Kerala a haven for mafias: Surendran
The Hindu
BJP State president K. Surendran has alleged that gold smugglers and criminal gangs are operating in the State with the support of the State government.Addressing a news conference here on Tuesday, Mr
BJP State president K. Surendran has alleged that gold smugglers and criminal gangs are operating in the State with the support of the State government. Addressing a news conference here on Tuesday, Mr. Surendran said that the latest incident involving the Ramanattukara accident revealed that the mafia had made Kerala a safe haven for their nefarious activities. It was unbelievable that the Home Department was unaware of two gangs fighting out in the streets near the Calicut International Airport, he said. He wondered how criminal gangs from Kannur, Cherpulassery, and Koduvally reached Kozhikode city and Calicut airport during the COVID-19 lockdown. All these gangs had links with political parties in the State, Mr. Surendran alleged.“Spider wasp,” says ecologist and nature educator Vena Kapoor, narrating the fascinating but macabre tale of the spider wasp and its victims. While adult spider wasps mostly feed on flower nectar, making them excellent pollinators, they are also what are known as “parasitoids.” Unlike parasites, they kill their host. In the case of spider wasps, females hunt down spiders, inject them with venom and lay eggs on them. Once they hatch, the larvae eat these spiders alive, inevitably killing them, she tells the huddle of women cloistered around this tree.
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