Manoj Viswanathan

The HPSEB had earlier offered 210 MW round the clock power at the rate of Rs 10 per unit. Updated on min read

Torrential rain, landslides and flash floods have not prevented Keralam from facing a water crisis. The southwest monsoon triggered flashfloods that claimed 33 lives, swept away houses and damaged roads and bridges, yet rainfall is 28% below normal this year. The state is also seeing fewer rainy days, more localised extreme rainfall and temperatures crossing 35°C during the monsoon. The changed rain pattern has reduced groundwater percolation.

KOCHI: It has been seven years since the Keralam government issued a notification making installation of Turtle Excluder Device (TED) mandatory for trawler boats. However, as the Ministry of Commerce intensifies the nationwide drive to enforce the TED law and prevail upon the US government to lift the seven-year-old ban on Indian wild-caught shrimp, the resistance from Keralam fishers has spread concern among the export community.

KOCHI: The KSEB may start receiving up to 540 MW from the 1,350-MW Sinnar thermal power plant near Nashik, Maharashtra, from January 2027, offering relief to the state as it prepares for a challenging power situation in the coming months.

KOCHI: The Gujarat earthquake claimed his family 25 years ago. An accident broke his hands, separating him from his only solace, the flute. It was music and art

KOCHI: The arrival of the northeast monsoon has kindled hopes of a decline in temperature in the state. The daytime temperature had crossed 35 degrees Celsius on Tuesday, with departure ranging between 3 degrees and 5 degrees in many districts.

Many areas reel under waterlogging; weather office says light showers may continue today.

A division bench comprising Chief Justice Soumen Sen and Justice V M Syam Kumar directed the corporation and Southern Railway to finalise the lease agreement.

Scientists support demand, say it would entail controlling inputs like enforcing mesh size

According to The Cochin Chamber of Commerce and Industry, exports from Kochi port recorded a 10.4% decline while imports fell 35.9% between January and August.