Everything you need to know about Kochi University: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about Kochi University: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Thiruvananthapuram, June 18 (IANS) Kerala's business capital, Kochi will host the prestigious the World Economic Forum's India meet Nov 8-9, said Chief Minister Oommen Chandy Tuesday.
Kochi, June 18 (IANS) The Kerala High Court Tuesday directed that the trial in the SNC Lavalin case, in which CPI-M leader Pinarayi Vijayan is an accused, can go ahead by splitting the charge sheet.
Kuala Lampur, June 18 (ANI): Unborn babies in the womb recognises and react to their mother's voice and also pay attention when mum's read a story, a new study has revealed.
London, June 14 (ANI): New law would permit abortions for the first time if a woman's life is in danger medically or she is at the risk of suicide in Ireland.
Dubai, June 13 (IANS) The family of an Indian man, who died mysteriously during the pro-democracy protests in Bahrain two years ago, has received 60,000 Bahraini dinars (about $159,000) as compensation.
Washington, June 13 (ANI): Taking Vitamin C may substantially reduce bronchoconstriction caused by exercise, suggested a researcher from the University of Helsinki, Finland.
Washington, June 13 (ANI): Infants as young as ten months old express sympathy for others in distress in non-verbal ways, according to a new research.
Wellington, June 13 (ANI): Facebook's 'Babe of the day' page which has gained a lot of popularity in New Zealand universities has been tagged 'sexist' by women rights group.
Wellington, June 13 (ANI): A new study from Victoria University in Melbourne has found that men are more shy around other men than they are with their own sexual partners.
New Delhi, June 12 (ANI): Bailed Indian speedster, S.Sreesanth, is happy to be back and said on Wednesday that he wanted to forget the time spent in prison.
Kochi, June 12 (IANS) Former India pacer S. Sreesanth, arrested for his role in alleged spot fixing in the IPL and released from jail on Tuesday, arrived here to a tumultuous welcome from hundreds of fans who were waiting at the Kochi airport since early Wednesday.
Kochi, June 12 (IANS) Former India pacer S. Sreesanth, arrested for his role in alleged spot fixing in the IPL and released from jail on Tuesday, arrived here to a tumultuous welcome from hundreds of fans who were waiting at the Kochi airport since early Wednesday.
Mumbai, June 11 (IANS) Shabana Azmi is the most academically qualified actress in India by far and now the veteran actress is all set to receive another doctorate, this time from the Simon Fraser University in Vancouver Wednesday.
Thiruvananthapuram, June 9 (IANS) The monsoon session of the Kerala assembly, set to begin Monday, could see the Oommen Chandy government on the back foot, as differences rage within the party over the induction of state Congress president Ramesh Chennithala into the cabinet.
Thiruvananthapuram, June 8 (IANS) Middle East-based businessman from Kerala M.A. Yusuf Ali Saturday announced that the proposed convention centre at Kochi, which was embroiled in a controversy, would go ahead as planned.
London, June 8 (ANI): Millions of people suffering from arthritis can improve their health by committing themselves to do regular work-outs, according to doctors.
Washington, June 07 (ANI): Commercial TV viewing in the home was found to be related to greater junk food consumption among children, according to a recent study by researchers at the University of Michigan.
Kochi, June 7 (IANS) Nine months after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh laid the foundation stone for the Kochi Metro Rail Project, the first step towards this dream project was taken Friday at a gala ceremony here.
Washington, June 7 (ANI): A new study has found more evidence that breastfeeding is good for the baby's brain.
Washington, June 7 (ANI): An international team of exoplanet hunters, including astronomers at the University of Arizona, is developing a new technology that would dramatically improve the odds of discovering planets with conditions suitable for life-such as having liquid water on their surface.
London, June 6 (ANI): Scientists have developed an "invisibility" time cloak which is able to hide events in a continuous stream of light.
New Delhi, June 6 (IANS) BJP leader Arun Jaitley has urged Union Minister for Human Resource Development M.M. Pallam Raju to defer the introduction of four-year undergraduate programme in the Delhi University, saying the issue requires a debate.
Washington, June 6 (ANI): A new study from the University of British Columbia has shed light on how people become obsessed with forbidden pleasures.
Los Angeles, June 6 (IANS) The enormous benefits that regular practice of yoga yields in increasing the flexibility of the body is well known. Researchers now show that a 20-minute session of yoga significantly boosts brain activity immediately afterwards.
Washington, June 6 (ANI): Researchers have found that the offspring of obese mothers may be spared health problems linked to obesity, while their own children then inherit them.
Kochi, June 5 (IANS) The parents of arrested IPL cricketer S. Sreesanth said here Wednesday that their son is innocent and has no links with the spot fixing scandal.
Kochi, June 5 (IANS) Former Kerala minister Lonappan Nambadan breathed his last at a private hospital here Wednesday afternoon, family sources said. He was 77.
Washington, June 5 (ANI): Drugs commonly used to treat Alzheimer's disease may have another benefit: preventing heart attacks and premature death, a new study has suggested.
Sydney, June 5 (ANI): Big business is ruining the Great Barrier Reef, scientists have warned ahead of UNSECO World Heritage meeting.
New Delhi, June 4 (IANS) In a bid to expand its presence in the Middle East, budget carrier IndiGo Tuesday said it will introduce new flights connecting Mumbai with Muscat from June 16.
Thiruvananthapuram, June 3 (IANS) Kerala CPI-M has said its workers would not protest against a UAE-based businessman's proposed mall in Kochi and asked officials to ensure that all lease arrangements with the investor were transparent.
Melbourne, June 3 (ANI): Scientists from Australia are researching the movements of schools of mosquitofish to investigate if the members of larger groups conform more than the ones in a smaller setting.
New Delhi, June 3 (IANS) Budget carrier IndiGo Monday said it has been permitted by the government to import 28 Airbus A320 aircraft in 2013 and 2014.
Thiruvananthapuram, June 3 (IANS) The Kerala government plans to set up IT innovation zones in the state where emphasis would be given on hardware, Industries and IT minister P.K. Kunhalikutty said Monday.
Washington, May 31 (ANI): Researchers at The Open University (OU) and The University of Manchester have found convincing evidence that Ancient Egyptians used meteorites to make symbolic accessories.
Berlin, May 31 (IANS/EFE) An international team of astronomers is challenging the prevalent theory on how the lives of most stars end, the European Southern Observatory, or ESO, said.
Kochi, May 30 (IANS) Kerala Tourism Thursday received a shot in the arm as the first seaplane which will connect the state's most popular backwater destinations arrived at the Kochi airport to a ceremonial welcome, an official said.
New Delhi, May 29 (IANS) Budget passenger carrier IndiGo Wednesday said it will launch seven new flights on its domestic network from May 30.
Washington, May 29 (ANI): It is not only your own innate taste, but also what you have been taught that decides if you like a work of art, according to an Australian-Norwegian research team.
Thiruvananthapuram, May 27 (IANS) Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy Monday called upon the media in the state to highlight positive news.
Kannur (Kerala), May 26 (IANS) "Salt N' Pepper" fame Malayalam actor Asif Ali Sunday married Zama Masreen Sunday.
Vasco da Gama (Goa), May 25 (IANS) Aspiring to give every passenger a best-ever cruise experience, Royal Caribbean International's groundbreaking Voyager-class ship Mariner of the Seas, will begin its maiden Asian journey from Singapore in June.
Rome, May 25 (IANS) European scientists have engineered artificial skins and sensor technologies to augment "sensitivity" in robots, says a study.
Shimla, May 24 (ANI): President Pranab Mukherjee will address a special session of Himachal Pradesh assembly on its Golden jubilee celebration on Friday.
Kochi, May 23 (IANS) Ace Malayalam comedian and character artiste Kalabhavan Mani, who has been on the run to escape arrest for roughing up three forest officials, Thursday got anticipatory bail from the high court, but with strict conditions.
Washington, May 23 (ANI): Research shows that high-fructose corn syrup can cause behavioural reactions in rats similar to those produced by drugs of abuse such as cocaine.
Kochi May 22 (IANS) Applications have been invited for the INK Fellows Programme 2013 for using the physical and digital platform for sharing innovative ideas, an organiser said Wednesday. The programme will be hosted in Kochi.
Kochi, May 22 (IANS) A pall of gloom has set in at the house of S. Sreesanth here with his parents preferring to stay out of public glare following the cricketer's arrest for alleged spot fixing in Indian Premier League (IPL) matches.
Washington, May 21 (ANI): Increasing the amount of time that elementary schoolchildren spent in gym class reduces the probability of obesity, a new study from Cornell University has found.
Washington, May 18 (ANI): Heavy drinkers who smoke have more problems with their memory, ability to think quickly and efficiently, and problem-solving skills, a study has suggested.
Thiruvananthapuram, May 17 (IANS) Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy, whose government will celebrate its second anniversary Saturday, said he has proved that the majority in the assembly is not that important.
Kochi, May 16 (IANS) A group of ayurveda experts have launched a medical treatment package in cyberspace.
Kochi, May 16 (IANS) Things, at the moment, appear bleak for fast bowler S. Sreesanth, one of the most colourful personalities in Kerala, who shot into prominence by becoming only the second person from the state to represent India in cricket.
Washington, May 16 (IANS) Scientists have estimated that Mars is bombarded by more than 200 small asteroids or bits of comets per year forming craters at least 3.9 meters across, US space agency NASA said.
Lumami, May 15 (ANI): President Pranab Mukherjee on Wednesday called upon the faculty and students of the Nagaland University to search, spread, sense and celebrate innovations in the region.
New Delhi, May 15 (IANS) The All India Football Federation (AIFF) has received three bids from steel major Jindal South West (JSW), a consortium from Kerala and Mumbai Tigers for new I-League Clubs from the 2013-14 season.
Lumani (Nagaland), May 15 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee Wednesday called upon students and teachers in Nagaland to spread innovations.
Shimla, May 14 (IANS) A day after clash among students of Himachal Pradesh University here left at least 12 people injured, the authorities Tuesday constituted a committee to probe the incident, an official said.
New Delhi, May 10 (IANS) Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal and Law Minister Ashwani Kumar were not the first from in the United Progressive Alliance-II to have resigned on corruption charges. The others who stepped down on corruption charges are:
Washington, May 10 (ANI): The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has found signs of Earth-like planets in the atmospheres of a pair of burnt-out stars in a nearby star cluster.
Thiruvananthapuram, May 9 (IANS) Industries Minister P.K. Kunhalikutty Thursday said 40 projects have materialised out of the Emerging Kerala meet held in Kochi last September.
Washington, May 9 (ANI): A biologist and a team of researchers from George Washington University have created the first large-scale evolutionary family tree for every snake and lizard around the globe.
New Delhi, May 8 (IANS) Sanskrit universities in the country are facing a shortage of teachers, Minister of State for Human Resource Development Shashi Tharoor told the Lok Sabha Wednesday.
Kochi, May 6 (IANS) Geojit BNP Paribas, a leading retail stock broker, is all set to launch the country's first ever trading app on Facebook.
Kochi (Kerala), May 4 (ANI): A four-day-long World Congress of Diabetes organised by Diabetes India concluded recently in Kochi, and the outcome of it was that plans are afoot to introduce India specific treatment guidelines of diabetes in the near future.
Kochi, May 3 (IANS) The Indian Navy is committed to promoting self-reliance in military technology to help sustain the country's economic growth, a top naval commander said here Friday.
Kochi, April 29 (IANS) Conductors in Kochi's private buses will also recharge Vodafone subscribers.
Mumbai, April 28 (IANS) The clock is ticking away for an Indian-origin professor at Stanford who is suffering from leukaemia and is desperately waiting for a bone marrow donor match.
Thiruvananthapuram, April 25 (IANS) Ernst & Young Global Services (EYGS) Thursday opened its third Kerala facility at the KINFRA Film and Video Park here.
Washington, April 25 (ANI): The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), set to be launched by NASA in 2018, will be capable of detecting oxygen and water in the atmosphere of an Earth-like planet orbiting a white dwarf after only a few hours of observation time-much more easily than for an Earth-like planet orbiting a Sun-like star, say researchers.
Washington, April 25 (ANI): University of Guelph researchers have created the first-ever vaccine for gut bacteria common in autistic children that may help control some autism symptoms.
Mumbai, April 24 (IANS) Eight months after the Indian government permitted international airlines to invest in domestic passenger carriers, Jet Airways Wednesday announced a 24 percent stake sale to Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways to raise around Rs.2,000 crore ($379 million).
Kochi, April 24 (IANS) The proposed IPO of MobME Wireless Solutions Ltd., India's first telecom campus start-up, has received in-principle approval from the National Stock Exchange of India Ltd. (NSE), while leading credit rating agency CRISIL has assigned it a grading of 3/5.
Washington, April 22 (ANI): A gene therapy approach developed by researchers at Northeastern University in Boston may one day stop Parkinson's disease (PD) in it tracks, preventing disease progression and reversing its symptoms.
Thiruvananthapuram, April 21 (IANS) The central government has approved the introduction of visa-on-arrival (VoA) service at Kerala's Thiruvananthapuram and Kochi airports, a minister said Sunday.
Thrissur (Kerala), April 21 (ANI): A team of veterinary doctors and forest officials conducted a medical examination of scores of elephants ahead of annual festival of 'Thrissur Pooram' in Kerala over the weekend.
London, Apr 18 (ANI): Super slow-motion footage of a moth in flight has revealed how insects use their bodies to hover.
Thiruvananthapuram, April 17 (IANS) The Kerala government Wednesday announced floating a new company to provide potable water in the state.
Washington, April 17 (ANI): A binary star that potentially weighed 300 to 400 solar masses at birth has been observed, which astronomers believe that could be the most massive double star discovered so far.
Gangtok, April 16 (ANI): President Pranab Mukherjee laid the foundation stone of the Sikkim University campus today.
Kochi, April 16 (ANI): Indian Navy personnel in Kochi welcomed a charity ship carrying specially abled crew, which is on world voyage.
Kochi, April 14 (IANS) Veteran comedian and character artiste Innocent, who was suffering from non-Hodgkin lymphoma, says he is cured now and ready to put on the grease paint again.
London, April 14 (ANI): Scientists have revealed that listening to some great tunes equals great sex, as it stimulates the same part of the brain that is triggered by a scrumptious meal or lovemaking.
Washington, April 14 (ANI): Students who are heavy texters place less importance on moral, aesthetic, and spiritual goals, and greater importance on wealth and image, a new study has found.
Kochi, April 13 (IANS) Defence Minister A.K. Antony Saturday inaugurated the online processing of medical bills under the Ex-Servicemen Contributory Health Scheme (ECHS) here.
Kochi, April 12 (IANS) Geojit BNP Paribas Financial Services announced Friday that the BBK Geojit Securities KSC, a joint venture of the company in Kuwait with Bank of Bahrain and Kuwait, will be operational next month.
Kochi (Kerala), April 12 (IANS) Thirty-year-old Rasad Muhammad would never have thought that his desperate search for a kidney would end in a bus journey.
Washington, April 12 (IANS/EFE) Spain will emerge from the current crisis with a much healthier economy, Spanish power giant Iberdrola's CEO, Jose Ignacio Sanchez Galan, said Thursday during an event at Harvard University.
Washington, April 12(ANI): The way our hands look today has been shaped by our behaviour over millions of years, say scientists.
New Delhi, April 11 (IANS) Online career and recruitment solutions provider Monster India has announced the launch of its first virtual career fair in the country April 15-19.
Thiruvananthapuram, April 11 (IANS) The master plan of the prestigious IT project Smart City Kochi was cleared at a meeting held in Dubai Thursday and the work on it is slated to begin in July, officials said.
New Delhi, April 11 (ANI): The Muthoot Group, one of India's leading and diversified business conglomerates and Delhi Daredevils have joined hands to bat for the cause of education of the lesser privileged children in India.
Kochi, April 11 (IANS) Start-up firm AmidRay Technologies, based here, has launched a community Android application "Blockout Traffic", which informs people of choked traffic within a 25-30 km radius, the creators of the programme said Thursday.
Kochi, April 10 (IANS) The Southern Naval Command has said that a marital discord between a serving lieutenant and his wife led to the officer's wife registering a police complaint gainst some navy officials by .
Thiruvananthapuram, April 9 (IANS) After circumnavigating the globe solo in a sailboat, naval officer Lt. Cdr. Abhilash Tomy now wants to do so in a microlight for a unique double.
Kochi, April 9 (IANS) You can open a virtual office in Kerala's commercial capital Kochi paying just Rs.500 a month, thanks to Spacelance.com.
Kazan (Russia), April 9 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The $115 million swimming hall that will host much of the 2015 World Aquatics Championships here is to open Friday, organisers of the University Games told R-Sport.
London, April 7 (ANI): Computer scientists at the University of California, Santa Barbara, have developed a new software, which uses LinkedIn network to guide your career.
Washington, Apr. 6 (ANI): A new line of caffeinated gum by Wrigley's, which promises to sooth commuters on the run, has raised concerns among health experts about the proliferation of such products.
London, Apr. 5 (ANI): American researchers have found the link between the success of a marriage and weight gain or loss.
