Day: May 4, 2019

Cyclone Fani Leaves 12 Dead In Odisha, Enters Bangladesh

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Cyclone Fani is the strongest cyclonic storm since the Super Cyclone of 1999, which claimed close to 10,000 lives and battered the Odisha coast for 30 hours.  NEW DELHI: Cyclone Fani hit West Bengal early today morning and is likely to continue in the North-east direction with a wind speed of 90km/hr. 12 people have died in Odisha so far and several areas in Puri were submerged as heavy rain battered the coast, officials said.Pradeep Kumar Rana, DIG Operations,NDRF says that cyclone Fani has weakened & is covering areas of West Bengal…

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AN INTERVIEW WITH SUNITA RAINA PANDIT…. A LEGENDARY POETESS

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By: Ravinder Gurtoo    While the violence in the Kashmir Valley is often talked about, not much is said of the success of its people in fields of academia, sports and entertainment. Same is the case with literature. Now, however, several young and budding writers from the region have come to the fore much to the delight of book lovers. Over the past several years , many young writers have made their debut through their novels and poetry and one such big name is  Sunita Raina Pandit. Here is the transcript…

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The first goal keeper from Shopian, Sannan Iqbal is fast becoming a house hold name

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By: Mudassir Maqbool, Asstt. Bureau Chief, ICN-J&K SHOPIAN: Sannan Iqbal is becoming a household name in District Shopian for his abilities and manoeuvres as an emerging goal keeper.Iqbal, 18, S/O of Mohd. Iqbal Bhat hails from Bungam Shopian, is a state level player.“My father died due to brief illness which effected my carrier but my uncle & mother stood by me. They gave me courage and supported me to play this game,” Iqbal said.He proved his credentials as a player, even though the game is not popular in the region.…

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3-Days Post Disaster Needs Assessment (PDNA) Training Programme for Govt. Officials Wraps up Successfully at NIDM South Campus, Andhra Pradesh

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Bapatla,AP: National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM) in association with APHRDI (Andhra Pradesh Human Resource Development Institute) conducted a 3-days training programmer on Post Disaster Needs Assessment (PDNA) for State Govt. officials from May 01-03, 2019 at its Child Centric Disaster Risk Reduction Center (CCDRR) at Bapatla, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh. About 80 Government official from 12 different Govt. departments and 9 different states including North-Eastern States and also from Jammu & Kashmir successfully participated in the this 3-days training. Disasters in the country disrupt the normal life and damage large…

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Excellence with G.O.P.T.A.© Series: Part 70 (Temporary setbacks are not dead ends)

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By: Dr. Sanjay Kumar Agarwal, Sr. Associate Editor, ICN Group (In the past article, we knew about the power of GOPTA for students. Today, we will see how temporary setbacks are not the read dead ends in life.)   Temporary setbacks are not dead ends You are in pursuit of big success and we all know that big success is not going to come to you smoothly. It will pose some obstacles on the way as nothing is smooth in life. Obstacles & temporary setbacks are quite natural to come…

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