Author: ICN WORLD

By: Dr. Dakter Esse (Deputy Editor-North East cum Bureau Chief-ICN Arunachal Pradesh)  NEW DELHI: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has welcomed the recent decision of the Advertisement Standards Council of India (ASCI) which has said the poultry industry advertisement featuring tennis legend Sania Mirza was misleading by facts, exaggeration and ambiguity. CSE has once again called on Mirza to distance herself from the advertisement in the interest of public health. It may be noted here that the All India Poultry Development and Services Private Limited (AIPDSPL) had issued an advertisement on…

By: Vijay Kumar Verma, Editor-ICN Group SHIMLA: Tracking in the forests and road side slopes we often come across pine needles strewn on the paths under tall pine trees. When these needles dry up the paths become slippery and they also add to the occasional forest fires that destroy forest wealth, the trees. Some time back one would wonder if these very unwanted pine needles could be put to some use and utilised for  made profitable ventures. Ancestors reveal that these very needles were at one time being used as…

By: Dr. Samayug Bhowmik, Bureau Chief, ICN-West Bengal               PART-3 KOLKATA: Herein, I will highlight three Indian daughters who became doctors and made their presence in other fields also.They are Kadambini Ganguly, Anandi Gopal Joshi and Rukhmabai. Dr.Rukhmabai, born on 22 November 1864  was an Indian physician and feminist. She was also a practicing doctor  involved in a landmark case involving her marriage as a child bride. The case raised significant public debate across several topics, which most prominently included law/ social reform vs tradition/ conservatism, in the then British-ruled India which ultimately manifested into the Age of Consent…