How a Kerala couple built a sustainable mud house of their dreams

Hari and Asha built their eco-friendly home at just Rs 4 lakh

In Kerala, paddy farmers are becoming the worst victims of rainfall deficiency

There will be a minimum drop of 30 per cent in paddy cultivation during the present season, according to preliminary estimates

Will recent floods change voting pattern in Kerala?

Despite the devastating floods and the 'flawed' rehabilitation process, these issues are not going to be big in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, …

Kerala faces floods for third consecutive year

Extremely heavy rain forecast in Idukki, Palakkad, Thrissur and Wayanad districts for the next two days

Kerala: After the deluge, a drought in the works

Major rivers and wells in the state have seen their water levels dip precariously after a terrible flood hit the state in August

Perfect substitute

Once faced by rice shortage, people in Kerala embraced nutrition-rich tapioca

Germany to provide Rs 720 crore loan to flood-hit Kerala

The amount would be used to promote climate-resilient transport infrastructure. Besides, a Rs 24 crore grant for international expertise in the …

Did poor government handling in Kerala cause 2018 floods? Yes, says CAG

From floodplain identification to flood hazard map to availability of rain gauges, CAG report points out shortcomings in Kerala’s flood response

Kerala lacks a flood warning system: Government official

Navara stew

Rise of a fabric

Indian coir industry pins its hopes on the growing market for coir in the West

‘Cashew Board will help procure raw cashew nut directly’

Rajesh R, Managing Director of Kerala State Cashew Workers Apex Industrial Co-operative Society (CAPEX), talks about the problems with the Indian …

Bordering Karnataka ramps up vigil after Kerala sees Nipah deaths

Mysuru and Dakshina Kannada districts, bordering Kerala, have ramped up their ELISA and RTPCR test machinery and issued advisories to health …

Surviving the century’s worst drought in Kerala

Deficit rainfall and changing land use pattern has made water a scarce commodity in the state. Communities are trying to brave the crisis 

Tracking decades-long endosulfan tragedy in Kerala

Down To Earth takes a look at one of the worst and longest-running pesticide poisoning episodes in India and how it culminated with the Supreme …

The problem with Kerala’s compensation rules for human-wildlife conflict

Lack of accessibility and clarity and red tapism are some of the lacunae in the State law

Has Kerala learnt anything from extreme weather? Apparently not, say experts

As extreme weather kills 26 and makes several homeless in Kerala, experts urge climate literacy

Warming Arabian Sea may be behind sudden, erratic rainfall in pockets of Kerala: Study

Fear floods loom over state as heavy rainfall continues due to Asani

Paradise lost

Bygone haystacks

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Kerala confirms two cases of ‘highly-contagious’ Norovirus in children

The state health department believes students were affected by food poisoning from mid-day meals distributed in schools

Turning a new reef

Once liquour-sodden, the fisherfolk of a Kerala village are replacing destroyed natural reefs with artificial ones

Living on a minefield

Plans to set up lignite and China clay mines in the biologically diverse and rich Madayipara plateau of Kerala's Kannur district has its …

Kerala's answer to drought: PPP model for water management

Activists say the move will end up privatising water sources and wetlands; increase water cost manifold

Kerala comes up with Operation AMRITH to tackle AMR

Operation Amrith is aimed at conducting surprise raids in retail medical shops for detecting OTC sale of antibiotics