Kerala's culinary identity in crisis as major coconut crunch throws cooking out of gearWhen thieves start forming organised gangs to steal coconuts from trees, you know something has gone wrong with the commodity market. In Ke...
27 Jul, 2025, 12.17 PM IST
Edible oil body SEA urges govt to allow coconut oil imports amid price surgeSolvent Extractors Association asked the government to permit coconut oil and copra imports. This request aims to control rising domestic p...
11 Jul, 2025, 04.02 PM IST
Kerala Budget: Welfare pension hiked, relief measures for farmers in Left govt's final budgetBeginning his speech by listing out various initiatives implemented by the state government to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, the Finance Min...
15 Jan, 2021, 12.10 PM IST
Why Sabarimala is becoming a big issue for all political parties in KeralaAll parties in Kerala are keen to claim victory in the battle of perception around Sabarimala shrine.
18 Nov, 2018, 01.14 PM IST
Democratically elected governments facing threat under Narendra Modi: Sonia GandhiThe closing down of the Overseas affairs ministry, set up the previous UPA government, had caused difficulties to expatriates, especially f...
09 May, 2016, 08.05 PM IST
Politics of "compromise" between UDF and LDF in Kerala: Narendra ModiModi took a swipe at the tie-up between Congress and CPI(M) in West Bengal and said both these parties were "insulting" the educated people...
08 May, 2016, 02.52 PM IST
LDF stages walkout from Kerala Assembly over coconut oil importBefore the walkout, CPI-M veteran V S Achuthanandan said LDF had warned then itself about the negative impact of the ASEAN agreement on dom...
23 Jul, 2015, 03.49 PM IST
Stop import of coconut Oil: Kerala writes to Modi governmentThe Kerala government today requested the Centre to reconsider its decision to permit import of 2,000 tonnes of coconut oil.
08 Jul, 2015, 09.03 PM IST
Kerala, one of the highest consumers of alcohol, to bid goodbye to boozeKerala State Beverages Corporation (Bevco) will close down 10 % of its outlets every year. Bevco has 338 outlets while the Consumerfed has ...
22 Aug, 2014, 01.15 AM IST
- Element Homestead Products eyes domestic organic products market
After tasting success for its organic agriculture products, Elements Homestead Products is eyeing the Rs 100 crore domestic organic product...
12 Jun, 2014, 10.53 PM IST
Lok Sabha polls 2014: Mullaperiyar Dam to decide course of votes in Tamil NaduTamil Nadu wants the dam height to be raised to 142ft, up from the present 136ft, so that more water could be saved and diverted.
24 Apr, 2014, 01.34 PM IST
Sustainability & India Inc: Why Marico's supply chain management is a case study at IIM-AMarico is nearing its holy grail: the enviable situation of dealing with the smallest possible vendor— a marginal farmer with a few coconut...
26 Nov, 2013, 11.44 AM IST
- Pension for employees in co-operative sector
CPI-M led LDF Government in Kerala announced extension of a pension scheme to employees in cooperative sectors such as dairy farming, coir,...
31 Aug, 2010, 01.08 PM IST
- Robot could solve coconut climber problem
As coconut growers around the world throw up their hands in despair unable to cope with the scarcity of palm climbers, a solution is in the...
26 Aug, 2009, 02.02 AM IST
- Cooperative sector needs more govt support: Vijyan
With the Centre attaching added importance to neo liberal policies taking cues from globalised economic order, India's cooperative sector r...
27 Sep, 2008, 03.45 PM IST
- Exotic Kuttanad lures tinsel world
The sylvan settings of water-logged Kuttanad in Kerala has become a favoured location for film shooting, especially for song-and-dance sequ...
29 Apr, 2008, 02.38 PM IST
- Help sought for improving coconut production
Government agencies have sought the help of farm experts for healing sick coconut plants and raising yield.
24 Aug, 2007, 05.30 PM IST