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POTATO FARMERS AGAIN AT THE LOSING END

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By: Vijay Kumar Verma ( Editor-ICN Group) SHIMLA: Once again the potato farmers are forced to dump their crop on the roads in Uttar Pradesh as they allege that the government had failed to fulfill the promise of MSP and they were not getting even the cost of harvesting the crop and what to talk of pcaking, transportation and profis. Strange  as it may sound but the fact remains that successive governments have failed to protect the interests of the poor farmers who are left to play into the hands of…

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Honolulu:The First World City To Ban Texting While Crossing Road

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According to Time, the ban makes Honolulu the first major American city to pass legislation targeting “distracted walking” in a bid to increase road safety. Honolulu in Hawaii has become the first city in the world to ban people from looking at their phones or other digital devices while crossing roads. A new city ordinance makes it illegal for pedestrians to look at electronic devices while crossing the street. The law goes into effect on Wednesday, Oct. 25.Police have spent the past 90 days educating pedestrians of the new law. The law imposes…

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Centre to Supreme Court: Deadline To Link Aadhaar With Government Schemes Extended

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The announcement came on a day when the government told the Supreme Court that the deadline for mandatory linking of Aadhaar to avail benefits of various government schemes would be extended till March 31 next year. NEW DELHI: The Centre may extend the deadline for linking Aadhaar cards to various welfare schemes to March 31, 2018, Attorney General K K Venugopal told the Supreme Court on Wednesday.As of now, December 31, 2017 is the deadline for linking Aadhaar to avail benefits of various schemes like government scholarships, subsidised LPG cylinders,…

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BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE:AREA 28 AND INDIA’S NUCLEAR PROGRAM

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By:Debraj Deb (Bureau Chief-ICN Tripura) Area 28 is real. And it is a closely guarded facility at Trombay, just 13 Km from Mumbai city, the business capital of India.For those wondering if it has got anything to do with secret facilities and nuclear programs, well yes, Area 28 is a part of the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), the first facility of India’s Nuclear Energy Program. And that’s all they told you, until now. MUMBAI: India’s Nuclear Program started way back in 1957. From being a handful of people struggling with…

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BOAT MAKERS OF PUNJAB

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By: Vijay Kumar Verma ( Editor-ICN GROUP) CHANDIGARH: The five rivers irritating the  vast land of Punjab bordering Pakistan on one side, and Haryana, J&K, Himachal on the other, were once the waterways of the state. When the road and rail network was not  established the boats alone were the medium of crossing rivers . Like many other states the rivers were then not bridged. The then prevailing conditions provided ample business opportunities to the boat manufacturers in the state. In order to know the practices and opportunities available during those days…

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India Beat New Zealand By Six Wickets In 2nd ODI, Level Series 1-1

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The third and final ODI between the two teams, a series decider now, will be played in Kanpur on Sunday. PUNE: Shikhar Dhawan (68) and Dinesh Karthik (64 not out) scored fifty apiece to help India chase down the modest 231-run target in 46 overs with six wickets in hand. Adam Milne (1/21), Mitchell Santner (1/38), Colin de Grandhomme (1/40) and Tim Southee (1/60) were among the wickets for New Zealand. Dhawan departed trying to go after Adam Milne but Hardik Pandya and Karthik took the hosts at the cusp of…

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Madhya Pradesh roads are better than that of United States: Shivraj Singh Chouhan

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The United States’ road network exceeds 65.8 lakh km, the world’s longest and biggest road network. Washington DC: Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan feels that roads in his state are better than those in United States.Chauhan said, “When I got down at the Washington Airport and travelled on roads, I felt the roads in Madhya Pradesh are better than the United States.” Chouhan made the comment while addressing the US-India Strategic Partnership Forum meeting in Washington.During his six-day visit to Washington D.C., Chouhan visited the National Museum of American History in…

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Mumbai University Vice Chancellor Sanjay Deshmukh Sacked For ‘Gross Negligence’

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The vice-chancellor had also violated Section 11 (14) and 89 of the Maharashtra Public Universities Act as he did not submit a report to the chancellor, stating his failure to announce results before the deadline. MUMBAI: Maharashtra Governor C Vidyasagar Rao removed Sanjay Deshmukh as the Vice-Chancellor of Mumbai University for gross negligence, for failing to implement the On-Screen Marking system and for not declaring results of examinations held in Summer-2017 within the time limit. Governor Rao, chancellor of all state-aided universities, issued Deshmukh a memo on August 1, seeking an explanation…

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India has Remained World’s Fastest Growing Large Economy For The Last Three Years: Arun Jaitley

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NEW DELHI: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley is holding a press conference at National Media Centre in New Delhi. Addressing the media, Jaitley said that there has been discussions and reviews of the economy in the past few weeks within the ministry. He added that India has been the world’s fastest-growing large economy for the past three years. Arun Jaitley says between 2008 and 2013, public sector banks engaged in indiscriminate lending, which led to the rise in non-performing assets. In a presentation made at the briefing, Economic Affairs Secretary S.C. Garg said…

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INVASIVE WEEDS UNDERMINING FARM PRODUCTIVITY, BIODIVERSITY

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By: Rakesh Lohumi (Sr. Editor-ICN GROUP) The Himalayas are a treasure house of medicinal and aromatic plants. With no effective strategy to thwart the march of invasive alien species, which pose a major threat to the indigenous flora, more and more area is being usurped by weeds like lantana, ageratum, parthenium (Congress grass) and eupatorium. The appearance of large gregarious patches of these weeds from the Himalayan foothills in the north to the Tamil Nadu in the south is a matter of grave concern as they pose a serious threat to…

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