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Adani to operate Trivandrum Airport

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TrivandrumLife>> The Union Cabinet, on Wednesday, approved proposal to lease out Thiruvananthapuram International Airport to Adani Enterprises for a period of 50 years. Though Adani Enterprises had won the bid to operate and manage the airport over a year ago, the state government had been opposing it. The state-run Kerala State Industrial Development Corporation (KSIDC) had participated in the bid, which was finally won by Adani in February 2019. Challenging the decision, the state had argued in high court and supreme court that they must be given preferential treatment considering…

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61 inmates test positive for Covid 19 at Poojappura Central Prison

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Trivandrum>> On Wednesday, 59 inmates of Poojapura Central Jail were tested positive for Covid 19. Most of the convict prisoners and under trials lodged in one of the 11 blocks of the central jail, who tested positive, are asymptomatic. The mass reporting of Covid positive cases came after two prisoners, who showed symptoms of fever, tested positive on Monday. The total number of cases in prison is now 61. Two days ago, the two inmates were taken to Medical college hospital after they developed symptoms of fever. After they turned…

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Health dept seeks police protection, stops test at Pulluvila

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TrivandrumLife>> Due to the recurrent attack against health workers in Pulluvila, the health department has temporarily stopped testing in the area, which is a critical containment area due to spike in Covid cases. Three days ago, a group of people had barged into the Covid First Line Treatment Centre at Pulluvila and attacked health workers. They also threatened to throw out inmates of the centre, who were under treatment for Covid. Following this, the Covid testing has completely stopped at the area for the past three days. Sources in the…

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EdTech Lifology hosts Lifology Parents Summit

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

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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

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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

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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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Week-long Triple Lockdown from Monday in Trivandrum

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TrivandrumLife>> Due to looming threat of community transmission, a triple lockdown has been announced in city Corporation limits on Sunday. The week-long triple lockdown will come into effect at 6 am on Monday (July 6). DGP Loknath Behra said that all major roads will be completely closed during lockdown. Not a single vehicle will be allowed on road, he said. Only hospitals, medical shops and shops selling essential items will be allowed to function in the city limits. All offices, including secretariat, will remain closed. On Sunday alone, the district…

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