Month: August 2020

ICN Advocates For New Medical System In Its Global Health Festival

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NEW DELHI/LUCKNOW: The war is at its peak. There is no dividing line, no border, nor any border between the two warring armies. The enemies known as Covid-19 are present in every area of ​​the world and the health soldiers are fighting with it to save humanity everywhere in the world.Perhaps the world has never seen such a war, probably since ancient times there is no description of any such battle even in the ancient history and probably no dreamer could find any sign of this situation even in the…

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Invasive Weeds Undermining Farm Productivity, Biodiversity

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By: Rakesh Lohumi, Sr. Advisor & 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…

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Let Us Learn To Respect Regional Sentiment

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By: Prof. Pradeep Mathur NEW DELHI: It was the fateful year of 1975 and the country was living under the shock of the Emergency rule imposed by Mrs Indira Gandhi.The Congress decided to hold its annual session at Chandigarh and the venue was named Komagata Maru Nagar after the ill-fated ship that took migrating seeking  people from Punjab to their unsuccessful attempt to enter Canada in the year 1914. Komagata Maru incident became a symbol of fight against the racist character of the then British Raj and is still itiched in…

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Mother Teresa-My Mother

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By: Klinsa Kurien, Bureau Chief-ICN Kerala        Yesterday I had a beautiful vision about my mother, not my own mother who brought me to this earth, but a lady with a heart of God. She is none other than Mother Teresa. I have always adored this woman like anything. Imagine somebody who left her life full of comforts and willingly surrenders it for the well-being of others.  Coming to my own vision, I visualised that I was in a world full of happiness which knew no bounds. I…

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The Day Of Ashura Is Being Observed On 10th Muharram With Fasting And Prayer

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Ashura marks the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, a grandson of the Prophet Mohammed martyred in the year 680 while refusing the Caliph Yazid’s right to rule the Islamic world. NEW DELHI: One of the most significant events during the month is Ashura.Muharram is the first month of the Islamic calendar. It is also known as Muharram al-Haram, or the Sacred Muharram. Muslims around the world will be taking the time for introspection, thinking over their previous year and how they might wish to better themselves. This is on the 10th day…

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The Dragons Tale

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By: Abhinav Malhotra Insights to BRI, Manufacturing sector of China and positioning of Vietnam with India “All men can see these tactics whereby I conquer, but what none can see is the strategy out of which the Victory is evolved.” -Sun Tzu These words by Sun Tzu, a Chinese Military strategist, have never held more relevance than they do now. In this precise article let us just ponder on a few relevant points as to how and why China is growing into a world superpower and how does it affect…

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SJVN Rewards 34 CORONA Warriors – Sanitation Workers On Independence Day

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By: Vijay Kumar Verma, Group Editor-ICN World SHIMLA: 15.08.2020, SJVN celebrated 74th Independence Day of India with great fervour and enthusiasm. Nand Lal Sharma, Chairman & Managing Director, SJVN hoisted the national flag at Corporate Headquarters, Shimla in the august presence of Director (Personnel) Geeta Kapur, Director (Civil) S.P Bansal, Director (Finance) A.K Singh and Director (Electrical)  Sushil Sharma along with other senior officers. In view the challenging situation due to COVID-19, maintaining the norms of social distancing and masks etc., a limited number of employees were present on the occasion. Nand Lal…

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Reminiscences On Independence Day

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By: Barnali Bose, Editor-ICN World The Date:  15th of August The Year : 1947 The Country: Bharatvarsh–India KOLKATA: We very often  struggle to remember the birthdates  of many a dear one but the one date no Indian   has to set a reminder for, is the day Independent India was born. It is the date that symbolises the quintessential birthright to freedom, the Republic of India stands for. We have been enjoying the fruits of the hard  labour and untold sacrifices, our ancestors made at the altar of our country’s freedom. Although…

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Nation Celebrates 74th Independence Day Today

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NEW DELHI: We are celebrating the 74th Independence Day with much fanfare and aplomb on 15th August, 2020 once again as we have been doing it uninterrupted since the last seven decades. As a largest democracy of the world, we should really be proud of our past and heritage and the legacy we have carried forward successfully.The Independence Day, no doubt, brings a sense of joy, pride and contentment among every Indian. PM Modi unfurled the national flag and delivered his seventh consecutive Independence Day speech from the iconic Red Fort.PM…

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FLAG HOISTING AND FLAG UNFURLING

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By: Vijay Kumar Verma, Group Editor-ICN World SHIMLA: On the first Independence Day of India the National Flag was hoisted for the first time,by the first Prime Minister of India, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru in the presence of about 4 lac people at Red Fort,Delhi. Due to heavy crowd of people on the roads, the first Governor General of India, Lord Mount Betton could not reach the venue and had hailed Prime Minister from a distance  to continue with the ceremony. On the first Independence Day, since there was no flag on the…

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