Year: 2020

“Lock-Down-And-After?“

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By: C.P. Singh, Editor-ICN Group  PART: 14 Once a calamity came down so heavily on us that everything was forced to be closed . The owners could not get anything from their entrepreneurs hence they said or hinted their loyal work force to go away from their places of work till the system reopens fully . Workers seldom have their residential arrangements at their places of work . They live there temporarily , any how , and feed their dependents out of their earnings so fetched . Whatever the situation  dictates…

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Phytomining Of Nickel Metal Out Of The Soil

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By: Prof. Nand Lal, Dean, Faculty of Life Sciences, Former Pro-Vice Chancellor, C.S.J.M. University, Kanpur  Industry needs to be encouraged to adopt new technologies that have the potential to improve mine site rehabilitation outcomes and opportunities, especially in developing countries.Phytomining has several unique features like (1) It offers the possibility of exploiting ores or mineralised soils that are uneconomic by conventional mining methods. (2) ‘Bio-ores’ are virtually sulphur-free, and their smelting requires less energy than sulphidic ores. (3) The metal content of a bio-ore is usually much greater than that…

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Phytomining Of Nickel Metal Out Of The Soil

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By: Prof. Nand Lal, Dean, Faculty of Life Sciences & Former Pro-VC, C.S.J.M. Kanpur University  Phytomining is a technique that uses certain plants to mine metals out of sub-economic ore bodies including soil or polluted waters. Phytominers grow a crop of a metal-hyperaccumulating plant species, harvest the biomass and burn it to produce a bio-ore.Use of phytomining has grown over the last decade, particularly in remediating contaminated lands such as mine tailings or old factory sites where metals have leached into the ground.Some of the plant species could even be used…

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“Lock-Down-And-After?“

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By: C.P. Singh, Editor-ICN Group  PART: 13 Every time gets it’s mention in history , be it in any way or of any type and taste . Present days will also be taken on some pages when some one intends to write . They will say something about the varieties of days which travelled through this period and made the persons living on this Earth realize the real potency of time. So many persons have written too much in the praise of this factor of life called “ Time”. Literature pertaining…

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World No Tobacco Day: Smoking And Its Hazardous Effects

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By: Dr. Abhishek Kumar Pandey, Asstt. Editor-ICN Protecting youth from industry manipulation and preventing them from tobacco and nicotine use Smoking is an extremely addictive habit that usually forms in the early teen years. People start smoking for a variety of different reasons. Some think it looks cool. Others start because their family members or friends smoke. So, more or less , smoking becomes a fashion now a days. “Smoking doesn’t make you cool, sorry…..” Nicotine is the addictive drug in tobacco smoke that causes smokers to continue to smoke. Addicted smokers need…

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THEY KILLED A FEELING

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By: C.P. Singh, Editor-ICN We are alive here –under-God’s –grace, till we respire last. Vital organs function, blood flows, neither slow nor fast. Lungs- purify, heart- pumps, kidney-lever, un-extant, Persists, this body, live, be what so ever, slow or fast.   Causes for end may be, natural, artificial, or forced, Illness, calamity, disaster, accident, mob- enforced. Murder, suicide, honor- killing, all fate- endorsed, They all lead to one, i.e. the end of life- sourced.     The end may be physical, moral or even ethical, Social, mental- values, principal or a typical.…

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Heavy Metal Contamination In Water And Risks To Human Health

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By: Prof. Nand Lal, Dean, Faculty of Life Sciences & Former Pro-VC, C.S.J.M.Kanpur University & Priti Sachan      The presence of lead in the drinking water can cause damage to the kidney, nervous system, and learning difficulties. KANPUR: Water resources in the world have been profoundly influenced over the last years by human activities, whereby the world is currently facing critical water supply and drinking water quality problems. Increased urbanization and industrialization are to blame for an increased level of trace metals, especially heavy metals in water bodies. In addition to…

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IMMUNITY AND COVID-19

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By: Dr. Samayug Bhowmik, Bureau Chief, ICN West Bengal KOLKATA: Today in this turbulent pandemic caused by Novel Corona Virus or Sars-Covid2, our very existence is at stake. When novel Corona Virus (COVID-19) started to spread worldwide from Wuhan of China, since then , we have been terrified as till date, there is neither defence nor cure. We are trying to find the way to escape or fight with the virus out rightly. What are the ways by which we can do the same? The list is as follows. 1. By…

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