A seven-month certificate course in Malayalam nurtures a cultural connect in Coimbatore
The Hindu
E C Sabu’s three decades of teaching Malayalam to city advocates, teachers, and home-makers earn recognition
His classroom is a melting pot of cultures and friendships. E C Sabu has been teaching Malayalam for three decades in the city to a mixed bag of students including advocates, Tamil professors, doctors, homemakers, and teachers who speak Marathi, Konkani, Telugu, Kannada or Urdu.

Dakshina Kannada Zilla Panchayat has rolled out digital mode of water bill generation and collection in 23 gram panchayats on a pilot basis for the first time in Karnataka. This is set to be extended to the remaining 200 panchayats shortly, according to the Zilla Panchayat Chief Executive Officer Narwade Vinayak Karbhari.

Microplastics, especially nylon fibres, are present in Chennai’s beach sediments in relatively low abundance, but low overall microplastic abundance does not necessarily imply low ecological risk. Even small particles can cause long-term ecological damage by affecting marine life, moving up the food chain, and eventually impacting human health through contaminated seafood.











