Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will on February 1 present her ninth straight Budget, which is expected to unveil measures to sustain growth momentum, maintain fiscal discipline, and contain reforms that could buffer the economy from global trade frictions, including US tariffs. The presentation of the Budget for April 2026 to March 2027 fiscal…
Genomic analysis conducted by Indian virology laboratories has identified Clade Ib mpox in samples collected from Kerala over the last two years. As per information available with National Institute of Virology (NIV) in Pune, most of the cases were linked to recent international travel, while at least one case indicates probable local transmission. Ten mpox…
Every time the hills of Kerala slipped, cracked or came rushing down as mud and water, one name returned to public conversation with unsettling regularity. It surfaced in newspaper columns, television debates, official committee reports and private conversations among administrators and activists. Often it was spoken with irritation, sometimes with anger, increasingly with a quiet…
The stories we hear in childhood often shape our destinies. They certainly shaped mine. I was raised in a city in Kerala in the 80s and 90s, yet it was my parents’ memories of their village that set me on the path to becoming a farmer. They talked of diverse crops and seasonal food, adventures…