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Union Health Ministry has announced an audio-based mobile service that delivers weekly audio messages to families about pregnancy, child birth and child care.

Each pregnant woman and infant’s mother, registered in Mother and Child Tracking System (MCTS), a web- enabled system to monitor and ensure delivery of full spectrum of services to all pregnant women and children, will receive weekly voice messages relevant to the stage of pregnancy or age of the infant.

A 5G future is no longer a distant one, but an upcoming reality. High quality videos of more than 10Mbps can be served simultaneously to 100 users even in a train running at up to 500 km/hour

People can experience data rates that are 100 times faster than currently available technologies.

VHP and Hindu Aikya Vedi leader Kummanam Rajasekharan assumed charge as State president of the BJP here on Saturday.

He will soon convene a meeting of the core committee of the State unit and reconstitute the State Committee of the party. The indications are that he would be inducting many new faces to lead the party in the coming Assembly elections. (updated story)

The Opposition staged a walk-out in the in Kerala Assembly today in protest against the government refusing to accept their demand for an enquiry by Assembly committee into reduction of fire licence fee for high-rise flats.

Government side said a firm no to the demand for probe by Assembly Committee.

Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy told the Assembly today that the pay revision for government employees would be announced at the end of January or early in February next year.

Replying to the notice for adjournment motion given by A. K. Balan (CPI-M) alleging delay in implementation of revision, the Chief Minister said that the government was committed to time bound implementation of the recommendations. There was no need for the employees to go on strike for pay revision.