British Environmental Activist Found Dead In Peru

British Environmental Activist McAuley had been helping Peru’s historically discriminated tribes in the battle against powerful oil and mining interests. LIMA: A British environmental activist who worked to protect indigenous Amazon tribes from developers has been found burned to death in Peru.The body of Paul McAuley, 71, was discovered by students on Tuesday in the Amazon city of Iquitos. British environmental activist McAuley had travelled to the Peruvian Amazon in 2000 to help indigenous activists and set up a civil association, Red Ambiental Loretana. In 2004,McAuley founded the Loreto Environmental…

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How Does Anger Play A Role In Our Lives ?

By: Mehwash Fatima, Trainee Reporter-ICN NEW DELHI: The purpose of deliberation of me at the moment is that I am no doubt exasperated and anguished with the way people think and behave these days. Most of the time, I find people short fused. They get offended easily and start fighting even for trivial reasons. Interesting thing to note is that they themselves generate norms and combat pointlessly with each other even putting right thinking in it. Every other person that you would find fighting with the other one or having…

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Pulwama Bhangidar Residents Suffer Non Availability Of A Bridge On Stream In Their Village

By: Mudasir Maqbool, Chief Reporter, ICN  PULWAMA: The residents of Bhangidar area of Tral Sub-District of Pulwama have expressed grave resentment against Administration for failing to construct a bridge on villages local stream which is the only connectivity and lifeline for their day to day commutation. The villagers told ICN that we are  facing immense hardships due to non availability of bridge on “Brari–Nallah” near Gutroo village in Tral. Villagers aggrieved that despite repeated requests to the concerned Government officials and elected representatives, their pleas has not been addressed so far and they are facing extreme hardship in carrying their routine daily life, not even…

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Dawn of Development Elusive in Kashmir Politics

By: Minya Tufail, Asstt. Bureau Chief, ICN J&K SRINAGAR:With the blow of poll bugle by Election Commission of India, Jammu and Kashmir mainstream parties have started their election campaigning throughout the State. Amid turbulence in South Kashmir, valley is witnessing huge rush in election rallies this time. In the ongoing process, politicians don’t talk about development of three regions of the State instead sentimental issues are being evoked throughout the valley. In a recent public gathering at Baramulla constituency, National Conference (NC) Parliamentary candidate Mohammad Akbar Lone shouted slogans in…

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Excellence with G.O.P.T.A.© Series: Part 61 (Be progressive-always seek new horizons)

By: Dr. Sanjay Kumar Agarwal, Sr. Associate Editor, ICN Group (In the past article, we knew about the importance of inculcating the positive attitude since childhood. Today, we will know the importance of becoming a progressive person. Be progressive – always seek new horizons Continuous progress towards our dreams and touching new heights of success is the desire of most of us. Everybody wants to see new horizons of success in his life. You should always keep on reviewing your goals as well as your progress. It will help you…

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Bansal Joins SJVN As Director Civil

By: Vijay Kumar Verma, Editor-ICN Group SHIMLA: Surinder Pal Bansal has been appointed Director (Civil) of SJVN Limited by the Public Enterprise Selection Board (PESB), Govt. of India.  He has since assumed charge of the position in the company. Prior to joining SJVN, S.P. Bansal was working as Chairman & Managing Director of Hindustan Salts Limited.  He succeeds Kanwar Singh who superannuated on 31st March, 2019. Bansal did his B-Tech Civil from Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College, Ludhiana and he also holds Master’s Degree in Civil Engineering from Thapar Institute of…

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