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IMA Lucknow Celebrated Annual Day With Much Fanfare, Full List Of IMA Awardees 2016-2017

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By: Eram Fatima ( Special Correspondent-ICN Group ) NEW DELHI: In river bank colony, IMA bhawan,on Sunday, in the evening,  on 3rd December, IMA’s Annual function was organized in which Dr. J.D. Rawat, Secretary of IMA, presented a full description on IMA’s whole year progress and activities. This year, UP IMA awarded best branch award to the Lucknow  Branch. The award was given through IMA UP president Dr. A.M. Khan.  President of lucknow Dr. P.K Gupta welcomed all the guests and gave many information regarding  works which were done under…

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The North Zone Inter-University Basketball Tournament (M) 2017-18: Fifty Five Teams in the Fray

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The North Zone Inter-University Basketball Tournament

By Dr. Mohammad Aleem, Chief News Editor, ICN New Delhi : Sports of different kinds always attract students and general people in this over tensed and demanding time. In India, though cricket rules the roost, but other sports are also quite popular like Tennis, Football, Volleyball, Kabaddi, Wrestling and Basketball etc. Basketball is one of the world’s most popular and widely viewed sports. It is also highly paid on the professional terms. The FIBA Basketball World Cup and Men’s Olympic Basketball Tournament are the major international events of the sport and attract top national…

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Gold Worth More Than 7 Crore Caught In Manipur

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By: Akoijam Tompok ( Bureau Chief-ICN Manipur ) IMPHAL: In one of its biggest siezure of gold bars in Manipur, Customs Division Imphal has caught a man carrying gold bars worth 7 crore 70 thousand in Indian rupees. Manipur’s main National Highway, Imphal-Moreh road which is also Asian National Highway number 1 to be is frequently used by gold smugglers since long.  Customs Division Imphal caught 158 gold biscuits weighing around 26 kilogram from one Md Zakariya aged 26 s/o Md Allimuddin from Lilong Kaleikhong under Lilong police station of Thoubal…

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Sanyukta Bhatia To Be Lucknow’s First Woman Mayor Of Lucknow

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This is the first time Lucknow will have a woman mayor since the UP Municipalities Act came into being in 1916. LUCKNOW: Sanyukta Bhatia is set to become Lucknow’s first woman mayor in 100 years. The mayoral seat in Uttar Pradesh’s capital has been reserved for women. Bhatia’s main adversaries were Congress’ Prema Awasthi and Samajwadi Party’s Meera Vardhan. Bhatia’s husband Satish was a two-time MLA from Lucknow Cantonment and her son Prashant is a RSS Vibhag Karyavah (local functionary). She was a popular choice within the party and even outside it…

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Centre of attraction “Film Bandhu” at Film Bazaar , Goa

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Uttar Pradesh has a various cultural and pleasant locations in addition to its historical heritages. This heritage attracts filmmakers to come to Uttar Pradesh repeatedly and the film bandhu helps them a lot. This time film bandhu had made its special presence in Film Bazzar organized by NFDC which was held in International Film Festival of India, Goa. Significantly, in the film festival the film makers across the world come, including filmmakers, directors, writers, film technicians, film journalists and other types of people who are differently related to film genres.…

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World AIDS Day 2017: This Year’s Campaign Promotes The Theme, ‘Right to health’

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NEW DELHI: World AIDS Day is observed on December 1 every year. The day is dedicated to spreading awareness about the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) which is spread by infection from a virus called human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). To complement the global World AIDS Day 2017 campaign which promotes the theme “Right to health”, the World Health Organization will highlight the need for all 36.7 million people living with HIV and those who are vulnerable and affected by the epidemic, to reach the goal of universal health coverage. Under the…

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Take up any mission in their life with the motto to work with integrity and succeed with integrity: Governor to students

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By: Dakter Esse (Deputy Editor-North East cum Bureau Chief-ICN Arunachal Pradesh) Rajiv Gandhi University observes 15th Convocation ITANAGAR: Arunachal Pradesh’s lone central university, Rajiv Gandhi University today observed its 15th Convocation. Governor of Arunachal Pradesh Brig. (Dr.) B.D. Mishra (Retd.) who attended the programme congratulated the degree awardees and university toppers and expressed happiness over girl students putting well up in the merit. Speaking on the occasion, the Governor exhorted the students to contribute in the upliftment of the society, stating that the society has done the same for their academic excellence. Continuing his practice…

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Kharif Sowing Acreage Up 10%

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By: Hemant Kumar ( Agriculture Correspondent-ICN Group) KANPUR: Despite a sluggish monsoon and farmer unrest in different parts of India, agriculture is gaining momentum, with all crops other than pulses showing an upswing in the sowing area. According to data released by the Union Ministry of Agriculture on June 23, 2017, there has been a 10% rise in the area under cultivation so far, with sowing completed over 130.74 lakh hectares (ha) in comparison to 119.28 lakh hectare in the corresponding period last year. There has been a substantial increase of yield…

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ARTIFICIAL LIGHTING : BEAUTY OR BEAST

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By: Poornima Dubey( Bureau-Ayodhya/Fiazabad ) AYODHYA: As many responsible citizens of this world , you are also  taking several steps to reduce carbon footprint at home, dutifully recycle your wastes each week, replace all the incandescent light bulbs in your home by LEDs or CFLs  but even then also you are burdening our universe with great effect of light spilling very much by a major problem of artificial lightening  at its peak named as luminous pollution means the excessive, misdirected or invasive use of artificial outdoor lighting. This form of pollution…

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Skyrocketing Vegetable Prices Like Onions And Tomatoes

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The prices of essential vegetables like onions and tomatoes have almost doubled.  NEW DELHI: Onion and tomato prices in various parts of the country are soaring and people have to spend as much as Rs 80 and Rs 50 for a kilo of onions and tomatoes respectively.The vegetable vendors said the sales have dropped drastically and have, hence, blamed the lack of supplies and the Goods and Service Tax (GST) for this. Onion and tomatoes are the necessities for the preparation of any meal, but prices of these vegetables are…

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