French PM Edouard Philippe Suspends Fuel Tax Rise

PARIS: French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe says the tax increases have been suspended for six months.The new tax would have seen petrol prices rise by four cents per litre from January. Many are criticising the president for pursuing policies they claim favour the richest members of French society.The movement has grown via social media and has supporters across the political spectrum. The protests, which started on 17 November, were focused on denouncing a squeeze on household spending brought about by Macron’s taxes on diesel, which he says are necessary to…

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Massive Fire Breaks Out Near Mumbai’s Aarey Colony Forest, No Casualty Reported

The Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP) region has a variety of big and small wildlife including leopards, peacocks, deers, hogs, besides a variety of insects, birds and plant life. MUMBAI: A massive fire erupted in the forests of Aarey Colony in the Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP) precincts, near Goregaon suburb of north-west Mumbai, here on Monday evening, officials said.The fire was reported at 6.21 pm on Monday. Aarey forest is Mumbai’s biggest green patch and has been under the scanner as the government wants to clear it for constructing…

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“Khamiyaza” film is about corruption and brutal system : Deekshit Kaul

Mumbai : RD Bioscope and Once More International are presenting a thriller movie, “Khamiyaza – Journey of a common man” whose trailer and music has been launched on 3rd December, 2018 in Mumbai.  The event is attended by Pankaj berry, Roopali Kadyan, Suryakant Tyagi cameraman, Ajay Varma editor, cast Hermab Tripathi, Pyali Munsi, Alok Chaturvedi, Vijay Aidesani, Shakku Rana. Khamiyaza is a story of corruption and brutal system. The story is based on a common man Abhimanyu who dares to save a life of a social worker Satya Prakash without knowing that…

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How Relevant Are These Age-Old Proverbs In Today’s World?

By: Barnali Bose, Editor-ICN Group  Disclaimer: The following analysis is meant for amusement purpose only and the reader is requested to read it “with a pinch of salt”. When in Rome do as the Romans do: The reverse, I believe is true. If you do as stated, you’ll be lost in the crowd and can never be the one among many. You have to do things differently if you wish to get noticed and receive acclaim. So, ‘When in Rome, do as the Americans do, do as the Greeks do or…

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Excellence With G.O.P.T.A.© Series: Part 7

By: Dr. Sanjay Kumar Agarwal, Sr. Associate Editor-ICN Group KOLKATA: In our previous article no. 6 of this ‘Excellence With G.O.P.T.A.’ Series, we discussed about various benefits of ‘goals setting’ in life. You must be wondering, if the goal setting is so good and powerful and if it is so simple, why everybody does not set goals. Now let us see. Reasons, why people don’t set goals Most of the people do not set goals due to various reasons listed hereinafter:-The biggest reason is that most of the people don’t understand…

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Money Series: Part 41

By: Tarun Prakash Srivastava, Sr. Executive Editor-ICN Group On April 19, 2000, the Insurance Regulatory Development Act, 1999 was passed in India, and after the commencement of this Act, the insurance business was opened in India for the private sector also. In the year 1347 AD, the first insurance contract was mentioned in Geneva, which was pure insurance and in which no loan amount was secured, and such insurance contracts became increasingly popular in the next centuries and in these contracts, there was a provision of protection against future uncertainties to…

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WHAT’S ALLERGY ?

By: Dr. Nosheen Ali, Bureau Chief-ICN MP BHOPAL: On exposure to various foreign substances viz., pollens , animal dander, latex, certain food items, dust mites etc.  our body produces varieties of responses immediately so as to combat its bad effects that may at times be life threatening. These responses are manifested as sneezing, coughing, running nose, watery eyes,  diarrhoea, vomiting, skin eruptions etc. Such type of reaction of an individual’s immune system to substances in environment that are usually harmless is termed allergy. And the substances are known as allergens. The…

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