Invasive Weeds Undermining Farm Productivity, Biodiversity

By: Rakesh Lohumi, Sr. Editor-ICN Group SHIMLA: The Himalayas are a treasure house of medicinal and aromatic plants.With no effective strategy to thwart the march of invasive alien species, which pose a major threat to the indigenous flora, more and more area is being usurped by weeds like lantana, ageratum, parthenium (Congress grass) and eupatorium. The appearance of large gregarious patches of these weeds from the Himalayan foothills in the north to the Tamil Nadu in the south is a matter of grave concern as they pose a serious threat to the…

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LIFE

By: C.P. Singh, Literary Editor-ICN Group One has got a fixed span to live, Provided by nature, unknown to our- hive. Lucky are those, who are living- shrive, Privileged are human-beings, at high skive. As a boon from creator, we are human, Master of all animals, as prime- lumen Controlling atmosphere, Earth as show-man, Brain provides us ability, to do all true-man. Man is a grace of God,:” ab- initio” to be so, It is only by birth, nothing acquired to grow. Humanity if added, it becomes Human-Pro, It is a…

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Spanish flu 1918: When The Millions Of People Were Died In The World

By: Mohammad Salim Khan, Sr. Sub Editor-ICN Group SAHASWAN/BUDAUN: At this time not only India but most of the countries of the world are coping with the heroic epidemic called Corona with great valor.  As soon as Corona’s name comes, a common man gets scared in front of him.This terrible disease has not only brought the country but also the economic system of most of the countries on the ground. Due to this epidemic there is another loss of lives and on the other hand, there is also a livelihood crisis…

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AFRICA: An Example Of Wounded Culture And Economy

By: Subhashini, Asstt. Editor-ICN NEW DELHI: It is known that the development of language as a medium of expression is the key factor of communication and is also responsible for the growth of a culture as well as education. History itself is the witness in case of Africa, where language originated initially. It is accepted in almost every part of the world that the language of Egypt influenced the Greek and Latin languages; even though these two languages are Indo-European. On a broader scale, the roots of most of the European languages…

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The Humane Side Of Lockdown

By: Klinsa Kurien, Bureau Chief-ICN Kerala Since the Indian Imperialist regime ended 73 years back, many an Indian has felt liberated in both body and spirit. The Freedom to do things freely, to possess a liberalistic attitude and most importantly to break the chains of narrow mindedness is inculcated in people’s minds.  Currently we are in a new political situation which was not experienced before. The Lockdown has brought our lives to a screeching halt. Though it was mainly done for achieving an infection- free society sans virus, homo sapiens…

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“Lock-Down-And-After?“

By: C.P. Singh, Literary Editor-ICN Group  PART: SIX Whosoever thinks about the prevailing calamity, simply goes into it’s details in  so many parameters but no one knows anything in this regard . What to say about it’s cure ? or how to deal it perfectly to secure our human race ? when no one knows the full details about it ? No proper and to the point treatment is available with any Country or any individual on the Earth . Every  Country is busy trying to bring out  some protective or…

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