WRONG ADDRESS
Driving out weeds
A motorised device to uproot weeds
Isha Foundation exempted from prior environment clearance: Centre tells Madras High Court
Jaggi Vasudev’s foundation gets exemption on grounds for promoting education
“My room used to be full of used napkins”
A Muruganatham, 47, of Coimbatore, invented a machine that makes 1,000 sanitary napkins daily. He also improvised a vending machine that can …
The real magic beans
Drumstick seeds can clarify water up to 99.5 per cent
How civil engineers lead lake rejuvenation in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka
Pollution, solid waste dumping, flooding and encroachment issue plagued Coimbatore’s Kurichi Lake and Bengaluru’s Mylsandra …
Poison in the air
Bee sure to yield fruit
It is established that bee-keeping increases fruit productivity, but can the practice become successful in urban India?
Tamil Nadu to provide medical help to tribals of Attappady
Kerala and Tamil Nadu hold secretary-level talks to arrange for patients to be referred to Coimbatore Medical College
Coimbatore street vendors audited by food safety officials
Audit part of the ‘Project Clean Street Vendors’ initiated by FSSAI in March 2016
500,000 billion litres
Roadside rainwater harvesting potential in India remains untapped
Up against GM
Tamil Nadu must sustainably manage its rattans
The plants have seen huge commercial exploitation in the state and need restoration to safeguard their survival
Coimbatore attempts to save waterbodies
Climate change hits food production
Global warming has resulted in 20 per cent increase in price of wheat, maize, rice and soybean
Coimbatore residents oppose setting up of sewage treatment plant
Threaten to sit on protest if the plant is not relocated
Jumbo conflict
Human-elephant conflict is rising across India. Every year nearly 400 people are killed by elephants and about 100 elephants lose their lives. …
Natural cotton gets brown hue
Indian scientists develop a variety of coloured cotton, characterised by stability of lint colour, spinnable fibre quality and a fairly good yield