By: Dr. Amay Tripathi, Asstt. Editor-ICN LUCKNOW: Living in 21st century is filled with challenges pertaining to newer physical, biological and environmental phenomena. Humans have learned to overcome such daunting conditions since time immemorial, but there have also been times when life has been threatened with complete disaster. While global warming and adverse effects of certain technological advancements make news every other day, a dark cloud is silently looming large over the horizon in the form of drug-resistant micro-organisms and newer forms of diseases. Scientific and medical circles all over…
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OAT: A Highly Nutritious And Dual Purposes Cereal Crop
By: Prof. R.K. Yadav, Deptt of Genetics and Plant Breeding C.S. Azad Univ. of Agril. & Tech.,Kanpur/ Executive Editor-ICN Group The health benefits of oat rely mainly on the total dietary fibre and beta glucan content, which lowers blood lipids, especially, serum total and LDL (low density lipoproteins) cholesterol. KANPUR: Oat (Avena sativa) is an economically important crop and ranks sixth in the world in cereal production following wheat, maize, rice, barley and sorghum. It is an important cereals and known as a dual purpose crop of temperate and subtropical areas.…
Read MoreMoney Series: Part 15
By: Tarun Prakash Srivastava, Sr. Executive Editor-ICN Group Life does not run from the ‘rule of assumption and presumption.’ The conflicting streams are always flowing in life, and the negative and backward currents are always faster and faster. Conflicting Directions of Income and Loss: Here we would like to take you in your childhood when you used to solve math problems in a junior classroom. We used to assume that there is a tub of 100 liters of water capacity to which a tap is attached, through which 5 liters of…
Read More‘’MIGRAINE-A REAL HEADACHE’’
By: Dr. Abhishek Kr. Pandey, Medical Correspondent-ICN Women have an 18% risk of having a migraine compared to a 6% chance in men. The higher prevalence in women is typically attributed to hormonal fluctuations especially estrogen. LUCKNOW: Migraine headache is the most common disabling brain disorder. It is the commonest cause of recurrent, severe headache. One in every 10 people has migraine. It occurs mostly in adult population and shows female predominance .Unilateral throbbing type moderate to severe intensity headache is a common manifestation of the migraine though it may…
Read MoreOur Trip To The Island Country Of Sri Lanka
By : Shoubhik Bose Shoubhik is a senior engineer in his late 20s, working for a leading softare company in Bangalore. He loves to blog about tech and travel when is not at work. Colombo, Western Province — the capital city Having reached Colombo at 7.30 in the evening, we tried out the local app aggregator service called “PickMe” to get to our hotel. Interestingly, the experience of booking the cab was as smooth as Uber, and some of the locals claimed that it is cheaper than Uber. The hotel was an old-styled house…
Read MoreMoney Series: Part14
By: Tarun Prakash Srivastava, Sr. Executive Editor-ICN Group It is a matter of the fact that you can keep the value of your savings safe by earning interest in fixed deposits or recurring deposits on your savings. If the rate of interest is slightly higher than the rate of inflation, you may also get a little extra income on that money, but it is certain that it will remain insufficient in every way to make you rich. Let’s look at how this savings can worsen: Time Saving Devaluation @ 5% …
Read MoreMoney Series: Part 13
By: Tarun Prakash Srivastava, Sr. Executive Editor-ICN Group Every living power grows with time. We have to keep our savings alive so that they can not only protect their existence but by using the rule of compounding over time, make their existence bigger also. Welcome back. I believe that your journey till now has been proven to be full of enthusiasm and new faith. You have been introduced with the principles of “First Payment to You,” “Lace of Richness” and “Saving is the seed of Richness” so far and I believe…
Read MoreOur Trip To The Island Country Of Sri Lanka
By : Shoubhik Bose Shoubhik is a senior engineer in his late 20s, working for a leading softare company in Bangalore. He loves to blog about tech and travel when is not at work. The City Of Kandy, Central Province The last capital of the Sri Lankan Kings From Unawatunta we took a tuk-tuk to the Galle Fort railways station and bought a ticket to Colombo Fort. We had had reserved train tickets from Colombo to Kandy which we had bought two days prior to our trip at the counter. In short,…
Read MoreSay No To RO Water
By: Dr. Vasu Singh, Bureau Chief-ICN UP LUCKNOW: Everyone knows that Reverse Osmosis (RO) systems excel at removing water impurities, but few are aware that they also remove the beneficial minerals. In fact, the reverse osmosis process removes 92-99% of beneficial calcium and magnesium. What’s the big deal? After analyzing hundreds of scientific studies concerning demineralized or reverse osmosis water, the World Health Organization released a report stating that such water “has a definite adverse influence on the animal and human organism.” Consumers have been so concerned with removing as many things from water…
Read MoreOur Trip To The Island Country Of Sri Lanka
By : Shoubhik Bose Shoubhik is a senior engineer in his late 20s, working for a leading softare company in Bangalore. He loves to blog about tech and travel when is not at work. Planning The Trip — The 5 Towns Sri Lanka is known for its beaches, the colonial architecture, the Eurasian population and the Buddhist relics. We chose 2 beach towns — Hikkaduwa and Unawatuna, one fort of the colonial era— The Galle fort, one hill station with Buddhist relics — Kandy and one big city to unwind at the end of the trip — Colombo. One needs to fill an…
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