THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The handmade exhibition titled Hame is all set to present its second edition at the Womens Club in Kowdiar on May 11. The expo organised by eight women entrepreneurs from different parts of the city will feature an array of diverse creations that celebrate the beauty and craftsmanship of handmade and homemade products. Items ranging from jewellery, resin artworks, macrame, crochet, and homemade curry powder would be exhibited. We aim to promote homemade and handmade goods. Th

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM : At 900 metres above sea level, Ponmudi, tucked away in Peringammala village, offers a welcome respite from the summer heat. The peak, nestled in the Western Ghats mountain range, is just 62 kilometres from the Thiruvananthapuram city. According to 'Keralathile Sthala Charithrangal: Thiruvananthapuram Jilla', by V V K Valath, this sanatorium for the mind and body was once a hub of Buddhism and Jainism, and owes its name to Ponnuyir Nathan, another name for Buddha. The book al

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Saplings were planted at the Thiruvananthapuram District Collectorate on Saturday as part of a rapid and intensive afforestation initiative. District Collector Geromic George inaugurated the Miyawaki Afforestation Project along the approach road to the collectorate as part of beautification under the Smart City project. The project aims to increase the citys biodiversity and restore the lost greenery through the Miyawaki model, which is a Japanese afforestation technique. Ad

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A workshop on Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) held at CSIR-National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology (NIIST) here has called upon the scientific community to document traditional knowledge in a judicious manner to guard against their misuse by vested interests by various means including biopiracy. The workshop was held at CSIR-NIIST campus here earlier this week in connection with World IPR Day, for which this years theme was IPR and Sustainable Devel

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Jean-Louis Vincent, a physician and professor of Intensive Care Medicine at the University of Brussels, said that the intensive care units (ICUs) have become more patient-friendly as the current approach is more humane. An influential figure in critical care treatment, Dr Vincent was speaking about the future of intensive care at KIMSHEALTH in Thiruvananthapuram on Sunday. He discussed the evolution of intensive care, noting how it has transformed into more welcoming spaces.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Rebellious she was and beautifully talented. She was barely a woman, or on the verges of it, as she courted Madhavan, whose persona was progressive yet not as captivating as hers. Indulekha, the heroine of the 1889 classic by Oyyarathu Chandu Menon, was more than just a well-bred woman of the late 19th century Kerala she represented the spirit of women, albeit privileged, who could take on regressive and male-centric feudal social structures. Her portrait by the legendary Ra

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM : Kerala is experiencing one of its worst summers ever with the mercury soaring to unprecedented levels. This has had the India Meteorological Department to sound a heatwave alert in the state. While global warming is indeed cited as the primary reason for daytime temperatures remaining unusually high, one cant discount factors like the urban heat island effect or the coastal states maritime climate where average humidity is relatively higher. These mean that when the temperat

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The four-day Asia Pacific Career Development Association (APCDA 2024) conference, jointly hosted by Technopark-based startup Lifology and Kerala Knowledge Economy Mission (KKEM), has called on industries to improve efficiency, productivity and overall worker well-being, aligning with the vision of Industry 5.0 along with larger economic and social development goals. Being held for the first time in Kerala, the conference hosted at Technopark from April 24 to 27 was themed Re-

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A warm send-off was accorded to a team of differently-abled children of Magic Planets Different Arts Centre (DAC) at Thiruvananthapuram International Airport on Saturday participating in an awareness programme in Oman. The students will be attending the programme on autism being organised by the Oman National University of Science and Technology. Christine Rose Tojo, Rukhsana Anwar, Vishnu R, Ardra Anil and Aparna Suresh are the children from the centre who will be attending

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM : Friday broke abuzz with anticipation and excitement as the 2,730 booths in Thiruvananthapuram district opened their doors from 7am to let 28,27,338 voters exercise their right to franchise to elect their representatives for the constitution of the 18th Lok Sabha. A total of 19 candidates are in the fray, 12 in Thiruvananthapuram and seven in Attingal. Probably sensing a crowd later in the day and fearing the afternoon heat, people started flocking to the voting centres right