The travel trends of two major airports in Kerala – Cochin International Airport and Thiruvananthapuram International Airport – in 2023 painted a contrasting picture. For the first time in recent history, domestic flyers from Thiruvananthapurm airport surpassed international passengers, with the airport roughly handling around 22 lakh domestic passengers as against 19 lakh international passengers … Read more
The Elamakkara police on Tuesday arrested a woman and her live-in partner on charge of killing her one-and-a-half-month-old baby boy. The duo, Aswathy of Eramaloor, Alappuzha, and Shanif of Kannur were taken into custody after the post-mortem report of the infant showed a crack in the skull. Pattern of injury The pattern of injury was … Read more
The ‘time cafe’ in Kalamaserry, Kochi | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT GVQ Time Cafe in Kalamassery, Kochi, is the kind of place that makes you wonder how much more beautiful the pretty white-and-sage green café that sits at the top of a shady slope could get when it rains. We are sitting on the glass-roofed patio … Read more
The third edition of the career fest organised by NORKA Roots to facilitate the selection of health workers from Kerala to work in NHS trusts in the UK got under way here on Monday. A total of 21 doctors and 79 nurses shortlisted from various specialities attended interviews on the opening day. A 40-member team … Read more
A representational image of Kaloor-Kadavantara Road, in Kochi. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu Three separate Special Purpose Vehicles (SPVs) will be formed for the execution of the proposed “Urban Rejuvenation and Beautification Scheme” in Thiruvananthapuram, Kochi and Kozhikode cities. The scheme was announced in the 2023-24 State Budget with the aim of transforming the … Read more
Taika Spirit Drink | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement When Canada-based entrepreneur Ajith Padmakumar tasted the home-brewed arrack — vattu charayam — made by friend and chef Sajish Joseph in Ontario, Canada, in 2020, not only was he struck by its taste, but he also tasted a business opportunity. Two years later, in late 2022, the … Read more
Kochi metro trains will operate up to 11.30 p.m. on Saturday in connection with the Indian Super League (IPL) match that would be held at Jawaharlal Nehru International Stadium here. There will be a 50% discount in ticket fare after 10 p.m., while return tickets too can be purchased, KMRL has informed. Source link
Nothing prepares me for the cheery sight that awaits me in one part of Varapuzha. It is just after 9.30am on a muggy day; I hear the murmur of women before I see them. Lakshmi Murali emerges from behind a gap in a compound wall and calls me over. All I see is a plot … Read more
Elsy George’s pocket of vegetables and herbs in Edappally is as much a story about her love of Nature as the generosity of neighbours. “Our neighbour has been generous enough to let me use the garden in the vacant compound for my little garden of vegetables and herbs. Neither is there an agreement not does … Read more
“Onam is just 60 days away and people can start growing vegetables and flowers to be ready in time for the festival,” says Lisymol J. Vadukkoot, Assistant Director of Agriculture at the State Seed Farm (SSF) in Aluva. The farm has launched a Thiruvonam assorted seedling tray (priced at ₹300), which has 98 cubicles containing the … Read more