Month: July 2020

Rains fill dams to the brim, monsoon still deficient

Jisha Surya

TrivandrumLife>> As two months have passed since the onset of the south west monsoon, the district has received 5 % deficient rainfall in the season. All major dams remain open as the district received heavy rainfall in the past few days. India Meteorological Department is expecting an increase in rainfall activity from August 3 as a low pressure is likely to form over the north Bay of Bengal by August 4. On Thursday, the Kerala Water Authority and the Irrigation department officials received direction from the district administration to open…

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Prison inmates to fill fuel at Poojappura’s Freedom fuel station

Jisha Surya

TrivandrumLife>> In a first-of-its-kind initiative, the Jail Department has associated with Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) to start a fuel station at the Jail premises in Poojappura, where prison inmates will work as filling staff. The new initiative was inaugurated by chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan on July 30 through video conferencing. In addition to Poojappura, Kerala government has allotted three more sites to IOC on lease in premises of prisons at Viyyur in Thrissur, Kannur and Cheemeni in Kasargode. A total of 65 prison inmates will work in the four fuel…

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Trivandrum’s oldest Bakery turns 80

Nisha Nath

By Nisha Nath Though skyscrapers, widened roads and a faster lifestyle have transformed the city, Santha Bakery at Pullimodu junction remains unchanged. For most grown ups in Trivandrum, the aroma of freshly baked cakes and biscuits and taste of delicacies behind the glass shelves come with a dose of nostalgia. Santha Bakery, one of the first bakeries in the city, has successfully completed 80 years and is moving towards a well-deserved century. As I entered the bakery, I was welcomed by a brawny gentleman in his sixties. Santha Bakery is…

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EdTech Lifology hosts Lifology Parents Summit

Trivandrum Life

In a first of its kind initiative, Lifology Parents Summit was held on July 11th & 12th, drew a record participation of 10,000 attendees drawn from 100 cities around the world. Over 100 schools participated in this event drawing an enthusiastic response. Guinness World record holder EdTech Lifology organised the “Parent Summit” in which global experts joined to interact with parents and students to explore the future of education in the oost COVID-19 world. Lifology Parents Summit hosted a range of luminaries from the field of education- Academicians, School Leaders,…

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Technopark to get two underpasses at National Highway

Jisha Surya

July 23: TrivandrumLife>> The National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) has given approval for the request of Technopark to construct vehicular underpass for it. The NHAI has begun preparation of design for two underpasses for light motor vehicles. The tentative locations for the VUPs are at Kulathoor and in front of phase III campus of Technopark. Around Rs 30 crores are expected for the construction of two vehicular underpasses and Technopark has agreed to bear the cost.  Sources said that Technopark made the request so that it will provide easy…

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Online fraud victim gets money back on timely intervention of cyber cell

Trivandrum Life

TrivandrumLife>> A woman in the city was robbed of Rs 70,700 in an online fraud. However, due to the timely intervention of the cyber cell of Thiruvananthapuram city police, around Rs 70,000 was recovered immediately. The woman, a native of Aramada in Poojappura station limits, was cheated by a person who called her mobile phone acting as an SBI officer. Though the victim suspected when he mentioned about activation of the credit card which she received recently, the accused convinced her by giving details of her bank account number. Thus,…

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Techies turn creative to kill lockdown boredom

Trivandrum Life

by Nisha Nath Our childhood stories passed on by grandparents and great grandparents had dramatic accounts of the world war, flu and floods which engulfed their lands and livelihoods. Those were stories of grit and survival. Not even in our wildest imagination, we must have thought we would have to confine within our houses, to save ourselves from a microscopic virus. As the lockdown extends, tripling its effect, the techies are utilizing their boredom or vacant space to acquire or brush up skills which they have kept in mind or buried…

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Positive cases drop following protest at Poonthura

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July 12 I TrivandrumLife>> Resident of Poonthura, Manikyavilakam and Puthanpally areas which reported superspreading events were the highest in the daily reports being released by the health department in the last few days. However, things were different on Sunday. The number of Covid positive cases in the district fell from 121 on Friday to 69 and 40 on Saturday and Sunday respectively.Incidentally, no testing was held in one of the major centres in Poonthura due to the protests by the local residents against health workers in the last two days.…

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Kumarichantha market turns ‘superspreader’ in the city

Trivandrum Life

TrivandrumLife I July 8 >> Like Koyembedu market in Chennai, the Kumarichantha market in Thiruvananthapuram has emerged as the ‘superspreader’ in the city. Within a span of few days, more than 150 patients in three wards in Poothura, Manikyavilakam and Puthanpally have tested positive for Covid 19. The health department authorities are planning to conduct antigen test on around 15 % of the population in these three wards. Around 53 persons were tested positive for Covid from Poonthura alone on Wednesday alone. The district administration and police have closed the…

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What is triple lockdown?

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The triple lockdown, which was first introduced effectively in Kasargode, is a three-phase approach to contain spread of the disease. Due to the lack of proper treatment methods, preventing spread of infections by containment was found to be the best approach in places like Kasargode. Under the triple lockdown, the first approach is general containment strategy by preventing movement of public while the second is to create containment zones after identifying clusters in areas where positive cases are reported. The lock three is a more focussed approach on wherein primary…

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