Year: 2018

Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Act 2017-Coverage and Impact

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By: Vatsala Bhusry, Bureau Chief-ICN Delhi NEW DELHI: The Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Act 2017, passed by the upper and lower house of the Indian Parliament increases the maternity leave available to working women from 12 weeks to 26 weeks for the first two children. Maternity leave for children beyond the first two and to mothers adopting a child below the age of three months as well as the commissioning mothers (surrogate mother) will continue to be 12 weeks.  Along with every establishment with more than 50 employees to provide for crèche…

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Road Accidents: Morocco To Organise Conference On Safety Measures

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The African continent has a high risk of death for road crashes for vulnerable users. Pedestrians and cyclists represent 43% of Africa’s road victims. Africa has the world’s highest rate of fatal road accidents, despite having relatively small numbers of vehicles in circulation, and improving road safety has gained traction in recent years as a key development priority for the continent. Travelling in Morocco by car is the most common and most convenient way to get from city to city.The roads connecting the major cities in Morocco  such as Casablanca,…

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Mexico Aeroplane Crashes With 103 People Aboard; No Deaths, 85 Injured

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Aeroméxico flight AM2431 was flying from Guadalupe Victoria International Airport to Mexico City.Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto tweeted that he had also instructed federal agencies to help. MEXICO CITY: An Aeromexico jetliner crashed after taking off in the northern state of Durango on Tuesday, but the state’s governor said there were no deaths and another official said 85 people had minor injuries. A spokesman for the Durango state health ministry said two of the victims were in critical condition.Durango state civil defense office published photos of a smoking but apparently relatively intact…

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Facebook Uncovers Attempts To Disrupt 2018 US Midterm Elections, Bans 32 Pages And Accounts

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Facebook says more than 290,000 accounts followed at least one of the fake pages. The most followed Facebook Pages had names such as “Aztlan Warriors,” ”Black Elevation,” ”Mindful Being,” and “Resisters.” Facebook says it has removed 32 accounts and pages believed to have been set up to influence the mid-term US elections in November. According to a Facebook official, the company held briefings in the House and Senate this week. The official declined to be named because the briefings were private. The company said it doesn’t know who is behind…

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CSE Releases Latest Assessment Report On District Mineral Foundations (DMF)

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By: Dr. Dakter Esse, Editor-ICN Report analyses 12 mining states.Does in-depth assessment of five of them- Jharkhand, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan – which together have collectedover 72 per cent of the country’s Rs 18,467 crore DMF fund NEW DELHI: “The District Mineral Foundation (DMF) scheme is a people-centric vision of natural resource governance where people’s right to benefit has been put at the forefront. If developed and implemented well, DMFs not only have a huge potential for improving the lives and livelihoods of some of the poorest communities, they could also…

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Arunachal Governor BD Mishra Meets K.J. Alphons, Discusses Tourism Promotion In State

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By: Dr. Dakter Esse, Editor-ICN ITANAGAR: The Governor of Arunachal Pradesh Brig. (Dr.) B.D. Mishra (Retd.) met the Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Tourism, K.J. Alphons in New Delhi on 31st July 2018. They discussed about harnessing and promotion of tourism of Arunachal Pradesh. The Governor impressed upon the Mos Tourism that Arunachal Pradesh has immense opportunity in tourism which will help the State for all round employment opportunities, entrepreneurship and revenues generation. Our tourism has scope of developing spiritual tourism, eco-tourism, cultural tourism, Adventure tourism including development of special tourist’s circuits…

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NRC Is Key To National Security Of India: Amit Shah

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The second and final draft of the NRC, which is a list of the state’s citizens, was published on Monday with over 28.9 million names out of 32.9 million applicants in Assam. Names of around 4.07 million applicants did not figure in the document. NEW DELHI: BJP president Amit Shah on Tuesday hit out at the former United Progressive Alliance (UPA) governments, saying the Congress did not have the courage to identify illegal migrants in Assam. Amit Shah said Rajiv Gandhi had signed the accord on August 14, 1985 after…

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Taj Mahal Case: Supreme Court To Hear Plea Seeking Heritage City Tag For Agra

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The Taj Trapezium Zone (TTZ)  is an area of about 10,400 sq km spread over the districts of Agra, Firozabad, Mathura, Hathras and Etah in Uttar Pradesh and Bharatpur district of Rajasthan. NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court today said it would hear on August 28 an application, filed in the matter related to protection and preservation of the Taj Mahal, which has sought to declare Agra as a heritage city. A bench comprising justices Madan B Lokur and Deepak Gupta was told by environmentalist M C Mehta, the petitioner in…

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Gurmeet Choudhary looks inspiring as an army soldier in J P Dutta’s PALTAN !

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Gurmeet Choudhary, who is eagerly anticipating the release of J P Dutta’s highly-anticipated war drama, PALTAN has recently revealed the first impressive look of his character. Looking every bit his character of an army soldier, Gurmeet’s character is all set for the war! It is a lesser known fact that the popular actor is also an Army boy in his real life and thus this film is too special for him. His father, Sitaram Choudhary served the country as a subhedar major and we can very well understand the bonhomie that runs in a…

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Kanika Kapoor parties with some of the biggest football stars in Ibiza !

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Kanika Kapoor is giving us some serious travel goals and after visiting some of the biggest fashion hot spots around the world, the singer and fashion icon recently traveled to sunny Spain for some downtime with her family. While in Spain, Kanika also attended the highly-talked about wedding of Spanish footballer Cesc Fàbregas and Daniella Semaan in Ibiza. The singer who shares a warm equation with  Fàbregas and  Semaan over the years was one of the few to be invited for the wedding, that was also attended by some of the biggest football…

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