UST Celebrates International Women’s Day at Thiruvananthapuram campus

Thiruvananthapuram: UST, a leading digital transformation solutions company, celebrated Women’s Day on March 8 with a series of programmes at its Thiruvananthapuram campus. The event focused on the United Nations’ Women’s Day theme of the theme “DigitALL: Innovation and technology for gender equality” #Transforming Lives – Across Generations – Powered by Technology. The celebrations on March 8 began with a dance and lamp lighting by the special guests Nagaraju Chakilam IPS, IGP and Commissioner of Police, Thiruvananthapuram City, and Dr. Pattathil Dhanya Menon – Cyber Crime investigator /Director, Avanzo Cyber…

Azim Premji University announces admissions for Undergraduate Programmes 2023

Thiruvananthapuram: Azim Premji University, Bengaluru, has announced admissions to its new four-year Undergraduate programmes designed and structured in line with the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020. The programmes aim to prepare and nurture highly motivated, socially conscious, and reflective young citizens capable of self-learning. The programmes consist of four integrated elements — a rigorous disciplinary major, an interdisciplinary component combined with an intensive internship focused on occupational readiness, a set of foundational courses designed to develop capacities to engage effectively with the world, and a whole series of flexible credits…

BBC Top Gear India Awards 2023: Dulquer Salmaan won the Petrolhead Actor award

Mollywood actor and pan-Indian star Dulquer Salman won the Petrolhead Actor of the Year award for his performance in the Hindi film Chup at the BBC Top Gear India Awards 2023. Dulquer Salmaan recently won the Dadasaheb Phalke Film Festival Award as well for his performance in the same movie. He won the award for best actor in a negative role at the Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival Awards. He is the first Mollywood actor to get this award. Chup is a psychological thriller movie written and directed by famous…

The First look of Mammootty Kampany’s Kannur Squad is out

The title and first look of Mammootty Kampany’s new movie are out today. This investigation thriller movie, directed by debutant Roby Varghese Raj, has been titled Kannur Squad, and Mammootty is playing the lead in it. Roby Varghese Raj is one of the popular cinematographers in Mollywood. This movie is Mammootty Kampany’s fourth production venture after Nanpakal Neratthu Mayakkam, Rorschach, and Kaathal, the Core. The screenplay for Kannur Squad has been written by  Muhammad Shafi and actor Rony David Raj. Kannur, Kasargod, Wayanad, Ernakulam, Trivandrum, Paala, Pune, Mumbai, Utharpradesh, Manglore,…

Hindus urge Welsh Government to seriously revisit collective worship in schools

Hindus are urging the Welsh Government to urgently revisit collective worship in schools and rotate it among diverse religions and the thoughts of non-believers. Distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada today, said that Hindus very much liked the idea of prayer in Wales schools, as long as it included the prayers of diverse religions and denominations practiced in Wales and the United Kingdom and the expression of non-believers. Increasingly diverse Wales needed to understand that we were well into 21st century now. Talking about prayer; Zed, who…

Hindus favor prayer in Charleston school board, if it is revolved among religions

Hindus very much like the idea of prayer in South Carolina’s Charleston County School District (CCSD) Board of Trustees meetings, as long as it includes the prayers of diverse religions and denominations practiced in South Carolina and the nation and the expression of non-believers. Talking about prayer; distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada today, said that a reverent petition for help or expression of devotion-love-praise-thanks addressed to an object of worship was important, intensely valuable, significant and uplifting to many of us. Prayer for common good…

Upset Hindus urge Pennsylvania meadery to withdraw goddess Kali alcoholic drink & apologize

Upset Hindus are urging Erie (Pennsylvania) based Ironstone Meadery to apologize and withdraw alcoholic drink mead named after Hindu deity Kali and carrying her image, calling it highly inappropriate. Distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada today, said that inappropriate usage of sacred Hindu deities or concepts or symbols or icons for commercial or other agenda was not okay as it hurt the devotees. Zed, who is president of Universal Society of Hinduism, indicated that goddess Kali was highly revered in Hinduism and she was meant to…

UST Acquires Prodigy Labs, Enhancing its Ability to Drive Digital Transformation in the Financial Sector in Canada

Addition of enhanced end-to-end financial solutions further strengthens UST’s comprehensive portfolio of services Thiruvananthapuram, 31 January, 2023 – UST, a leading digital transformation solutions company, has acquired TCB Corporation, a Canadian technology service company that operates under the name of Prodigy Labs, as part of a deal with Prodigy Ventures Inc. (TSXV: PGV) that will be worth up to CAD12.5 million. A leading provider of innovative technology solutions, Prodigy Labs plays an active role helping financial services firm drive comprehensive digital transformation campaigns. The acquisition significantly strengthens UST’s position in…

Kochi-Muziris Biennale touches the Skies with Air India Express

New tail art unveiled Thiruvananthapuram, 26th January 2023: Air India Express unveiled a new tail art developed at the Kochi-Muziris Biennale and installed on Boeing 737-800 aircraft VT-AXN. The tail art was unveiled by Mr. P. A. Mohamed Riyas, Minister of Public Works and Tourism, Kerala, along with Mr. Aloke Singh, CEO of Air India Express and President of Air Asia India, and Mr. Bose Krishnamachari, President of Kochi Biennale Foundation. The 25-feet-long tail art is an adaptation of an original acrylic painting by artist Ms.Smitha G.S. The painting depicts…

Harare Hindus plan wide-ranging activities during 2023

Hindu Society Harare (HSH) in Zimbabwe seems to have lined-up extensive religious and social activities, projects, celebrations during 2023. These include three daily aartis; twice-weekly yoga classes; weekly havans, Gayatri Pariwar prayer session, Mahila Mandal, Satya Sai Bhajans, Krishnanand Saraswati Prathana, Pushpanjli Bhajans, Art of Living, Swaminarayan Satsang Sabha, Hindu Bhajan Mandal, Shishu Yuvak Mandal, Shivyog. In 2026, HSH will be celebrating 100 years of existence since its founding in 1926. To commemorate this event, HSH plans to publish a book documenting events, photos and various milestones during the last…