Chelation Therapy-For Heart Diseases, Cancer Treatments
Chelation therapy is a treatment for mercury and lead poisoning. Chelation therapy is one of several effective treatments for heart disease, cancer, and other conditions. More »
Vyttila Mobility Hub
Vyttila Mobility hub is a transit terminal for all ways of transportation which is going to be a big entrée to Kochi. More »
Kochi Metro Rail Project
Metro Railway is coming to reality in Kochi. More »
Flower Show @ Kottayam
Flower show organized by Agri-horticultural society has started at Kottayam. The show is taking place at Nagambadom Municipal playground. The show started on 12thJanuary 2012 and will be end on January 15. The event showcases varieties of flowers and medicinal plants. More »
K. M. MATHEW REMEMBERED
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh remembered Malayala Manorama’s former Chief Editor, late K.M. Mathew, as an “Indian legend”. He was speaking on the function of unveiling the album containing commemorative stamp on K.M.Mathew issued by the Department of Posts from Union Communication Minister Kapil Sibal at his office in Parliament House. He continued that Mathew left a legacy for people to follow as he received an album containing commemorative stamp on him. The album contained the First Day Cover honouring Mathew, which were released all over the country yesterday, which was the day of K M Mathew’s first death anniversary. Paying tributes to Mathew, Sibal said Mathew was a true nationalist who promoted great values through his newspaper and had worked hard for national integration and communal harmony.
It was the member of Rajya Sabha Mr.P.J. Kurien, who requested the Government to issue a stamp honouring Mathew, and said he had been a source of inspiration for many people and everyone who met Mathew was touched by his nobility and wisdom.
Mathew, former Chairman of Press Trust of India, played a key role in making Malayala Manorama one of the major Indian language dailies after he took over the reins of the media house .
Born on January 2, 1917, Mathew joined the organisation as Managing Editor in 1954 and became Chief Editor in 1973. He launched many publications such as women’s magazine ‘Vanitha’ in Malayalam and English, the English magazine ‘The Week’, farmer’s magazine ‘Karshakasree’, children’s magazines ‘Balarama Amar Chitra Katha’ and ‘Kalikudukka’ in Malayalam and ‘Magic Pot’ in English and the encyclopedic ‘Manorama Year Book’ in Malayalam, English, Hindi Tamil and Bengali. He encouraged young talent, and several professionals were specially trained and oriented to a popular style of journalism that in many ways changed the face of newspapers and the style of newspapering in Malayalam. He triggered a host of development projects in Kerala by initiating a series of seminars on industry and environment.
Mr. Mathew wrote two books, Ettamathe Mothiram (The Eighth Ring), an autobiography, and Annamma, in memory of his late wife.
In 1988, he received the Padma Bhushan. Mathew was honoured by several other awards, including Foundation of Freedom of Information Award (1991), National Citizen’s Award (1992), Ramakrishna Jay Dayal Award (1995), Durga Prasad Chaudhary Award (1996), and BD Goenka Award (1996).
Certainly, as Chief Editor of Malayala Manorama group, KM Mathew set new benchmarks in language journalism, and spearheaded a media revolution. He was a visionary who left a mark on the Indian media industry.
Bhagavata Hamsam Brahmasree Malliyoor Shankaran Namboodiri Passes Away
The well known Pandit Bhagavatha- Hamsam Mallioor Shankaran Namboothirippad (91) passed away this tuesday morning at his residence following a stroke. He was badly ill for some period due to old age diseases. Starting his life as a temple priest he later found interest in Bhagavatham narration and dedicated his entire life to it.
Inspite of flying in the skies of knowledge and excellence, his life was as simple as that of a common man. He never expressed himself to be more important than any others and that tells the greatness of his personality.
He dedicated his humble life to the worship of Lord Ganapathy and to the rendering and exposition of the Bhagavatham. He was born on February 2, 1921 as son of Malliyoor Parameswaran Nampoothiri and Arya Antharjanam. Malliyur Sankaran Namboodiri was not born with silver spoon in his mouth.
His father was not keen on sending him to school only because he thought that by doing so his son will lose his Brahmanya and will get into bad company. And thus at the age of 14 Sankaran Namboodiri started learning Sanskrit. He became ill due to prolonged working hours at the temple, studies and lack of adequate rest. It all started with indigestion. his health deteriorated further in a matter of a year and was taken various places for treatment.But nothing worked for him and finally he turned to Lord Guruvayoorappan as his final resort. He took this decision upon his mother’s advice.
And thus Sankaran Namboodiri reached the Sree Krishna temple at Guruvayur. It was there that Sankaran Namboodiri met the scholarly devotee Brahmasri Padappa Namboodiri who stayed at Guruvayur at that time. It was at this revered place that Padappa Namboodiri blessed his new devotee with lessons of Bhagawatha. It’s an unwritten rule that one should read the Bhagawatha everyday after learning the Bhagawatha. Thus Sankaran Namboodiri started reading out the Bhagawatha and along with it he also explained the same in a vivid manner. It was a moving experience for those who happened to listen to Sankaran Namboodiri. His Bhagawatha reading was well appreciated by one and all and soon he returned to his Illam.
Sankaran Namboodiri continued his pursuit for knowledge and visited various temples and maths showering his knowledge on others. His in-depth knowledge of Bhagawatha and its interpretations had good following wherever he went.
His Bhagavatham sessions are renowned for their blend of simplicity and erudition, attracting thousands of devotees. He was awarded the title Bhagavatha Hamsam, having successfully completed 2,500 Bhagavatha Sapthahas. He also awarded the ‘Poonthanam Puraskaram’ instituted by the Akhila Bharatha Sree Guruvayoorappan Bhaktha Samithi and ‘Dharmashreshta puraskara’ by Kerala Barahmana Sabha.
Sankaran Namboodiri’s navathi was celebrated on January 31. His wife is late Subhadra Antharjanam , daughter of Mezhathoor Arappanattubhattathiri . His children are Parameshwaran Nampoothiri, Aryadevi, Parvathi Devi, Divakaran Nampoothiri.
The number of people coming to his house seeking blessings increased day by day but it never changed him. He was as humble as ever. Malliyoor Shankaran Namboodiri led a life to be praised of. He was a man to be admired and his death is a great loss to the mankind.
SAMSUNG GALAXY S II – THE SMARTTEST PHONE
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Samsung is now presenting the master of all smart phones – SAMSUNG GALAXY S II. It is the fastest in dual core processing and most seamless in wireless connectivity. And that makes it not just a smart phone, but the best of them.
On the 4.27 inch screen, the phone display colors truly vivid and distinguishable. The separations are also too clear between the light and the dark with extra contrast ratios. The GALAXY S II has an amazing response time of .01 milliseconds that makes the video enjoyment more smoother and enjoyable eliminating the motion blur.
Its panel is extra slim – .2mm thinner than SUPER AMOLED PANELS which adds to its beauty. Also it consumes low power than others. The dual core processor eases the switching between tasks giving us more time to do what we truly enjoy. The fast graphics processor does not even make us feel that we are buffering.
The CORTEX Dual core processor improves the video capture quality and smoothens the playback. It’s the lightest smart phone weighing just about 116 grams with a thickness of 8.49 mm. The model has a metallic look and tactile surface that prevents slipping off from hands. Despite of having a large battery capacity, the phone is extra slim and is scratch resistant too.
An entire movie can be downloaded in minutes with the downloading speed of 20 mbps provided by HSPA. It also has an uploading speed of 5.76 mbps. Once connected we can listen to music, set ring tones, transfer files and much more without interruption.
In the entertainment field, it offers a readers hub that provides instant access to thousands of books newspapers and magazines in various languages. It gives over 2.2 million e- books, 2000 newspapers (in 49 languages) and 2300 magazines (in 22 languages). We can have access to the social network by the social hub through which instant messaging and SNS is possible on one screen.
The game hub is pre- occupied with the most popular social games such as ‘WE CITY’ and ‘WE RULE’ and also many more HD games that are optimized for this version.
It has a main camera of high resolution 8 MP equipped with a brighter BIS sensor that improves the definition and declines noise. 4x digital zoom and LED flash is also incorporated to enhance the performance in low – light situations.
The Bluetooth version is 3.0+ HS with a data transfer rate of 24 mbps. In short it makes our world so big and keeps it at our fingertips.
PEERMADE: A PLACE OF BEAUTY TO VISIT
Peerumed
Peermade is a small beautiful place that lies in the district of Idukki in Kerala. The cold climate of this region adds to its peculiarities.
Traveling along NH 220 the change in climate can be felt as we pass the Mundakkayam bridge. On crossing the bridge a cold breeze slashes our cheeks as if it tells of the approaching weather.
From there the topography changes to hilly. The roads are cut around small hills and a marvelous scenario of deep valleys and joined hills will turn on infront of our eyes. It is beautiful enough to make everyone praise the beauty,who comes there.
Long waterfalls seem as white lines drawn on a black background of rocks. As we move on the number of houses gets fewer and woods grew thicker.
The vehicle crawls up the twisted and steep road and mist will pass by our windows. It brings the cold which enters deep into our nerves and we feel our ears shut unable to hear the voices.
The natives used to wear ear caps to avoid this uneasiness and it serves remarkably well. The place has tourists althrough the year and we can see the small shops by the side of the road expecting them.
Paruthumpara
The destinations of most visitors include places like Panchalimedu and Parunthumpara.
Panchalimedu is a small hill which has a temple and it’s a pleasure walking there on the mountain that runs to the horizon. No bus service is there to this place and we should hire a jeep or an auto to reach there. And it’s fairly available to all those who wish to visit the place.
The latter is a steepy barren hill full of rocks and standing there, we feel to be on top of the world. Humans in the valley are hardly visible and large vehicles seem to be small toys. It’s comparatively easier to reach Parunthumpara than the former.
Two small palaces are also there nearby, which are somewhat surrounded by forest. They always welcome visitors to reveal our great tradition before them.
Strong wind always blew here which increases the strength of the cold. The wind is so strong that it often damages our umbrellas.
There are a number of resorts to facilitate the residing of the tourists. Three professional colleges function in this place and a thick pine forest stands there inviting visitors.
In short the beauty of the place is too attractive that no one who visits there will ever be able to forget the journey.
Joint sector business city coming to Angamaly by INKEL
INKEL
A joint sector business city is about to launch in Angamaly by the Infrastructures Kerala Ltd (INKEL). The city seems to be a bless to all those entrepreneurs wishing to launch a unit in the heart of Kochi.
The city provides every basic necessity for the investors and they only insist upon environmental safety.
The project is intended to be completed in two phases.The firest phase is expected to be launched by 2012 March.The second elaborated plan will be started after analyzing the success of the former.
The city has 40 modules and its upto the investors whether they would like to take upon as modules or storeys.
The contract will be based on a lease with Rs.2500/sq.feet. Known business groups are already dreaming of this project which has an initial estimate of Rs.40 crore.
The investors or entrepreneurs should deal with the formalities to start the unit. However assistance will be offered by INKEL.
The INKEL claim of providing facilities such as data connectivity,electricity,water etc.We hope this to be a landmark in the way of Kochi which is heading towards the title of a metro.
Revised Kerala Budget 2011-12 by K.M. Mani
Revised Kerala Budget 2011-12 by Finance Minister, K. M. Mani
K M Mani
Kerala Finance Minister K. M. Mani presented the Revised Kerala Budget for 2011-12
Rs: 500 cr for making one lakh new jobs
Rs: 5 cr for starting Kodimatha Mobility Hub at Kottayam Dist.
4 new medical colleges at Kasargod, Idukki, Pthanamthitta, Idukki districts
Rs 300 as pension for small scale farmers
Rs 30 cr for capital city development
Housing schemes for fishermen
Rs 325 cr for public works
lottery draws on every day of the week
25 lakh for Pilgrim tourism at Bharananganam
Rs 5 cr for first phase of hill-highway
Rs 25 cr for Kochi Metro project.
More low floor bus services at Trivandrum
Global positioning system for KSRTC
Traffic technology improvement with the help of keltron
Women and Children hospitals in all districts.
New sports complex @palai.
Rs 100 cr financial assistance to KSRTC.
Vizhinjam port project-180 cr.
1 cr for Padmanabhaswamy Temple.
Sport complex project for Poonjar.
Development of sports stadiums-120 Cr.
Kerala’s internal debt Rs 88,887 crores in 2010-11, Kerala in debt trap.
Ernakulam-Sabarimala State Highway -2 Cr.
More fund To strengthen ‘Kudumbasree’ networks.
Sez for luxuary cars, foreign liquor.
Priority for road development.
Rs 5 cr for Sabarimala, zero-waste project
Legal aid cell for NRI’s.
Free entrance coaching for SC students.
IT parks at small towns.
Volleyball academy at Idukki.
Technical training institute at Chavara, kollam.
13 more essential commodities Through public distribution system.
5000 more job opportunities at khadi sector.
2 cr for Mala spinning mill.
44 cr for Kottayam, Alapuzha, Trissur Medical colleges.
Education loans through K.S.F.E.
10 cr for ring roads.
30 cr allotted for establishing Kannur Airport.
Emerging Kerala – New Investment meet will be conducted in the name of Emerging Kerala like the previous UDF Govt’s Global Investment Meet.
Comparison between HDFC Prudence Fund and DSP BlackRock Balanced fund
HDFC Prudence Fund
It is an open ended growth fund by HDFC Mutual Fund. Fund launched on 16 Dec. 1993. Prasanth Jain is the fund manager. Rs 5000/ is the minimum investment needed. Fund gave best returns to investors. It is one of the experienced funds in India. Last one year return from this fund is 12.4%. Prasnth Jain is carefully leading this fund. Last six month performance of the fund was affected by the market violations. The fund gave 25.6% and 19.3% annualized return in the last two and three years respectively. Performance of nifty in 2008 was pathetic. It gave a negative return of 51%.Comparatively better performance was done by the fund during the period. They gave a negative return of 42.5% only.
State Bank of India, ICICI Bank, Infosys Technologies, Tata Consultancy Services, Bank of Baroda, Coal India, Titan Industries, Oil & Natural Gas Corporation, Page Industries, Bharti Airtel, Reliance Industries, Bharat Petroleum Corporation, 3M India, Tata Steel, Pidilite Industries and Cipla are the main stocks included in its portfolio. Banking, oil & gas and technology are the industries preferred by this fund. NAV of this fund closed @ 213.94(2 June. 2011).
DSP BlackRock Balanced fund
- DSP BlackRock
This is a quality open ended fund. Apoorva shah is the fund manager. The fund started in 1999. Rs 5000/ is the minimum investment needed. Fund gave fabulous returns to investors. Fund’s one year return is 9.2%. 2008 was a nightmare for stock market investors. Nifty collapsed 51%. But this fund gave only (-38.6%) return in 2008. This is comparatively better performance. Nifty performed very well in 2009. It gave a return of 75%. The fund gave 63.6% return in 2009. This is a low risk fund for conservative investors. This fund can save investors from drastic market falls. The fund gave 16.2% and 11.2% return in the last two and three years respectively.
Tata Consultancy Services, Hosing Development Finance Corporation, ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank, Cairn India, Oil & Natural Gas Corporation, Hindalco Industries, Bharat Petroleum Corporation, Coal India, L & T, Bank of India, ITC, Godrej Properties, Info Edge India, Tata chemicals, Tata Power company, Bayer Cropscience, Torrent pharmaceuticals are the important stocks included in its portfolio. Banking, Oil & Gas, Engineering are the sectors preferred by this fund. 71.59% of the amount is invested in equities. 17.02% amount is invested in the debt instruments. There is no entry load in this policy. There will be 1% exit load if it is redeemed within one year from the date of allotment. NAV of the fund closed @ 66(2 June. 2011).
