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India Beat South Africa By Six Wickets

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Virat Kohli blasted his 33rd century and Ajinkya Rahane’s 79 helped India beat South Africa by six wickets in Durban to take a 1-0 lead in the series.  India won the first ODI against South Africa by six wickets by chasing down a target of 270 runs with Virat Kohli scoring his 33rd ODI century.After losing two wickets early, Kohli and Rahane got together and gave no chance to South Africa bowlers of taking a wicket. The strong Indian batting line-up chased down 270 runs with 27 balls remaining. South…

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Quality Protein Maize: A Solution for Nutritional Security

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By: Prof. R K Yadav (Deptt of Genetics and Plant Breeding C.S. Azad Univ. of Agril. & Tech. Kanpur & Sr. Associate Editor-ICN Group) and Dr. Shweta (Asstt. Professor) KANPUR: Maize (Zea mays), known in some English speaking countries as corn. In India, maize ranks 3rd after rice and wheat. Maize grown throughout the country ranging from Kashmir to Kanyakumari. Improving nutritional quality of agricultural crops is a noble goal. Improving nutritional quality in cereal crops is particularly important as the benefits can easily spread to hundreds of millions of people in…

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ABUSIVE POLITICIANS AND WE

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By: Dr. Mohammad Aleem ( Chief News Editor-ICN Group ) NEW DELHI: Social media is playing a very crucial role in disseminating the essential information these days. We get the latest news even much before the dedicated channels start airing and broadcasting it. Of late, I received an audio clip on my Whatsapp. It was sent by one of my Whatsapp friends. Usually, I do ignore such audio and video clips knowing that in most of the cases it proves a rubbish one. But I played this clipping and when…

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CULLING OF MONKEYS: INHUMAN APPROACH TO RESOLVE MANMADE PROBLEM

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By: Rakesh Lohumi ( Sr. Editor-ICN Group ) Killing of a species like monkey also involves religious sentiments of Hindus and that is why no monkeys have been killed even after the government nod. The decision of the Centre to declare monkeys as vermin within the limits of Shimla Municipal Corporation and 38 Tehsils of Himachal Pradesh has brought the larger issue of growing human animal conflict into sharp focus. Animal rights activists and spiritual organisations are up in arms against the decision as it effectively means that the Rhesus Macaque species of…

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A JOURNEY FROM LAGAAN TO FARMERS SUICIDES: PART 2

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By: Vijay Kumar Verma ( Editor-ICN Group ) The debt ridden farmer tries to find a solace in death and thus also relieving his family of the debt burden.The paper promises the parties make can’t feed an empty stomach. SHIMLA: Farmers since times immemorial have not only been the source of crops to feed the subjects but also source of revenue to the rulers through taxes (lagaan). Neither were there any subsidies in the historical times nor any other benefits  to  help the farmers. From those days of lagaan to the present…

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CSE Welcomes Punjab Government’s Ban On Sale Of 20 Pesticides

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By: Dr. Dakter Esse (Deputy Editor-North East cum Bureau Chief-ICN Arunachal Pradesh)   The pesticides banned in Punjab have been categorized by WHO as “extremely hazardous” and “highly hazardous” and many of them are banned in several countries. NEW DELHI : On January 30, 2018, the Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare of the government of Punjab issued directions to discontinue the sale of 20 pesticides (insecticides) which are harmful to health of humans and environment with immediate effect. It also directed not to issue any fresh licenses for these pesticides. Centre for…

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Gamlin Inducted In The State Cabinet

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By: Dr. Dakter Esse (Deputy Editor-North East cum Bureau Chief-ICN Arunachal Pradesh)  ITANAGAR: Jarkar Gamlin, Member of Legislative Assembly (31-Along East) was inducted to the State Cabinet of Arunachal Pradesh on 1st February 2018. The Governor of Arunachal Pradesh Brig. (Dr.) B.D. Mishra (Retd.) administered the oath of office and oath of secrecy to the new minister in the Darbar Hall of Raj Bhawan, Itanagar. First Lady of the State, Smt Neelam Misra, Chief Minister Pema Khandu, Speaker of State Legislative Assembly Er. TN Thongdok, State Cabinet Ministers, Parliamentary Secretaries, members of…

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FINANCE MINISTER FOCUSES ON RURAL SECTOR IN HIS FIFTH UNION BUDGET

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Arun Jaitley Budget 2018

By: Vijay Kumar Verma ( Editor-ICN Group ) NEW DELHI : Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today presented his government’s fifth and last full Budget in the Parliament with focus on rural sector. The Budget is all the more important in view of the upcoming elections in eight states this year and the General Elections due next year. The Finance Minister was supposed to balance populist demands of the industry, business community, economists as well as general masses, as well as the need to support economic growth and Prime Minister’s focus on…

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A JOURNEY FROM LAGAAN TO FARMERS SUICIDES: PART 1

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By: Vijay Kumar Verma ( Editor-ICN Group ) SHIMLA: Farmers since times immemorial have not only been the source of crops to feed the subjects but also source of revenue to the rulers through taxes (lagaan). Neither were there any subsidies in the historical times nor any other benefits  to  help the farmers. From those days of lagaan to the present times of umpteen doles, the plight of farmers does not seem to have changed much going by the statistics of their endless suffering. It is a proven fact that enough is…

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The Living Legend Of Bengali Cinema Receives The Legion d’ honneur

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Report by: Barnali Bose (Senior Associate Editor ICN-Group) On the 30th of January,2018, Soumitra Chatterjee,the living legend of Bengali Cinema received the much coveted Legion d’ honneur  from the French Ambassador Alexandre Ziegler. The honour had earlier been conferred upon Durga Charan Rakshit, Satyajit Ray, Lata Mangeskar, Bikas Chandra Sanyal, Pt Ravi Shankar, Amartya Sen and Sharukh Khan. The actor,now aged 83 has acted in over 300 Bengali feature films of which 14 were directed by Satyajit Ray and 6 by Tapan Sinha, both acclaimed as iconic in Bengali film…

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