, and that she goes back to her college in Salem, Tamil Nadu, to...
View ArticleMove Over Trains! Kochi to Commission a ₹747 Crore Water Metro Project Soon!
A waterway extension of Kochi Metro project is in consideration to make inroads into the Greater Kochi zone. According to A.P.M. Mohammed Hanish, the managing director of Kochi Metro Rail Limited...
View ArticleThis Captain’s Choices Helped 2100 Passengers Avoid Cyclone Ockhi!
When 2,100 passengers boarded the Costa neoClassica on November 28, 2017, little did they know how close they would come to utter destruction! The cruise ship, whose originally planned route was from...
View ArticleGet Your Organic Tea Straight from the Farmers, Thanks to This Wayanad...
Small-scale farmers in Wayanad have found a way to ensure a sustainable income and end the exploitation they face in the hands of middlemen. They are now preparing to launch an organic green tea...
View ArticleWhat Was Kerala Like 70 Years Ago? Let Devaki Nilayangode Take You on a Journey
What makes a book a great read? It is not just the combination of words or fantastic ideas, but a feeling of authenticity that is transmitted to the reader when they sink into its pages. Books reveal...
View ArticleIndian Doctor’s Coin-Sized Valve Has Given Lakhs of People New Lives
Twenty seven years ago, M.S. Valiathan, cardiothoracic surgeon and founder-director at Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology created history when he successfully developed...
View ArticleWant to Learn 101 Ways to Be Eco-Friendly in Your Flat? Check out This...
On November 1, 2006 (Kerala formation day) residents of the Niravu Residents Association, Vengeri in Kozhikode, decided to actively take to organic farming and ensure that every member household had a...
View ArticleIndia’s First Licensed Fisherwoman Is Both Braving the Sea & Breaking Old Norms
Life for those living in the coastal villages of Kerala has revolved around fishing since time immemorial. And it had always been the men who ventured into the deepest seas and braved the most...
View ArticleUnique RFID Tags to Help Reunite Lost Children with Their Families at Sabarimala
The all-too-familiar scene from a Bollywood movie—that of a tearful child lost in a big crowded place, anxiously looking around for parents, has created many a box-office success. In the movies,...
View ArticleKerala School Teaches Children Organic Farming, and Auctions the Produce!
Organic farming has generated considerable interest, and efforts are being made to pass on the baton of sustainable living to the next generation. A school in Kerala has cleverly incentivised organic...
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