Endless Miseries
of Endosulfan
Dr.K.M.Seethi & Reghunathan
M.
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. Watch this
Spce for a comprehensive research report on the ill effects of
a deadly and toxical pesticide, which is given a stamp of approval
by the Kerala Government..
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
Click for 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 -
- Join the Gulf
Keralites College Alumni Association
Unni Nair, Executive is a
former student of NSS College, Changanacherry
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
-
- Interactive
portal provides new marketplace for airport industry in Middle
East and Africa
-
- 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
-
- Indian media neglected rape of Muslim women in Gujarat
-
- 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
IRAQ: Blix Says There Is No Proof Of New
Iraqi Arms Production
UNITED NATIONS -- U.S. President George W.
Bush 's contention that Iraq is reconstructing its programs for
weapons of mass destruction received no support yesterday from
the United Nations' chief weapons inspector. Hans Blix told journalists
after briefing a closed-door meeting of the Security Council,
"Full
Report
Egypt:
Fifty-one convicted in alleged unfair trial
U.S. Fears, U.N. Red Tape Reportedly Blocking Aid to Iraq
Jordanian exporters are complaining that U.N.
bureaucracy and U.S. fears are frustrating their efforts to sell
humanitarian goods to Iraq under an initiative overseen by the
U.N. sanctions committee on Iraq, the Wall Street Journal reported
yesterday.
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Enforcement Cells set up in nineteen States and Union Territories.
GCC countries
plan common tourism visa issue
Dubai --September 11, 2002 The Gulf Cooperation
Council (GCC) is working on a plan to issue unified tourist visas
for foreign visitors to the six member countries --Saudi Arabia,
Oman UAE, Qatar, Kuwait and Bahrain. A recommendation to work
out the modalities of issuing unified tourist visas for the Gulf
states was made by GCC immigration officials, said the GCC headquarters
Full
Report and More News
HOWRAH-NEW DELHI RAJDHANI EXPRESS DERAILS NEAR GAYA
Full Report
UN
benchmarking index lists UAE among top achievers in e-government
globally
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In an exhaustive global benchmarking exercise
aimed at measuring levels of e-Governance among the 190 member
countries, the United Nations has released a report that puts
the United Arab Emirates in the top league among countries that
have successfully introduced e-Government.
Middle
East Tall Building Standards to be reconsidered in View of Septmber
11
Tall building design and construction standards
in the Middle East, need to be improved to incorporate the lessons
of last year's collapse of New York's World Trade Centre towers
Saddam
is not the Only Issue --Blair .Full
Report
Qatari
Manufacturing Firm Enters Retail Business.
No Trace of Missing Kerala Housemaid in Saudi Arabia.
Riyadh An a young Indian housemaid has been
missing in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia under mysterious circumstances
about two years ago. Shylamma Clarance, 31 who reached Saudi
Arabia on Jan. 13, 2001 to work as a housemaid at the home of
a Saudi sponsor in Al-Kharj, about 80 km south of here
Indian School Lady Teacher
Approaches School patron for Help
Till date I have not committed any offence,
misconduct or property damage incurring any losses to School
so as to get a notice like this. Apart from that there were no
letters or memos issued against my name for not doing or discharging my duties/responsibilities till
date. .Sir,
you can see Vice Principal letter encouraging students to write
against me (copy of this attached) and also my Head of the dept.
My HOD has written a very nasty false report to the Principal
without my knowledge to expose me in bad light and finally throw
me out. II am
a woman employee deserving at least minimum respect and protection
from others. School authorities should have shown minimum courtesy,
kindness, respects, protection instead of treating me like this
badly. I am a woman employee deserving at least..Writes a sacked
Indian school teacher in a complaint. Full
Report
Readers Forum"In this encircling
gloom your arrival on the Gulf horizon was really like a beacon
of life-giving light. It was with great excitement that all of
us teachers read in the Keralamonitor about the steps you have
taken to ensure a happier, more secure and respectful life for
us teachers..Applause
from Iran Indian Schol teachers to what they termed a Great Man,
K.M.Meena, Indian Ambassador in Muscat.
Doping of Ethanol Compulsory in four states..
KERALA NEWS
NORKA
honours 4 Malayali Police offices in US for World Trade Centre
Rescue Operations, SSLC, Plus Two Exams to be held simultaneously,
Kerala Government plans Online Lottery, Permission for new Taxi-Auto
fare in Kerala, Kerala Tourism Roadshows in the Gulf, LDG Wins
27 seats in Mattannur Muncipal Election.
Israeli
Hackers escalate Cyber Warfare
Full
Report
Israeli
cyber warfare professionals targeted human rights and anti- war
activists across the USA Central
Africa : Regional air company to be created-NIIT
makes "Programming" easy; launches special IT courses
for College students
Bhavishya
Jyoti Scholarships evoke big response Governor's
Approval for Kerala Exim Policy; Minister Ganesh Denies allegations
against Nalakathu Suppy, IT School project for 18 more institutions,
More News in Malayalam
Hotel Simming Pools, not secure for Children.
Minor Indian Muslim Girl Raped by 17 year
old Malayali Boy in US Full
Report
Oman Government may withdraw from Gulf
Air. Qatar decides to Quit
Oman Air trying to get closed
Gulf Air routes to Madras, Trivandrum.
Manama-At a time when Qatar Government has
confirmed its decision to pull out from Gulf Air, Omani Government
is also considering whether to withdraw from Gulf Air.The Omani
Government was skeptical about Gulf Air decision to pull out
of Seeb and reduce the number of flights from Seeb. Airline sources
say that it is only a pretext to get out of a sinking ship.Full
Report
September
11 attack planners received money via Hyderabad, Gulf SBI Gulf
branches used to channel money.
Maltreatment of
teachers continues
Sacked Private School Teachers in UAE seek
help
Dubai --September 8, 2002. A large number
of private school teachers in the UAE who had been terminated
approached the Private Education Department demanding their rights.
Coming amidst reports of maltreatment of Indian school teachers
in various Gulf countries, especially Iran and Oman, UAE teachers
have approached the higher authorities seeking assistance to
protect their legal rights. The Government authorities at the
department are showing their impotence to force schools to reconsider
their decision. Full
Report
IBM
Donates Three Linux Computer Labs to Higher Colleges of Technology
Cauvery
Monitoring Committee Meeting Karnataka to release 8000 CUSEC
Water per day-One year on , the attacks of 11 September in
the USA continue to shock people around the world. $20,000
for Nursing Courses in Autonomous Institutes, $15,000 for Pharmacy
Courses, Coffee, Ginger Taxes reduced, Active steps to control
Rat Fever in Kerala. DPEP Website launched for children's education
More News
ANCIENT
QURAN VAILABLE ON INTERNET .Full
Report
Indian boy drowned in
Sheraton Oman Swimming Pool, Recovering slowly.
China
to invest in Kerala Power rojects.Special projects for women..more
news in Malayalam International
Literacy day On 8th September More English News
Fake
Emigration Stamp from Madras Office used to traffick Kerala Women
to Oman, Kuwait and other Gulf countries.Shabharimala preparations
in advance. More Malayalam News
New Delhi --September 5,
2002. India's Ministry of External Affairs has alerted various
check posts to prevent Kerala housemaids being brought to the
Gulf using fake emigration certificates. In order to circumvent
the strict monitoring of young women being trafficked to Gulf
countries through Kerala airports, recruting agents have devised
a new route through Madras using fake emigration certificates
and stamps. Oman and Kuwait have restricted housemaid visa to
young women but the agents have found out a new way to bring
women to Gulf countries through Buraimi, which has become a hot
spot for trafficking Women to various Gulf countries through
the land route. Boarder region between Oman and UAE is a new
route for sex traffickers and recruiting agents to move young
women freely to the UAE and other countries for flesh trade.
TEACHERS ALONE CAN HELP MAKE THE SOCIETY VIBRANT PRESIDENT
KALAM
New Delhi - September 5, 2002. The President
Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam honoured here today 284 teachers with
national awards on the occasion of Teacher’s Day i.e. the
birthday of Dr. S. Radhakrishnan. Full
Report
Embassy to fight Harassed Teachers' case
against School Managements which violate Service, Labour Rules
"The Embassy is extending all support
to Indian citizens whose rights are sometimes violated in foreign
countries by foreign companies and citizens. The Embassy takes
up such cases and fight on behalf of them as part of its mission
to protect Indian citizens abroad. The Embassy will now take
up cases of Indian school teachers as Indian citizens against
the Indian schools -- which are sometimes acting like the local
companies," Full
Report
Detained journalist's wife missing, says
Reporters San Frontier Full
Report
Electricity
Tarriff Hike revoked, Strike ends, Antony bows to public demand
WHO
Releases first Global reference Guide onSafe and Effective use
of essential medicines Full Report
Technology cannot replace Teacher and Curriculum founded
on value systems
Technology cannot replace teachers and curriculum
should be founded on the value systems that shaped the civility
of a society. In the Indian context this is much more important
because of its multi-lingual and multi-religious base. Dr. Joshi
was giving away CBSE Awards to Teachers at a function here today.
Full Report
Agencies move to protect
Southern African vulnerable from sex abuse
JOHANNESBURG, 4 September (IRIN) - Relief
agencies have moved to protect women and children from sexual
exploitation and abuse during humanitarian operations in drought-stricken
Southern Africa. Refugee children in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra
Leone had been subjected to sexual abuse. They had been exploited
by those in positions of authority - employees of national and
international NGOs, UN agencies, fellow refugees, and security
forces of the host countries.Full
Report
Compubase
Gets UAE Education Ministry Approval for ICDL Training
Guidelines on Infertility Clinics Dedicated
Children's Edutainment Arena to make its debut in 2003 Theme
Parks
Industrial Training Institutes to Introduce Multi skilling Courses-PM
Calls for Action plan to boost Indian SCience..More News
Antony
appeals for peace, dont push the state towards total darkness
Kerala-China IT accord, IT development should be in Malayalam,
more news in Malayalam
Arab Youth Gang take Expatriates for a
ride by Offering to sell blue Films.
Beware of fake CID official who
try to extract money after "arresting" for possessing
the blue films sold by the gang.
MUSCAT -- Many expatriates have been taken for a ride by a
new gang of Arab youths who wander around in the busy streets
of Muscat, pretending to sell blue films on Compact Discs and
Video Cassettes. The gang of four to five youths, three-four
young boys of 15 to 18 year old will approach the passers by
and ask them quietly whether they are interested in buying very
good blue film CDs.Full
Report
-Abducted
nurses released after two and half months.-Investments
of non-resident Malayalees t o be channelized for de velopment
Participation of non-resident Malayalees vital for village development
Etisalat
Approves U.S. Robotics New 'Easy to Install' High speed Faxmodem-
Kerala Monitor.com In the News,
under the Scrutiny of Press Council
Kerala Monitor has always
been in the news for good and bad reasons. Good word about KM
has been spread because many people appreciated our reports and
humanitarian approach to various issues.Full
Report
KM report about Gulf Madhyamam
Sparks Hot Discussion about Gulf Coverage of Malayalam News papers
Madhyam
attracts Gulf Malayali readers due to Good Local Reporters Network.
Malayalam News
- ADB
Rewards Government with New Grant for Power Sector Privatisation
Scheme
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- Hardly one or two days after the Kerala Government
announced plans to hike electricity charges and the entire state
is in a turmoil caused by public agitation against the decision,
Asian Development Bank has announced a new grant to the Indian
Government for speeding up power privatisation plans. Even when
the state BJP Unit is planning a so called agitation against
the power tariff hike, the central government ruled by the corrupt
BJP leaders are negotiating further plans to privatise power
supply in the country. Thanks to the militant political culture
in the state, it has been a hard nut for the IMF-World Bank ADB
teams to crack. The latest ADB Grand is to promote Energy Service
Companies (ESCOs) -private companies that help factories and
buildings use energy more efficiently.. Watch
this space for our regular editorial column.
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- EARTH SUMMIT
- Forget sustainable Development Without controlling
HIV-AIDS
Full
Report
BSNL'S Brand Name 'Cell-One for Cellular Services
launched
Overbooking
by Air India, Indian Airlines caused overcrowding in airlines--Why
many Gulf Keralites did not book confimred return tickets?.
GCC'S
Largest Neon Sign Board Installed in Dubai
The multi-coloured dual language, English/Arabic signs, measuring
22
metres by 11 metres overlook Defence Roundabout, on Dubai's busy
Sheikh
Zayed Road from a height of 17 floors (52 metres) above the ground.
- Oman Air, Air India, Akbar
Travels facing Controversy in Kerala
- Conolidation racket rampant in Mumbai, New Delhi.
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- Thiruvananthapuram - September 2, 2002.Oman
Air and Air India officials are in the eye of a controversy surrounding
a dubious decision by the airline to sell the entire tickets
of a special Thiruvananthapuram-Muscat flight to just one travel
agent. This decision has raised strong objection from other travel
agents and leading travel trade associations who have demanded
an investigation by the Central Buraue of Investigation into
the deal that benefited only one travel agent -viz. Akbar Travels..Full
Report
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- Gulf
Air may Introduce Direct Flights again,
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- Dubai -Based Charity in Nepal Clinic Initiative
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- oil
company in 'Meals, Deals and 'Power wheels' Promo -DHL
UAE Teams up with body shop in charity drive to Indian Hospitals-
Dubai club Pharaohs
launches corporate membership scheme
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- Sacked Indian School Science Teacher's
case moved to Higher Court from Labour Court
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- The Labour Court judge called Indian school
authorities and asked them to submit the personal file of the
lady teacher sacked from the Indian school. During the probation
she was assessed 2 times. Both reports were good signed and agreed
both by Head of the Dept and the teacher... The main reason stated
for termination is that there is a complaint form 3 students
that they dont understand the concept in Physics If at all there
is a genuine complaint, is she liable for termination for one
complaint? she argued. One student got 80 per cent marks for
physics. There was no warning letters or any memos issued or
discussions take place till date from school authorities, she
informed the Labour Court. Now the Labour court judge has moved
the case to higher court for final decision. Hearing is yet to
take place, said sources close to the sacked teacher. Since the matter is subjudice and the Gulf country's
labour court is impartial in its judgemnts we are not reporting
further about this case. This is just
to keep our readers updated about the story, based on feedback
received from the teaching and academic community of Indian Schools
in the Gulf. We are regularly receiving a number of letters about
both the recent reports on the sacking saga.
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