Kerala bucket list for World Environment Day: Green assembly, green audit, waste-free offices
The state is witnessing another development in waste management — a first-of-its-kind public green audit at grama panchayats and municipalities.
The curious pattern in repeated boat mishaps in Kerala — and the lessons not learnt
A report 10 years ago laid bare a pattern to boat accidents in Kerala. Latest tragedy shows nothing has changed.
World Press Freedom Day: A look at an effort to bell the press in Kerala, more than a century ago
The legislation known as the Press Bill was passed by the erstwhile princely state of Travancore about 122 years ago,...
Kerala may go butterfly watching to understand environmental changes at Sabarimala
An understanding of the butterfly population will help in assessing the region's plant and animal diversities.
Here’s the untold story of the ‘anti-Satyagraha’ movement at Vaikom
The Travancore government tacitly supported those who opposed the Vaikom Satyagraha, legislative records show.
Vaikom agitation may have been shorter had a key resolution not been defeated by a vote in Travancore Council
Moving the resolution on 2 Oct, 1924, member N Kumaran hoped the Council would 'cast its vote on the side...
Modern medicine vs AYUSH: Kerala public health sector a divided house as key Bill is passed
Billed as a game-changer, the Kerala Public Health Bill 2023 will consolidate and unify the existing laws relating to public...
How a clickety-clack revolution and libraries close to schools helped the Malayalam language evolve
On International Mother Language Day, South First takes a trip back to the 1920s for a closer look at the...
Net Zero Assembly constituency: Kattakada in Kerala aims for carbon-neutrality by 2050
Kattakada in the Thiruvananthapuram district of Kerala is set to become the first Assembly constituency in India to be carbon...
3 years ago, on 30 January, Kerala reported India’s first Covid case. Now, a new first
The largest of its kind in the state, the district-wide survey involves a control group — a first in India...
