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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

Sabarimala development works dragging on

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Three months remain for the start of the pilgrim season and the hill shrine of Lord Ayyappa at Sabarimala is bracing to welcome the pre-season Onam rush.

As far as infrastructure development, especi

Choking when it matters the most

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One has to wonder where world-class athletes get the energy to perform a season or career best at the Olympics as the big man Usain Bolt did by smashing his own record at Beijing with yet another supe

German bishop on energy mission

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This Catholic bishop from Germany is on a special mission which he says was also closest to Christ’s heart – stewardship of creation. And to keep life going, all of us need to save the earth from a cl

Vilappilsala unbound but waste spreads

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The standoff at Vilappil has turned out to be quite sensitive as it pits the judiciary against the local people, but offers little relief to a vexed issue of urbanisation.

Despite court orders, local

Kochi metro: Survey triggers security scare

A row has erupted over a survey being conducted by the Kochi Metro Rail Limited (KMRL) and a probe is being initiated into the activities of Genesis, an agency appointed by it for the Kochi Metro Alig

KSRTC’s legal counsel system may come back

For a minute, onlookers would have mistaken a meet of KSRTC officials at the Guest House in Ernakulam for some advocate’s function, as a majority of those present there were lawyers!

The meeting was

Angioplasties save 5,000 patients

With Kerala seeing an increase in the number of cathlab facilities and with more trained interventional cardiologists, immediate angioplasties are currently saving the lives of 5,000 heart attack vict

CIAL to offer visa on arrival facility

The Cochin International Airport Limited (CIAL) has agreed to provide space for the launch of the visa-on-arrival facility.

To a query from the ministry of external affairs, the CIAL managing direct

Get ready for stickers

The Kochi city traffic police is set to introduce a sticker notice system to nail those who have still not removed the cool film from their four wheelers.

The sticker will tell the offenders that th

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I want to begin with a little story that was told to me by a leading executive at Aptech. He was exercising in a gym with a lot of younger people.

Shekhar Kapur’s Bandit Queen didn’t make the cut. Neither did Shaji Karun’s Piravi, which bagged 31 international awards.