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A 20,000 sq ft park will be inuagurated in Cochin next month by the Home Minister Kodiyeri Balakrishnan.Open air stage, running tracks, cast iron chairs, green room and chiidren's play area are some of the highlights of the of the park. Constructed under the supervision of GCDA, the park is coming up in the Central Police Headquarters near the High Court.
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Resul Pookutty, who hails from Kerala bagged the Oscar Award for Sound Mixing for the movie, Slumdog Millionaire. He made the nation proud by being the first Indian to win an award for Sound Mixing at the Oscars. |
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Infopark, the IT hub in Cochin is all set to start its second phase of expansion. Though the IT firms across the country are retrenching employees, Infopark hopes to provide opprtunities to 4000 employees at the end of the expansion.
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A nondescript village in Nilambur village in Malappuram district has set an example by saying no to dowry to give further impetus to the anti-dowry movement in India. The starting fact that over 25 percent of the village population had sold their homes to get their daughters married off, sparked the fire for this mass movement, which was readily endorsed by the youth of this village. |
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Kerala holds the rare distinction of being a 100% literate state in India and is going all out to guard this title with zest and zeal. From the next academic year onwards computer studies will be included in the curriculum of primary students to enable them to face the technological boom with confidence.
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One more feather was added to the illustrious cap of this tiny strip of land called Kerala when the biggest naval academy in the whole of Asia was inaugurated at Ezhimala in Kannur district, where the trainee naval officers will undergo training. Spread over 2400 acres of verdant greenery and tropical forests, it was designed to complement and subtly blend with the natural charm of its breathtaking settings. |
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The directive that elephants should not be used for processions and rituals between 11 am and 3pm to minimise the hardships to these gentle giants is praise worthy. Temple authorities in Kerala are arriving at innovative ideas to find a majestic replacement for jumbos for temple processions that fall mostly during the scorching summer months of March – May. A temple in Cherthala has shown the way by using an exquisitely ornate Palanquin made in teak at a cost of over two lakh rupees for its temple processions. |
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There are no two opinions that smoking is injurious to health and the health concious State of Kerala fully endorsed this fact by banning smoking in public. However, what is intriguing is the gaping loopholes in this law. While there is no prohibition on the sale of cigarettes, the shop keepers are not allowed to sell match box or lighter to the customers! So the smoking chimneys have no other way than to carry a match box always in their pockets or chuck out this deadly addiction out of frustration. Strange indeed are the ways adopted by the administration to curb the smoking habit of its populace.
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In the past six months, Kerala has witnessed a rise in crimes involving cell phones. Calling up random numbers and mouthing obsecnities or sending obscene messages is seen to be a great way of amusement for the callers. There has been many cases where callers settle their personal scores using this means. Cochin Cyber Cell received 88 cases in the past six months. |
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