Kochi
July 08, 2016
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Budget Gives Priority for Tourism, KTM Society President Abraham George

KOCHI: Kerala Travel Mart Society President Abraham George has welcomed the LDF government’s proposal, made during its first Budget presentation on Friday, to create four lakh job opportunities in the tourism sector. “The Budget has clearly made the tourism sector a priority. With the proposal of employment creation, Tourism will become a major for engine […]

Kochi
July 08, 2016
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“Gods in Shackles”, to be Screened in Kochi

KOCHI: “God in Shackles” a multiple award winning and United Nations nominated documentary exposing the hideous torture stories of Kerala’s captive elephants in the backdrops of the glamorous festivals will be screened for public on July 11 Monday in Audi 4, Cinepolis, Centre Square Mall, M G Road Kochi. This is the fourth public screening […]

Kochi
July 08, 2016
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Art and Academia Come Together in Meeting of Minds

KOCHI: In keeping with its mandate to engage with and exchange ideas across disciplines, traditions and schools of thought, the Kochi Biennale Foundation (KBF) will collaborate with the academic community ‘Backwaters Collective on Metaphysics and Politics’ at its upcoming scholars’ conclave. KBF representatives will figure among a luminary gathering of intellectuals, activists and academicians from […]

Kochi, Sports
July 07, 2016
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Rs. 1 Cr. Worth of Li Ning Products for RSC Badminton

KOCHI: Trainees of RSC S & J Badminton Academy and 43 trainees of RSC Table Tennis Academy receive d Rs.1 Crore worth of Li Ning products sponsored by Sunlight Sports PTE Ltd, Singapore. This was distributed by Soumini Jain,  Mayor of Kochi Corporation and P. Rajeev, former Member of Parliament at Regional Sports Centre, Cochin. […]

Kochi
July 07, 2016
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Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’ath Celebrates Eid-ul-Fitr

KOCHI: Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’ath celebrated Eid-ul-Fitr in the District with various programmes. District Missionery-in-charge Moulavi Sulthan Naseer Sahib led the Eid prayer at Masjid Umar; St.Benedict Road, Ernakulam North ‘ Quoting the words of Ahmadiyya Khalifa Hadhrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad’. He told that the attack from the people with vested interest are tarnishing the beautiful […]

Kochi
June 29, 2016
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KBF Show: Ghazals and Classical Songs Enliven Patients’ Mood

KOCHI: Ghazal singer Satheesh Kumar and mimicry artist Sajan Palluruthy shared the stage at the KBF’s ‘Arts and Medicine’ show with a rollicking performance, bringing to the fore the therapeutic and mood-elevating impact of music on the patients and people alike. The 125th edition of the weekly programme, organised by the Kochi Biennale Foundation (KBF) […]

Kochi
June 27, 2016
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RFID Based Access Control System inaugurated at Cochin Port

KOCHI: Dr. K. N. Raghavan, Commissioner of Customs, Cochin inaugurated a RFID (Radio Frequency Identification System) newly installed at Ernakulam Wharf of Cochin Port. The RFID is an access control system on digital platform for regulating movement of vehicles, cargo and people into the sensitive wharf area. The system dispenses away with manual checkings and […]

Kochi
June 27, 2016
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A Journey on Motion and Time with KMB Artist Pedro Gómez-Egaña

KOCHI: The historical and cultural junctures between technology and temporality inform Pedro Gómez-Egaña’s art. In the intersections, he discerns both promise and peril — the double-edge sword of progress. The Colombian-born installation artist presents this understanding through ‘ephemeral sculptures’ – structures that are both movement- and time-based, using motion and its derivatives as gauges and […]