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U. Hiran

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Oct 1, 2026
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  1. Article · Oct 1, 2026 · U. Hiran

    AI used to keep elephants out of habitations on Sabarimala forest fringes (opens the original)

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    Keeping wild elephants from straying into human habitations is getting a high-tech upgrade along the fringes of the Sabarimala forests. The Forest department has deployed artificial intelligence to track animal movement and alert residents in some of the worst-affected areas of the Ranni Forest Division. An AI-based camera system is now operational at three locations frequently hit by elephant incursions. The cameras can detect animals up to 200 metres away, trigger alarm, and send alerts to mob

  2. Article · Sep 29, 2026 · U. Hiran

    Paraglider from Keralam’s Kottayam soars to podium finish in U.K. championship (opens the original)

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    Two years after leaving the familiar skies of Wagamon in Keralam’s Kottayam behind for a new life in the U.K., 40-year-old Jobin Sebastian is back among the clouds, this time as one of Britain’s top competitive paragliders. A native of Yendayar in Kottayam, Jobin finished third at the 21st FAI Cat 2 Paragliding Accuracy National Championships held in the U.K. on September 26 and 27, 2026, becoming the first Indian to secure a podium finish in the competition. He finished third among 17 flyer

  3. Article · Sep 17, 2026 · U. Hiran

    Water supply to Sabarimala faces tariff hurdle ahead of season (opens the original)

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    As Sabarimala gears up for the annual pilgrimage season, a tariff tussle is brewing over the cost of supplying water to the hill shrine and its base camp at Nilakkal. In a report submitted to the special secretary of the Water Resources department, the Kerala Water Authority (KWA) has recommended rejecting the Travancore Devaswom Board’s (TDB) demand for a special tariff, arguing that treating Sabarimala as a bulk consumer would be legally and financially untenable. It has instead sought to reta

  4. Article · Sep 15, 2026 · U. Hiran

    Sabarimala pilgrimage preparations face delays as deadline nears (opens the original)

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    With barely two months left for the Mandala Makaravilakku season, authorities are racing against time as several key works remain stalled, raising concerns that Sabarimala could once again see a last-minute rush to ready the pilgrimage centre. A section of Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) employees and devotee organisations have flagged the slow progress of preparations ranging from sanitation and roads to facilities at edathavalams (stopover points) and other essential infrastructure. They have

  5. Article · Sep 13, 2026 · U. Hiran

    High ranges of Kottayam mobilise against proposed ESA tag (opens the original)

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    With just two weeks left in the 60-day window for filing objections and suggestions to the Centre’s seventh draft notification on Ecologically Sensitive Areas (ESAs) in the Western Ghats, hundreds of settler families in the high ranges of Kottayam are bracing for a fresh battle to keep their homes and plantations out of the proposed ESA. The four villages of Koottikkal, Melukavu, Poonjar Thekkekkara and Teekoy, all in the Poonjar Assembly constituency, are now on the proposed ESA map after being

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