Year: 2018

Sushma Swaraj Says Need For Indians And Chinese To Learn Each Other’s Language To Overcome Communication Barriers

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External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Monday met Chinese president Xi Jinping, along with top officials of both countries in Beijing.  External affairs minister Sushma Swaraj, who is on a visit to Beijing, made the remarks during a programme, titled ‘Contribution of Hindi in India-China Friendship’, organised by the India Embassy. Swaraj is on a two-nation visit to China and Mongolia, as part of which she will participate in a ministerial-level meeting of the SCO, where India became a full member in 2017. Swaraj said that during her meeting with Chinese…

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16 Naxals Killed In Encounter In Maharashtra’s Gadchiroli, Search Operation Underway

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Gadchiroli is one of the worst Naxal-hit areas of Maharashtra and the police had launched a massive manhunt to nab the Naxalites. MUMBAI: 16 Naxals were killed in an encounter with police commandos and CRPF personnel in Gadchiroli district in east Maharashtra today, a senior official said.Search operations are still on as it is suspected that Naxalites could launch attacks during the night on security forces. As the massive encounter broke out between the security forces and Naxals operating in Boria jungle, the anti-Naxal squad of Gadchiroli police launched a combing operation in thick jungles located…

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Protests In Nicaragua Over Social Security Revisions Turns Fatal

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The death of a journalist covering protests in Nicaragua has been captured on camera as he filmed on Facebook Live.Angel Gahona was reporting live on unrest in the central American country when he was shot dead. MANAGUA: Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega repealed changes to the country’s social security system Sunday night that triggered riots that led to the deaths of at least 26 people since Wednesday.Nicaragua has been one of the more stable countries in Central America. The overhaul had sought to shore up Nicaragua’s troubled social security system with…

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SYMPOSIUM ON EFFECTIVE ELECTIONS ORGANISED ON NATIONAL PR DAY

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By: Vijay Kumar Verma, Editor-ICN Group SHIMLA: First general elections in the country were held in the year 1951-52 with Kinnaur district of Himachal Pradesh leading the election process in the year 1951. It was due to the reason that higher reaches of the state like Kinnaur get heavy snowfall early thus making the normal public movement difficult. Thus Shyam Saran Negi of Kinnaur in the state of Himachal became the first voter of independent India. This was informed by Shri Ajay Srivastav,  Associate Professor of Journalism and Mass Communications, …

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5 Killed In Protests Over Nicaraguan Social Security Reform

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MANAGUA: Nicaragua’s Vice President Rosario Murillo has called protestors against new pension reform “vampires demanding blood”. On Thursday, the police officer and a young protester were shot dead in the Nicaraguan capital, Managua, while another youth was shot in the city of Tipitapa. At least five people, including a police officer, have been killed in the protests since they began on Wednesday, according to the authorities, and dozens of people have been wounded. The National Police said the officer was killed Thursday by a shotgun blast and the protester died…

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Impeachment Motion Against CJI Dipak Misra

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NEW DELHI: The seven parties, including the Congress, that moved the impeachment notice against Dipak Misra, listed out five counts of “misbehaviour” which include a charge that the CJI brought a piece of land by filing an affidavit later found to be “false” and he returned the plot only in 2012 after he was elevated even though the same was cancelled in 1985. On April 20 2018, seven opposition parties submitted a petition seeking impeachment of Dipak Misra to the Vice President Venkaiah Naidu, with signatures from 71 parliamentarians. A delegation…

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Summer Precautions: What happens When You Don’t Drink Enough Water

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By: Garima Lohumi Drinking plenty of water will help you reduce the chances of getting kidney stones, gastrointestinal and urinary tract cancer, and heart attack. Scientific endeavours exploring the possibility of life beyond earth have invariably focussed on ascertaining the availability of water on various planets.  Indeed, water is key to existence of all forms of life, there can be no life without water. Every organism is made up of water. It is one of the prime elements essential for the survival of all breathing creatures-  plants, insects, animals, and humans.…

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“Salaried Class”- The Dampened Ground For The Big Cat To Defecate

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By: Dr. Sanchita Ghatak, Associate Editor-ICN Group LUCKNOW: A middle class salaried person that I am. I am paying almost one month’s salary as my yearly income tax. I like a natural internet addict opened google and searched for the real meaning of tax. Wonderfully Wikipedia explained me that Tax is “a compulsory contribution to state revenue, levied by the government on workers’ income and business profits, or added to the cost of some goods, services, and transactions.” But hey , immediately below was also mentioned that it  is “…

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