Kochi
July 16, 2016
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Workshop on Rights of Women and Children

KOCHI: A one day workshop on ‘Rights of Women and Children in Educational Institutions’ was organised by Centre for Women and Family studies (CWFS), NUALS in association with Vidyodaya School, Thevakkal. The workshop was inaugurated by Prof. Dr. Rose Varghese, Vice Chancellor, NUALS, Kochi. The programme was presided over by Dr. P. Sreekumar, Executive Trustee, […]

Kochi
July 16, 2016
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DP World Cochin into Welfare and Wellbeing of the Community

KOCHI: DP World operated International Container Transshipment Terminal (ICTT), recently organized an ‘Eye check-up Camp’ at the terminal for the benefit of the truckers, operators and port users. This camp was conducted by Ophthalmologists, technicians and nurses from Medical Trust Hospital in Kochi. The eye check-up facility was availed by numerous truck drivers and other […]

Kochi
July 16, 2016
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When Art came to Academia

KOCHI: The parallel streams of two Kochi-based institutions arrived at a logical confluence on Friday as the Kochi Biennale Foundation (KBF) joined hands with the academic community Backwaters Collective to launch the fifth Annual Conference on Metaphysics and Politics. Inaugurating the four-day conference that explores the corpus of India’s intellectual heritage for solutions to contemporary […]

Kochi
July 15, 2016
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KMB 2016: Kochi Biennale Foundation Welcomes Budget Allocation

KOCHI: The Kochi Biennale Foundation (KBF) has welcomed the Kerala government’s budgetary provision of Rs 7 crore for the upcoming third edition of the Kochi-Muziris Biennale as also its decision to provide a permanent home to India’s only Biennale. The KBF thanked Finance Minister Dr Thomas Isaac for his commitment to the hugely popular celebration […]

Kochi
July 15, 2016
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Let’s Talk: The Story and Discordance of Framing Gandhi

KOCHI: The coming together of two formidable intellects sparked an engrossing conversation on the iconography and instrumentalisation of Mahatma Gandhi as distinguished theorist Ashis Nandy and eminent historian Vinay Lal participated in an evening discussion here on Thursday. The erudite chat was the centerpiece of the latest entry to the Kochi Biennale Foundation’s (KBF) popular […]

Kerala, Kochi, News
July 15, 2016
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Government Pleader Molests Woman; Arrested

Kochi: A young government pleader of Kerala High Court was arrested by Police in Kochi for molesting a woman on the public road.

The accused, Dhanesh Mathew Manjooran, grabbed a young lady who was returning home after work at a commercial establishment at around 7 pm on Thursday. The incident occurred on the St Teresa’s Convent road in Kochi.

Kochi
July 13, 2016
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Actor Rajeev Rangan Turns Singer for Patients at General Hospital

KOCHI: Rajeev Rangan, the versatile Malayalam film and television actor, director, dubbing artist and gemologist,today donned another hat, that of a singer, with an enthralling performanc eat the Kochi Biennale Foundation’s weekly Arts and Medicine programme at the General Hospital here. Rajeev began by paying homage to late Shafeeq Amaravathi, the Deshabhimani reporter and singer […]

Kochi
July 13, 2016
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Mathew Urumbath is President of KMA

KOCHI: Mathew Urumbath, Managing Partner, U.M. Thariath & Company has been elected as President and R Madhav Chandran, Managing Director,  Cyberland Technologies Pvt. Ltd as Honorary Secretary of Kerala Management Association for the year 2016-17. Vivek Krishna Govind, Partner, Varma & Varma, Chartered Accountants is the Senior Vice President and Dinesh P. Thampi, Vice President […]

Kochi
July 12, 2016
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Workshop on ‘Critical Care Nutrition and Feeding Devices’

KOCHI: As part of the Continuing Nutrition Education (CNE) for dietitians, a state­level workshop on ‘Critical care nutrition & feeding devices’ was conducted in Lourdes Hospital as a joint venture of Dept. Of Clinical Nutrition & Dietetics, Lourdes hospital and Dept. Of Home Science, St. Teresa’s college, Ernakulam. The workshop focused on Enteral and Parenteral […]

Kochi
July 12, 2016
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Let’s Talk: On the Life and Likeness of Gandhi

KOCHI: A riveting conversation on the imagery, ideas and ideals ascribed to Mahatma Gandhi is on the cards at an evening discussion between distinguished cultural theorist and political psychologist Ashis Nandy and eminent historian Vinay Lal. Titled ‘Gandhi and the Politics of the Image’, the conversation – the latest in the Kochi Biennale Foundation’s (KBF) […]