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Book a coconut tree climber on your phone in Kerala now—‘AI can’t take his job’

Anand Mahindra said how this simple idea reflects India’s growing ability to blend tradition with technology, bringing dignity and structure to even the most local forms of work.

In LDF’s Kerala manifesto, jobs, poverty eradication & pledge to address human-wildlife conflict

The manifesto outlined a 60-point programme with 950 proposals that aim to lift 5 lakh families out of poverty, expand infrastructure and increase jobs in the state.

Pitted against KPCC chief in Kerala’s Peravoor, Shailaja is CPI(M)’s gamble in a Congress fortress

Shailaja and the CPI(M) are hoping that anti-incumbency will bring them a victory. Shailaja also pointed out that the sitting Congress MLA did not have a vision.

BJP vs CPI(M) in Nemom is litmus test for Rajeev Chandrasekhar. But Congress could decide outcome

Kerala BJP chief Rajeev Chandrasekhar is up against incumbent CPI(M) MLA and minister V. Sivankutty in Nemom, one of 7 assembly segments under Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha seat.

Sabarimala temple board defends women’s entry ban citing celibate deity, says courts shouldn’t interfere

With top court set to review the case, Travancore Devaswom Board defends ban as an essential religious practice, challenging courts’ authority to test faith-based customs.

UDF’s unlikely coalition for Kerala polls—CPI(M) rebels, communist splinters, local TMC heavyweight

Broad alliance cobbled together by Cong-led UDF underscores high stakes for party in next month’s polls, as it seeks to wrest back one of its strongest bastions.

‘No error, it’s a warning’: Furore in Kerala over EC letter with BJP seal even as CEO suspends official

Letter, dated 19 March 2019, had guidelines on candidate disclosure rules, was sent to all parties in Kerala. EC said it was a ‘clerical error’ & that the letter had already been withdrawn.

Kannur row puts CPI(M) in spotlight: How immune is the Left to the dynasty bug?

Announcement of P.K. Shyamala as candidate for Thalipparambu constituency in Kannur reopens old bag of nepotism allegations in Kerala.

Kerala’s Vela carli crab specimens have both male and female reproductive organs

Scientists from the Zoological Survey of India and MES Mampad College of Calicut studied the anatomy of more than a hundred Vela carli crabs collected in Kerala.

CPI(M), CPI name Kerala candidates; Vijayan to defend Dharmadam, Shailaja shifts to Peravoor

The parties announced their candidates for Kerala assembly elections shortly after the Election Commission declared polling dates for four states and a Union Territory.

On Camera

US pilot rescue in Iran must be seen more than war cost. Nation protects its warriors

A live American pilot paraded on Iranian state television would have been an intelligence windfall and a propaganda coup of historic proportions.

What to expect from China’s new 5-year plan—trade innovation, tensions with partners

ASEAN is struggling against a flood of 'underpriced Chinese goods', while Brazil has imposed anti-dumping duties on Chinese steel.

UAE walks away from financing Rafale F5 due to restricted access to technology, reports French media

French newspaper La Tribune earlier last week indicated that UAE withdrew from deal to fund EUR 3.5 billion. India is looking to order 114 new Rafales, which could include the F5.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.