The statue of wild elephant Arikompan statue installed near Kanjikkuzhi in Idukki. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT To express his affection for Arikompan, the wild elephant that was translocated from Chinnakanal, a vendor in Idukki has installed an eight-foot-tall cement statue of the animal near his shop at Thallakkanam, near Kanjikuzhi. Vettikkattu Babu, a cacao … Read more
An uneasy calm shrouds Vengaivayal, a remote hamlet in the Annavasal block of Pudukottai district, even while a public outcry over the shocking incident of last month, when human faeces was found in an overhead tank that supplied water to the Dalits in the hamlet, refuses to die down in the State. The hamlet, which … Read more
by Srinivas Iyengar One of the most awaited technologies on the verge of moving out of laboratories and set to enter commercial production is nanotechnology. There is so much buzz about nanotechnology that industries, from cosmetics, healthcare, and automobiles to aerospace, expect big disruptions due to nanotech. In the race for nano supremacy, I see … Read more
By Srinivas Iyengar One of the most awaited technologies on the verge of moving out of laboratories and set to enter commercial production is nanotechnology. There is so much buzz about nanotechnology that industries, from cosmetics, healthcare, and automobile to aerospace, expect big disruptions due to nanotech. In the race for nano supremacy, I see … Read more
Taking a closer look at emotions attached to certain behaviors — like picking up a box of doughnuts when you’re sad or the pleasure derived from mindless eating on the couch — can be uncomfortable. “Most people aren’t prepared to go there,” Ferguson says. “The ones that are prepared to go there … Read more
(Representative image) by Inderpreet Kambo The market forces, growing millennial population and technology adoption has rapidly transformed India’s healthcare in the last decade or so. There is a higher dependency on digital technology, providers are leveraging smarter decision systems and patients are more aware than ever about their healthcare needs. In addition, India has seen … Read more