T’puram: Opposition leader Pinarayi Vijayan has come out against Union home minister Amit Shah’s statement that there was an unnatural demographic change in the border states and that the reason for the same was infiltration. Vijayan said such a statement was intended to spread hatred in society. He was referring to a statemement made by…
T’puram: Diabetes should be viewed not merely as a disorder of blood sugar but as a disease that affects the body’s ability to produce energy at cellular level, according to international experts who are attending at the three-day 14th Annual Global Diabetes Convention at Kovalam.Addressing an online session on ‘The Forgotten Organelle in Type 2…
T’puram: The state govt will mobilise CSR funds, in addition to budgetary allocations, to improve infrastructure in govt hospitals, health minister K Muraleedharan said while unveiling the health department’s 50-day progress report.Launching the report, titled Fifty Remarkable Days of the Health Department, at the Govt Medical College here on Saturday, the minister said the department…
T’puram: Heritage Conclave for students from Classes VIII to XII will be held in the city on July 6. The conclave will be hosted at KTDC Tourism Convention Centre, Veli. Special sessions will focus on educational and career opportunities in the heritage sector, importance of heritage conservation and higher education prospects. Students will also get…
T’puram: State human rights commission directed authorities to construct a sewage treatment plant (STP) at a housing complex built in Karode grama panchayat for rehabilitation of fishermen from Kulathoor grama panchayat.Commission chairperson Justice Alexander Thomas ordered that the project be completed within two months in coordination with Suchitwa Mission. The directive came after it was…
T’puram: Former Vattiyurkavu MLA and city corporation mayor V K Prasanth urged govt not to shelve the master plan for the comprehensive development of Thiruvananthapuram General Hospital, for which tender procedures were completed and construction was set to begin, in the name of establishing a medical college. He said the Rs 137-crore master plan was…
T’puram: The technical forum of Prathidhwani, the welfare and recreation forum of IT employees at Technopark, will host Kubernetes Kerala-Trivandrum meetup at Technopark on Wednesday.Organized by Kubernetes Kerala in association with Prathidhwani, the event will be held at Malabar Hall in Technopark Phase I from 3pm to 6pm. The meetup will bring together technology professionals,…
T’puram: Scientists at Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology (RGCB) have identified a previously unknown mechanism that enables malaria parasites to survive treatment with artemisinin, the world’s most widely used anti-malarial drug.Researchers believe the findings could open new avenues for developing malaria therapies that target host-parasite interactions, potentially improving the effectiveness of existing treatments and reducing…
T’puram: Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) president K Jayakumar on Tuesday said that complaints raised over the recent transfer of board employees would be addressed and the existing transfer orders reviewed.Speaking to reporters after a board meeting in Thiruvananthapuram, Jayakumar said TDB was committed to considering the legitimate demands of employees and that most of the…
Governor Rajendra Arlekar T’puram: Save University Campaign Committee (SUCC) urged governor Rajendra Arlekar to review the controversial nominations he made to MG University’s (MGU) board of studies and senate in his capacity as the chancellor. Arlekar had nominated 18 persons of his choice after appointing members to the board of studies, allegedly overlooking academic merit.“The…
