HALDWANI ONLINE 2011…MISSION BLOODLINE !!

By: Amit Pandey, Asstt. Editor-ICN HALDWANI: The only private blood bank at Haldwani, Uttarakhand went dry on the 22nd of November, 2018 and the demand for the most common blood group B+ was 5 units needed for different patients in a super urgency.As the message reached, it helped in establishing the largest Facebook group of Uttarakhand namely, HALDWANI ONLINE 2011.The founder, Amit Kholia, who is also the ICN Editor, Uttarakhand rushed to the blood bank and took control of the whole situation by calling his friends and acquaintances and inspired…

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The Trip to Western & Central Europe 2017

By: Shoubhik Bose & Debanjana Maitra Shoubhik and Debanjana, senior engineers in software companies of repute in Bangalore love travelling in India and abroad. They take time out to share their experiences through their travelogues. Salzburg, Austria The journey to Salzburg from Venice was our first cross-country travel by “land”. We booked a ticket from a TrenItalia kiosk , from Venice to Villach. Incidentally it was an inter city bus of the Austrian Railways ( OBB ) which had a tie-up with Italian Railways for international travel. From Villach, we had pre-booked…

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Potassium Series: Part 3

By: Dr. Ameya Tripathi, Asstt. Editor-ICN LUCKNOW: In our previous series we have discussed about potassium’s role and its dietary requirements. While deficiency of potassium causes various disorders, excess of potassium is also dangerous. The excess of potassium compared to optimum level, in our body is termed as “hyperkalemia”. What is hyperkalemia? When the level of potassium in body exceeds 5 mmol/ L in blood serum then the condition is known as hyperkalemia. Potassium level higher than 5.5 mmol/L is critically high, and a potassium level over 6 mmol/L can be…

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Film Bazaar at IFFI 2018 ends on high! Announces awards for several projects !

Dhiraj Mishra (Writer Mumbai) ~ The Prasad Digital Intermediate (DI) award by Prasad Labs and the newly introduced Moviebuff Appreciation Awards (DCP) 2018 were awarded to Nimtoh (Invitation) by Saurav Rai, Rukuni Koina (The Holy Bride) by Jadab Mahanta from the WIP Lab and Ajeeb Budhee Aurat (Strange Old Lady) by Kislay from the FBR section~ ~ Eeb Allay Ooo! by Prateek Vats won the Facebook Award 2018 from the WIP Lab while Aamis by Bhaskar Hazarika won it from the FBR ~ Goa : The fourth day of the 12th edition of Film Bazaar at the International Film Festival…

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Film Bandhu Participated at Goa Film Bazaar 2018, seek creative collaboration with filmmakers

Goa : The Goa Film Bazaar is considered as a paradise for the film makers. Film Bandhu, an initiative of Uttar Pradesh government, was the topic of discussion amongst the film makers. Many remarkable film makers were present at the Goa Film festival and their response towards the Film Bandhu was quite impressive the veteran film director Ramesh Sippy  quoted that the policy and initiative by the Uttar Pradesh government for the cinema  is highly praise worthy. Through this policy the budding film makers are also in the league of producing…

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Excellence With G.O.P.T.A.© Series: Part 2

By: Dr. Sanjay Kumar Agarwal, Sr. Associate Editor-ICN Group Identify, how much time do you effectively have other than sleep and daily chores KOLKATA: We all know that some time usage is out of our control and we have to perform some tasks, whether we like them or not. Sleep, daily chores and commutation time to school or workplace eat a major chunk of our time; though good news is that even these areas can be organised in a better manner to save your time. When you start planning your time,…

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Money Series: Part 37

By: Tarun Prakash Srivastava, Sr. Executive Editor-ICN Group You can make your financial map according to your circumstances and interests, but for success, marking financial goals and achieving them are extremely important. While studying this episode, there may be some questions raised in your mind. There are some such questions in my mind from the very beginning also, and I find it necessary to present the answers to those questions for you. Let’s also meet those questions here: Tax obligation is not shown in the presentation: It is true that whenever…

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Government of Himachal Pradesh Allocates 780 MW Jangi–Thopan-Powari Hydro Electric Project to SJVN

By: Vijay Kumar Verma, Editor-ICN Group SHIMLA: Government of Himachal Pradesh has  allocated the 780 MW Jangi-Thopan- Powari Hydro Electric Project in District Kinnaur to public sector SJVN Limited. In the letter of allotment issued by the Directorate of Energy, Government of Himachal Pradesh, the allotment of project is on Build, Own, Operate & Transfer  (BOOT)  basis for a period of 70 years. Nand Lal Sharma, Chairman & Managing Director thanked Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh,  Jai Ram Thakur and State Government for reposing confidence in SJVN. He assured that,…

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