Tangent bundle of sphere with $g$ handles

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How can one show that tangent bundle $TM$ is not trivial if $M$ is a sphere with $g$ handles and $g \ne 1$?

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Hint: The Poincaré–Hopf theorem

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There is quite an elemental proof of this fact, though you need some calculations.