Monthly Archives: March 2010
Trivandrum –Dammam daily Flight by Jet Airways
Jet airways will start daily flight from Trivandrum to Dammam in Saudi Arabia. The flight will be Boeing 737-800 with premium and economy class seats. Jet airways is currently having daily flights to Abu dhabi, Bahrain, Doha, Kuwait, Muscat and Sharjah.
Blood Donor through SMS in Kerala
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- SMS a Donor
IMA Kerala had launched a new system for getting blood at immediate situations. The system makes us to find the donor through a simple SMS. The replay SMS will provide the name and other details of the blood donor. The request SMS has to be send to the number 9496007007. The required blood group as well as the pin code has to be included in the SMS. The list of the donors will be obtained as replay. This new system will save time which is very precious in critical situations. About 50000 donors had already registered with this new system.
BarCamp Kerala 8 Live Blogging
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- BarCamp Kerala
The first session is Statistical Machine Translation by Deepak P. The session is about the techique of translation. It gave the idea from the basic of the translation technique
The second session is The Mobile web by Shwetank. In this session we got an outlook of the HTML 5 and introduction to CSS3 and
The Third session is Spara which is an introduction to an Energy saving product by Artin Dynamics. The session reminded us the importance of going green. Spara which is a combination of artificial intelligence and innovative hardware is introduced to all the barcampers
The Fourth session web penetration in Kerala -Status report and Forcast by Aravind Jose T.It is a presentation and study of the Internet usage in in Kerala
The fifth session is about the practice of “No Negative Day” which is the quitting of negative things in life for one day in a month. This day is observed in 24th of every month
The sixth session is Y Perl by Alan Haggai Alavi which informed us the relevance of the usage of Perl language which is simple and versatile. The talk discussed from the history to the recent developments in Perl. The talk discussed with the various communities of Perl such as Perl Monks etc and various softwares developed in Perl and various interfaces used
We all had the lunch at the Cafeteria of MACFAST. The lunch session provided the opportunity for informal discussions and talks. During the time, everyone had made new and new contacts.
Rev. Dr. Abraham Mulamoottil, the principal of MACFAST discussed with the attendees his plans of incubating IT firms in the college by next year. A very innovative and welcomed idea in the time of this next IT boom.
The first session in the afternoon is about starting an Entrepreneurship by Adv. Ivin Gancius. The session gave all the attendees an overall idea about starting a firm and the various types of firms. The talk also discussed the aspects on taxation, registrations, trademarks, patents etc
The second session of the afternoon is by Kenney Jacob which is a discussion about various systems of marriages in the current society and in history. A very hot discussion and almost all participants got involved.
A very different session in the whole history of Kerala Barcamp
The 3rd session in the afternoon is about TATA Jagriti Yatra by Niju Mohan who was a participant of this Journey. He shared his experience of the journey with the photographs and videos too
The fourth session of the afternoon is about Network security by Reni Yohannan who is an MBA student from MACFAST. The session discussed the various kinds of security attacks and precuation measures.
The fifth session in the afternoon is Social Media Recruitment by Ajith Sam John. The session is a talk about the recruitment made by companies through the social networking websites. The session reminded the attendees about the importance of updating ones profile in these websites and the concept of keeping the profile “clean”
The sixth session in the afternoon is by Arun Basil Lal who discussed about using of wordpress in creating the website
We all have nice tea and banana roast in between. The tea session is an oppurtunity for informal talks and discussions on various social issues.
Rev. Dr. Abraham Mulamoottil Principal of MACFAST shared his experiences when he was a student abroad and about the development period of computer technology in those days.
The first session after the tea break is eNGO Product Launch by Binny V A. He discussed about the concept of Make a difference. The program is an attempt to provide free English and technology training for under privileged children
The next session is a video presentation of our host MACFAST, the presentation introduced before us the facilities and specialties of MACFAST.
The barcamp wound up by around 5:55 pm.
Earth Hour
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- Earth Hour
Last year earth hour was observed in 35 countries including India. It was practiced in 4000 cities. In India 56 lakh people from 50 cities saved about 1000 Megawatt of electricity. Last year Amir Khan was the brand ambassador of this program and this time it is Abishek Bachan. Historical monuments such as Qutab Minar, Red Fort, Chatrapati Shivaji Terminal, Reserve bank, IIT’s, IIM’s, Hudco etc will took part in this campaign. MNC’s such as Infosys, Wipro, Google, Taj Hotel group etc will also practice the Earth hour in their respective firms.
In Kerala the energy management centre and Geographical study centre are promoting the practice of earth hour. Energy saving and protection of the environment which gets heated up in every second are the message of Earth hour.
The team yeskerala will also practice the Earth hour today
In Ghost House Inn releases tomorrow
The 3rd part of the In Hariharnagar hits the silver screen tomorrow (25-03-2010). The evergreen youths of Kerala Mahadevan, Appukuttan, Govindankutty and Appukuttan are coming once more to light the crackers of comedy. This time the movie is packed with some traces of horror too.
Mrs Kerala Contest
Mrs. Kerala contest will be held at Cochin on August 8, 2010. The competition is an opportunity for the modern woman to brush up their talents, beauty and brain. The contest is organized and managed by Krithi Harmony Events and Promotions. The primary auditions will be held at Bangalore, Chennai, Mumbai, Coimbatore, Thrissur, Kottayam, Cochin and Trivandrum. For the final round 22 participants will be elected. The Mrs. Kerala winner can also participate in Mrs. India contest.
Married Keralite woman from any part of the world can participate in this Mrs. Kerala contest. The participants must be genuine Malayalis. The age range is 21-35. The participants need to obtain NOC from their husbands. The registration forms can be obtained from www.mrskerala.com. The last date for registration is May 26,2010.The contest will be judged by judges of international level. Promotional events such as road shows, seminars, exhibitions, product launching etc will be held various cities inside India and abroad.
Army Training for Lt.Col Mohanlal
Lt. Col Mohanlal will undergo 3 days training at 112 Infantry Battalion of Territorial army in Kannur from March 25, 2010 onwards. This is for the first time Mohanlal is visiting the Army Centre after achieving the rank of Lieutenant colonel.
Mohanlal need to undergo hard and strict military training of 3 days. The training includes weapon practice, special war training for day and night etc. The training will start after special prayer ceremony at the temple in Army centre. Mohanlal will also participate in the march past conducted on 27th from Kottamaithanam ground. Various Territorial Army Officers who had done services in various parts of the nation will be honored in the ceremony held after the march past. This training is intended to make Lt. Col Mohanlal to a Complete army officer for the Territorial army.
