Host nation Russia will open the tournament in Moscow on June 14.The Fifa World Cup takes place in Russia, with 32 teams competing to be crowned World Champions. MOSCOW: The 21st FIFA World Cup, to be held for the first time in Russia, will commence on June 14, 2018 and will continue for a little over a month. There will be 64 matches in total, with the hosts Russia kicking off the competition against Saudi Arabia. The semi-finals will take place on July 11 and July 12, with the final…
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Nipah Virus Claims 2 More Lives In Kerala’s Kozhikode; 16 Deaths Till Now
KOZHIKODE: 2 more people have died in Kerala of Nipah virus, taking the total number of deaths to 16. Both the cases have been reported from Kozhikode.The symptoms of the infection include fever, headache, drowsiness, breathing trouble, disorientation and delusions. The virus causes severe brain swelling called encephalitis, and in some cases respiratory disease, and typically kills three-quarters of the people infected. The first known Nipah outbreak was in 1998 on a pig farm in Malaysia, which inspired the plot for the 2011 movie Contagion. According to the World Health Organisation…
Read MorePetrol Price Cut By 7 Paise, Diesel By 5 Paise Per Litre
Kerala Govt Cuts Fuel Prices By Re 1 With Effect From June 1
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The LDF government in Kerala has decided to cut petrol and diesel prices by Re 1, with effect from Friday, June 1, Chief Minister Pinarayai Vijayan announced Wednesday. There were indications, over the past few days, that the state government will make an announcement to send a message to the BJP-led Centre. Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) reduced fuel prices by 1 paisa hours after erroneously announcing a cut of 60 paise. Price of petrol in state capital Thiruvananthapuram today was Rs 82.61 while diesel was retailing at Rs 75.19.With…
Read MoreBypoll Results Live: BJP Trailing In UP, Ahead in Maharashtra; Congress Leads In Karnataka
NEW DELHI: Counting of votes for the by-elections to 4 parliamentary seats and 10 assembly seats is taking place today.The by-election result for Jokihat assembly seat will put to test the BJP-NDA government today. The assembly seats where the by-elections were held on Monday are Noorpur (Uttar Pradesh), Jokihat (Bihar), Tharali (Uttarakhand), Gomia and Silli (Jharkhand), Maheshtala (West Bengal), Ampati (Meghalaya), Palus Kadegaon (Maharashtra), Shahkot (Punjab) and Chengannur (Kerala). The Jokihat assembly seat is a face-off between Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejaswi Pratap Yadav. Bypoll is taking…
Read MoreUnemployed Dentists Demand Govt. Jobs
By: Dr. Pankaj Kumar Yadav, Special Correspondent-ICN The reason for this unemployment clearly follows a mismatch between supply and demand in health sector. According to World Health Organization (WHO), the ideal dentist-population ratio is 1:7500. The dental profession is a noble profession. It takes years of devotion towards the subject of dentistry to get the graduate degree of Bachelor of Dental Surgery. However, even after such painstaking efforts the current situation of dental graduates in India is grave. There are a lot of issues that are the main cause for…
Read MoreLucknow Witnesses The ICN Film and Book Fest 2018
LUCKNOW, 27 May 2018: The much awaited ICN Film and Book Fest 2018 was organised successfully at Lucknow. The event started with Lightening the Lamp by the eminent personalities present on the occasion namely I.H.Siddiqui (Chairman ICN), Prof. Awadh Ram (Ex-Vice Chancellor-Kashi Vidyapeeth),Dr. Jagdish Gandhi (Founder Manager CMS Group), Sister Blessy (Administrator Fatima Hospital) and Tarun Prakash Srivastava (Sr. Executive Editor-ICN). The gathering gave the standing ovation and clapping to Prof. K.V. Nagaraj, Chief Advisor-ICN Group and Rakesh Lohumi, Sr. Editor-ICN Group. This was followed by awards giving ceremony. Dr A.M…
Read MoreShama Sikandar & Sahil Khan Flagged off Mud Skull ‘s 4 by 4 Off Roding Rally
Mumbai : A luxurious car event “Off Roading” was organized by Mud Skull 4 by 4 in Mumbai. There was a car rally which includes almost 100 SUVs cars from Bandra sea link to Nariman Point on 27th may, 2018. The event was flag off by TV actress Shama Sikandar and Sahil Khan. All the participants were keen, energetic and dynamic at the event. In these days youths are increasingly enthusiastic about adventure sports, Bollywood is also associated with such adventures sports. In the same way, TV industry actress Shama Sikandar…
Read MoreHarshvardhan Rane receives this special surprise from his fan!
MUMBAI : Despite being just a film old in Bollywood, Harshvardhan Rane already has a huge fan following. The talented actor, who is eagerly anticipating the release of his forthcoming war drama, PALTAN, was quite surprised by the sweet gesture of one of his fans recently. We have time and again seen fans doing something special for their matinee idols. On the other hand, many actors like Harshvardhan also share a direct, personal, emotional relationship with his fans. So one of his fans decided to show his love with a…
Read MoreVoting Underway In Ireland’s Abortion Referendum
Prime Minister Leo Varadkar, in favour of change, has called the referendum a “once in a generation decision”. As IRELAND begins voting in a historic referendum on whether to repeal or retain the Eighth Amendment, international media organisations have been weighing in on the issue. Ireland became the first country in the world to approve same-sex marriage by a popular vote – would underline the speed and scale of change in a country that is still majority Catholic. In the past few days, TV stations, newspapers and other media outlets…
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