21 August 2018
Cochin (NM Bureau): The death toll in the flood in the southern most province of Kerala reached 27 with the government pressing for the deployment of Army and Navy in relief operations. The death toll has been mostly caused due to landslides in the hilly Idukki district and northern parts of Kerala. The strategically important Idukki dam has to opened after 26 years and with the water level at the dam fast rising, two more shutters of the dam were also opened, said the Kerala government. Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan had yesterday described the situation in the state as 'very...
New Delhi (NM Bureau): India has a new star and she is special. Karthyayini Amma is 96 years old and one of the oldest known student to appear for an examination. She is part of her district’s literacy mission in Alappuzha, a small city in the state of Kerala. She wrote her life’s first exam at the age at 96 and more important is the fact that Amma scored full marks in the reading section of the literacy test that was conducted two days ago on Sunday. “Amma was calm and confident while she came to sit for her exams in...
