Why Are Airport Roofs Collapsing?

Are faulty design, hurried construction and private ownership to be blamed for the incidents of airport roofs crashing? IMAGE: A view of the T1 terminal at the Indira Gandhi international airport,......

BJP in Kerala promises to protect Sabarimala traditions

The Bharatiya Janata Party lined up several promises, including a legislation to protect traditions of the Ayyappa temple at Sabarimala and a law against "love jihad", while assuring employment for......

Pinarayi Vijayan: The CM as crisis manager

The Kerala chief minister's four years in office may well be remembered for the way he handled Cyclone Ockhi, two floods, Nipah, and now COVID-19, reports Shine Jacob. It was May 28, 2016, when......

'Pinarayi Vijayan has been the target of the most vicious personal attacks'

'During Amit Shah's recent visit to Kerala, the strategy of concentrating the attacks on the CM on false charges was clear enough.' IMAGE: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan (with folded......

The Kerala minister who's fighting for states in GST Council

Thomas Isaac has been in and out of the national news in his role as Kerala’s finance minister since 2018 for various path-breaking tax initiatives. But it is 2020 that he has become more......

India gets $1.75 bn World Bank loan for health, private investment

The World Bank has approved loans totalling $1.75 billion (about Rs 13,834.54 crore) to fund India's  PM Ayushman Bharat scheme and private investment to boost the economic growth.......

India's first Islamic bank to start in Kerala

The first Islamic bank in the country with active involvement of the Kerala government is likely to start operations in Kochi by next year as the bank's registration formalities are currently being......

L&T to consolidate foreign business

Policy changes and a provision for guaranteed returns must be put in place to boost infrastructure development, which requires large-scale funding, said Larsen & Toubro (L&T) Chairman A M Naik.......