Year: 2018

AIDS-“A Medical Terror ”

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By: Dr. Abhishek Kumar Pandey, Asstt. Editor-ICN LUCKNOW: AIDS stands for Acquired Immunodeficiency syndrome. It is characterized clinically by an extremely immunocompromised state. It develops on infection with HIV which is a Human Immunodeficiency virus. HIV is a retrovirus that infects the vital organs and cells of the human immune system. AIDS detected first time in US in the year 1987. It is estimated that, more than 64.9 million people are affected from AIDS, across the globe. CD4 cells play an important role in cell- mediated immune response. HIV virus…

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Has Indian Railway Become A Vicious Death Trap?

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By: Dr. Mohammad Aleem, Editor-ICN Group NEW DELHI: Indian Railway is one of the largest railway networks of the world. It commutes more than two crore people from one place to another in a day. For every other Indian, it is like their lifeline. Time and again, it comes into news not only for good reasons but bad one also. Of late, in Punjab, a deadly accident had taken place during the Dussehra festival. Around sixty people had lost their precious lives and many dozens injured. It happened on a…

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Beware Of Those Enticing Emails And Alluring Facebook Requests

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By: Vijay Kumar Verma, Editor-ICN Group SHIMLA: Your mail box getting flooded with unsolicited emails is a common problem all of us encounter everyday. Our spam folder tends to get still more unsolicited emails. Unsubscribing such mails too is a cumbersome problem. So you end up just deleting them. But beware if you open some mails you may be in for hacking of your phone which unfortunately these days contain very very secret and sensitive information that can breach your bank accounts to using your email ids for wrongful deeds.…

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Assam Tense After Tinsukia Killings & 12-Hour State Bandh Today

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GUWAHATI: The statewide bandh called by various organisations on Saturday in protest against the killings of five Bengali-speaking people by unidentified armed gang of miscreants at Dhola in Tinsukia district of Assam. However, the ULFA has refuted all allegations of its involvement in the killing. The Assam government has announced a compensation of Rs 5 lakh and a job for the next of the kin of the deceased. There was no impact of bandh in eastern Assam districts including Dibrugarh, Sivasagar, Jorhat, Golaghat where life continued normal way during the bandh…

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Potassium Series: Part 1

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By: Dr. Ameya Tripathi, Asstt. Editor-ICN LUCKNOW: Potassium, a chemical agent in periodic table with symbol “K”, atomic number 19 is an alkali metal. Right after its discovery by sir Humphry Davy in 1807, it was gradually found that potassium is an essential element in human body and conduces a plethora of important functions. Right from physiological function to neural, cardiac, muscular propagation to hormone secretions, hormone secretion and action, vascular tone, systemic blood pressure control, gastrointestinal motility, acid–base homeostasis, and various other important functions.It plays a role in bone…

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Money Series: Part 32

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By: Tarun Prakash Srivastava, Sr. Executive Editor-ICN Group Financial booster is a very important idea because the history is witnessing that growth is never available at a constant speed, but it is always in the form of high-speed bumps. According to me, for the best investment of this additional amount, he should invest an amount of Rs.500/- per month on value adding motivational books, positive workshops, using audio and videos; have company and meetings with successful, inspiring people to provide excellence to his life. He should further invest an amount of…

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Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma Addresses “The 3rd North East Healthcare Leadership Summit”

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By: Dr. Dakter Esse, Editor-ICN  SHILLONG: The 3rd North East Health Care Leadership Summit 2018 is organized by the Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI) in partnership with the Government of Meghalaya with the support from the Ministry of Development of the North East Region (DoNER). The summit was held on 29th October 2018 at Yojana Bhawan, Shillong, Meghalaya. The objective of the summit is to strengthen the focus on key health issues in the north-east region, explore emergent avenues for collaboration and provide a platform for interaction between various…

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MOTHER OF MINE : FROM A SILENT STOIC TO A SHIMMERING STAR

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By: Barnali Bose, Editor-ICN Group KOLKATA: Mother, as I stood watching you entangled in the web of masks and tubes, I was in a dilemma. What should I pray for – lingering of suffering or a closure  to it, for life or for death? But could I, your daughter ask for the latter? How could I pray for the cessation of life for one who has given me life? As Emotion and Reason battled within me, I prayed to the Almighty to make me strong, strong enough to ask for…

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302 Dead In Maharashtra Due To Swine Flu This Year, How To Prevent Your Family From Swine Flu

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The H1N1 virus is also known as Swine flu is a respiratory disease which is caused by the influenza virus that infects pigs, resulting in a cough, decreased appetite and nasal secretion.  MUMBAI: A total of 302 deaths have been reported in Maharashtra this year due to swine flu.The officer advised that people should immediately go to a doctor when they experience a flu-like symptom. This virus can also infect humans and other animals. Swine Flu can spread from person to person and considered very contagious. “However, the deaths due to swine…

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