Industry sore at boiling row
With the government’s perceived vacillation over projects line-up for the Emerging Kerala, that’s already bogged down by controversies, the trade and industry have begun to express skepticism over the
Right time for port expansion
Emerging Kerala comes around the time Cochin Port Trust has invited tenders for its ship-building repair yard and the centre has announced disinvestment of Cochin Shipyard Ltd as part of supporting it
How green is emerging Kerala?
As the state braces for a big leap in development through the Emerging Kerala meet to be held in Kochi from September 12 to 14, concerns are being expressed not just by the opposition, but even the ru
Not a future perfect Onam in sight
There are two trends happening in literature. The number of readers has been going up which needs to be seen as a very good sign. There are a variety of reasons for this.
But the disturbing trend is
Firms in race for Rs800 cr CPT shipyard project
Several firms are lining up in the race for setting up the Rs800-crore ship-building-cum-repair facility under the Cochin Port Trust, bids for which are closing on August 22.
From Cochin Shipyard Ltd
it’s showtime Kerala
If a surfeit of MoUs spoiled the first-ever Global Investor Meet in 2003, arguably being long on promise and short on delivery, Emerging Kerala 2012, September 12 to 14, has no pretensions to being a
This Czech walks out hale & hearty
Kolaceck Antonin, 53, a Czech who has been enamoured by Indian thought and tradition, has suddenly become young. The strands of brown hair have — since the last 64 days — turned jet black!
Antonin s
Thumbs up for this biometric ID
A thumb impression, and any hospital should be able to get a person’s medical history. A software for this is what a young techie in Kochi has developed.
It was circumstances that forced K. Nidesh to
Rain-starved state may take to cloud seeding
With a rainfall deficiency of more than 42 per cent during the two monsoon months of June and July, Kerala may have no go but to follow Karnataka for artificial rain. This, even as questions remain on
Plenty more fish in the sea
The trawling ban introduced in the waters off the state’s coast in 1988, raised a number of socio- economic issues at the time, but years down the line it appears to have succeeded in what it set out