Year: 2018

SHOULD THERE BE LAWS AGAINST SLOW DRIVING ON INDIAN ROADS?

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By: Vijay Kumar Verma, Editor-ICN Group Under the Indian Motor Vehicles Act there are laws to check speeding beyond the prescribed limits, but alas none for SLOW DRIVING. Holding the others to ransom. Driving on the narrow hill roads in Himachal Pradesh many of us may have come across lazy drivers driving ahead at abysmally low speeds. This forms a trail of vehicles honking at each other with a view to overtake even at risky corners jeopardising their very lives which many a times do end with a collusion, As…

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World Press Freedom Day 2018: Balanced, Free And Fair Press Can Take The Country Forward

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The United Nations General Assembly had declared May 3 as World Press Freedom Day to raise awareness about freedom of press. In 2018, UNESCO will lead the 25th celebration of World Press Freedom Day. The main event, jointly organized by UNESCO and the Government of the Republic of Ghana, will take place in Accra, Ghana on 2 – 3 May. This year’s global theme is ‘Keeping Power in Check: Media, Justice and The Rule of Law’, and will cover issues of media and the transparency of the political process, the independence and…

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Biotechnological Advances in Agriculture

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By: Prof. R K Yadav (Deptt of Genetics and Plant Breeding C.S. Azad Univ. of Agril. & Tech. Kanpur & Sr. Associate Editor-ICN Group) KANPUR: Agriculture production in India has increased considerably during the last five decades largely due to the development and large scale cultivation of high-yielding dwarf varieties of rice and wheat, and greater applications of water and nutrients. This increase in food production has made India self-sufficient and contributed tremendously to food security. However, the population expected to reach 1.8 billion in 2050 will impose great demand for increased food…

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A GOOD CROWN OF HAIR INDICATES A GOOD HEALTH

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By: Garima Lohumi  A protein–rich diet is essential for making hair strong and healthy. Deficiency of protein can render your hair dry, fragile and weak and if the deficiency is acute a person can even suffer hair loss. It is often said that if face is the picture, the crown of hair is the frame. Indeed, the visual identity of an individual is largely defined by the hair. A good crown of hair on the head enhances the looks and overall personality. The appearance of a person changes dramatically if the…

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DIVINE JUSTICE AWAITS THE LIKES OF ASARAM AND RAM RAHIM

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By: Vijay Kumar Verma, Editor-ICN Group Will undergoing punishments pronounced by the Laws of land unblemish the tarnished characters of so called ‘spiritual gurus’ like Asaram or Ram Rahim? Clad in white robes Asaram used to play god for his thousands of devotees swinging their heads in trance as he would look out for his next prey in the crowd ready to do anything for his pleasure. And the super hero Ram Rahim doning himself as silver screen heroes and religious gurus of the past would enthrall his devotees with…

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Suffering: A ‘Paradox’ in Modern Sciences

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By: Dr. Kumar Raka, Bureau Chief-ICN Delhi Tel Aviv: Suffering has been defined in different contexts in different social and also the medical sciences. Suffering can be mental, physical, social, economic and heavily influenced by the cultural, religious and spiritual orientations. Moreover, it is an objective as well as subjective phenomenon and closely related with the well-beingness and happiness of individual, groups, community or the nations when we talk about measurement of suffering. Finally, the threshold of suffering is inherent in its psychological definition which emphasizes pain, distress, sorrow, and grief an…

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Unfortunately,Nirbhayas in India will continue to remain unsafe

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By: Vijay Kumar Verma, Editor-ICN Group The government’s move to bring an ordinance seeking death penalty for the rapists of girls below 12 years of age, is not being widely seen as a deterrent to the crime against women.  The criminal law amendment ordinance seeks to amend the Indian Penal Code (IPC), the Evidence Act, the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act to introduce a new provision to sentence convicts of such crimes to death. Existing provisions of the POCSO Act…

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The first woman firefighter at the AAI : She has tread where many would not dare to

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By: Barnali Bose, Editor-ICN KOLKATA : Tanya Sanyal, a Science postgraduate and resident of kolkata, saw a dream,a dream to be different and do something different from what her friends wanted to do. One day,while scanning through the pages of a newspaper, her eyes fell on an AAI( Airport Authority of India)advertisement that proved to be a life changer for her. She qualified in the written test and  soon travelled to Bhubaneswar for physical fitness and medical tests. She passed the final hurdle that was inclusive of a 100-metre sprint…

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Train Travel time between Kalka and Shimla may soon be reduced to three hours

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By: Vijay Kumar Verma, Editor-ICN Group SHIMLA: Union Minister for Railways Piyush Goel today said that speed and frequency of trains running on Kalka- Shimla railway line will be increased while efforts would also be made to reduce the duration of journey from existing five hours to merely three hours, during the discussions with the visiting Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh, Jai Ram Thakur at New Delhi today. Giving directions to the concerned officers of the Ministry he also said that speed of the Jogindernagar-Pathankot train would also be increased in…

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More Than 60 Killed In Suicide Blasts At Mubi Mosque In Nigeria

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Suicide bombers killed more than 60 people at a mosque and a market in northeast Nigeria on Tuesday, in a twin attack bearing the hallmarks of Boko Haram. The attack in Mubi town came a day after President Muhammadu Buhari met with US President Donald Trump at the White House and discussed the threat from the Nigeria-based Boko Haram extremist group. Boko Haram, which briefly held control of Mubi in 2014 as part of its nine-year insurgency, has repeatedly targeted the town with deadly attacks. The fighting has left more than 20,000…

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