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Kerala, Kovalam | That ‘Abeyaar’ moment

Despite having neither a real mermaid, nor a slow-motion Manisha Koirala, Kovalam manages to awe Kerala’s young immigrants

Thiruvananthapuram has changed as a city in the last decade. From being the temple-infested, hartal (strikes)-crazy Communist capital of Kerala, it has slowly morphed into an IT hub of sorts. Several large Indian software companies have set up shop in Kariavattom, a suburb to the north of the city, and with that, for the first time in the city’s history, large numbers of people from north of Hebbal flyover arrived. These weren’t families. These were college freshers with jobs in IT companies.
Kovalam, unlike Goa, does not feel like an auditorium with several seats reserved for VIPs. The big five-star hotels do have their own private stretches of sand but the wide, crescent-shaped beach that’s open to everyone feels like the real deal.
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YOU CAN WITNESS ROCKET LAUNCH EVERY MONTH



Thiruvananthapuram: The Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station (TERLS) at Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) here has resumed the monthly launch of sounding rockets to conduct studies of the upper atmosphere.

A press note issued by VSSC here said RH200 sounding rockets would be launched from TERLS every month.

The first launch in the series took place on Wednesday evening.

The station had been launching sounding rockets regularly on the third Wednesday of every month. However, over the years, the launches were conducted based on need.

Atmospheric behaviour

The station is involved in scientific experiments to study atmospheric behaviour using balloons and sounding rockets. This includes university collaboration programmes where student payload experiment programmes and rocket development programmes are undertaken, according to the press note.

The monthly launches will be of interest to scientists, students, and to the general public who can visit the Space Centre.

For permission to witness the launch, contact Ph: 0471 – 2565666.

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