Year: 2019

Chikungunya: A Common Occurrence In Monsoon

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By: Dr. Abhishek Kumar Pandey, Asstt. Editor-ICN LUCKNOW: Chikungunya is a  viral infection caused by the bite of an infected female mosquito belonging to the Aedes aegypti. The word Chikungunya derived from a word in the Kimakonde language which means “ to become contorted or that which bends up.”  Chikungunya is not a contagious disease and an infected person cannot spread this infection to another person. The Chikungunya virus gets into a mosquito when it bites a person already infected with it and when the infected mosquito bites another person, the…

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Arunachal Pradesh: East Kameng Lauded For Improving Sex Ratio At Birth

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By: Sapna  Tayem, Bureau Chief, ICN Arunachal Pradesh ITANAGAR: Union women and child development minister Smriti Irani on Friday lauded the efforts of East Kameng district, which has registered a sharp improvement in the sex ratio at birth (SRB). East Kameng, one among the 25 districts of Arunachal Pradesh, registered a sex ratio at birth growth from 807 in 2014-15 to 1,039 in 2018-19. Irani, who was addressing a function in New Delhi to felicitate states and districts for improving sex ratio, while making a special mention of East Kameng, said,…

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Chandrayaan-2 : An Unfinished Success

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By: Tarun Prakash Srivastava, Sr. Executive Editor-ICN Group LUCKNOW: India is still filled with pride, enthusiasm, zeal and excitement by giving a knock to the south pole of Moon though we could not be witnesses of successful soft landing of lander Vikram on the moon surface. Communicational disconnection from Chandrayaan – 2 just before 2.1 k.m. from its destination is little painful for every Indian but not only we Indian but the entire world knows that our efforts were sincere, perfect and serious irrespective of fact that finished success has…

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Lavasa: A Dream Project Gone Awry

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By: Anoop Sood PUNE: Pune is one of the better cities where I live and spent the best part of my professional career. Over the years I have come to admire the place and for good reasons.Nice comfortable weather round the year, safe, better infrastructure, good avenues for employment, excellent education institutions, hordes of places offering good entertainment and exciting night life- Pune has it all.   But the best part of living in Pune is that you can be trekking amidst picturesque green hills or wandering leisurely along the coastline…

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Try To Distinguish Between Happiness And Pleasure

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By: Vijay Kumar Verma, Editor-ICN Group SHIMLA: All of us are in pursuit of happiness. The eternal happiness of life. But many of us fail to realise the true value of happiness. To us bits of pleasure realised in satiating instincts is happiness.For example a person carrying heavy load in scorching sun on his head is delighted to see a shady tree where he can relax a while, and if he finds a pitcher of cold water beneath the tree he is all the more happy. Now what all has changed…

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Hepatitis C: A Silent Epidemic

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By: Dr. Abhishek Kumar Pandey, Asstt. Editor-ICN Hepatitis C has been called a silent epidemic because most people with Hepatitis C do not know they are infected. LUCKNOW: Hepatitis is a general term used to describe inflammation of the liver. It is characterized by the presence of inflammatory cells in the liver tissue. Hepatitis can be caused due to various factors such as excessive alcohol consumption, autoimmune diseases, accumulation of fat in the liver causing fatty liver disease and microorganisms, including viruses. There are 5 different types of viruses that cause Hepatitis-…

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Excellence with G.O.P.T.A.© Series: Part 97 (Why people do not delegate)

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By: Dr. Sanjay Kumar Agarwal, Sr. Associate Editor, ICN Group (In last article, we knew about whom to delegate. Today we will know why people do not delegate.)   Why people do not delegate? There are various reasons, why people don’t delegate. The biggest reason is that they don’t know what to delegate and whom to delegate. They think that only they can do it in best manner. Sometimes, they are afraid of losing control over the work.  Some people think that they are indispensable due to the fact that they are…

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Examination Fear And Homeopathy

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By: Dr. Anurudh Verma, MD (Hom.), Sr. Associate Editor-ICN Group  Examination usually leads to a lot of tension and anxiety commonly known as examination phobia. Examination phobia or Examophobia is a mental disorder found in most of the students. When exams arrive, students become extremely worried and make plans about how to study, how to perform better and get good grades. Some students find exams so difficult that the phobia makes them sick as they simply find themselves unable to cope up with the exam fear. There may be sweating, palpitations that disturb so much…

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There Is A Sky Over Every Sky

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By: Tanya Prakash, Asstt. Editor-ICN LUCKNOW: The track of time is unlimited but the journey of our life is limited. Volume vise the universe is infinite and we, human beings, are collectively, though very smart, but almost a negligible unit. The only mission in life is to make this limited life significant, precious and useful for our society. Someone has rightly said : “The life can never be stationed. Either it will go up or down.The day you stop being better, you start getting worse.” Simply, it would be a…

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Sustainable Agriculture And Beyond….

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By: Rajiv Saxena, Executive Editor-ICN International BANGKOK: The goal of sustainable agriculture to meet society’s food and textile needs in the present without disturbing the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.Practioners and users of sustained agriculture seek to integrate three important goals. Every person involved in the food system. Growers,food processors,distributors,retailers, consumers and waste managers can play a role in ensuring sustainable agriculture system. There are many practices used in sustained agriculture and food system by people. Growers may use methods to promote 1. Soil health 2. Minimum water…

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