Against superstition Outlawing superstitious beliefs in Kerala: A rational move By R. Krishnakumar in ThiruvananthapuramThe Kerala State Law Reforms Commission has submitted to the government a draft Bill that seeks to curb harmful, fraudulent and exploitative practices
Top performer Kerala sceptical about some negative conclusions in Health IndexR. KrishnakumarKerala has a lot to be proud of being ranked a second time as the best performing State in India with an overall score of 74.01 in the annual Health I
Kerala battles Nipah againR. KrishnakumarWithin a year of promptly identifying and effectively containing its first-ever outbreak of the deadly Nipah virus, which had claimed 17 lives, Kerala
Kerala Hope in the south R. KrishnakumarThe Congress-led United Democratic Front records a historic victory in the State in stark contrast to the trend elsewhere in the country.
Kerala Battle of ideas R. Krishnakumar In no other election in recent decades have contesting political parties in the State been forced to lay their cards on the table and be so open about
Kerala The Rahul factor R. KrishnakumarA keenly fought battle is on the cards, with Rahul Gandhi’s entry galvanising the Congress campaign, while the CPI(M) has left no stone unturned in it
Public health A better option in KeralaR. KrishnakumarInstead of underwriting the flawed AB-PMJAY, Kerala opts to bring together its various insurance and financial assistance schemes and launch an improv
Sabarimala Politics at play R. KrishnakumarThe temple entry of two women below 50 at Sabarimala and a women’s wall in support of progressive values strengthen the Left Democratic Front’s hand i
Kerala in turmoil after women enter Sabarimala temple R. KrishnakumarKerala was thrown into chaos, tension and widespread violence during the State-wide hartal called by the Sabarimala Karma Samithi (SKS) with the suppo
Western Ghats Forgotten lessonsR. KrishnakumarThe Union Environment Ministry’s recent order diluting the restrictions on activities such as sand quarrying in the ecologically sensitive areas of th
Environmental worries in Kerala after Ministry removes quarrying restrictions in Western Ghats R. Krishnakumar A recent order issued by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) removing the restrictions on mining and quarrying in
Sabarimala issue fails to help BJP in Kerala local body electionsR. KrishnakumarThe results of byelections to 39 local bodies held in Kerala on November 30 has proved to be a damper for the opposition Congress-led United Democrati
The great Indian family A strict population control policy sounds good on paper, but it ignores sociological correlations.
SlideshowThe hungry river Villages in West Bengal’s Malda and Murshidabad districts live under the constant threat of river erosion that eats up their homes overnight.
