Category: CITIES

By: Tarun Prakash Srivastava, Sr. Executive Editor-ICN Group Have you ever met the family of Hemant Mathur, who had been living in a luxurious house bought by borrowing from the bank for some time before, but suddenly after the death of Hemant Ji in a road accident, the bank auctioned said house due to nonpayment of a loan in the debt recovery process. Now his helpless family is residing in an old and dilapidated house on rent, and due to non-payment of rent for last few months, the landlord has issued…

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By: Dr. Sanjay Kumar Agarwal, Sr. Associate Editor-ICN Group KOLKATA: In the last article of the series, we understood the importance of overcoming self-limiting beliefs inculcated since childhood. Today, we will see how to inculcate ‘I can do it’ beliefs. We will see the power of inculcating empowering beliefs by seeing examples of some renowned personalities who overcame the initial rejections in their lives and succeeded in a big way.    INCULCATE THE EMPOWERING BELIEF – ‘I CAN DO IT’ The good news is that the desired empowering beliefs can be…

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By: Shantanu Das Sharma, Sr. Associate Editor-ICN Group Patterns of Excellence in Lifestyle You Got Every Resource You May Ever Require To Succeed In this Lifetime KOLKATA: Most of us habitually set limits or constraints on ourselves by (our own) choice. We set limits on how much we can achieve simply for the reason that we believe we lack the resources needed for successful achievements or outcomes. We also tend to believe that we just don’t have the acumen, skills, self-discipline, luck, intelligence, creativity, talent or energy to live at a…

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By: Dr. Sanjay Kumar Agarwal, Sr. Associate Editor-ICN Group KOLKATA: In the last article of the series, we understood what is G.O.P.T.A.. From now onwards, we will see how you can use G.O.P.T.A. i.e. ‘Goals Oriented Postive Thinking & Actions’ in each walk of your life to enrich your life, especially in achieving your goals by effective utilisation of available time at your disposal by adding 3 productive hours daily to your life. USE OF G.O.P.T.A. IN OVERCOMING OBSTACLES IN ACHIEVING GOALS Often in my workshops, people ask me, why I…

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By: Tarun Prakash Srivastava, Sr. Executive Editor-ICN Group My objective is to explain to you that your success plan cannot be without any security. The availability of time in the future is associated with every scheme but it always remains uncertain, and insurance plans cover those gaps to a certain extent. I know that you are a good planner and if there is a need in the future then you can do reasonably well in your plan but you have not seen the future nor did my familiar Rahul Dubey had…

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By: Vijay Kumar Verma, Editor-ICN Group MYSORE: Mesmerizing Mysore Palace. Truly a jewel in the crown. My inside visit today, the 6th December, after more than 40 years was a moment to get another glimpse which answered some long standing anxieties on its history. One of the ten palaces in the City of Palaces. Spread in a area equal to 18 cricket fields. Sprowling in some 2 lac sq.ft of area. Rebuilt many times and the present structure was rebuilt after getting gutted in 1897, the wedding of Princess Rajyalaxmi.…

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By: Vijay Kumar Verma, Editor-ICN Group SHIMLA: Amarjit Singh Bindra, Director (Finance), SJVN Limited has been conferred with the prestigious BHARAT JYOTI Award by India International Friendship Society.Ex-Governor of Chhattisgarh Shekhar Dutt presented this award at a function held at New Delhi.Apart from his professional excellence, Amarjit Singh Bindra is a philanthropist at heart and is very sensitive towards the needs of the underprivileged and social upliftment of deprived sections of  the society. Since his days in Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC), he has always been a proactive participant in…

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By: Dr. Sanjay Kumar Agarwal, Sr. Associate Editor-ICN Group KOLKATA: You must be wondering, that in the last 7 articles, not even a single word has been uttered about G.O.P.T.A., while the title of our series is ‘Excellence with G.O.P.T.A.©’. The reason is that in previous articles, I was working on the mindset towards time utilisation patterns (part 1-4) and goals orientation in life (part 5-7), as I believe that without changing our attitude towards time utilisation patterns and goals-orientation, ‘tips’ are of no use. Today, I will talk about G.O.P.T.A.…

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By: Tarun Prakash Srivastava, Sr. Executive Editor-ICN Group ‘Money Back’ Policies are also very popular in such schemes wherein the insurance company returns the insured money into installments in the interval in the plan period. Let’s now take a look at India’s major and popular life insurance and general insurance plans available: Major policies related to life insurance The policies of this area take responsibility for the financial security of our lives. There are two types of insurance plans available in this group: Term insurance policy Nearly all life insurance companies…

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By: Dr. Sanjay Kumar Agarwal, Sr. Associate Editor-ICN Group KOLKATA: In our previous article no. 6 of this ‘Excellence With G.O.P.T.A.’ Series, we discussed about various benefits of ‘goals setting’ in life. You must be wondering, if the goal setting is so good and powerful and if it is so simple, why everybody does not set goals. Now let us see. Reasons, why people don’t set goals Most of the people do not set goals due to various reasons listed hereinafter:-The biggest reason is that most of the people don’t understand…

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