Friday’s hartal was for a good cause – to ban Endosulfan, but end does not always justify means.  The rude behaviour of pro-hartal activists has taken the spirit out of the cause.  A group, in the name of hartal, has targeted Technopark on Friday.  In the morning, they blocked the Technopark convoy.  Though escorted by police, the employees had to …

Taking its campaign for a countrywide ban on endosulfan a step further, the ruling LDF in Kerala today called for a hartal on Friday, April 28. The state committee of LDF announced the plan for hartal on April 29 to coincide with the concluding day of the International Convention on Persistent Organic pollutants being held in Geneva. Technopark and other …

Apple has introduced its iPad2 series in India. While the original iPad was introduced in India after almost 9 months, the new series has been introduced within two months of its international release. The price for the 16/32/64GB are respectively Rs.29500, 34500 and 39500 for the WiFi only models, and Rs.36900, 41900 and 46 900 for the WiFi+3G model. BSNL …

Do you ever wanted to be an entrepreneur? Wanted to start a company by your own and wanted to a boss of yourself? A great news for budding entrepreneurs, The startup school is conducting A Session on Business Plan and Product Development for Entrepreneurs in Trivandrum. The program: Understanding business: financials, marketing, team, competition, assumptions Designing your new venture and the …

Indian telecom giant BSNL is all set to introduce a facility to make bill payments through ATMs of all banks in Thiruvananthapuram on a pilot basis. Customers will be able to pay bills of all BSNL services, including post-paid mobile phone, land phone, and broadband internet service, through the proposed ATM-payment system. It will be the first such facility of BSNL …

endosulfan – a dangerous insecticide, causing a major public health disaster in some parts of Kerala and Karnataka for the last 30 years. It is a 50 year old organochlorine pesticide used to control insects on food and non-food crops. Endosulfan is a highly toxic and relatively cheaper pesticide used currently in India, China, Brazil and a few other developing …

Technopark based NeST, a provider of electronics hardware and software services, has become an associate member of GENIVI (www.genivi.org), an automobile industry association to streamline development and support of in-vehicle infotainment products and services. GENIVI’s mission is to drive broad adoption of an open source development platform by aligning automotive original equipment manufacture requirements and delivering specifications, reference implementations and …

Trivandrum-based Malayalam film star Prithviraj married Supriya Menon in a very low – key ceremony in Palakkad Yesterday. The ceremony was attended by close relatives and friends. A reception for the film fraternity and friends is being organised at a leading hotel in Cochin on May 1. Supriya works for a leading news broadcaster based out of Mumbai.Supriya and Prithviraj …

One of the Seven Wonders of the World, the Taj Mahal, located in Agra, India, is the epitome of the Mughal architecture which involves Islamic, Persian and Indian art styles. Today, it is a world’s heritage site under UNESCO. It was built in the 1600s by the then Emperor Shah Jahan (a Mughal) for his third wife by the name …

Indian IT companies will give 12-14% wage hike this year. Tata Consultancy Services will give wage hikes of 12-14 per cent to its India-based staff this year, according to the company sources.Salary hikes for employees in its major offshore markets – the US, the UK and Europe – would be in the range of 2-4 per cent. In emerging markets …

The Hi-Tech Cell of Kerala Police has served notices on eight online piracy sites that offer new Malayalam films, and inquiry is on to find out the IP addresses of the culprits.  While most of these sites have removed the links of new films such as “Urumi,” “Christian Brothers,” and “August 15,” these films are still available on Torrentz.  Most …

With your career, you are going to spend more than 2/3 of your life and of course, a good and right career option can make a significant difference to your lifestyle. You don’t only get high wages with the successful career, but also a good career option is accompanied with relief, happiness and satisfaction of having a bright and comfortable …

Technopark-based Artin Dynamics has emerged winner in the InfoDev Top 50 Innovative SMEs. InfoDev is a technology and innovation-led development finance programme of the World Bank and Internati onal Financial Corporation. It supports SMEs active in the three priority areas of mobile and Information and Communication Technologies, agribusiness, climate technologies and agribusiness. Artin Dynamics has been invited to participate in …

IPSR Announces Recruitment Drive For Wipro Technologies /UST Global (Software) For B.SC/BCA 2009/10/11 Batches 1) Wipro Technologies-WiSTA Date: Wednesday, 27/04/2011 Venue: Kochi (Exact Venue will be announced soon) Time: 9.30 AM This Program is called WiSTA. It aims to provide an   Earn-while-you-Learn opportunity. You can do a 4 year MS Program in Information Technology,  from VIT University, Vellore, a Leading quality …

Android phones are the buzzword for the smartphone fans today. They are having a considerable share in the indian smartphone market. The good reputation of android operating system from google, and millions of supporters and developers around the world, made the android a big success. Many people wanted to buy android mobiles, but not sure about which model to buy …

The media is awash with allegations that discredit civil society Committee members of the Jan Lokpal Bill. The sources are spurious and the accusations are being fueled by the same Ministers who have most to lose if a strong Jan Lokpal Bill is passed. Corrupt politicians will do anything to stop this unique chance to tackle corruption Days ago millions across …

Google, which fooled the world on April 1 by introducing Google Motion, has its own way of fooling itself. Organizers of BarCamp Kerala met with this hilarious incident recently.  BarCamp Kerala is an ad-hoc gathering rooted in the desire to share and learn in an open and friendly environment. One of its organizers created an advertisement for the event BarCamp …

Technopark based RM Education Solutions India Pvt. Ltd. (RMESI), a fully owned subsidiary of RM plc UK, has achieved the coveted BS 25999 certification. The certificate was awarded under UKAS accreditation following a rigorous audit by the British Standards Institution (BSI). Speaking on the occasion, Mr Connell Viegas, CEO of RMESI, said: “RMESI has always focused on best practices across …