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Nobel laureates Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo are among speakers invited to the event Nobel laureates Mr. Abhijit Banerjee and Ms. Esther Duflo are among the speakers invited to #Future 2020, the Digital Summit of Kerala, that will be held at Hotel Grand Hyatt in Kochi on April 2 and 3.Billed...

Mr. Manoj Abrahan, ADGP, State police headquarters,and cyber dome nodal officer, has been conferred with an international award in recognition of his exemplary work in the fight against promotion and distribution of child pornography over the Internet. He received the award from Mr. Paul Gryftas, Interpol Specialist Group Chair, at...

Understanding the human behaviour and unlearning are the key components for a sound designer to create impactful sound designs, said Mr. Resul Pookutty, Oscar winning sound designer. “While working in the Hindi film “Blue”, I had felt the responsibility of recording the sound in the deep sea to explore how...

Experts call for a Department of Design for the state to emerge as a creative hub of the world. Kerala will develop a Design Policy that will promote sustainable infrastructure development in the state and the government will launch the Kerala Design Festival from 2020. Speaking on the concluding day...

The draft report for converting the National Institute of Speech and Hearing (NISH) into a state university for the differently-abled is under consideration of the government, Mrs. K.K. Shailaja, Minister for Health, Social Justice, and Women and Child Development, said recently. The Minister was speaking while inaugurating the 22nd anniversary...

The 11th edition of the Kerala Travel Mart (KTM) will be held at Kochi in September 2020, as India’s largest congregation of tourism industry will see stakeholders across the country and abroad seek new ways to promote business. Announcing the event at a press conference on October 17, Mr.KadakampallySurendran, Tourism...

NRI businessman Mr. Ravi Pillai’s RP Group will be investing Rs 11,000 crore in the tourism and hospitality business sectors globally to acquire and develop properties in India, Europe, the Far East and the US. Raviz, the group’s own hospitality brand, will be evolved into an independent global brand to...

The Middle East’s billionaires have accumulated their fortunes through a wide range of sectors, with the diversified sector topping the list, followed by telecoms and banking. With $4.7 billion Mr. M.A. Yusuff Ali, Chairman and Managing Director of LuLu Group International, is the richest among the eight Indian billionaires residing...

Social media giants Facebook and Twitter showed commitment to invest in Indian startups at Huddle Kerala-2019, billed as “Asia’s largest tech start-up congregation”, in Kovalam. Facebook has come forward to put direct equity in technology start-ups in India. Not to be left behind, Twitter cofounder Christopher Isaac Biz Stone too...

The second annual summit of Loka Kerala Sabha, a common platform for the cultural, socio-political and economic integration of non-resident Keralites, will be held in the state, on January 2 and 3 next year. The first convention will be held at the Legislature Complex in Trivandrum. The organising committee which...