February 5, 2018
We invite you to an engaging talk by Dr Arthur C Brooks (President, American Enterprise Institute, Washington DC) on ‘Abundance without Attachment: The Formula for a Good Life’. Sadanand Dhume (Resident Fellow, American Enterprise Institute, Washington DC) will […]
February 3, 2018
By Dr Martin Patrick| The Times of India | February 2, 2018 The budget has a vision and direction and is a perfect blend of welfare and development. It has tried to identify the crucial problems of Kerala and attempted to intervene. […]
February 2, 2018
Saritha S Balan | The NEWS Minute | Friday, February 02, 2018 The first union budget after the GST rollout has disappointed experts and politicians in the state. While they admit the budget is a calculated one, the general feeling […]
February 2, 2018
Deepa Soman| The Times of India | Feb 2, 2018 Multi-coloured with artistic and often quirky designs on their bodies, with catchy names ranging from that of Gods and Goddesses to pop stars; private buses in Kerala have been style […]
January 29, 2018
Kochiites the youth, the elderly, the differently-abled, irrespective of politics or gender launched the first edition of Public Transport Day on Saturday. Kochi Public Transport Day, a year-long movement is driven by city-based think tank Centre for Public Policy Research […]
January 24, 2018
City governance is a complex system. The governance framework at the city level must be in sync with the with the culture, heritage, economy, competitiveness and institutions. That is the reason just constituting special purpose vehicle is not enough for […]
January 23, 2018
By DHAIRYA MAHESHWARI | National Herald | January 22nd 2018 “PM Modi’s pet experiment of demonetisation has worsened the already bad economic inequality in India, as 85 per cent of our workforce is in the informal sector,” Dr D Dhanuraj […]
January 22, 2018
By Rejimon Kuttappan | JANUARY 21, 2018 | The Lede After Tamil Nadu, pensioners of the Kerala transport Corporation are demanding their unpaid pensions and other dues which have been pending for months now Muraleedharan K, a retired mechanic from the […]
January 2, 2018
The Hindu| Staff Reporter| Jan 2, 2018 UMTA to facilitate seamless integration of transport modes The Cabinet approval to the Kerala Metropolitan Transport Authority Bill on Monday turned out to be a New Year gift to Kochi as it is […]
December 18, 2017
The Quadrilateral or Quad, an international grouping of India, Australia, Japan and the US that was in limbo for 10 years, recently met ahead of the East Asia Summit in Manila […]
December 2, 2017
The Hindu| Staff Reporter| Dec 1, 2017 The design and details of the proposed six-lane Vyttila flyover will be published on the Public Works Department (PWD) website in a week. It is to allay doubts and fears in the minds […]
November 30, 2017
KOCHI: Any diversion plan without traffic mobility assessment will result in traffic chaos. Reiterating the point, various stakeholders say the same will happen at Vyttila if proper traffic assessment study is not carried out before the launch of the construction […]
November 28, 2017
By Express News Service | November 27, 2017 KOCHI: The actual reason which led to the deferment of the launch of preparatory work of Vyttila flyover to December 11 from the originally scheduled November 25 remains shrouded in mystery, […]
November 27, 2017
The Hindu| Staff Reporter| Nov 26,2017 Work on the proposed flyover at the busy Vyttila Junction seems to have started on a wrong note with a postponement of the preparatory works. It was earlier announced that the preparatory work would […]
November 25, 2017
DECCAN CHRONICLE.| SMITHA N | Nov 25, 2017 KOCHI: Stakeholders including officers of the PWD, the implementing agency, were clueless on the design of the much awaited Vytilla flyover even on Friday, one day ahead of the launch of the works […]
November 22, 2017
CPPR 15th Quarterly Lecture, ‘Governance and Politics – Need for a New Paradigm’ to be delivered by Dr Jayaprakash Narayan (Social & Political Reformer and former IAS & MLA). Date & Time: November 22, 2017 | 5–7 pm Venue: Grand Hotel, Kochi. […]
October 30, 2017
T C Sreemol | TNN | Oct 30, 2017 Kochi: Demonetisation has hit the real estate industry in Kochi badly and there is a 26 % drop in land and flat transactions during post-demonetisation period. Between November 1, 2015 and October 31, […]
October 17, 2017
Centre for Public Policy Research (CPPR) hosts Muraleedharan Nair (China Expert & Formerly Indian Consul in China) for a talk on ‘Chasing the Chinese Dream: Xi Jinping at the 19th Party Congress’. Date & Time: October 17, 2017 | 5–7 pm Venue: CPPR […]
October 9, 2017
Sudha Nambudiri | TNN | Oct 8, 2017 KOCHI: For Kochi Metro, Sundays and public holidays are the biggest revenue earning days. According to information on passenger ticket collection received through Right to Information Act (RTI), the highest single day collection earned […]