Shipping, Piracy And Safety During Sailing

By: Tejeshwar Singh Rana, 2nd Officer, Shell shipping-London, UK Merchant Navy plays a very important role to keep a country and the world running by transporting men and material. I being a seafarer will share my own experience when the ship I sailed on met with a piracy attack is West Africa near Nigeria. The ship was trading in Nigeria region trading for oil products. Nowadays Asia, Mid-East, East Africa and West African region are most affected by piracy attacks. Once during sailing my ship was attacked by five boats with…

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Excellence With G.O.P.T.A.© Series: Part 24

By: Dr. Sanjay Kumar Agarwal, Sr. Associate Editor-ICN Group KOLKATA: In the last article, we saw that the true definition of success is “the continuous progress and maintaining an optimal balance among different walks of life.” We also saw that ‘underperformance’ in comparison to your true potential is another dimension of failure. Today, let us see it in more detail. Become your best version I would say that even if you have performed well in life and are successful in your life, please don’t compare your success with others. They might…

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SJVN to Award 250 meritorious students with Silver Jubilee Merit Scholarships of Rs.24000 per annum

By: Vijay Kumar Verma, Editor-ICN Group SHIMLA: As a part of its major  CSR initiatives to promote Education and skill development of the youth, SJVN Foundation will award 250 meritorious students with Silver Jubilee Merit Scholarships this year. 147 beneficiary students from Himachal Pradesh,  will be awarded scholarship cheques amounting to Rs. 24000 each at a function at Shimla on 6th January 2019 with Hon’ble Chief Justice of Himachal Pradesh High Court, Justice Surya Kant, as chief guest. Nand Lal Sharma, Chairman & Managing Director, SJVN informed this reporter that…

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Enhance Your Lifestyle With NLP+© Series: Part 9

By: Shantanu Das Sharma, Sr. Associate Editor-ICN Group Quick recap of what we have covered in Part 8 Accepting Absolute Responsibility Provides YOU Absolute Power Providing Excuses and Blaming Others Takes Power Away from You How Do So Many People Choose to be Victims? Accept Responsibility for How YOU Feel KOLKATA: The key elements that drive our actions and results are the emotional states we experience. When we feel excited and motivated, we are more likely to take action that will lead to great results. But when we are upset and…

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