Reporting Politics: Of Being Envious and Not to Be

By: Prof. Pradeep Mathur NEW DELHI: I must confess that at times I get a little envious of the present generation of journalists, many of whom are my own students. The reason is not the fat salaries they get or the positions they hold. We also did quite well in our days. The reason is that while we had to slog together facts and background to do our stories   the present-day journalists get all the information at the click of a button. They do not have to go to libraries, dig…

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Lock-Down And After

By: C.P. Singh, Editor-ICN Group  PART-26 “ To the entire mankind on the Earth” “ A Humble Submission” Suddenly an unknown virus attacks almost entire mankind on the Earth and people remained astonished as no enemy was visible or readable but people were infected , troubled and even sustaining maximum loss also. Being first of it’s kind , it troubled everyone on all possible parameters like loss of time, loss of work, loss in productions, loss of health and even life. Money and finances did suffer a lot . The entire…

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Remembering The Emperor Of Novels Munshi Premchand On His 140th Birth Anniversary

India is today celebrating the 140th birth anniversary of the famous Hindi writer Munshi Premchand. He began writing under the pen name “Nawab Rai” but switched to Premchand.  Premchand’s stories imparted wisdom.They made the readers ponder over the moralities, truth and realities of the world we live in.His works include more than a dozen novels, around 250 short stories, several essays and translations of a number of foreign literary works into Hindi. Initially known as Dhanpat Rai Shrivastava, Premchand was born on 31 July 1880 in Lamhi, a village located near Varanasi,…

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Biodegradable Plastics: Finding The Market

By: Prof. Jaswant Singh, Member-Indian Scientific Expedition to Antarctica & Arctic, Director-Institute of Earth Sciences & Editor-ICN Group  Biodegradable plastics also have versatile applications such as plastic grocery bags, disposable containers, personal care products, agricultural plastics, medical devices etc. Plastics have become a very important and essential commodity in the life of modern man because of its durability, strength, flexibility, light weight and low cost of production. Plastic in the environment has been regarded as more of an aesthetic nuisance since the material is biologically inert and nonbiodegradable. More than 90%…

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WORLD OF SHOW

By: C. P. Singh, Editor-ICN Group Exposure of aspects and being, is our life’s ride, Be it physical, ethical, natural or even- wide. We are ever planked in a game of show & hide, Since inception to the end of our living- stride.   Better placed are they having  good vehicles, Seen comfortable as having  better articles. Better is their livelihood, they cherish un fickle, Well beings of others seem enviable in nickel.   Some start running for loans to have all this, To remain parallel with the circle &…

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Vitamin-D and COVID-19: Do Deficient Risk A Poorer Outcome??

Dr.Abhishek Pandey, Astt.Editor-ICN Despite difficulties in comparing data across nations, mortality from COVID-19 is clearly higher in some countries than in others. Many factors could have a role in this disparity, including differences in proportion of elderly people in a population, general health, accessibility and quality of healthcare, and socioeconomic status. One mostly overlooked factor that could influence outcome of COVID-19 is the relative vitamin D status of populations. Because people are advised to stay at home as much as possible, the government health agencies of Great Britain have recommended…

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Lock-Down And After

By: C.P. Singh, Editor-ICN Group  PART-25 Is Our Economy In Tatters ? In case of a calamity or in case of any war , the country which is in subject faces so many problems. The loss of money, loss of people and loss of  production. All these parameters adversely affect any country. During present closure, the production of every sector has been negligible, expenses from the Government exchequer has been enormous. Sometimes it seems that money is flowing to save our people as if water low in the rainy rivers. Moreover…

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Doubting Thomas and Mahatma Gandhi’s Three Monkeys

By: Prof. Pradeep Mathur NEW DELHI: Journalists are Doubting Thomas and the one who is not can be anything but a journalist. I am a Doubting Thomas and I must say I have a lurking suspicion that someone somewhere has a vested interest in keeping people in a state of perpetual fear in the name of Corona pandemic.The basis of my suspicion is that whenever there is a good or hopeful news (they call it positive news) about Corona it is quickly contradicted. Not only this something else is quickly said…

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ICN World Organized A Webshop/Webinar On International Rural Entrepreneurship In Thailand

ICN’s Mission : Green Spots Under International Rural Entrepreneurship UDONTHANI,THAILAND, 18th July, 2020:  The world is struggling with Covid-19 nowadays, and not only this but it is watching the great superpowers with frightened eyes weighing subversive weapons in their both hands, and step by step it is feeling itself helpless on the slippery path of possible World War.In this fearing atmosphere, when someone talks about world development, it becomes a surprise as well as relief that humanity is still beating heartily in some people.Hunger in any part of the world,…

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