The controversy surrounding the perilous impact
of endosulfan on humans and animals, consequent upon the aerial
spraying in a cashew plantation in the Kasargod district of Kerala,
has set in motion a wave of protest against the pesticide use
in the state. The experience of Kerala, a state that has earned
world-wide acclaim for its health and educational standards,
and is known for its environmental consciousness, could be an
eye-opener to other states in India and elsewhere, write Dr.K.M.Seethi
& Reghunathan M.. Full Report
New portal for recruitment of
housemaids and domestic helpers launched in the UAE
Red Alert about
Growing Bomb Explosions in Saudi Arabia.
Riyadh -- November 9, 2002.
nine bombs have exploded in Riyadh and Al Khobar since November
2000. The most recent bomb in Riyadh on 29 September killed a
German national. Four others have been killed, including two
British nationals and one American national. Full
Report
End Slavery, Amnesty urges Government
ABIDJAN, 8 November (IRIN) - Amnesty International
has asked the Mauritanian government to take "practical
steps" to end slavery, saying that it still existed despite
its legal abolition 20 years ago. Full Report
US Plans Anti-Terror Centre in Africa.UN study marks South Africa as the regional
drug trafficking hub Scintilla,
Monaco in Exclusive Diamond Deals with UAE Partners -McAfee launches new range of anti-virus
software solutions to protect Gulf businesses from cyber threats News
from NORKA -- Pension for NRK's from January 2003 and More NRK
News -Radisson SAS opens
Second Egyptian Resort -Visa
Division at DNRD becomes first Immigration Department in the
world to get the ISO certification from Lloyds Register-IBM to Make 'Self-Managing' and 'Self-Healing'
PCs- 10-Year Old
UAE Boy Donates Prize money to the Palestinian Cause and More
80,000 Arab people infected
with AIDS in 2001.
Half a Million Aids Patients in the Arab World
A half million adults and children in the Arabian
Gulf region are living with HIV/AIDS, with 80,000 people infected
last year, according to UNAIDS. Sexual intercourse is apparently
the main mode of transmission in most countries, with significant
increases in HIV infection among injecting drug users also reported.Full Report
'The Week' Tabloid Newspaper may
enter Oman's minstream news media soon
Muscat - November 5, 2002 The media scnenario
in Oman is all set to witness the launch of a third English tabloid
from a leading publishing group, which has already got a few
business magazine to its credit. Full
Report
Indian Embassy refuses to accept
jurisdiction of Labour Court in Tehran Indian School Teachers
Case,
Fake Recruiting
Agents Lure Keralite Youth to Gulf promising Lucrative Jobs.
Victims end up as illegal construction
workers; carriers of hawala money
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Malayali Family Page
Foreigners banned from driving
taxis in Saudi Arabia, President
Promulgates Act to restructure UTI More News Kerala
Government Releases List of Authorised Overseas Recruitment Agents
and More Kerala News Dubai Government
Departments plan for a series of joint marketing and community
outreach programs Special Campaign, More News
Indo-Iran
scientific relations to improve More News Dubai Business
e-Initiative Award
General Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum,
Crown Prince of Dubai and UAE Minister of Defence awarding Mr.
Abduhadi A Shayif General Manager of National Commercial Bank
(NCB) the 'Business eIntiative of the year Award' More
Visa Racket Update --Kayamkulam
Travel Agent involved?
Kayamkulam -Shashikumar Velanchira,
Ambalakunnu the Kayamkulam agent duped many unemployed Youth
from the area. Travel deals made through Kaveri Airtravels, besides
Government Hospital, Kayamkulam. Hundreds of medical certificates
collected from job seekers..They collect Rs.90,000 from each
candidate. Watch this space as
KM Investigation is in progress
Visa Racket Resurfaces as Agents nabbed
with passports, forged visa copies
Victims hail from M.M.Hassan's Constituency
in Kerala
Kayamkulam/Muscat Yet another visit visa racket has surfaced
in Kerala-Muscat as one of the victims from Kayamkulam has been
bold enough to make a complaint to the Omani police and get two
of the culprits reportedly nabbed. According to sources close
to the victim Pandarathu veettil Sreekumar
Gopalakrishnan Nair from Evoor, Kayamkulam, he was
offered an "employment visa" by one Shashikumar, the
Kerala agent of Sugathan and Aziz from Muscat who are allegedly
running a major recruitment syndicate. Full
Report
Man Arrested in Sharjah for Handling
Illegal Software Sheikh Hamadan Opens Big 5 Construction
Show GCC Power Grid
to link Al Ain-Oman grids Saudi
Arabia to bridge difference in labour cost between expatriate,
local workers-Saudi Arabia has more
than 305,000 road accidents per year War is politics continued
by other means- Vajpayee - More News
UK Government repeats security
alert to British Citizens in Oman Full
Report Permission for 17 More Private Nursing Institutes
, Chief Minister finds it difficult to control Cholera epidemic,
Bahrain Election Results Announced, Hajj Committee Formed.Special Report on Cholera Attacks.More News Kerala Gripped by Spreading Cholera
- Announcement
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- Join the Gulf
Keralites College Alumni Association
KM has been requested by our
well wishers to form a college alumni club of Keralites working
in different Gulf countries. The purpose
is to bring together old friends with whom you have shared the
same class room or hostel room through the Internet. Even though many of our school and
college friends are working here and there, we do not know how
to get in touch with them. The best way is to form an alumni
association of various colleges in Kerala where you completed
your studies. To make entries please send us your name, school/college
studied, course and period, photograph and contact details. Through
KM you can trace your old friends anywhere in the world. Send
your details and suggestions to editor@keralamonitor.com --Watch This space for Details.
Gaza: Israel House Demolition Injures Refugees
Full Report and
More News
Bhopal Activists Confront Dow Chemical
CEO Michael Parker with brooms
GCC Construction boom to continue
"The Gulf's investment levels are on
the increase. In 1998 the GCC countries spent US $33.7 billion
on construction and building services. In 2001 it had increased
to US $45 billion. With many GCC countries taking steps to encourage
international tourism, great efforts have been made to develop
infrastructure.Full Report & More
News
What is Indian Navy's role in
Gulf Waters?
Madhyamam Health Club Starts Portal
Visit http://www.santhwanam.org
Death-by-stoning Nigerian couple freed on bail
Full Report
Bodies of Saudi accident victims arriving today-Oman
India Fertilizer Project a Test Case of Overseas joint Ventures,
Fertilizer Minister-BSNL mobile to trigger price war
in Kerala Zimbabwe Teachers vow
to continue striking and More NewsTerrorist
threat to European tourists visiting Egypt Al-Qaeda
Reportedly Exchanged Cash For Sierra Leone Gems Lebanese Diamond
merchants under scrutiny Thousands
of Women Trafficked To Dubai, Saudi Arabia every year , IOM Says
EMIGRATION FEE REVISED
AND CERTAIN NEW FEES INTRODUCED
The emigration fee to be paid by an emigrant
while seeking clearance to take employment abroad has been doubled.
More News /Special Features
First English Islamic Satellite Channel
launches Ramadan
Dubai: The World's first English language
Islamic Satellite TV channel, Al Majd 2, will begin transmissions
this Ramadan from studios in Dubai Media City, Riyadh and Cairo.
Full Report
Ericsson India rolls out new BSNL
GSM mobile network in record time Activists
Shut Down Los Angeles And New York Exxonmobil Gas Stations Business Today Ranks Radisson SAS as the Best
Companies to work with in 2002.Full
Report
Nigeria: Human rights report seized, writers harassed,
says group Full
Report and more News Response
to Vijayan's Revelations about Kalaratnam Discussion Forum
Dubai Government's 19 departments
to launch online services.Full Report
Durga –
The Goddess of Righteousness -special Feature
Indian School Patron's Sacking of former School
Board Chairman Endorsed
MUSCAT - KM October 10, 2002. The protracted
power struggle between the Indian Ambssador and the business
lobby to reinstate the sacked chairman of the Board of Indian
schools here has almost ended as the school patron, the Indian
Ambassador's decision to sack the former board Chairman is endorsed
by the concerned higher authorities.Full
Report
- Deadbody of Keralites who died
inSaudi will come soon, Minister-Fake Scheduled Caste Certificates
-180 found guilty of forgery, Soopy for taking the benefits of
globalisation, More NewsNaradan
says Vijana is offered Kalaratnam for 2003!Sujatha Menon Blames
False promises by Dance Teachers for all the Problems.
-
- Plans for New Indian community
School in Ghala
-
- HRD Executive Allegedly taken money
to Recruit People from Kerala
-
- The senior officials of a leading commercial
Bank in the Gulf have started inquiry into allegations by a group
of Keralites from Edayaranmula in Ernakulam against the Malayali
Human Resources Development Executive who has allegedly taken
huge amounts promising lucrative jobs in the bank. The Malayali
HRD executive has allegedly cheated many of his fellow countrymen
by promising jobs in return for
Rs. 75,000 to Rs.1 lakh each. Full Report
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- Interactive portal provides new marketplace
for airport industry in Middle East and Africa
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- Todays News- Malayalam
News
-
- Duscussion Forum
Vijana Vasuden is not eligible
for Kalaratnam title, her parents say.
- I guess,this comment written by Mr.Naradan
is based on his blind view only and that he doesn't know that
Vijna has participated only for 4 events out of which she won
3 prizes only in the dance category, hence Mr.Naradan's comment
regarding Kalarathnam for Vijna is out of question. We feel Karthika
is eleigible for Kalarathnam because she has participated in
maximum events and she has got prizes hence she is eligible for
Kalarathnam.Full Message
- Kalaratnam Award is decided well
in advance like a budget presentation, G.Vijayan The most deserving
for Kala Rathnam is Vijana but how Karthika got it? asks another
memberof ISC Malayalam Wing UNESCO May Recognise Mumbai
CST Railway Terminal as Heritage Site.Full Report Kerala
Economy Moving in the Right Direction, Finance Minister, 100,000
Solar Power Plants planned, Wiring Job to be restricted to License
Holders, More Kerala News in Malayalam. Special
Report on How Poor School Drop out Girls Keep the Brothel Business
Thriving.Full Report "Active
ageing: Moving Hearts for Health" ,Run for Health programme
of WHO -RK Sharma surrenders, sent to judicial remand till Oct
10, General Motors Changing car Manufacturing Mthods, IGPS, DGPS
meeting in New Delhi..More News
Indian Government should keep Peace in Gujarat, Human Rights
Watch Full Report
Indian School Patron Unhappy About High Cost of New Building
for Indian School Darsait--Full Report.
UK Govt urged to Recognize Ayurveda
as Medical System Full
Report and More News
Brisk polling in Jammu, dull in Valley,
Vajpayee CongRatulates Voters UNESCO
Prize for Peace Education 2002 presented to Indian School -Former
Nigerian presidents'son freed,
to return over $1 billion More News Religious
leaders urged not to oppose condom use, AIDS control plans
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ECP: An Alternative for heart
bypass Survery
Full Report
Ram Naik urges Middle East Oil Producers to Rationalise
Selling prices Full Report & More
News German Software firm starts
operations at Kerala Technopark..More Malayalam News Islamic Imams trained in campaign against
HIV/AIDS- Akashavani Awards Presented, New focus to expand radio
coverage- Netherlands Rs.165 crore sanitation project in Quake
affected Gujarat-Japan IT Market penetration through langugage
skills. LG Electronics STarts Customer Care Charter for Middle
East North Africa.More
Pakistan Must Reciprocate India's
Gesture on Overflights before making new demands. Multinational
Coco Cola Given special Permission by Swadeshi Government to
delay divinvestment..More News. Kerala News SSLC
Examination System for a total revamp, New Rule to control Kidney
Racket in Kerala, More Suspension at Checkposts, Treasury Deposit
Interest Rate revised, Several problems haunt Malayalam Film
Industry,..More
Powell Says President and Pentagon
preparing to defend US Interests Special Interview
. Indian Embassy Kuwait
Urges Citizens to Report Non payment of Workers Salary by companies,
Sponsors.
India Calls for Checks to Nuclear
Terrorism Nigeria: Government
Critics at Risk After Political Killings -EU
Should Support Syria?s Imprisoned Democrats -Bangladesh
experts call for urgent criminal justice reforms -Credit
Card Companies take responsibility for overseas shopping by customers.Zimbabwe : Amendment
to land reform law closes loopholes African
States consider regional anti-crime body Ericsson
wins contract for converged networks deliveries in Iran IBM’s Resellers Raise the Bar on
Sales and Service in New Training Program-MD82 Deal of Oasis Leasing's First US
Transaction IBM’s
Resellers Raise the Bar on Sales and Service in New Training
Program Fujitsu Siemens Computers
to deliver Oracle's new messaging and collaboration software
in EMEA LG Electronics launches
Middle East customer week
KERALA NEWS Soopy
Introduces New Award for Best School Computer Lab, Government
to control Paddy Price During Harvest Season, and More news in
Malayalam
Antony deNies having given any
assurance to PDP leaders. SSLC
Exam on March 12, District meeting held. New Austerity Measures
for PSUs, Corporations.-Ethiopia
hit by rat plague-Dh4.2m embezzlement
case; Omani, UAE citisens held in Dubai-Dubai Technology Partners
at the Fairmont Dubai More News
IRAQ: Security Council Divided
As Weapons Inspectors Prepare To Return
UAE Education Minister rules out any increase
in school fees
Dubai -September 18, 2002. Giving a shock
treatment to the greedy private schools in the UAE which have
been planning to jack up school fees, the UAE ministry of Education
has restrained them from increasing fees in the interest of ordinary
parents.Full Report
Encourage US School Kids to use
Condoms for Sex Education and HIV Awareness, HR
In McLennan County, which has one of the state's
highest rates of teen pregnancy, the federally
funded "Truth for Youth" radio and television ad campaign
suggests that parents who advise their children to use condoms
may actually be putting
their children's lives at risk. Adolescents and adults who have
heard these ads report that they don't use or don't trust condoms
because they heard on television or radio that they don't work.
Full Report
Middle East : Quartet Issues
"Road Map" For Settlement By 2005
Advani urges state government to
participate in Metro Railway Projects for Kochi, Trivandrum
Nigeria : At least 20 die in factory
blaze African Union launches anti-corruption drive-
M.M.Hassan skip ISC Malayalam Wing
Onam Feast? British Government urges Citizens not to visit Iraq
Create Own Building
for Kerala Stream School and pay RO 72,000 per year as Rent for
vacant classrooms.
KM Special
Former Management Committee adds avoidable financial
burden to have "Own Building" for the Kerala Stream
School by hiring a new multistoried building at RO 72,000 per
year compared to just RO 6200 per year paid to a rented building. Full Report
How KCC Fund was used -an Update
by a KM Reader
- Instead of donating a Scanning
Machine costing 30 lakhs, a 'doppler machine' costing about Rs.3
lakhs has been donated to the Trichur Medical College Hospital.
Full Report
Video Conferencing Introduced in
Courts
Apart from extending video conferencing facility
between the Principal Benches and Regional Benches of various
High Courts in the country, the Principal Benches of all High
Courts are proposed to be linked on video conferencing with District
Judges in all the States
ROP Arrest bank robber
at Oman-UAE Boarder
The Royal Oman Police have caught
the main accused in the bank robbery case. The man was nabbed
at around 2 a.m. today when he was trying to cross the border
to reach Dubai Full Report
Tata AIG insurance cover for NRIs
from German company for Sky Bus project in KochiNORKA
gives 1 lakh to NRK who met with a serious accident in Japan
--M.M.Hassan welcomes Air India decision to allow accompanying
passenger with NRK deadbody Special ways to control Rat Fever
in Kerala..Treasury controls eased..Pampa Action Plan will be
implemented -Jacob,Government
claims that distressed Railway bridges are safe, Two Andhra Teachers
get national award. Vajpayee's diplomatic way of handling Iraq,
US issues..more national news
Malayalali Vegetable Vendor
stabbed, Robbed of his daily collection
Many small and medium sized
Malayali businessmen in the Fruits and Vegetable market have
been living in fear after one Malayali was stabbed seriously
to rob him off his daily collection. The Malayali businessman
from Kannur was counting his daily collection when the culprit
approached him from behind, stabbed him severely and ran away
with the collection of RO 5,000 (equivalent to Indian Rs. 6 lakh).Full Report
Robbery in the Oman Arab Bank Mawale
branch
An unidentified gunman run
away with huge amount of cash from the Mawela branch of Oman
Arab Bank after robbing the bank by pointing a gun at the cashier.
The robbery which took place around 12.30 p.m. is the first such
case reported in the recent history of an Omani bank. The robber
came to the bank and took the entire bank staff and some customers
at gun point. The bank was closed for customers at around 12
p.m.when the crime took place. Full
Report
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- 250 Indonesian Housemaids await
Deportation from Saudi Arabia.
- Indian Housewives
Alerted against Sexual Offenses by Gas Vendors
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- Indian
media neglected rape of Muslim women in Gujarat
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- It is advised that Indian housewives
in the Gulf who are alone at home remain cautious about possible
sexual advances, harassment or even rape committed by gas cylinder
vendors, plumbers, electricians etc who visit their apartments
when other family members are away from home. Full
Report
-UAE
Central Bank employee arrested for financial embezzlement -Salary of Indian
staff in Riyadh Hospital delayed for months.Two
in UAE court for taking female picture using mobile phone cum
digital camera.
Engineers urged to adapt latest technologies in Building Construction Full Report
Prime Minister mees members of
American Federation of Muslims from India (AFMI) in New York
News Break
Indian Stabbed to
Death in Muscat
An Indian Citizen has been
stabbed to death by another Indian from the same area following
a serious quarrel over some personal and family related matters.
It is leaned that the young Non Resident Indian who was seriously
injured in the stabbing case was rushed to a hospital. However,
he succumbed to his injuries one day after the attack. The culprit
has been absconding since the crime on Thursday . The culprit
and the victim were staying in adjacent flats in a busy market
place in Muscat. The incident reminds the Indian community of
a similar crime in Nizwa early this year in which a frustrated
Keralite killed two of his colleagues and stabbed many .Full Report.
KnowledgeView demonstrates state-of-the-art cross-media
publishing and syndication Solutions at GITEX Dubai 2002
- Ali Al-Assam, Chairman, KnowledgeView
Dubai -keralamonitor.com. KnowledgeView, the
UK-based leading technology developer of cross-media content
management and syndication systems for content providers, media
companies, government, web communities and information portals,
is showcasing its open-platform content management and syndication
solutions at GITEX Dubai 2002 as part of the Oracle World stand.Full Report
Global terrorism to
target British Citizens, Institutions in Kuwait.
British nationals travelling to Kuwait should
be alert to the possibility of public reaction to regional developments
and to news reports, which might trigger such reaction. Kuwait
is one of a number of countries where there is an increased threat
to visible British institutions and organisations from global
terrorism..-keralamonitor.com Full Report
INDIAN PM'S
ADDRESS TO 57TH SESSION OF UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Trouble Shooting in the Arabian Gulf
Priyanandan team is facing serious hurdles
in shooting a film in Muscat . It seems to be a different game
in the Arabian Gulf due to poor Organizers and lack of local
talents. After one week stay in Muscat, the team could shoot
only a couple of scenes as the original script had to be changed.
Except that it is being shot in Oman, the latest script appears
to have no relavence to Non Resident Keralites life at all --notwithstanding
the wide publicity in the local media about new Telefilm on the
expatriates. Actor Srinath is in a hurry to go back as he has
accepted call sheet for some more mega pulp serials. The worst
problem is created by the poor local organizers. The team which
came without sufficient number of artists wanted to select some
local actors and actresses. At last they are satisfied with some
of the local artists. Some of them are found doing mundane jobs
like cleaning the vehicle or arranging tea to get a chance in
the film. Priyanandan is a great artist who can withstand such
hurdles, but poor organisers and bad company can make things
difficult for him. Watch this space for details.
UK FOREIGN SECRETARY SPELLS OUT OBJECTIVES IN IRAQ
In an interview for BBC Radio 4 on 13 September,
the Foreign Secretary, Jack Straw, spelled out that the UK's
primary objective in Iraq was to get weapons inspectors back
into the country.'There's no questions of unilateral action and
that's been made clear today by President Bush.
World Bank sticks with pipeline project
in Chad, Cameroon
NIGERIA: Plateau urges calm after
church blast
FOURTH MALAYSIA-INDIA
DEFENCE COOPERATION MEETING CONCLUDES
Expatriate
Private School closed for violating Ministry of Education Rules
Chengannur Hatchery
case, staff suspended, 100 New Water Projects in Kerala to preserve
rain water, Industrial loans waived, Kerala Travel Agents meet,
Self regulation of consumer bodies sought, More Malayalam News
Dr. Yesudas, Radhika Tilak, Muthukadu
to perform in Muscat next month..Jumbo Music Show planned by
White Candle Watch this space.
Indian School board issue being
resolved amicably in favour of the patron -watch out.
Todays English
News
Gulf War Hysteria
sends Shock Waves among Marine Workers in the Gulf
KM
SPECIAL REPORT FROM AN OFFSHORE PLATFORM 250 KM NORTH OF ARABIAN
SEASHORE
Military build up in the Arabian
sea pose a major security threat to the oil and gas installations,
especially the offshore platforms. Horrific memories of the flare
up of Iraqi and Kuwait oil wells during the last Iraq war following
Saddam Hussain's invasion of Kuwait are still fresh in the mind
of many Malayalis working in offshore platforms and the mainland.
Keralamonitor.com representative spoke to Malayalis working onboard
an offshore oil and gas rig located 250 km north away from the
Dohar seashore. There were 72 persons onboard the rig from different
companies. Most of the rig crew members are Indians. The workers
offshore say working in an offshore platform is like living in
a VIP jail.
Full Report
Malayalam News -Kerala to
participate in Arabian Travel Mart, New village based Fishing
Scheme for farmers..More News
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