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SCHIZOPHRENIA: NEEDS TREATMENT, NOT DESPISE

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By: Prof.(Dr.) M Aleem Siddiqui, MD, DPM, Direct Council Member Indian Psychiatric  Society & Sr. Associate Editor-ICN Schizophrenia is a chronic and severe mental disorder that affects how a person thinks, feels, and behaves. People with schizophrenia may seem like they have lost touch with reality. Although schizophrenia is not as common as other mental disorders, the symptoms can be very disabling.Have you ever wondered how it would be like if you strongly believed that: 1. Your colleague was conspiring against you and he has put on cameras in the…

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Excellence with G.O.P.T.A.© Series: Part 73 ( Goal setting for students .. )

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By: Dr. Sanjay Kumar Agarwal, Sr. Associate Editor, ICN Group (In the past article, we knew about the importance of goal setting for students in the area of study & career. Today, we will see goal setting in other areas also.)   Health Set SMARTER goals in the field of health as per techniques learnt in earlier articles. Take care of your nutritional requirements. Avoid haphazard eating. Be discriminative while choosing what to eat and what not to eat; and when to eat. Exercise daily – Physical & breathing exercising, both…

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Excellence with G.O.P.T.A.© Series: Part 71 (Be fearless, dream big)

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By: Dr. Sanjay Kumar Agarwal, Sr. Associate Editor, ICN Group (In the past article, we knew about the concept that temporary setbacks are not dead ends. Today, we will see how to become fearless while dreaming big.)   BE FEARLESS, DREAM BIG Experiencing fear of failure at some point of time in life is quite natural but fear should not rule you. Improving self-image by working upon your belief system is the best antidote to fears of all kinds. Further, the goal setting process also cures fear of failure. You…

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Impact of Plant Biotechnology in Crop Improvement

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By: Prof. R. K. Yadav, Deptt. of Genetics and Plant Breeding C.S.Azad Univ. of Agril. & Tech.,Kanpur & Executive Editor-ICN Group KANPUR: Plant organ, tissue and cell culture procedures have developed rapidly in the last half-century. The potential application of the methods of tissue culture are of special significance in crop improvement since conventional methods involve several difficulties, including heterozygosity and a long span between successive generations, hence many investigators are devising methods whereby tissue culture could be fully exploited to improve crop varieties. The role of tissue culture in crop…

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Excellence with G.O.P.T.A.© Series: Part 72 ( Goal setting for students)

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By: Dr. Sanjay Kumar Agarwal, Sr. Associate Editor, ICN Group (In the past article, we knew about the concept that how you can dream big fearlessly. Today, I will touch very important topic – Goals setting for students.)   Goal setting Students have already learnt the process of goal setting in earlier articles of this series. Now you should set SMARTER goals in the following areas:- Study & career Visualise your future 25 years ahead from now. In which field you visualise yourself? Why you have chosen this particular career…

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Catch them young….to be better off…

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By: Rajiv Saxena, Sr. Associate Editor-ICN In pursuance of my pursuit for self sufficiency and sustainable agriculture to cope up the needs of food n fiber today and meet the impending challenges of food shortages as predicted for 2050 by concerned world bodies connected to this movement. I was traveling in south east Asia starting from Bangkok to Laos..to see and learn for myself as to how these countries specially Thailand is taking short term and long term measures to cope up the situation which is looking at us in…

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THE FADING COLOUR

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By: Ravinder Gurtoo They say home is where the heart is. In the past 30 years, my perception of a home has evolved in so many ways. When you leave your childhood home — your hometown, your native land or your country of residence or your motherland or however you feel to call it — you leave a piece of you behind. You may forget all about it or you may let it grow inside of you as a small wound that kind of acts up when the weather gets…

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Enhance your Lifestyle with NLP+ © Series: Part 36

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By: Shantanu Das Sharma, Sr. Associate Editor, ICN Group Quick recap of what we have covered in Part 35 Do Your Values Sabotage Your Success? The Ambitious Career Counselor Who Had Conflicting Values Spiritual Growth and Money Do Not Mix? Love and Freedom Make for Conflict Happiness Means Everything Going Her Way! Do You Have Rejection As One of Your Away-From Values? Change Your Values, Change Your Life! My New Values Change Your Definition of Your Values… and You’ll Make Major Changes in Your Life Are ‘Away-From’ Values Useful? Create…

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AN INTERVIEW WITH SUNITA RAINA PANDIT…. A LEGENDARY POETESS

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By: Ravinder Gurtoo    While the violence in the Kashmir Valley is often talked about, not much is said of the success of its people in fields of academia, sports and entertainment. Same is the case with literature. Now, however, several young and budding writers from the region have come to the fore much to the delight of book lovers. Over the past several years , many young writers have made their debut through their novels and poetry and one such big name is  Sunita Raina Pandit. Here is the transcript…

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The first goal keeper from Shopian, Sannan Iqbal is fast becoming a house hold name

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By: Mudassir Maqbool, Asstt. Bureau Chief, ICN-J&K SHOPIAN: Sannan Iqbal is becoming a household name in District Shopian for his abilities and manoeuvres as an emerging goal keeper.Iqbal, 18, S/O of Mohd. Iqbal Bhat hails from Bungam Shopian, is a state level player.“My father died due to brief illness which effected my carrier but my uncle & mother stood by me. They gave me courage and supported me to play this game,” Iqbal said.He proved his credentials as a player, even though the game is not popular in the region.…

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