Top Kerala News developments today
The Hindu
Key news developments in Kerala on March 29, 2022
Here are the key news developments from Kerala to watch out for today:
1. General strike enters second day
The second day of the national strike by various trade unions is unfolding in Kerala against the backdrop of a High Court order forbidding government employees from absenting themselves from duty without a justifiable reason.
Various traders' organisations have declared they would open for business on Tuesday in the light of the HC directive to the government to give protection to employees reporting for work as well as shops, banks and fuel outlets. The HC had also directed the government to restore public transportation and prosecute those who disrupt everyday life.
2. Dileep to be questioned for the second consecutive day
Crime Branch police to question actor Dileep for the second consecutive day on Tuesday. The agency is investigating the actor and his kin on suspicion of plotting the murder of police officers who arraigned Dileep as accused in the 2017 actor abduction and rape case.
3. Kerala HC to hear Dileep's plea
About 7 km before reaching Mysuru’s Outer Ring Road junction on the Bengaluru-Mysuru highway, a structure resembling the silhouette of a giant tyre attracts the attention of passing-by motorists. This landmark spread across 10 acres of land in Naguvinahalli in Srirangapatna taluk, features a vintage car museum that has become the latest attraction for visitors to Mysuru.
“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.