Month: May 2020

Summer Precautions: What happens When You Don’t Drink Enough Water

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By: Garima Lohumi Drinking plenty of water will help you reduce the chances of getting kidney stones, gastrointestinal and urinary tract cancer, and heart attack. Scientific endeavours exploring the possibility of life beyond earth have invariably focussed on ascertaining the availability of water on various planets.  Indeed, water is key to existence of all forms of life, there can be no life without water. Every organism is made up of water. It is one of the prime elements essential for the survival of all breathing creatures-  plants, insects, animals, and humans. They…

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“Lock-Down-And-After?“

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By: C.P. Singh, Literary Editor-ICN Group  PART-TWO None of  the living  beings  on  this planet have ever seen  or imagined about the practicing , dealing or going through a situation called “Lock – Down” Books do have elaborate mention about it but situations never became so lethal bring this entire Globe under precautions under a “Lock – Down”. Could  anyone on  this Earth ever relate his  or  her thinking to the present situation ? Did any  of  the dreams in any person’s mind ever spell out the actual act of “…

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The “New Normal”: Disaster Response In Time Of Covid-19

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By: Prof Santosh Kumar, NIDM Views in the article are personal of the author. It doesn’t reflect the views of the Institute. NEW DELHI: I was just thinking while trying to figure out  the impact of COVID-19 across the globe and assessing  the devastation it has created all over the world that is beyond imagination. I wrote two articles on COVID-19, one in the month of February and another one was in the first week of March 2020. I did not expect the economic loss would be so huge to absorb.…

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Special day a short film starring Shantanu Maheshwari and Sheeba Chaddha is winning hearts at film festivals

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The trend of digital media and  short films are becoming new entertainment of the town. The upcoming short film Special Day starring Shantanu Maheshwari and Sheeba Chaddha, directed by Ajay Shivan and produced by Prashant Singh is winning hearts at various film festivals. This short film has already bagged awards internationally. The film had won at Tagore international film festivals 2020 under two categories -Best film on women & debut filmmaker award and at Cult Critic Awards 2020 for Outstanding achievement award. The film was the finalist at New York…

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A Soft Squeal

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By: Amitabh Dixit, Editor-ICN U.P. Life is a long journey starts with a Soft squeal………. And runs towards the end with tears…………… In between Lot many roses reflect their fragrance Lot many times bumble bees dance around them We don’t count. How many times sun wraps us with its warmth? How many times moon comes and knocks secretly on our doors We don’t listen. How many times the Hawk cuckoo bird expresses its enthusiasm on the sound of clouds How many times the Kite of butterflies gets itself tied with the threads of wind………

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Maintaining Healthy Mind & Soul During Corona Times

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By: Dr. Ameya Tripathi, Associate Editor-ICN Group LUCKNOW: These are difficult times when the whole world is affected by pandemic corona aka Covid 19 .In India when we are officially under lockdown situation, it’s imperative for us to maintain our physical as well as mental health. Most routines are thrown into disarray and therefore the future, as far because the experts tell us, is unpredictable but there are still many things we can do — apart from social distancing and washing our hands with soap — to guard our health…

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Human Error and Marine Industry

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By: Tejeshwar Singh Rana, Chief Officer-Merchant Navy & Associate Editor-ICN International As vast as the oceans are and as huge as ships sailing on them, the probability of accidents occurring on those ships is also massive. However, what’s amazing though is the size of errors that lead to those accidents in most cases. Maritime accidents that occur due to natural factors such as a ships being caught in an unexpected storm, unfavorable tides, strong winds etc. are totally beyond human control and also make up rather small part of the causes…

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Thank You Cancer

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By: Amresh Kumar Singh, Associate Editor-ICN The Apex of Glories (Kumar) ‘Kumar, The real purpose of life is not only to survive. Life is an individualist and accomplishing our greatness before death is the real meaning of life. What is the purpose of such an unknown life that ends with our death? I am delighted today as death has given me such a tremendous delight that I was constantly aching for. Today I have this faith that my name will not wash out with the remainder of my lifetime. My existence will…

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Tackling Covid 19 In Thailand

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By: Rajiv Saxena, Editor-ICN International UDONTHANI,THAILAND: “Covid 19 a dreaded word now nobody anywhere expected it reach these proportions and now threatening the very existence of humans on the planet if not handled and tackled seriously and scientifically.In Thailand where I landed in January it had just started and it was not that severe at that time though it had originated and there are a lot of Chinese living doing business and travelling in southeast Asia as a whole.I noticed separate queues were lined up for chinese arrivals and they…

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Quality Protein Maize: A Solution for Nutritional Security

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By: Prof. R K Yadav Dean, College of Agriculture, Lakhimpur Kheri Campus, C.S. Azad Univ. of Agril. & Tech. Kanpur & Executive Editor-ICN Group Maize (Zea mays), known in some English speaking countries as corn. In India, maize ranks 3rd after rice and wheat. Maize grown throughout the country ranging from Kashmir to Kanyakumari. Improving nutritional quality of agricultural crops is a noble goal. Improving nutritional quality in cereal crops is particularly important as the benefits can easily spread to hundreds of millions of people in a most rapid and effective manner without…

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