Cotton price doubles, TN farmers elated
For many, cotton is referred to as ‘white gold’ and much to the delight of farmers, cotton holds the highest value like gold this year, unlike...
Appeal to use sail vessels for sending relief
13 May 2022 3:57 AMS Lasington Fernando, secretary, Tuticorin Coastal Mechanized Sail Vessel Owners Association, said on Thursday, the maritime trade between Colombo and...
Sattur cucumber yield doubles, farmers happy
9 May 2022 1:13 AM“The 45-day sunlight exposure crop requires minimum water and two time weeding. Cucumber has almost become round the year crop, except for January and...
Thoothukudi salt Rs 4,000 a tonne, price up 4 times
1 May 2022 1:15 AMUsually around April, Thoothukudi will have a stock of around six lakh to seven lakh tonnes of manufactured salt.
Rubber tappers repatriated from SL decades ago bear the brunt of...
24 April 2022 1:43 AMThe lack of doctors in a hospital for rubber workers is a cause of major concern and the needy had no alternative to access Kulasekaram GH to meet...
Ban on, fisherfolks get busy overhauling boats
18 April 2022 4:44 AMSeveral mechanised boats are undergoing maintenance and repair works in Thoothukudi and Ramanathapuram districts with the 61-day annual fishing ban in...
19 Sri Lankan refugees land at Dhanushkodi as crisis worsens
10 April 2022 10:29 PMAfter spending several years at the refugee camp in Mandapam, Ramanathapuram district, Kodeeswaran’s family had returned to Sri Lanka in 1996,...
Sivakasi printing industry in limbo after rise in raw materials’ cost
9 April 2022 10:44 PMThe printing industry, a mainstay of the local economy in Sivakasi of Virudhunagar district, has suffered a crippling blow primarily due to rising raw...