KOZHIKODE: Once a male-dominated profession, coconut tree climbing saw the entry of many women in the past decade. This is chiefly owing to government initiatives that aim to train them in skills that ...

KOCHI: Adversities carry with it the seeds of success, and the life of Suni Lee, 51, a housewife at Palayamkunnu in Varkala, Thiruvananthapuram, is a testament to that. In 2011, when the coconut ...

KOCHI: A daily wage worker who climbed to pluck coconuts fell unconscious on top of the tree and died at Elamakkara on Monday morning. Unnikrishnan, 49, from Varapuzha, was trapped upside down on the ...

Kerala faces a nutty problem. The state is in desperate need of coconut palm climbers and its government is now willing to do whatever it takes: give this age-old profession a modern makeover, give it ...

The Coconut Development Board (CDB) has set up a call centre, which will cater to the needs of coconut growers for plant protection, harvesting, and other field operations using skilled coconut ...

Coimbatore: A coconut tree climber was electrocuted while attempting to wash his hands on a farmland at Angalakurichi near Pollachi here on Wednesday after he came into contact with a live wire that ...