B. Abhilash

In a bid to wean tribesmen away from their deeply-entrenched tobacco-chewing habit, a major cause for cancer, Wayanad’s Ayush department is distributing tobacco-free thamboolam chewing packs in tribal colonies as an experiment.

A couple committed suicide at Sundarayya Colony under Gajuwaka police station limits in Vizag on Friday after their parents allegedly refused their marriage proposal.

Goa's lower-order batsmen Arjun Tendulkar and Mohit Redkar displayed resilience, forging an unbeaten 56-run partnership for the seventh wicket. Their stand halted Karnataka's bowlers' progress on a weather-affected Day 3, with Goa reaching 171/6 in response to Karnataka's 371.

A 29-year-old engineering dropout from Andhra Pradesh was arrested for committing 20 burglaries in Hyderabad's IT corridor. B Abhilash confessed to posing as a delivery executive to enter apartment complexes and stealing gold and silver ornaments. Police recovered 26 tola gold, 300 grams of silver, and two motorbikes worth 16 lakh from him.

If everything goes to plan, Wayanad would soon have its own Covid-19 testing facility.

The Wayanad district administration has decided to set up health corners in all the schools in the district to handle medical emergencies.

A 33-year-old constable allegedly ended his life by slitting his throat with a blade at his residence at Malakpet on Monday night. He reportedly resorted to the extreme step due to financial problems.

While locallyacquired Covid-19 infections shot up across Kerala over the past two weeks, Wayanad remained the lone district without a single such infection from July 1-14. District health authorities said the last such instance was on June 19.

US-based NRK’s are helping the tribespeople living in remote colonies of Wayanad by sponsoring around 1,000 radio sets so that they can get regular flow of information in the backdrop of Covid-19 outbreak.

Wayanad has tested all inmates and staff in old-age homes in the district for Covid-19 to ensure that the high-risk population remains safe from the pandemic.

Four guest workers, employed at the construction site of an upcoming five-star resort at Poolavayal near Sultan Bathery in Wayanad, who tested positive on Tuesday and another positive dialysis patient have put Wayanad authorities on the edge. The source of infection in guest workers' case, who tested positive during sentinel surveillance, has not been ascertained. The dialysis patient's route map showed six visits to two dialysis centres till May 30.

The programme was inaugurated by IC Balakrishnan MLA at a function held at the Assumption High School at Sulthan Bathery on Thursday.

A six-month-old baby boy was allegedly stolen from Niloufer Hospital in Hyderabad by an unidentified woman. The baby, who was undergoing treatment for respiratory illness, went missing while his mother left him with a woman she had befriended at the hospital. CCTV footage has not been helpful in identifying the kidnapper as most of the cameras are not working and the few that are operational are positioned in the wrong direction. The hospital's security system has also been criticized for being inadequate.

In the wake of Shahala Sherin's (10) death after being bitten by a snake inside her classroom, Wayanad district authorities - along with government departments-have launched an ambitious programme under which 80,000 students in high school and higher secondary classes will be provided training in basic life support (BLS) to enable them respond effectively during emergencies.

In the wake of Shahala Sherin's (10) death after being bitten by a snake inside her classroom, Wayanad district authorities - along with government departments-have launched an ambitious programme under which 80,000 students in high school and higher secondary classes will be provided training in basic life support (BLS) to enable them respond effectively during emergencies.

Karun Nair's unbeaten 174 anchored Karnataka's innings against Goa in the Ranji Trophy, marking his 25th First-Class century. Despite the milestone, Nair remained focused, saving celebrations for later. His resilient knock, spanning over 435 minutes, helped Karnataka post 371 before rain interrupted play, leaving Goa at 28/1.

Lessons from Wayanad, a tribal district that has tackled the pandemic way better than the state