The district authorities are in the process of assessing the loss to agricultural crops and dwellings due to the high-speed winds that swept many pockets in the hilly terrain of the district on Tuesday. The worst affected were Maruthomkara and Thiruvambadi regions. George M. Thomas, MLA, and Agricultural Department and village office personnel visited the […]
Op-Ed: How Political is Technology in a Newspaper Context?
Newspapers are suspected of being in danger of evaporating into thin air. Whenever an established newspaper includes hyper-modern tools, we tend to think of that change as technology gaining ground. But can technology replace a paper’s identity? A newspaper’s inclusion of technological gimmicks to interact with readers doesn’t necessarily mean the end of its identity. […]
Strong earthquake shakes Japan And Indonesia
A 6,2-magnitude earthquake hit near the city of Iwaki in Japan on Monday, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said, revising it to a slightly stronger quake than it initially reported. Strong earthquakes have also hit Indonesia and India since Sunday, killing at least three people in central Indonesia. The quake in Japan was centred […]
ACCREDITATION UPDATES IN KASC
Last school year, the Institute of Arts and Sciences (AB Political Science and AB History), Institute of Agriculture and Forestry (BS Agriculture and BS Forestry), Institute of Mathematics, Engineering and Applied Technology (BS Agriculture Engineering) and Institute of Entrepreneurial Arts (BSC Management) were accredited. The Institute of Teacher Education was first accredited to Level […]
Observations from the Urban Field.
During last year’s unusually warm winter, a cockroach society flourished in the dank kitchen of a ground-floor flat in one of the most densely-populated areas of the world, Kypseli. There were roaches in the sink, in the carpet, on the canvases, and on the tables. Without exaggeration, there were enough roaches to carpet the floor of […]
Barclays Hit With Bad Dept, Extending Credit Woes
Stocks opened sour on Tuesday with all three big indexes in the red, trailing Asian and European indexes. What happened? Mostly, traders seemed nervous ahead of the Fed minutes for the Aug..7 the meet, that put its fed fund rate at 5.25 percent for the 9 straight time. Fed watchers are hoping for a rate […]