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
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.
Washington, Apr. 5 (ANI): A controversial Fox News host has sparked anger for saying that there was 'some indication' that 'Jesus may have been gay'.
Thiruvananthapuram, April 5 (IANS) Askar, brother of actor Ajmal Ameer of "Madambi" fame, is set to make his acting debut with the oddly-titled "Holy Shit".
Washington, April 5 (ANI): While it is generally accepted that some important ingredients for life came from meteorites bombarding the early Earth, scientists have not been able to explain how that lifeless rock transformed into the building blocks of life.
London, Apr 3 (ANI): A mathematician from Cambridge University has come up with what he thinks is a sure-fire way to predict the winner at horse races.
London, Apr. 3 (ANI): Allowing people to drink for longer has led to an increase in the number of workers absenteeism, researchers have found.
Kochi, April 2 (ANI): Vice Admiral Scott H Swift, Commander of the Seventh Fleet of the United States Navy, arrived here today on a two day visit.
Washington, Apr 2 (ANI): Your height is still in your hands even if you avoided veggies and milk as a child, a new study has revealed.
London, Apr. 1 (ANI): Britain's greatest poet and playwright William Shakespeare was also a tax avoider and a profiteer, a study has claimed.
London, Mar 30 (ANI): Researchers at Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology in Japan have developed a "smelling screen" that makes smells appear to come from the exact spot on any LCD screen that is displaying the image of a cup of coffee.
London, Mar 29 (ANI): Mariah Carey has been invited to give a masterclass at Oxford University, according to reports.
Washington, Mar. 29 (ANI): Scientists have unveiled a new technique for vaccine design that could be particularly useful against HIV and other fast-changing viruses.
Washington, Mar. 28 (ANI): Disgraced former CIA director David Petraeus has apologized for his extra-marital affair that ensnared his career in an emotional speech at the University of Southern California event honoring the military.
Thiruvananthapuram, March 27 (IANS) The Kerala government Wednesday offered full support to the Kerala Cricket Association (KCA) if the need arose to stage matches at Kochi for the sixth edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) that begins April 3.
Thiruvananthapuram, March 26 (IANS) With Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalitha writing to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh asking for Sri Lankan players and officials to be excluded from Indian Premier League (IPL) matches to be staged in Chennai, the Kerala Cricket Association (KCA) has offered to host these matches at Kochi.
New Delhi/Kochi, Mar. 25 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday lashed out at the Congress-led UPA Government over Defence Minister A.K. Antony's comment that the AgustaWestland deal for 12 VVIP helicopters was tainted, saying it smacks of hypocrisy for the Centre is talking in vague terms instead of identifying the accused and prosecuting him or her.
Kochi, March 25 (IANS) Defence Minister A.K. Antony Monday confirmed that corruption had taken place in the controversial helicopter deal with Italian company AgustaWestland. He added that a new defence procurement policy would soon be ready.
New Delhi, Mar 25 (ANI): Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Dr. M. Veerappa Moily has said that his government will work towards securing energy independence for India.
New Delhi, March 24 (IANS) The public sector gas transmission and marketing company GAIL (India) Sunday expressed the hope that issues stalling its Kochi-Kottanad-Mangalore-Bangalore gas pipeline project would be speedily resolved.
Washington, March 19 (ANI): People suffering from complicated grief may have difficulty recalling specific events from their past or imagining specific events in the future, but not when those events involve the partner they lost.
Washington, Mar 19 (ANI): Skull pieces of an early human buried for 100,000 years at Xujiayao in the Nihewan Basin of northern China exhibit a now-rare congenital deformation that indicates inbreeding might well have been common among our ancestors.
Abu Dhabi, March 19 (IANS/WAM) Japan and Abu Dhabi have held talks over joint cooperation in the field of higher education.
Kolkata, March 18 (IANS) Theoretical physicist and member of the Presidency Mentor Group (PMG) Ashoke Sen has donated Rs.25 lakh to the Presidency University Vice Chancellor's Fund for excellence.
Beijing, March 16 (IANS) China's top universities began their annual independent recruitment exams Saturday, with English no longer included among the compulsory subjects.
Berlin, March 16 (IANS) Olive oil leads to satiety, shows a study that points out the mechanism behind it.
Washington, Mar 15 (ANI): For those with irritable bowel syndrome who wonder if stress aggravates their intestinal disorder, a new study has shown that it's not all in their head.
Thiruvananthapuram, March 14 (IANS) Six months after the "Emerging Kerala" meet was held in Kochi to showcase opportunities to investors in the state, 30 projects under it have so far been cleared, state Industries Minister P.K. Kunhalikutty said Thursday.
Kochi, March 12 (IANS) The Catholic Church in Kerala expects that the new pope would be elected by Thursday morning, a church official said Tuesday.
London, Mar. 11 (ANI): Diabetes drugs, which are delivered in a simple nasal spray could also have a remarkable effect on Alzheimer's disease, scientists have claimed.
Chennai, March 11 (IANS) Low-cost air carrier AirAsia Monday announced promotional fares for Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur from different cities of the country.
Kochi, March 11 (IANS) Billed as India's biggest shopping mall, the Lulu Shopping Mall was inaugurated by Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy here. It was built at a cost of Rs.1,600 crore, an official has said.
Kochi, March 10 (IANS) Billed as India's biggest shopping mall, the Lulu Shopping Mall was inaugurated by Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy here Sunday.
Thiruvananthapuram, March 8 (IANS) Numerous events marked International Women's Day Friday in Kerala, India's most literate state. There were some not-so-pleasant moments too.
London, Mar. 8 (ANI): Canada's Arctic Archipelago glaciers will melt faster than ever in the next few centuries.
Kochi, March 7 (IANS) Cochin Port hosted an important guest Thursday when Archbishop Desmond Tutu - modern day apostle of peace and Nobel laureate - came calling as a tourist.
London, Mar.7 (ANI):New research is aiming to produce hearing aids which can distinguish better between speech and background noise and benefit the lives of the six million people in the UK with hearing impairments.
London, Mar.7 (ANI):New research is aiming to produce hearing aids which can distinguish better between speech and background noise and benefit the lives of the six million people in the UK with hearing impairments.
London, March 6 (ANI): People with mental disorders are at increased risk of being victims of homicide, a new study has revealed.
Washington, Mar 6 (ANI): Nearly half of Africa's wild lion populations may decline to near extinction over the next 20-40 years without urgent conservation measures, a report has said.
Kochi, March 3 (IANS) Services won the final of the 67th Santosh Trophy here Sunday at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium by beating hosts Kerala 4-3 on penalties in a closely fought soccer contest.
Washington, Mar 2 (ANI): The myth of altruism and generosity surrounding Mother Teresa has been dispelled by a group of researchers, who claim that her hallowed image-which does not stand up to analysis of the facts-was constructed, and that her beatification was orchestrated by an effective media relations campaign.
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 28 (IANS) National award winning actor Salim Kumar's Oriya movie "Unga" goes on the floors, with a silent scene being shot on the first day.
