Mega Farmers’ Rally: Farmers Reject Government’s Proposal, Will Continue Protest

NEW DELHI: On the International Day of Non-Violence, Gandhi’s birth anniversary, India’s farmers were stopped at Delhi’s border with a lathi charge, water cannons and tear gas shells by the capital’s police. Around 50,000 farmers under the banner of Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) have started marching towards the national capital as a part of protest to demand loan waiver and reduction in electricity on October 2. The police action led to several injuries while one of the protestors lost consciousness, said an agitating farmer. They also claimed that the policemen…

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Happy Gandhi Jayanti 2018: India Celebrates Mahatma Gandhi’s 150th Birth Anniversary

Gandhi Jayanti, a birthday anniversary of the Mahatma Gandhi is also celebrated as the International Peace Day all across the world. NEW DELHI: India and the world is celebrating 150th birth anniversary of ‘Father of the Nation’ Mahatma Gandhi.The government has announced a two-year celebration to mark the 150th anniversary of Gandhi. 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. In China,…

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Pahalgam: The Enchanting Town Of Kashmir Valley

By: Vijay Kumar Verma, Editor-ICN Group CHANDIGARH: Just, who, in India may not have heard of  Pahalgam, which beside being a popular tourist destination, is also related to one of the most popular base camps for pilgrims bound for the holy shrine of Amarnath?  Every year thousands of visitors from all over the country throng this place during yatra days. Amarnath Yatra is considered one among the four major pilgrimages of India, and devotees trek through the arduous route taking off from south Kashmir Himalayas to the Holy Cave Shrine…

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India Will Get ODF Status By February 2019, But Will It Be A ‘Cleaner Country’? New CSE Assessment Says ‘No’

By: Dr. Dakter Esse, Editor-ICN  Under Swachh Bharat Mission, millions of toilets built to make villages open defecation free (ODF). Assessment finds major gaps in entire process New toilets will produce one lakh tonne of excreta every day. Big question: where will this waste go? If not managed properly, it can contaminate the land and water and become a gigantic public health problem NEW DELHI: As India gets ready to mark the Mahatma’s 150th birth anniversary this year with celebrations about the nation’s impending ODF status, a new analysis by Centre…

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Words Have Wheels To Roll And Wings To Fly: The Summing Up

By: Barnali Bose, Editor-ICN Group Educational research has inferred that the more extensive one’s vocabulary, the better is supposedly, one’s chances of success. This is because,success to a great extent depends on the ability to communicate one’s ideas with clarity. A person can communicate well, only if he fulfills  two conditions. First of all, knowledge of the subject matter and secondly,but more  importantly, his grasp over the language. Thus, vocabulary development not only entails learning new words but developing mastery over their use  in the right context. To become adept…

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