Year: 2017

Nobel Peace Prize 2017 Awarded To International Campaign To Abolish Nuclear Weapons

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The Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN). The Norwegian Nobel Committee on Friday announced the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons as winner of the $1.1 million prize. The Geneva-based organization ICAN “has been a driving force in prevailing upon the world’s nations to pledge to cooperate … in efforts to stigmatize, prohibit and eliminate nuclear weapons,” committee chairwoman Berit Reiss-Andersen said in the announcement. “It is a great honour to have been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 2017 in…

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FIFA U-17 World Cup 2017: A Historic Moment For Indian Football

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Three teams will be making their Under-17 World Cup debut in this edition- India, Niger and New Caledonia.The 52 matches will be played across six cities – Guwahati, Margao (Goa), Navi Mumbai, New Delhi, Kolkata and Kochi. India will play in a World Cup for the very first time, having qualified as the host nation. They did qualify for the FIFA World Cup proper in 1950, but to travel to Brazil, just three years after independence, seemed too much of an ask for the federation at that time. Instead, the…

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VALLEY OF KASHMIR: A PARADISE ON EARTH

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By: Vijay Kumar Verma (Editor-ICN Group) SHIMLA: The next day, before venturing out we first enquire about the situation in the city at the reception of the hotel. I also glance through the local newspapers. We are naturally scared that it may not be another bandh called by the separatists. Fortunately everything is informed to be normal though we are advised to avoid the Lal Chowk area where some times the situation turns bad. I am curious about economics of the tourism business which is often halted by curfews imposed…

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India Beat Australia By 7 Wickets, Team India For T20 Series Against Australia Announced

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This is the first time India are No. 1 in both Tests and One-dayers. Australia managed 243 before Rohit Sharma’s blistering century led India to a comfortable win.India achieved the No. 1 ranking after winning the Kolkata ODI but may lose the top spot if they lose today. This is the first time India are No. 1 in both Tests and One-dayers.  India’s 15-member squad for the three-match T20 series against Australia was announced by the BCCI on Sunday after the hosts’ convincing win over the Aussies in the five-match ODI…

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Gandhi Jayanti 2017: India Celebrates Mahatma Gandhi’s 148th Birth Anniversary

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Gandhi Jayanti, a birthday anniversary of the Mahatma Gandhi is also celebrated as the International Peace Day all across the world. The birthday of the Mahatma Gandhi is celebrated in India every year by the name Gandhi Jayanti or Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti. It falls yearly on 2nd of October when there is a gazetted holiday all over the India. On second of October a great person Mahatma Gandhi was born in the year 1869 at Porbandar in the Gujarat to the Karamchand Gandhi and Putlibai. Mahatma Gandhi is also known as…

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Tripura: Durga Puja Ends In Peace, Harmony Across 2436 Pandals, Muharram Follows

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By: Debraj Deb (Bureau Chief-ICN Tripura) AGARTALA: Durga Puja, biggest festival and religious event of Bengalees ended peacefully in Tripura with ostensibly long queues of devotees and pandal hpppers seen every single day. According to the Police, Durga Puja was organized at 2436 pandals across Tripura this year. These include 954 Durga puja organizing clubs and individual puja organizers in urban areas and 1482 in rural areas. Durga Puja was held in 482 pandals in Agartala and its suburbs alone. According to officials in the Agartala Municipal Corporation, nearly 1600 idols…

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Muharram 2017: Ashura Being Observed Today With Due Solemnity

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The tenth day, this year celebrated on October 1, is important as it is a day of observance and is called the day of ‘Ashura’. Muharram is the first month of the Islamic calendar and is considered a sacred month. The tenth day, this year celebrated on October 1, is important as it is a day of observance and is called the day of ‘Ashura’. Millions of Muslims will mark the date by saying prayers and fasting. Others meanwhile will take part in mourning congregations, chest beatings and self-flagellation. The…

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President Ram Nath Kovind Inaugurates Shirdi Airport

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The travel time to Shirdi from Mumbai is expected to reduce to 40 minutes as against five hours by road at present. MUMBAI: President Ram Nath Kovind inaugurated the newly-built Shirdi Airport in Maharashtra’s Ahmednagar district on Sunday. He also flagged off the first Alliance Air commercial flight from Shirdi to Mumbai.The year 2018 marks the 100 anniversary of the samadhi of Shri Sai Baba, one of the most revered saints of the globe. The airport project is part of the Maharashtra Government’s effort to promote religious tourism at Shirdi, known for…

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UNDERSTANDING SYRIAN CIVIL WAR

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By: Masud Javed (Bureau Consultant- International Affairs) ICN Group  Syria, the only communist country in the Arab world. NEW DELHI:The fall of Berlin Wall in 1989 yielded a wind of change which swept East Europe.  The people living in the counties allied to the erstwhile Soviet Union ( Warsaw Pact members namely, East Germany, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Hungary and Romania), revolted against their socialist/communist governments and finally  managed to bring in democratic form of governance and leaders. In other words, they joined the capitalist bloc with an exception of Slovakia which remained in the socialist bloc. Not…

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