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How to Convert Your Airtel, Vi or Jio SIM to eSIM, and Whether to
Switching to eSIM takes a few hours and can block SMS and OTPs for 24 hours. Step-by-step for Airtel, Vi and J…
19 October 2026 · 4 min read
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Kerala Police Pol-App: What It Does and Which Features Are Worth Using
Kerala Police's free Pol-App has SOS alerts, Track My Trip, e-FIR downloads and scam call reporting. Here is w…
17 October 2026 · 4 min read
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How to Get a PAN Card Online: Free Instant e-PAN vs the Paid Card
Instant e-PAN on the income tax portal is free for adults with Aadhaar. A posted card costs Rs 107 via Protean…
15 October 2026 · 4 min read
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ABHA Health ID: How to Create One and Whether Kochi Patients Need It
ABHA is a free 14-digit health ID made with an Aadhaar OTP. It is voluntary, not the Ayushman card, and only u…
14 October 2026 · 4 min read
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How to Book an OP Ticket Online at Kerala Government Hospitals
Get a permanent 16-digit UHID with Aadhaar, then book an OP token at ehealth.kerala.gov.in or the MeHealth app…
13 October 2026 · 5 min read
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DigiYatra at Cochin Airport: How to Enrol, Where It Works, What It Stores
DigiYatra launched at 22 gates of Cochin airport's domestic terminal in 2023. How to enrol with Aadhaar or a d…
11 October 2026 · 5 min read
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UPI Payment Failed or Sent to the Wrong Person? How to Get It Back
A failed UPI debit must be reversed by T+1 or the bank owes Rs 100 a day. A wrong transfer needs the receiver'…
8 October 2026 · 5 min read
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How to Stop Spam Calls and SMS in India: DND, 1909 and the 140 Series
Call or SMS 1909 to block promotional calls on any network. Full vs partial DND, what 140 and 1600 numbers mea…
5 October 2026 · 4 min read
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Lost Your Phone in Kochi? How to Block It on Sanchar Saathi
Block a lost or stolen phone on every Indian network via Sanchar Saathi. The order to do it in, what you need,…
2 October 2026 · 5 min read
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Technopark vs Infopark: How Kerala's Two Big IT Parks Compare
Technopark is bigger on land, jobs and exports; Infopark grew faster. The two Kerala IT parks compared using t…
1 October 2026 · 4 min read
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How to Lock Your Aadhaar Biometrics, and What Still Works After
An OTP-backed biometric lock stops anyone using your fingerprint on your Aadhaar. How to switch it on, unlock …
30 September 2026 · 5 min read
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Digital Arrest Scam: How to Spot the Fake Police Video Call and What to Do
There is no such thing as a digital arrest in Indian law. How the fake police video call works, the red flags,…
26 September 2026 · 5 min read
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Maker Village, Kalamassery: Inside India's Biggest Hardware Incubator
Maker Village in Kalamassery is billed as India's largest electronic hardware incubator, running since 2015 on…
21 September 2026 · 4 min read
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UPI's New Merchant Fee and Phone Number Masking: What Actually Changed
UPI now hides your phone number after 4 September 2026, and from 15 October a 0.4% fee applies to merchant pay…
18 September 2026 · 4 min read
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DigiLocker in Kerala: Storing Your Licence, RC and Certificates on Your Phone
DigiLocker held 30 crore users and 675 crore documents as of July 2024, and your digital driving licence is le…
13 September 2026 · 4 min read
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CUSAT: The University Behind Kochi's Laser Labs and Engineering Talent
CUSAT in Kalamassery was founded in 1971, holds an A+ NAAC grade, and runs one of India's few dedicated laser …
8 September 2026 · 4 min read
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Inside Kochi's Smart City Command Centre in Kaloor
Kochi's IC4 command centre in Kaloor runs a 391 sq ft video wall of 27 screens watching the whole city. Here i…
5 September 2026 · 4 min read
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IBM's GenAI Innovation Centre in Kochi: What It Actually Does
IBM's GenAI Innovation Centre opened at Infopark Kochi on 8 July 2024, the third innovation centre IBM has bui…
3 September 2026 · 3 min read
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Kerala Wants a Piece of the Chip Boom. Where Kochi Fits
Kerala announced a Semiconductor Mission as part of its IT Vision 2031 draft. Here is what is actually a plan …
30 August 2026 · 5 min read
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Which AI Should You Actually Pay For? A No-Hype Kochi Guide
ChatGPT, Gemini and Claude all have real India pricing now, plus temporary free offers. Here is what each actu…
27 August 2026 · 5 min read
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Why Kochi Is One of India's Quiet Internet Gateways
An international submarine cable still lands at Cochin, a newer one now reaches Lakshadweep, and Edappally has…
24 August 2026 · 4 min read
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AI Voice Cloning Scams Are Here. How a Kochi Family Spots One
A 2023 McAfee survey found 47 percent of Indian adults have faced an AI voice scam. Here is how the cloning tr…
21 August 2026 · 5 min read
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What Is an AI Agent, Actually? A Plain Guide for Kakkanad's Office Workers
Kakkanad job posts are full of AI agents this year, and half of them are chatbots with better marketing. Here'…
19 August 2026 · 5 min read
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What Kerala School Kids Actually Learn About AI, Class by Class
Kerala put artificial intelligence into the Class 7 ICT textbook in 2024 and made robotics compulsory for Clas…
16 August 2026 · 5 min read