Year: 2018

15 Injured In Blast At Indian Restaurant In Canada, No Indication Of Terrorism

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The Indian consulate in Toronto has opened a helpline for any Indian nationals seeking assistance: (647) 668-4108. TORONTO: At least 15 people were injured in an explosion at an Indian restaurant outside of Toronto. Police are searching for two men suspected of setting off the bomb in the Bombay Bhel restaurant before fleeing the scene. Police have not made any arrests in connection with the blast at Bombay Bhel restaurant late on Thursday. Three people suffered critical injuries in the blast, and 12 others sustained smaller shrapnel injuries. Both the…

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CSE Welcomes ASCI Ruling On Misleading Poultry Industry Ad Featuring Sania Mirza

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By: Dr. Dakter Esse (Deputy Editor-North East cum Bureau Chief-ICN Arunachal Pradesh)  NEW DELHI: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has welcomed the recent decision of the Advertisement Standards Council of India (ASCI) which has said the poultry industry advertisement featuring tennis legend Sania Mirza was misleading by facts, exaggeration and ambiguity. CSE has once again called on Mirza to distance herself from the advertisement in the interest of public health. It may be noted here that the All India Poultry Development and Services Private Limited (AIPDSPL) had issued an advertisement on…

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Arunachal Launches Protest Against Citizenship Bill

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By: Dr. Dakter Esse (Deputy Editor-North East cum Bureau Chief-ICN Arunachal Pradesh)  ITANAGAR: Condemning the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016, the All Arunachal Pradesh Students’ Union (AAPSU) under the aegis of North East Students’ Organisation (NESO) staged a sit-in protest at Tennis Court here on Monday. AAPSU General Secretary Tobom Dai said the union had through the office of NESO submitted memorandum to a Central government team on the strong rejection of the Bill. “The Citizenship Act of 1955 was based on secularism and domicile by birth but the 2016 bill is totally based on…

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PINNING HOPES ON PINE NEEDLES. ….

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By: Vijay Kumar Verma, Editor-ICN Group SHIMLA: Tracking in the forests and road side slopes we often come across pine needles strewn on the paths under tall pine trees. When these needles dry up the paths become slippery and they also add to the occasional forest fires that destroy forest wealth, the trees. Some time back one would wonder if these very unwanted pine needles could be put to some use and utilised for  made profitable ventures. Ancestors reveal that these very needles were at one time being used as…

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The three Golden Women of Medicine in Pre-Independent India

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By: Dr. Samayug Bhowmik, Bureau Chief, ICN-West Bengal               PART-3 KOLKATA: Herein, I will highlight three Indian daughters who became doctors and made their presence in other fields also.They are Kadambini Ganguly, Anandi Gopal Joshi and Rukhmabai. Dr.Rukhmabai, born on 22 November 1864  was an Indian physician and feminist. She was also a practicing doctor  involved in a landmark case involving her marriage as a child bride. The case raised significant public debate across several topics, which most prominently included law/ social reform vs tradition/ conservatism, in the then British-ruled India which ultimately manifested into the Age of Consent…

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SCHIZOPHRENIA: NEEDS TREATMENT, NOT DESPISE

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By: Dr. M. Aleem Siddiqui, Joint Secretary IMA Lucknow LUCKNOW: Schizophrenia is a chronic, severe, and disabling brain disease. Approximately 1% of the population develops schizophrenia during their lifetime. Schizophrenia affects men and women with equal frequency, the disorder often appears earlier in men, usually in the late teens or early twenties, than in women, who are generally affected in the twenties to early thirties. It can affect anyone. Its caused by a mixture of Genetic variations, perhaps slight brain damage at birth/pregnancy. Drugs may trigger it. Stress makes it worse.…

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Anupam Kher’s Actor Prepares to sponsor top awards at KASHISH 2018

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Cash prizes worth Rs 70,000 by Actor Prepares at South Asia’s biggest LGBTQ film festival Mumbai : National award winning internationally acclaimed actor Anupam Kher and his acting school `Actor Prepares’ will sponsor top prizes at this year’s KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival. Anupam Kher has announced that cash prizes of Rs 30,000 will go to the Best Narrative Feature Film, Rs 20,000 to the Best Indian Short Film and Rs 20,000 to the Best Actor In a leading Role award. The awards will be announced at the closing…

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Priyanka Chopra visits the Rohingya Refugee camps !

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It was only last year that UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Priyanka Chopra visited Jordan to meet with Syrian families, whose lives have been greatly affected by the conflict in the area. The international star today landed in Dhaka,Bangladesh after attending the royal wedding in London to visit the Rohingya Refugee camps. Since 25 August 2017, extreme violence in Rakhine State, Myanmar, has driven an estimated 693,000 Rohingya refugees across the border into Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. The people and Government of Bangladesh welcomed them with resounding generosity and open borders. As part of an initiative…

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10 years that may be left for you to live will look like 40 if spent in mirth and enjoyment.”-Dr. J S Randhawa

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Mumbai: Reverberation films latest movie 10 Nahi 40’s teaser launched at suburb preview theater with much fanfare. Reverberation films are committed to present the films which affect a large section of the society. The subject chosen by them always marks an imprint on someone’s life.                                                                                            …

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