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Diarrhoea outbreak in Thrikkakara; 72 ill, 20 seek treatment

WITHIN one month, the Thrikkakara Municipality has witnessed another diarrhoea outbreak. As many as 72 residents of Olive Courtyard, a flat complex in Edachira, have been reported with symptoms of diarrhoea, fever and vomiting, and 20 people sought treatment at various hospitals.

Case against parishioners for restricting new administrator

Police have booked some of the parishioners of St. Martin de Porres Church at Palarivattom for preventing the new church administrator from taking charge by locking him out.

Corp to install pen boxes in schools for ₹10 lakh

WITH the aim of inculcating the habit of proper and sensible disposal of waste, especially plastic waste, the Kochi Corporation, in an eco-friendly move, is set to install as many as 100 pen boxes at schools in the city, a facility exclusively to collect and recycle used pens.

Malappuram man held with hybrid ganja at airport

THE customs on Monday intercepted a passenger and seized hybrid ganja amounting to over ₹3.5 crore at the Kochi airport.

GCDA to execute 'Mini Sports City' project in two phases; fixes design

Demolition of gallery of old stadium near KSRTC bus station to be completed in 15 days

Army to unveil Lt Radha Mohan Naresh's memorial

THE INDIAN Army will unveil a statue and memorial in honour of Second Lieutenant Radha Mohan Naresh, a brave hero from Karunagappally who sacrificed his life during the 1971 Indo-Pak War.

Kerala aims kicking biz goals even as Messi's arrival remains doubtful

Sponsors to implement reward point-ticketing system instead of opting conventional sale

Reservation can't be based on religion: SC

RELIGION cannot be the basis for granting reservation, the Supreme Court said on Monday, while hearing a batch of pleas, including one by the West Bengal government, challenging the Calcutta High Court's decision to quash the Other Backward Class (OBC) classification of 77, mostly Muslim, communities.

₹800 cr in 4 days, Pushpa rules box office

EVER since he rose on the screen in 2021, Allu Arjun's Pushparaj has become an unstoppable force of nature.

Revenue Secy Sanjay Malhotra is new RBI chief

To assume charge on Wednesday; will have to fight high inflation and slowing growth

Norris triumphs to help McLaren seal title

LANDO Norris coolly claimed victory in a tense, emotional and incident-filled Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on Sunday to deliver McLaren's first constructors' championship in 26 years as Lewis Hamilton finished a remarkable fourth in his final race for Mercedes.

Real close gap on Barcelona

JUDE Bellingham guided champions Real Madrid to a comfortable 3-0 victory at Girona on Saturday in La Liga, with Kylian Mbappe also on the scoresheet after two high-profile penalty misses in recent games.

Gukesh takes giant leap towards title

On Sunday, D Gukesh took a giant step towards becoming the youngest World chess champion in history after beating Ding Liren with White pieces.

Adelaide not so pretty in pink for the visitors

Cummins takes fifer as Australia level series 1-1 with 10-wkt win

Super outcome for shuttler Sathish in Guwahati

SATHISH Kumar Karunakaran is one of the singles aspirants from India looking to follow the path of Lakshya Sen at the highest level.

Big victory for Chelsea, Arsenal held by Fulham

CHELSEA roared back from two goals down to beat Tottenham 4-3 on Sunday, moving just four points behind Premier League leaders Liverpool.

Returning from injury, Priya claims 76kg crown

PRIYA Malik had won a handful of international medals in age group events and also bagged a bronze in her international debut in senior category at the Asian Championship last year.

Unlocking ₹1 L cr unclaimed bank deposit coffer

New Banking Act along with recent RBI circular may make it easier for depositors to claim money stuck with banks

HOW TO MAKE SENSE OF DIVERSIFICATION

The year 2024 was an eventful one. Gold prices touched a record high, gaining 25% or more. Equity prices, represented by the Sensex and the Nifty 50, rose 13%. The broader market did even better if you look at the performance of a broader index like the Nifty 500. Crypto markets witnessed Bitcoin touching the price of $100,000.

TORCH-LIGHT ON MULTI-CAP FUNDS

AFTER commencing a discussion on Multi Cap Funds in the last column, let us now turn the Torchlight on some randomly selected funds from this category.

New office of Pierian Services opened in Kochi

PIERIAN Services Private Ltd, a global business services company, opened its Kochi office at Prestige Cyber Green 1 in SmartCity, Kakkanad, on Sunday.

Over-aggressive fiscal deficit target to hit growth, says CII

AMIDST the growing voices for a less aggressive fiscal consolidation road map, industry body Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has suggested sticking to the fiscal deficit target of 4.9% of GDP for FY25 and a target of 4.5% FY26.

Ghana's ex-prez John Mahama wins election

GHANA's former president John Drahami Mahama won a historic comeback election victory on Sunday after the ruling party accepted defeat with voters appearing to punish them for the government's handling of an economic crisis.

S Korean prosecutors detain ex-defence chief over martial law imposition

SOUTH Korean prosecutors on Sunday detained a former defence minister who allegedly recommended last week's brief but stunning martial law imposition to President Yoon Suk Yeol, making him the first figure detained over the case, news reports said.

Don says Kyiv would like to make deal to end war

DONALD Trump on Sunday called for an immediate ceasefire in Russia's war with Ukraine and the president-elect renewed warnings that he was open to pulling the United States out of NATO.

Chinese warships near island, says Taiwan

CHINA sent 14 warships, seven military aircraft and four balloons near Taiwan between Saturday and Sunday, according to Taiwan's Defence Ministry, as Beijing ramps up pressure on the island it claims as its own.

B'desh adviser optimistic over bilateral talks with India

BANGLADESH and India will be able to overcome the stalemate in the relationship witnessed in recent months, Foreign Affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossain said here on Sunday.

Israel seizes buffer zone along Syrian border, says Bibi

ISRAELI Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday he ordered the Israeli military to \"seize\" a demilitarised buffer zone on the border with Syria after the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad in Damascus.

Syrians celebrate fall of Assad family rule

Ex-president and family reportedly in Moscow; crowds ransacked his home after rebels swept into capital

Maoists kill another woman in Bijapur dist

AFTER an Anganwadi assistant was killed at Basaguda in an edgy Bijapur, the Maoists strangled another woman to death in the same district, police said on Sunday.