Year: 2018

35,000 Maharashtra Farmers Reach Mumbai, Shiv Sena And NCP Join Farmers Protest

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MUMBAI: Over 35,000 farmers are marching demanding implementations of Forest Right Act 2008, Dr Swaminathan commission report for fair prices and complete loan waiver among others. Over 35,000 group of farmers from the All India Kisan Sabha are demanding proper implementation of the Maharashtra government’s loan waiver scheme, among a list of other demands that they claim are long-overdue. The march led by All India Kisan Sabha (farmer wing of Communist Party of India (Marxist)) has received support from Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena and Raj Thackeray-led Maharashtra Navnirman Sena as well.…

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French President Macron and PM Modi kick start International Solar Alliance

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The alliance set a target of producing one trillion watts of solar power by 2030.  NEW DELHI: President Emmanuel Macron stressed the need for “concrete action” on renewable energy projects at the first meeting of the International Solar Alliance (ISA) in New Delhi, co-hosted by France and India. PM Modi, whose country pledged to fulfill at least 40 percent of its energy needs from renewable sources by 2030, said the ISA nations will have to “increase solar in our energy mix.” Macron took a jibe at US President Donald Trump at the…

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Bolivia Unfurls ‘World’s Biggest Flag’ To Demand Access To Sea From Chile

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Bolivia intends to recover access to the Pacific Ocean which it lost to Chile in the 1879-1883 war. Tens of thousands of Bolivians held a nearly 200-km long  bright blue flag on Saturday in a show of support for their landlocked country’s demand that it be given a sovereign access to the sea. The so-called “flag of maritime revindication” stretched like a long blue ribbon between the towns Oruro and Apacheta, on the outskirts of capital La Paz. The display of patriotism comes just days before Bolivia is due to…

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IMD forecasts: Warmer Spring and Scorching Summer

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By: Rakesh Lohumi (Sr. Editor-ICN Group) With the India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecasting a warmer than normal spring and a scorching hot summer the  problem of water scarcity is likely to  worsen , particularly in the  water stressed regions of the country, during pre-monsoon season. The IMD’s Hot Weather Season (March to May) outlook for 2018 indicate s that the trend of rising average temperature witnessed at the beginning of March will continue and average temperatures over many of the subdivisions from northwest and adjoining central India are likely to remain…

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Jawaid Danish: A Bewitching Dastango

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By: Dr. Mohammad Aleem ( Chief News Editor-ICN Group ) NEW DELHI: It was a chance meeting for me with the leading Dastango of Urdu, Jawaid Danish. I had heard about his works a lot. These days, he has become synonym with the every literary festival of Urdu in India. Every year, he comes from his adopted country, Canada to India to perform his Dastan at various literary forums. Dastan is an old literary form in Urdu of storytelling which was very popular in early eighteenth century till late nineteenth.…

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International Media Conference Kickstarted In Noida

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NOIDA: A three day long international media conference on the topic ‘India and Changing Aspects of News (ICAN-2018)’ began at Delhi Metropolitan Education (DME) in Noida. This first international conference of DME was attended by eminent journalists, media academicians and experts from the field of journalism and mass communication who expressed their views on the changing aspects of news and media coverage. Veteran journalist Mr. Mark Tully, through a video message, expressed his opinion and laid emphasis on the issues prevailing in media industry such as sensationalism and ownership. He…

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First Arrest in Gauri Lankesh Murder Case

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BENGALURU: The Karnataka Police have arrested KT Naveen Kumar in the Gauri Lankesh murder case and identified him as “accused number one” in the ongoing probe. The SIT had taken into custody Naveen Kumar (37), hailing from Maddur and founder of Hindu Yuva Sene, on suspicion of his involvement in the case on March 2. The police also wanted permission from the court to carry out lie detector test, brain mapping and narco test on the “accused”. The court though posted the matter for deciding whether tests can be allowed for…

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Press for Progress

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By: Poornima Dubey ( Bureau-Ayodhya/Faizabad )  AYODHYA: 8th March ,a day which is made for them who are the real leaders of our home our life, our achievements and our happiness. These are the personalities whose brightening lights give us brightness and whose reflections help us to see the real and reel world. It is for them who never get any holiday, never get any incentives, any appreciation, any special treatments but even then they do best job for us and at any cost and any how. Yes she is…

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Are You Making Your Child Feel Insecure?

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By: Barnali Bose ( Sr. Associate Editor,ICN-Group) KOLKATA: That day, I had gone for a stroll along a deserted street, there being no park closeby. After walking for a while I decided to give my tired feet some rest. Spotting a bench on the way,I sat down.Suddenly I heard voices emanating from one of the buildings  behind me. I turned to look and saw two obscure figures on the balcony of a high rise. A lady was sternly telling a young boy, “How many times have I told you that…

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