The New Indian Express Thiruvananthapuram - January 31, 2025
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January 31, 2025
P T BHASKARA PANICKER MEMORIAL LECTURE HELD
AS part of the Kerala Science Congress organised by the Kerala State Council for Science, Technology, and Environment (KSCSTE), the P T Bhaskara Panicker Memorial Lecture was conducted at Government Women's College here on Thursday.
1 min
Man Gets 78-Year Jail Term for Molesting Minor Girl
A 32-year-old man who abused a minor girl, his wife's relative, was sentenced to 78 years of rigorous imprisonment by the Principal Pocso Court here.
1 min
GST Amnesty Scheme to ease burden on taxpayers
The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) has announced a special amnesty scheme under Section 128A of the GST Act.
1 min
Capital Gets 2 Centres of Excellence to Boost Advanced Research, Training
To assist teachers & researchers, encourage them to mobilise funds from various agencies
2 mins
Can't reduce healthcare, edu spending: Balagopal on state's fiscal ill health
KERALA cannot reduce social sector spending at the risk of the achievements it made in fields like education and health, Finance Minister K N Balagopal said on Thursday.
1 min
Auto Tech Summit to showcase Kerala's electric vehicle potential
THE state capital will host the Kerala Automotive Technology Summit (KATS 2025), a conclave being organised as a precursor to the February 21-22 Invest Kerala Global Summit, on February 6.
1 min
Irdai Puts 10% Cap On Hike In Premiums For Senior Citizens
In a bid to protect senior citizens—the most vulnerable age group with limited income sources—from steep hikes in health insurance premiums, the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) on Thursday capped the annual increase on such premiums at 10%.
1 min
Don't rush '1 poll' plan, says JD(U) at all-party meet
Stormy Parliament session to begin today
1 min
Withdraw brewery nod, demands Chennithala
SENIOR CONGRESS leader Ramesh Chennithala on Thursday demanded that the state government withdraw approval for the brewery project in Palakkad's Elappully panchayat, alleging that the firm, Oasis, was granted permission to set it up without proper consent of government departments and LDF coalition partners.
1 min
Approval for brewery at Elappully smacks of corruption: Satheesan
LEADER OF Opposition V D Satheesan on Thursday criticised Excise Minister M B Rajesh, accusing him of corruption in granting preliminary sanction to Oasis Commercial Private Limited to establish a liquor manufacturing unit in Elappully, Palakkad.
1 min
ED Cases Against 16 Coop Banks, 2 Societies in State
'Irregular loans have been granted, overvaluing mortgaged property'
1 min
Relief for Jacobite faction; apex court sets aside HC ruling on possession of six churches
IN A MAJOR relief for the Jacobite Syrian Church, the Supreme Court on Thursday set aside the order of the Kerala High Court directing the state government to take possession of six churches of the faction and hand them over to the Malankara Orthodox Church.
2 mins
2-yr-old dies after being thrown into well by uncle
A TWO-YEAR-OLD baby girl was allegedly killed by her maternal uncle who threw her into a well near Balaramapuram on Thursday.
1 min
Pocso: After 6 months on run, actor appears before police
ACTOR Koottickal Jayachandran, who had been absconding for more than six months in connection with a Pocso case, appeared before the Kasaba police on Thursday.
1 min
Police Record Statement of Actor in Case Against Director
The police team probing the case against director Sanal Kumar Sasidharan for stalking an actor recorded the victim's statement.
1 min
RSS chief Bhagwat's convoy stopped by Congress activists
IN A MAJOR breach of security, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat's convoy was blocked by a group of National Students Union of India (NSUI) activists here on Thursday evening.
1 min
Campaign Has Desired Effect: Leprosy Cases Decline In State
6th edition of 'Aswamedham' launched, to focus on improving reporting mechanism
1 min
Why Musk's Mars Mission Is Troubled Before Take-Off
Extraplanetary spacefaring has a hoary history in science fiction. Elon Musk, our so-touted Mars visionary, is an avid sci-fi reader. A book he acknowledges as foundational to his outlook is Robert Heinlein's Hugo Award-winner, The Moon is a Harsh Mistress (1967), about an insurrection of the moon's penal colony against the Earth-based Lunar Authority.
3 mins
New Lanka Govt's Honeymoon Over, Tough Calls Await
The Dissanayake regime's move on corruption is laudable. But with the poverty rate doubling, the govt needs to focus on economic recovery while balancing India and China's concerns.
4 mins
HCs allowed to appoint ad hoc judges to clear backlog
Considering pendency of cases, the Supreme Court on Thursday allowed the high courts to appoint ad hoc judges, not exceeding the 10 per cent of the court's total sanctioned strength.
2 mins
Oppn likely to take up Kumbh stampede
THE stage appears set for a stormy Budget session starting Friday, with the Opposition planning to corner the government on a range of issues, but chiefly the proposed Waqf (Amendment) Bill, the Maha Kumbh stampede and the downward trend in economy.
1 min
Trump American nationalist, India-US ties strong
HIGHLIGHTING the strong bilateral ties between India and the United States, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday referred to US President Donald Trump as an \"American nationalist\".
2 mins
JPC's Waqf report with Birla, govt may table it in first half of session
THE Joint Committee of Parliament (JPC) examining the Waqf (Amendment) Bill submitted its report to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Thursday, thus setting the tone for the Bill to be tabled for discussion and passage during the Budget session of Parliament.
1 min
Kejriwal says CEC indulging in 'dirty politics' amid EC nudge
WITH the Election Commission (EC) expressing dissatisfaction with the response of Arvind Kejriwal to its notice over his claim that the Haryana government was \"mixing poison\" in Yamuna river, the AAP supremo on Thursday accused Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar of getting indulged in \"dirty politics\" and alleged that he was seeking a post-retirement job.
1 min
Immigration Among 16 Bills on Govt Agenda
In a well-calculated move, the NDA government may introduce the Immigration and Foreigners Bill during the Budget session of parliament, which will be held from Friday to April 4, with a recess.
1 min
Red meat intake increases dementia risk and cognitive decline, says study
PEOPLE who eat processed red meat have a greater risk of developing cognitive decline and dementia than those who eat very little red meat, according to a new study.
1 min
'No idea where to search for my mom'
After Maha Kumbh stampede, many missing persons untraceable; devotees continue to take holy dip
1 min
Social media sensation Monalisa all set to make silver screen debut
MONALISA, the 16-year-old girl selling garlands and religious beads at the Maha Kumbh, who became a social media sensation owing to her deep hazel eyes, is set to make her silver screen debut.
1 min
Gujarat banker who swindled ₹77 cr extradited to India after 2 decades
AFTER over two decades on the run, fugitive banker Virendrabhai Patel was finally brought back to India, a significant victory for international law enforcement.
1 min
PIL in SC accuses UP govt of lapses, administrative failure
A day after the stampede broke out at Maha Kumbh, killing 30 people, a PIL was filed in the Supreme Court accusing the Uttar Pradesh government of \"lapses, negligence and utter failure of administration\".
1 min
Cross voting, BJP's Babla Chandigarh mayor
ALLEGED cross-voting allowed BJP's Harpreet Kaur Babla to win the mayoral election of the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation on Thursday.
1 min
Didi orders probe after univ teacher in Bengal marries student in class
The West Bengal education department on Thursday ordered an inquiry after a professor at Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University (MAKAUT) at Haringhata in Nadia allegedly married a first-year student inside the classroom, a video of which has gone viral.
1 min
Rape-accused Cong MP from Sitapur arrested during press conference
A chase of nearly two weeks ended when police arrested Congress MP Rakesh Rathore on rape charge in his constituency Sitapur while he was addressing a press conference on Thursday.
1 min
Mid-air collision was preventable: officials
The night was clear; the plane and helicopter were both in standard flight patterns, and there was standard communication between the aircraft and the tower, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said.
1 min
Mid-air collision was preventable: officials
The night was clear, the plane and helicopter were both in standard flight patterns and there was standard communication between the aircraft and the tower, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said.
1 min
Iraqi Man Who Burned Quran Shot Dead in Sweden, 5 Held
AN Iraqi man who carried out several Quran burnings in Sweden has been killed in a shooting near Stockholm, authorities said on Thursday.
1 min
Trump Wants to Send Illegals to Gitmo
President orders construction of detention camp in Cuba to hold up to 30,000 migrants
1 min
Hospital nurse dies from Ebola in Uganda
A nurse in Uganda has died of Ebola in the first recorded fatality since the country's last outbreak of the disease ended in early 2023, a health official said on Thursday.
1 min
Biocon Net Income Declines 96% to ₹25 Cr
BIOCON on Thursday reported a 96% decline in its consolidated net profit to ₹25 crore for the quarter ended December 2024, compared to ₹660 crore in the same quarter last year.
1 min
BOB Net Profit Up 5.6% to ₹4,837 Cr as Margin Falls
SECOND-LARGEST state-run lender Bank of Baroda on Thursday reported ₹4,837 crore net profit in the quarter ending December, which is just 5.6% higher than the ₹4,579 crore it had booked a year ago.
1 min
Investors Pin Hope on Budget as Market Loses ₹27L Cr in Jan
INVESTORS are placing high hopes on the upcoming Union Budget to revive market sentiment as the ongoing equity market downturn has eroded over ₹27 lakh crore of investor wealth in the first month of 2025.
1 min
Adani Enterprises' PAT Falls 97% to ₹58 Crore
Adani Group's flagship company - Adani Enterprises Ltd - barely managed to remain in profit in the recently concluded December quarter (Q3FY25) as its profit after tax (PAT) slipped 97% year-on-year to ₹58 crore.
1 min
Aviom Housing case: RBI files for insolvency
Within days of superseding the board and appointing an administrator, the Reserve Bank has filed an insolvency petition at the New Delhi bench of the NCLT and has appointed a three-member panel of experts to advise the administrator of the housing finance firm Aviom India Housing Finance.
1 min
Demand for hybrid cars will remain strong in 2025
JAPANESE auto major Toyota is confident that demand for hybrid vehicles will remain strong in India going forward owing to its practicality and consumer acceptance.
1 min
Survey May Address Tough Economic Questions
Analysts expect Eco survey to lay out plan to create fiscal room for capex, underline low economic impact from freebies
2 mins
SP Group to seal $3 bn refinancing deal with global funds to repay debt
THE Shapoorji Pallonji Group, which owns 18.6% in over $30.5 billion worth Tata Sons, is close to sewing up a funding deal with a group of overseas alternative asset managers to refinance its outstanding debt that runs in excess of $3.2 billion.
1 min
HC declines to postpone Religare AGM amid proposed takeover bid
The Delhi High Court on Thursday refused to stay the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Religare Enterprises Limited (REL), scheduled for February 7, despite a legal challenge by a minority shareholder over the proposed takeover by the Burman family, owners of Dabur.
1 min
India will build world-class AI model: IT minister
INDIA will develop a world-class foundational AI model that will compete with the best global models, including ChatGPT and Deepseek R1, said minister of electronics and information technology Ashwini Vaishnaw on Thursday.
1 min
No Captains' Shoot, Opening Ceremony
INDIA captain Rohit Sharma will not travel to Pakistan as there will be no captains' photo-shoot or joint press conference ahead of the 2025 Champions Trophy starting on February 19.
2 mins
Blasters break 11-year wait, beat Chennaiyin FC
KERALA Blasters FC delivered a dominant performance, netting three goals to clinch their first-ever away victory against Chennaiyin FC in the Indian Super League with a 3-1 triumph here on Thursday.
1 min
City, PSG stay alive as Arsenal reach last 16
MANCHESTER City came from behind against Club Brugge to reach the Champions League knockout phase, where they were safely joined by Paris Saint-Germain as Arsenal qualified directly for the last 16 on Wednesday in the final round of league-phase matches.
1 min
Narmada shoots down NR to win 10 air rifle gold
TAMIL Nadu's former World Cup-winning shooter Narmada Nithin Raju outgunned her more fancied rivals to win the 10m air rifle gold with a national record, even as Karnataka continued to top the medal tally with another strong show in the swimming pool at the National Games here Thursday.
1 min
MI Cape Town beat Sunrisers, enter playoffs
MI Cape Town booked their maiden entry into the playoffs of the SA20 tournament here with a 10-wicket thrashing of defending champions Sunrisers Eastern Cape here.
1 min
LET'S NOT MESS IT UP
Frequent flash floods have been making lives difficult in the city. To mitigate the situation, a ₹200-crore project is in the pipeline
2 mins
National Theatre Festival begins today
ASTIKYA Foundation is all set to host the pilot edition of Dramatic Affairs - National Theatre Festival, from January 31 to February 2.
1 min
Who is the love for?
ABOUT ten years ago, as part of the popular Burning Man festival in Nevada in the US, Ukrainian artist Alexander Milov exhibited a sculpture titled 'Love'. It features two adult figures sitting back-to-back, seemingly sad and upset.
2 mins
A Gripping Tale of Unyielding Resilience Forged in Gold
Ponman unravels a tense pursuit of gold, laced with humour and deep-rooted emotions, exposing the dark side of the dowry system from a different vantage point with brilliant performances
4 mins
Oscar-nominated live-action short film Anuja set for Netflix premiere
OSCAR-NOMINATED live-action short film Anuja will be released on Netflix on February 5.
1 min
Shine Tom Also Part of Ajith's Good Bad Ugly
ACTOR SHINE Tom Chacko has announced through his Instagram handle that he is part of the Ajith starrer Good Bad Ugly, directed by Adhik Ravichandran.
1 min
Jake Gyllenhaal to Headline M Night Shyamalan's Next
JAKE GYLLENHAAL is set to lead M Night Shyamalan's upcoming film, a supernatural romantic thriller co-created by the latter and novelist Nicholas Sparks.
1 min
Benny Safdie Joins Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey Adaptation
CHRISTOPHER Nolan is reuniting with Benny Safdie for his upcoming adaptation of The Odyssey, marking their second collaboration after Oppenheimer.
1 min
Mammootty Sir Was Incredibly Supportive of Releasing OVVG in 4K
The 1989 classic Oru Vadakkan Veeragatha is set for a re-release in 4K resolution with Dolby Atmos sound on February 7.
1 min
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