Special news broadcast on Dec 21 Sunday by Fazlu

In Kerala, elephants have been status symbols since the feudal era, and today most of its captive elephants are owned by private individuals. And it’s the only state in India where elephants are widely used for temple festivals.The demand for elephants is skyrocketing just as the supply is plummeting. In 1982, India banned the capture of wild elephants except to protect the animal or its human neighbors, and it has been illegal to import captive elephants from other states since 2007.

Physical inactivity is as serious a public-health problem as high blood pressure, high blood-glucose levels and tobacco use

The extension this season will be by 42 days,until the April 12, 2014 and will be the longest extension in Global Village’s history.

Feb 13 World Radio Day