Year: 2018

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

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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

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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’

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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

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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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Uzbek President Meets PM Modi, India And Uzbekistan Set $1 Billion Bilateral Trade Target

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NEW DELHI: PM Modi and Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev held comprehensive talks Monday to broaden the scope of bilateral partnership and step up cooperation in key areas such as defence and counter-terrorism. Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev commenced on the official visit to India on Sept. 30, 2018. President Mirziyoyev and his wife, Ziroatkhon Hoshimova were earlier received at the Rashtrapati Bhavan with an official welcome. PM Modi and President Ram Nath Kovind had received him. This is Mirziyoyev’s first visit to India since assuming office in 2016. India-Uzbekistan bilateral trade stands…

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Relevance Of Mahatma Gandhi In Today’s Violent Time

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By: Dr. Mohammad Aleem, Editor-ICN Group NEW DELHI: Gandhi Jayanti is celebrated on October 2 every year marking the birthday of Gandhiji. Fondly known as Bapu, he led the freedom struggle against British inspiring millions to take up the movement. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born on October 2, 1869, in Porbandar, Gujarat. Various events and functions remembering works of Gandhi are held at many places in the country. India’s secularism is ascribed in part to Gandhi, and it is certainly true that Gandhi wanted the Indian state to be the…

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The Trip To Western & Central Europe 2017

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By: Shoubhik Bose & Debanjana Maitra Shoubhik and Debanjana, senior engineers in software companies of repute in Bangalore love travelling in India and abroad. They take time out to share their experiences through their travelogues. Palermo, Sicily, Italy Day 1 We took a 2 and a half hour flight from Paris to the city of Palermo in the island of Sicily. The runway of the Palermo airport We stayed at an AirBnB which was a huge suite with 2 bathrooms,with balconies, a bedroom with chandeliers and a living room with vintage woodern furniture.…

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Fuel Price Hike: Petrol Touches Rs 91.08/Litre, Diesel Close To Rs 79.72/Litre In Mumbai

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LPG prices were hiked by Rs. 2.89 per cylinder to Rs. 502.4 per cylinder and the non-subsidised LPG costs at Delhi were increase by Rs. 59.00 per cylinder for October 2018.  NEW DELHI: Fuel prices continue its record breaking upward move with Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) further increasing the petrol and diesel prices across the country. In the national capital rates of petrol and diesel was increased by Rs 0.24 and Rs 0.30 respectively. In Maharashtra petrol rates in some districts have even crossed Rs 92 mark making it the highest…

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Being Immortal Is Living Beyond Death…

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By: Vijay Kumar Verma ,Editor-ICN Group Mahatma Ghandhi, Netaji Subhash Chander Bose, Dr Homi Jahangir Bhabha, Swami Vivekanand, Bhagat Singh and many of those who laid their lives for the nation are examples of living in the memory of everyone. Since times immemorial we humans have been nursing a desire to become immortal.  History is replete with stories of kings and rishis indulging in endless tapasya and  worshipping Gods to  seek blessings for being Immortal. Not being afraid of death was considered to be a position superior to the mortals. Demon…

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