Year: 2018

TMC wins 4, Congress 1 in West Bengal

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KOLKATA: Abhishek Manu Singhvi of the Congress party and 4 nominees of the state’s ruling Trinamool Congress Subhasish Chakraborty, Abir Ranjan Biswas, Md. Nadimul Haq and Santanu Sen on Friday sailed to victory in the election held for the 5 vacancies from West Bengal in the Rajya Sabha. Singhvi, whose last stint in the Rajya Sabha was from Rajasthan, contested from West Bengal after the TMC chief and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced support for him. Singhvi got 47 votes, Subhasish Chakraborty secured 54, Nadimul Haq and Biswas…

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BJP Wins 9 Seats in Uttar Pradesh, BSP’s BR Ambedkar Loses

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LUCKNOW: BJP has won nine out of the 10 Rajya Sabha seats in UP, with its ninth candidate Anil Agrawal trouncing BSP’s candidate B.R. Ambedkar by second preference vote count. SP had promised Mayawati that it would help it win the 10th seat by transferring its surplus votes as part of the deal where BSP supported SP candidates to win the by-polls in Gorakhpur and Phulpur. BJP easily won 8 Rajya Sabha seats, including for its senior leaders like Arun Jaitley, Anil Jain and GVL Narsimha Rao with 39 votes…

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TELANGANA: Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) Wins All Three Rajya Sabha Seats In The State

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HYDERABAD: Telangana’s ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) bagged all three Rajya Sabha seats for which polling was held on Friday. B. Prakash, J. Santosh Kumar and AB. Lingaiah Yadav were elected to the Upper House. Congress candidate and former union minister P. Balram Naik was defeated, officials said. A total of 108 members of the Assembly voted.TRS nominees Banda Prakash Mudiraj polled the highest 33 votes, followed by Joginipalli Santosh and Badugula Lingaiah Yadav polling 32 votes each. Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) party supported the TRS in the RS polls. Congress candidate…

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Importance Of Bt Bringal In India

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By: Dr. Ripudaman Singh (Special Correspondent ICN Group) & Hemant Kumar ( Agriculture Correspondent ICN Group) NEW DELHI: The Bt. Brinjal is a transgenic brinjal created by inserting a crystal protein gene (Cry 1 Ac) from the soil bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis into the genome of various brinjal cultivars. These Brinjal plants are found to be resistance against lepidopteran insects like the Brinjal Fruit and Shoot Borer Leucinodes orbonalisand Fruit Borer Helioverpa armigera. Importance of Bringal in India Brinjal is a low calories and fats containing vegetable and contains mostly water, some…

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India Successfully Flight Tests Supersonic Cruise Missile BrahMos

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Brahmos is a joint venture between DRDO of India and NPO Mashinostroyenia (NPOM) of Russia. POKHRAN: India today successfully test fired the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile with an indigenous ‘seeker’ at Rajasthan’s Pokhran test range, enhancing the country’s capability to hit enemy targets at a range of up to 400 km. The range of the missile, an Indo-Russia joint venture, can be extended up to 400 km as certain technical restrictions were lifted after India became a full member of the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) last year. Defence Minister…

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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres Alarmed By Use Of Chemical Weapons In Syria

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NEW YORK: Concerned by the persistent allegations of chemical weapon use in Syria, United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the use of chemical weapons, under any circumstances, is unjustifiable and abhorrent. The Secretary-General met on 20 March with the Director General of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) and reiterated his support for its work in investigating allegations of the use of chemical weapons in Syria. In a statement by the spokesman for the secretary-general on Wednesday, Guterres added equally unjustifiable is a lack of response…

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Major Government Initiatives In Agricultural Sectors In India

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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: The government of India going to provide Rs. 2000 Crore (US Dollars 306.29 million ) for computerisation of Primary Agricultural Credit Societies (PACS)  to ensure cooperatives are benefitted through digital technology. Around 100 million Soil Health Cards (SHSs) have been distributed in the country during 2015-17 and a soil health mobile app has been launched to help the farmers.   With an aim to boost innovation and entrepreneurship,…

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Khushali Kumar’s transformation for her upcoming project with Guru Randhawa shocked everyone!

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Khushali Kumar’s

MUMBAI : The beautiful fashionista turned lead actor, Khushali Kumar is better known for her soulful performances in hit music video’s like ‘Mainu Ishq Da’, ‘ Mere Papa’ ‘Ik Yaad Purani’ Etc.. And yet again she proved her dedication when she lost 5 to 6 kg’s in a week’s time for an upcoming music video with singer and composer Guru Randhawa, her preparations surprised the whole team. Khushali’s first look from the talked about shoot are out and she is looking gorgeously beautiful, the music video is due to release…

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Dev-D to Manmarziyaan!

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Abhishek Bachchan

MUMBAI : After their first successful collaboration, Mukkabaaz with Eros International, the creative forces of producer Aanand L Rai and director Anurag Kashyap have come together again to take their association to the next level with Manmarziyaan, scheduled to release on 7th September 2018.  Set in Amritsar, Manmarziyaan is an intense love story coming from the maverick filmmaker Anurag Kashyap, who revolutionized the romantic genre with Dev D (2009). In true Kashyap style, Manmarziyaan promises to blur the quintessential love genre showcasing a love story with complex emotions. Featuring an interesting…

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Globetrotting for a cause!

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Priyanka Chopra

MUMBAI : While the country celebrates international icon, Priyanka Chopra’s homecoming, the superstar was in Dubai recently with Hollywood actors Sarah Lafferty and Gina Torres, as well as Brit Formula 1 racer, Lewis Hamilton for a global education and skills gala. Priyanka Chopra also caught up with former Australian Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, whom she had first met at the 50th anniversary celebrations of an education gala in Boston three years ago. Also present at this gathering were three teen survivors of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland,…

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