Month: October 2018

CBI Director Alok Verma Moves Supreme Court, Govt Appoints Nageshwar Rao As Interim CBI Chief

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IPS officer M Nageshwar Rao took over as the interim director of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday. Nageshwar Rao is an Indian Police Services (IPS) officer of the 1986 batch from the Odisha cadre. NEW DELHI: A government appointment committee headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi put out an order around 2am on Wednesday sending the Central Bureau of Investigation’s top two officials on leave and appointing a joint director as the interim head. CBI Director Alok Verma has approached the Supreme Court challenging the decision of the Central government…

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Calcium-A Multitasker

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By: Dr. Abhishek Kr. Pandey, Medical Correspondent-ICN LUCKNOW: Calcium, a major component of human skeleton provides shape, stature and structure. It is the fifth most abundant element in human body with 99% of it stored in bones and teeth. The structural formation of human bones requires various minerals like phosphorus, magnesium, silicon, strontium etc. along with Calcium which maintains the bone health. Our skeleton houses and protects internal organs like brain, spinal cord, heart, intestines etc. and undergoes rapid bone formation using calcium during childhood and adolescence. Vitamin D, plays…

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Empowering Muslim Women Is The Need Of The Hour

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By: Dr. Mohammad Aleem, Editor-ICN Group NEW DELHI: This is the age of utter competitiveness. We have to struggle hard to make our existence felt and meaningful at every level. Challenges of life are huge and disturbing. These problems are not only for men, but our women also. We can’t say that our men are fully equipped enough to tackle with every kind of problem in their lives alone. Empowerment and strength, either external or internal, come only through good and quality education. Only knowledge can bring human out of the…

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SJVN HAS PAID RS.1485 CRORE DIVIDEND ON RS.1055 CRORE EQUITY TO HIMACHAL PRADESH-OVER 140%RETURN ON INVESTMENT

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By: Vijay Kumar Verma, Editor-ICN Group SHIMLA: Against an equity participation of Rs.1055.01 crore in public sector SJVN Limited,  the government of Himachal Pradesh holding 26.85 percent equity, has already been paid a dividend of Rs.1485.06 crore during the past 14 years, told Nand Lal Sharma, Chairman & Managing Director to Jai Ram Thakur, Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh while handing over the final dividend cheque of Rs.21.10 crore for the financial year 2017-18. The company had already paid an interim dividend of Rs.200.45 crore to the state government in…

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ICN On The Path Of Glory And Unprecedented Success

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Their reach has also crossed many boundaries of the world. Hindi version has reached around 69 countries and English around 113 countries. NEW DELHI: In today’s cacophony of the digital journalism, it is not easy to make a visible mark. But, if you have vision and perseverance to reach to a great height, you break all obstacles. It happened with the ICN also. It is a matter of great satisfaction for the ICN Group that in its very short journey of about a year when it was launched as www.icnantional.com in English…

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Supreme Court To Hear Sabarimala Verdict Review Petitions On November 13

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NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday set November 13 as the date for hearing a large number of petitions seeking a review of the top court verdict that allowed entry of women of all ages in Sabarimala Temple. A bench comprising Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice S K Kaul told lawyer Mathews J Nedumpara that it has already passed an order with regard to listing of petitions on November 13. Meanwhile, 19 petitions have been filed in the Supreme Court seeking a review of its order on Sabarimala. The…

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Supreme Court Fixes 8 PM To 10 PM Time Period For Bursting Of Firecrackers On Diwali

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The Supreme Court also banned online sale of firecrackers and said it would be the responsibility of e-commerce companies to ensure there is no violation of the order. The Supreme Court Tuesday permitted the sale and manufacture of low emission “green” firecrackers countrywide and fixed a two-hour time period from 8 pm to 10 pm for bursting them on Diwali and other festivals. A bench of Justice A.K. Sikri and Justice Ashok Bhushan said although the matter was mentioned in Monday’s (today’s) list they would be pronouncing the judgment on October 23. The court had reserved…

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At Least 22 Dead And 187 Injured In Taiwan Tourist Train Crash

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At least 22 people have died and 187 are injured after a train derailed and overturned on a coastal railway in Taiwan. The train had been carrying more than 360 passengers on a popular weekend route from a suburb of Taipei in the north to Taitung, a city on Taiwan’s southeast coast. The crash on the popular east coast line injured another 187 people Sunday and left the Puyuma Express lying zig-zagged across the tracks in the island’s worst rail accident for a quarter century. Rescue services, including soldiers and firefighters, were…

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Creativity Hacks

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By: Satyendra Kumar Singh, Executive Editor-ICN Group The creativity has no bounds and should remain so. Let you unveil all your potentials and mark the show. But it is not that easy so as at times you find the whole stream of ideas pumping in while at times you sit with a fishing rod and no fishy idea catches up. And I know, you can’t sit the hippo way. So here follows the hacks for you: 1. Be with the nature even if you find that it is your workplace or…

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Diesel Costs More Than Petrol In Odisha, Delhi Petrol Pump Strike Today

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All the 400 petrol pumps will remain shut from 6 am today (October 22) to 5 am tomorrow (October 23).The Delhi Petrol Dealers Association had announced this strike on October 15.  NEW DELHI: Diesel is costing more than petrol in Odisha. Conventionally, the diesel costs less in comparison to petrol due to lower taxes. A litre of diesel cost 12 paise more than that of petrol in Bhubaneswar on Sunday with diesel being sold at Rs 80.69 per litre while petrol cost 80.57 per litre. A surge in demand for…

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