Tag Archives: Kerala

Ernakulam schoolgirls to get self-cleaning etoilets

June 21, 2011 – 1:14 pm

by Anindita Sengupta WHAT’S HAPPENING A government girls’ school in Ernakulam, Kerala, will soon have the country’s first e-toilet. This is part of the suchi@school project, which will construct e-toilets at various schools in the district to ensure better hygiene. The toilets will have automatic doors and the system will self-clean after each use. Where water is scarce, […]

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IT’S RAINING HOPE THIS MONSOON SEASON

June 7, 2011 – 12:57 pm

by Sumaa Tekur The early arrival of the monsoon in India this year has rattled some bookies, especially those who placed their bets based on official information from the weather office. It rained only three days ahead of the forecast date, but with Rs 5,000 crore ($1 billion) riding on the monsoon prediction in Mumbai […]

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‘Fit’ students in Kozhikode will get better marks in academics

March 17, 2011 – 8:37 am

by Anindita Sengupta WHAT’S HAPPENING Middle school students in Kozhikode in Kerala will get extra points for healthy living. An initiative in schools, Lifestyle and Efforts for Newer Understandings (LISTEN YOU), is trying to eliminate obesity among youngsters. Conceived by Dr. Meharoof Raj, the project will identify children with a body mass index of 23 and […]

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Kerala’s KDHP tea plantations brew a worker participatory management model

November 28, 2010 – 8:55 pm

by Rohini Haldea WHAT’S HAPPENING The Tatas’ exit from the Kanan Devan Hills Plantations Company (KDHP), Kerala, in 2005, heralded a new era and a new work culture for its employees. Instead of selling out to another corporate, which is generally how exits go, the workers decided to pick up a majority 69% stake. What […]

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