By: Dr. Shweta, Deptt. of Genetics & Plant Breeding C.S. Azad Univ. of Agril. & Tech. Kanpur & Sr. Associate Editor-ICN KANPUR: Drumstick (from the long, slender, triangular seed-pods), botanically known as Moringa oleifera. It is also known as the miracle tree, the ben oil tree, or the horseradish tree. It is a fast-growing, drought-resistant tree belongs to the family Moringaceae. Its native place is tropical and subtropical regions of South Asia. It is a perennial multipurpose tree and commonly grown in home gardens in India, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia and the Philippines. It can be grown in a…
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Organ Donation is the Need of the Time and the Role of Media in Disseminating this Information
By: Dr. Mohammad Aleem, Editor, ICN Group NEW DELHI: It was my first meeting with those people face-to-face who have dedicated themselves for a unique cause. They are the soldiers who are committed to making India strong, healthy and physically self-reliant. India’s one billion and a quarter million populations are both a boon and a bane. On the one hand, its strong population density makes it an enviable workforce in the world, but there are millions and millions who are living in deplorable conditions. Economically, we could not become so…
Read MoreWhy Should We Observe Pitra Paksh-The Shradhas
By: Vijay Kumar Verma, Editor-ICN Group SHIMLA: A soul always yearns for a human life as it is believed that since only humans have wisdom they can perform karma. In human life one gets the opportunity to balance the past and improve upon his bank of karma. The human life alone is thus considered to be a karmakshetra as animals do not have the wisdom to distinguish between the good or bad. It is believed that human life is a blessing of God and must therefore be utilized to the…
Read MoreTo Call A Spade, A Spade Or To Spin A Yarn: Exploring The Truth Behind A Lie
By : Barnali Bose, Editor ICN-Group KOLKATA: Many of us will remember the fairy tale character of Pinocchio, whose nose grew longer every time he lied. Thankfully, it doesn’t happen in real life otherwise, I can say with much conviction that everyone would see Pinocchio’s image in the mirror. Elders never tire trying to inculcate the moral value of truthfulness in children, do they? And is there anyone who has not heard of the proverbial saying that nothing can be better than honesty? But in real life, speaking the truth…
Read MoreNavlokan : Living Shadows Of Genius Urdu Poetry
By: Tarun Prakash Srivastava, Sr. Executive Editor-ICN Group The great poet Nida Fazli has rightly said : “Har aadmi me’n hote hai’n das bees aadmi, Jisko bhi dekhna ho, kai baar dekhna.” Though the approach of this couplet is negative and it suggests that everybody has several faces just to cheat you but I know a person through whom we can go through several personalities and it is not less than a miracle for me. In this world, where it is next to impossible to know even a single person…
Read MoreBook Cafe With A Difference
By: Vijay Kumar Verma, Editor-ICN Group SHIMLA: The unique cafe, built by the Shimla Municipal Corporation and Himachal Tourism Development Corporation under Shimla beautification plan, that offers a serene reading place with splendid titles and educational books stacked in a beautiful ambience enjoyed by locals and tourists alike with steaming hot coffee and snacks and drinks may also not make a news. But the fact that the Book Cafe opened just a few days ago that is on 11th April 2017 is being run by two jail inmates convicted for life under…
Read MoreReview of the play, Imam-e-Hind: Ram by Dr. Mohammad Aleem
By: Eram Fatima, Asstt. Editor-ICN NEW DELHI: Long time ago, I had read in my textbook during my late schooldays some excerpts of the great epic, Ramayana. Then, I was too small and too ill-equipped to grasp it well. Now, after so many years, finally, when I got my hands on it again, I felt not only fortunate but excited also. It was the stage adaptation of the Valmiki Ramayana in Urdu, titled, Imam-e-Hind: Ram by Dr. Mohammad Aleem, an award winning playwright. I decided to read it all through.…
Read MoreExcellence with G.O.P.T.A.© Series: Part 100 (Effective Utilisation of GOPTA in ‘Prioritisation’)
By: Dr. Sanjay Kumar Agarwal, Sr. Associate Editor, ICN Group (In the past few articles, I discussed 3 limbs of prioritisation i.e. To-Do List, Prioritisation and Delegation. Today, I will sum up this crucial learning as to how GOPTA can be effectively used in prioritisation.) Effective utilisation of GOPTA in ‘Prioritisation’ NOIDA: In the past few articles, we learnt about 3 limbs of prioritisation, namely, To-Do List, Prioritisation and Delegation. Before summing up the learning, I appreciate my heartful thanks to all of you who are with me till completion of…
Read More“Tears,The True Friends“
By: C.P. Singh, Literary Editor-ICN Group Emotions of any kind, affect and melt the core, It fills in, then flows, affectionately to our eyes. They dissolve one’s being in it, even before, Draining to fill and be in our situation –felt – eyes. Emotions and being, thus so fully dissolved in, The natural secretion , called tears, and fills. Coming as true friends, in every situations’ Din, Remain intact in all ,glad –sad, as Heart’s –Bills. These tiny drops, draining via eyes, to say, Never leave me alone, be what the…
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