Low rubber price compels Kerala farmer to commit suicide

The rubber grower chose Kottayam which falls in finance minister K M Mani’s constituency

Centre sets up panel to form national policy on rubber

Committee asked to submit its report on what ails rubber sector and its future growth in six months

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Change me says the tyre

Promising bacteria

Microorganisms prove effective in recycling old tyres stockpiled in landfill areas

Government, contractors not reusing old tyres for the love of money: Experts

With Crum Rubber Modified Bitumen technology, old tyres can be reused in laying roads

Landless people encroach upon private estate in Kerala

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'Belgium does owe reparations to the Congo'

Down To Earth talks to American historian, Adam Hochschild about his book on King Leopold of Belgium whose reign is responsible for the deaths of …

Ashes to assets

Scientists come up with a way to make pure precipitate silica for industrial use

Making rubber recycling eco-friendly

Scientists at Indian Institute of Technology, Mandi identified bacteria involved in breaking down natural rubber in order to make it …

A weed and a tale

In the forests of Kanyakumari, an invasive species has been proliferating since the 1960s. It is time to remove it altogether

Tigers fall prey to development

In southern Maharashtra an area rich in wildlife is being opened for plantations and mines

Lost in plantation

Millions of growers and workers are in distress in Kerala, the plantation capital of India, as domestic and international prices of cash crops …

Driving out bad tyres

Letters

This is no apology: Congo activists on King Philippe’s words

‘Regret’ is not the right choice of word; and yes, Belgium should pay reparations to the Congo, they say

A possible Indo-US trade agreement would be an imperialist attack on India’s farmers

Such a deal will have repercussions on our agricultural production and economy

New, reusable masks may help meet COVID-19 demand

The silicone rubber new masks can be sterilised for repeated use and have an N95 filter

Death in the devil’s paradise

British colonial history is tainted by its involvement in rubber collection from the Peruvian Amazon, writes Survivor International

Help Kerala’s rubber sector recover from crisis, urges state finance minister

In the run up to Union Budget 2015, M Suchitra speaks to Kerala Finance Minister K M Mani to draw up a list of the state’s expectations …

Bullets for water

During a chance visit to Weliweriya, Sugandh Juneja wonders what took the Sri Lankan government so long to heed people’s complaints against …