Kerala emerges most-searched Indian travel destination

By Jisha Surya | ENS - THIRUVANANTHAPURAM 15th December 2012 12:19 PM It’s neither the serene beaches of Goa nor Paradise on Earth, Kashmir, that lured domestic tourists this year. Three cheers to God’s Own Country; Kerala is the ‘top trending’ travel destination, according to Google Zeitgeist for India in 2012. Interestingly, Google’s year-end...

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‘Start Up Coffee’ getting bigger

By Jisha Surya - THIRUVANANTHAPURAM 13th December 2012 08:31 AM  A lot can happen over coffee. It seems there are more followers to this tagline. ‘Start Up Coffee’, a regular meeting of wannabe entrepreneurs, incubators and like-minded people, launched by My Next Big Idea (MNBI), a technology business incubator focused on mobile...

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Xmas items online at fair prices

By Jisha Surya | ENS - THIRUVANANTHAPURAM 08th December 2012 12:52 PM  Too busy for Christmas shopping? Two city-based youths are here to help you with an online portal for Christmas celebrations. Anish John and Arun A S, employees of Technopark-based Breezego Solutions Private Limited, have launched www.pulkoodu.com, where customers...

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This tour is no virtual reality

By Jisha Surya | ENS - THIRUVANANTHAPURAM 06th December 2012 11:43 AM  “A motorbike expedition through North India is an entirely different experience,” said an all-excited Midhun H Kumar  over phone. IT professionals Midhun, Smijth B and Aneesh V K have set out on an expedition, ‘The golden sands tour - West coast to Rajasthan’, on their Royal Enfields.   Starting from Thiruvananthapuram on November 24, the trio will be back in the city on Sunday after enjoying a...

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It’s ‘babysitting’ time for zoo staff

By Jisha Surya - THIRUVANANTHAPURAM 04th December 2012 10:11 AM Authorities of the city zoo are on a high. During the last six months, the zoo has been ‘blessed’ with as many as nine baby birds and animals. In addition to these, the populations of black buck and hog deer are on the rise. The zoo has also been able to check the mortality rate of...

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Social media platform to share news, views

By Jisha Surya - THIRUVANANTHAPURAM 29th November 2012 10:21 AM  Social media is a major game changer in today’s society. Now, citizens have a new social media platform to express their news and views. Technopark-based Maxartists Technologies has launched an interactive social media platform, ‘Share the Fact’, where users can share...

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Anganwadis in Dalit-tribal belt in a neglected state: Study

By Jisha Surya - THIRUVANANTHAPURAM 14th November 2012 11:00 AM  While the state boasts of having the lowest infant and child mortality rate, little effort is put in by the local bodies for the welfare of infants, especially in the case of those belonging to socially-backward areas. A study conducted by Thiruvananthapuram-based NGO ‘Rights’ in the dalit-tribal-fishermen belt showed that anganwadis in these areas were in a neglected state. The study shows that 41 to 70 per cent...

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