India Islamic Cultural Centre: An Iconic Place For The Indian Muslims

By: Dr Mohammad Aleem, Editor-ICN Group NEW DELHI: In the heart of the capital city, Delhi, just adjacent to the walls of another place of great cultural importance, India International Centre, sits another iconic building which is popularly known as the India Islamic Cultural Centre. This building has become synonymous to the vibrant culture of Indian Muslims. It is a well accepted fact that India, even after its debilitating pain of partition and bloodshed in 1947 and another division of Muslims in the form of Bangladesh, still houses the second…

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Success Story Of Singapore

By: Subhashini, Asstt. Editor-ICN How did Lee Kuan Yew engineer Singapore’s economic miracle? NEW DELHI: Let us consider Singapore, a nation that was transformed from a small town to a global financial hub by the late Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew. His set of impressive policies for public welfare proved to be a wonderful example of the political and administrative cohesion. I believe Lee was a global thinker and an influential leader, whose vision and approach led Singapore on the path of rapid progress and development. Lee was able to correctly…

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Seafarers Lifestyle and Health

By: Tejeshwar Singh Rana, 2nd Officer, Shell shipping-London, UK & Asstt. Editor-ICN  MEXICO: Shipping industry, as name denotes, is meant for the heavy goods transportation through the sea ways, from the clothes that the people wear to the food they eat. Today almost everything is being transported through the ships. Shipping industry is also termed as the invisible industry. Ships are operated by seafarers, who perform the tough job of crossing the high seas through rough sea conditions. The seafarers are on duty call on 24 hours while they are on board…

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Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) Launches Air Pollution Source Apportionment Study

By: Dr. Dakter Esse, Editor-ICN NEW DELHI: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), in association with the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) and the leading instrumentation company Horiba, Ltd has launched a pilot study on real time source apportionment of PM2.5 (particulate matter below 2,5 micron in size) in Delhi-NCR. The objective of this study is to identify the signature of various sources of pollution and carry out source speciation in select hotspots in Delhi-NCR. CSE announced the launch of the study here today at a Round Table Meeting. The…

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Arunachal Governor Visits Darak Circle

By: Dr. Dakter Esse, Editor-ICN Ensure that fund provided for development programmes are hundred percent used on the ground: Governor ITANAGAR: The Governor of Arunachal Pradesh Brig. (Dr.) B.D. Mishra (Retd.) visited Darak Circle, one of the interior Circles of West Siang District on 22nd January 2019. The Governor, who is on a district tour of newly formed Districts of Shi Yomi and Lepa Rada, interacted with the officials and villagers of the Circle. Stating that road, electricity, education and health are required for progress of the society, the Governor urged…

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Excellence With G.O.P.T.A.© Series: Part 35

By: Dr. Sanjay Kumar Agarwal, Sr. Associate Editor-ICN Group KOLKATA: In the last 2 articles, we started to understand how to convert the desires into S.M.A.R.T.E.R. goals. We discussed first 4 limbs i.e. S.M.A.R. Today, we will understand what the remaining limbs i.e. T.E.R. stand for.   Convert the desires into S.M.A.R.T.E.R. goals (cont…) After understanding the first 4 factors i.e. ‘S’ for ‘Specific & Simple’; ‘M’ for ‘Measurable’, ‘A’ for ‘Adjustable & Attainable’ & ‘R’ for ‘Realistic’, now we will fine tune our desires on the remaining parameters i.e. T.E.R.…

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