Robot Scientist Finds That Toothpaste Ingredient Could Help Fight Against Malaria

By: Dr. Ripudaman Singh, Asstt. Editor-ICN & Hemant Kumar, Special Correspondent-ICN  NEW DELHI: A robot scientist has helped researchers identify a chemical compound found in toothpaste that could help in the fight against malaria. The research team, with help from Eve, an artificially-intelligent robot, has found triclosan – an antibacterial agent which stops plaque from building up on the teeth- could be used as an anti-malarial drug. Eve was developed by scientist at the Universities of Manchester, Aberystwyth, and Cambridge to speed up the drug discovery process. It is capable of…

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Money Series: Part 13

By: Tarun Prakash Srivastava, Sr. Executive Editor-ICN Group Every living power grows with time. We have to keep our savings alive so that they can not only protect their existence but by using the rule of compounding over time, make their existence bigger also. Welcome back. I believe that your journey till now has been proven to be full of enthusiasm and new faith. You have been introduced with the principles of “First Payment to You,” “Lace of Richness” and “Saving is the seed of Richness” so far and I believe…

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Our Trip To The Island Country Of Sri Lanka

By : Shoubhik Bose Shoubhik is a senior engineer in his late 20s, working for a leading softare company in Bangalore. He loves to blog about tech and travel when is not at work. The City Of Kandy, Central Province The last capital of the Sri Lankan Kings From Unawatunta we took a tuk-tuk to the Galle Fort railways station and bought a ticket to Colombo Fort. We had had reserved train tickets from Colombo to Kandy which we had bought two days prior to our trip at the counter. In short,…

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Our Trip To The Island Country Of Sri Lanka

By : Shoubhik Bose Shoubhik is a senior engineer in his late 20s, working for a leading softare company in Bangalore. He loves to blog about tech and travel when is not at work. The Town Of Unawatuna, Southern Province A seashore dotted with thousands of trees, coconuts, and palms dominating, strings of houses and hermitages along the coastline, human beings and superior beings such as Gandharvas, Siddhas, and ascetics, living in them and countless bejewelled celestial nymphs thronging the shore, the coast intermittently visited by heavenly beings, Gods and demons. ~ The Ramayana In…

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Padamshri Anup Jalota, Shaan and Saurabh Daftary of Sangeetam Charitable Trust came for rehearsal of Rehmatein 5 at Andheri West

“Sangeetam Charitable Trust”, which has been extending Financial support, to Artists from the music fraternity for last five years is organising the 5th edition of Rehmatein music concert. Padamshri Anup Jalota and Shaan came for rehearsal at Andheri West . This year more than 30 needy and deserving musicians will get help from the proceeds of Rehmatein 5. The music concert will be on 30th August at Shanmukhanand Auditorium, King Circle. This year Hariharan, Anup Jalota, Shaan and Ankit Tiwari will be performing in Rehmatein 5. This glorious event will be witnessed by the entire Music industry,music lovers and…

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Manmarziyaan star Abhishek Bachchan visits the Golden Temple !

Abhishek Bachchan who was recently in Amritsar to promote his film Manmarziyaan , paid a quick visit to the Golden Temple while in the city. The star travelled with producer Aanand L Rai and the film’s writer Kanika Dhillon, after celebrating Raksha Bandhan in Mumbai. Abhishek promoted Manmarziyaan in Nagpur and flew back to Mumbai to celebrate the festival. Later that day ,he took the afternoon flight to Amritsar, where he started the promotions on an auspicious note by visiting the temple. The team later also visited Ahuja Lassi Shop…

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Jassie Gil has a fan boy moment !

Jassie Gil is on a high ,not just owing to the success of his Hindi debut but also because he happened to meet his biggest inspiration. Gil , who made his big Bollywood debut with Happy Phirr Bhaag Jayegi , that opened to encouraging collections at the box office, recently met superstar Shah Rukh Khan. The actor- singer is a huge fan of Shah Rukh Khan and meeting him was right at the top of his wish list . Producer Aanand L Rai, impressed with his hardwork and dedication decided…

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Money Series: Part 12

By: Tarun Prakash Srivastava, Sr. Executive Editor-ICN Group “Our present condition is not important, but always our direction is important because our direction determines our next place in future.” This definition also tells us that it is possible to change your place in the society by rearranging of the small number of small words on the pages of your life. This change also improves our attitudes and pulls out ‘possible’ from every so-called ‘impossible.’ Whatever was unimaginable till yesterday, it is standing today in reality. This world was like yesterday, it…

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Say No To RO Water

By: Dr. Vasu Singh, Bureau Chief-ICN UP LUCKNOW: Everyone knows that Reverse Osmosis (RO) systems excel at removing water impurities, but few are aware that they also remove the beneficial minerals. In fact, the reverse osmosis process removes 92-99% of beneficial calcium and magnesium. What’s the big deal? After analyzing hundreds of scientific studies concerning demineralized or reverse osmosis water, the World Health Organization released a report stating that such water “has a definite adverse influence on the animal and human organism.” Consumers have been so concerned with removing as many things from water…

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Our Trip To The Island Country Of Sri Lanka

By : Shoubhik Bose Shoubhik is a senior engineer in his late 20s, working for a leading softare company in Bangalore. He loves to blog about tech and travel when is not at work. Planning The Trip — The 5 Towns Sri Lanka is known for its beaches, the colonial architecture, the Eurasian population and the Buddhist relics. We chose 2 beach towns — Hikkaduwa and Unawatuna, one fort of the colonial era— The Galle fort, one hill station with Buddhist relics — Kandy and one big city to unwind at the end of the trip — Colombo. One needs to fill an…

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