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Kerala tops Niti Aayog’s Sustainable Development Goals index, Bihar takes the last spot

Niti Aayog's SDG India Index 2019 evaluates progress of states and union territories on social, economic and environmental parameters.

Nearly half of 136 coastal cities yet to implement policies to fight climate change: Study

Six Indian cities — Chennai, Cochin, Mumbai, Surat, Visakhapatnam and Kolkata — were included in the analysis that covered 136 coastal cities worldwide.

Vijayan calls Kerala students in Mangaluru back home after Karnataka minister’s charges

Kerala govt has sent five buses to bring back students after Karnataka minister Basavaraj Bommai claimed people from Kerala indulged in violence in Mangaluru.

Kerala is best performing state for education of girls, Uttar Pradesh the worst

According to Modi govt data, Kerala has age specific attendance ratio of 60% for girls at the pre-primary level and 99.5% at the level of class 11 and 12.

God’s own Khilafat? Why Kerala is a hotspot for ISIS in India

An ISIS member from Kerala said Narendra Modi winning was a ‘blessing in disguise’.

If Ebola, Zika and Nipah can cross borders, so can technology. That’s where solution lies

A good example of dealing with infectious diseases is how Kerala handled the Nipah outbreak.

How Supreme Court bench on Sabarimala review differs on faith and law

From the majority opinion asking for courts to ‘tread cautiously’ to the minority rejection of ‘extreme arguments’, a look at SC's Sabarimala order.

Supreme Court refers Sabarimala review petitions to larger bench in split verdict

The judgment means the 2018 Supreme Court order allowing women of menstruating age into the Lord Ayyappa temple in Kerala's Sabarimala remains in effect.  

As Sabarimala issue fizzles out, BJP has gained virtually nothing in Kerala

BJP led massive protests against SC decision to allow women of all ages to visit Sabarimala. But that didn’t turn into political progress for the party.

How ‘Kerala Killer’ plotted 6 murders with cyanide over 14 years — and almost got away

One suspicious death in Kerala lead to the unraveling of six alleged poisonings, between 2002 and 2016, by 47-year-old Jolly Joseph.

On Camera

‘Ghazwa-e-Hind’ didn’t come from Islamic scholarship. It came from modern politics

The narrations linked to ‘Ghazwa-e-Hind’ sit far outside authenticated Hadith literature, yet modern amplification has turned a weak report into a slogan with political afterlife.

Karnataka startups feel the chill as global funding winter sets in. Fintech emerges as sole bright spot

The state raises just $2.7 billion in first nine months of 2025 compared to $4.5 billion last year, with late-stage investments hit hardest.

Airbus & Embraer in the mix, IAF plans revamp of military transport fleet with MTA as new workhorse

Once acquired by IAF, the medium transport aircraft (MTA) will replace both AN-32s and IL-76s, it is learnt. The idea behind the revamp is to meet modern operational needs.

A tribute to Tejas. India’s delay culture is the real enemy in the skies

It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.