Category: ASIA

By: Tarun Prakash Srivastava, Sr. Executive Editor-ICN Group I had read a story in my childhood. A magician arrived in a king’s court and after enchanting everyone with a display of his magical artistry, when the king asked him to ask for something, he said, “O Rajan! Provide me with doubling rice in each chess square.” The king thought that there would be only a handful of rice, but when the rice was counted, the total rice of his kingdom fell but the magician’s bag was not filled. This old…

By: Dr Humera Sultana, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Dear All, The world has come to a HALT! And HALT it should! A little invisible virulent virus has left us paralyzed with alarm! Human emotions are careening between dread and fear. It’s not about this country or that country. It’s about the whole planet now. On a global level, the whole situation has inspired human spirit to work together and connect with people as humans. But it has left it me pensive and pondering on a personal level. I have a positive…

By: Tejeshwar Singh Rana, Chief Officer-Merchant Navy & Associate Editor-ICN International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) Secretary General, Guy Platten, will lead a delegation of industry leaders to meet with the World Health Organization (WHO) in Geneva. COVID-19 is having a significant impact on the shipping sector and the industry is working closely with the WHO to ensure that guidelines for industry and governments help limit the spread of COVID-19, whilst maintaining international trade. ICS is currently working on updated guidance for industry. Guy Platten will be joined by representatives of other…

By: Prof Santosh kumar Note: Views are personal and it doesn’t reflect official views. NEW DELHI: The deadliest virus in recent times has spread its wings to almost 29 countries around the world, India is also one of them. After China, Italy and Korea have alerted their people regarding Coronavirus spread. Italy also ordered lockdown for virus hit areas. If we take a new phenomenon of China which is reeling under the severe impact of Corona virus disaster. Until late 2019, this was not known popularly in public domain. Now…

By: Barnali Bose, Editor- ICN World  KOLKATA : The youth of today  celebrate February 14 as the day of love. Those blessed with partners reinforce their love by giving gifts and spelling vows of everlasting love. New relationships commence with proposals of love made on this special day and gifts are showered on new- found love. Men offer red roses to their beloved  when Cupid’s arrow strikes infusing them with the sweet nectar of love. In Classic mythology, Cupid is the son of the Roman Goddess of love, Venus. He…

By: Prof Santosh kumar NEW DELHI : Recently, just before the national budget 2020-21 tabled in parliament,15th Finance Commission submitted their report. Chapter 6 of the report is dedicated to Disaster Risk Management (FC used the term first time). Finance commission, for the first time allocated the budget for ex-ante risk reduction.It was considered that risk mitigation is a subject of development process and hence development should be set right. All the development investment should be made in such a way that it is resilient towards the exposure of disaster…

By: Klinsa Kurien, Bureau Chief-ICN Kerala Jews are an ethno-religious group a major rampant force and religion, not only within the books of history but in reality too. It is one of the oldest religions of the world with lots of historical evidence. Records have it that these Jews were the original descendants of Jacob, who was one of the forefathers in the Biblical tradition and times. This religious group has strict adherence to religion and rituals at all times. The Jews in Kerala are a very vibrant community and…

By: Barnali Bose, Editor-ICN World KOLKATA: Voting may be defined as a formal expression of preference for a candidate for office or for a proposed resolution of an issue. In 1948, The Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted unanimously by the United Nations General Assembly recognized the integral role that transparent and open elections play in the governance of a country. It states that everyone has the right to take part in the government of his/her country, directly or through freely chosen representatives. Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States…