UNWTO Asia/Pacific Executive Training Programme on Tourism begins in Kovalam

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Trivandrum: The 12th UN World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) Asia/Pacific Executive Training Programme on Tourism Policy and Strategy got off to a start with the Union Minister of State for Tourism, Shri K J Alphonse inaugurating the event on March 18, 2018. International delegates from 16 countries are attending the Executive Training Programme that has ‘Tourism & Technology’ as its focal theme and would conclude on March 22nd.

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SAC Trivandrum to host Multilateral Air Exercise from March 12-17

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Trivandrum: A multilateral Air Force exercise named ‘Samvedna’ will be conducted by Southern Air Command (SAC) from March 12-18, 2018. This is the first composite Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) Air exercise in the South Asian Region and would involve representatives from Air Forces of Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal and UAE. However, Maldives would not be participating in this exercise.

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DDK Trivandrum goes digital, curtains down on analogue terrestrial transmission

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Trivandrum: It was a well-planned and deliberate death but very few people seem to have noticed it. It was a blank blue television screen that greeted some people on the morning of March 1st, for those who were still using the good old TV antenna, the traditional way, to see Doordarshan (DD). While most thought it was a temporary issue which would sort out on its own, some did try to check their antenna connection and some took their TV sets to a repair centre only to hear the news…

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