BENGALURU: India’s 40th communication satelliteGSAT-31 was successfully placed in orbit on Wednesday by an Ariane5 rocket from French Guiana. GSAT-31 is the 40th communication satellite of India. It will replace the InSAT satellite which is nearing the end of its life. GSAT-31 will be used for supporting VSAT networks, Television uplinks, Digital Satellite News Gathering, DTH-television services and cellular backhaul connectivity. GSAT-31 will also facilitate communication over large oceanic regions comprising Arabian Sea, the Bay of Bengal and the Indian Ocean. “GSAT-31 has a unique configuration of providing flexible frequency segments…
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CSE’s Green School Programme (GSP) Felicitates 12 Greenest Schools Across The Country
By: Dr Dakter Esse, Editor-ICN NEW DELHI: “Indian schools, we find, are increasingly becoming conscious of their natural environments and resources, and the criticality of managing them sustainably. This is becoming evident from the growing numbers of schools which are joining our Green Schools Programme audit exercises and working seriously to make a difference,” said Sunita Narain, Director General, Centre for Science and Environment, while inaugurating the Annual Green Schools Programme (GSP) award ceremony today. Narain along with the GSP team released two books on the occasion.Titled ‘Paving the Path’,…
Read MoreExcellence With G.O.P.T.A.© Series: Part 41
By: Dr. Sanjay Kumar Agarwal, Sr. Associate Editor-ICN Group (In the past article, we understood how & why to come out of comfort zone to achieve all your goals. Today, we will learn about the strategies to overcome obstacles coming in the wake of achieving goals.) Strategies to overcome obstacles There are two strategies to overcome obstacles coming in the wake of achieving your goals. First strategy is to not lose sight of your goals. As Henry Ford said, “Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes…
Read MoreMONEY SERIES: PART 74
By: Tarun Prakash Srivastava, Sr. Executive Editor-ICN Group LUCKNOW: I have just told you about the equation of your active but single income. I have told you that we earn money by our own actions as per our acquired qualifications in the hours given out of limited time gifted to us by God. That is, our income is dependent on the duration of our time and the ability to work. If we want to earn more money, either we will have to increase our hours of work or increase our abilities,…
Read MoreExcellence With G.O.P.T.A.© Series: Part 40
By: Dr. Sanjay Kumar Agarwal, Sr. Associate Editor-ICN Group KOLKATA: In the past article, we understood how to identify the possible obstacles in the wake of reaching your goals. Today, we will see how & why to come out of comfort zone to achieve all your goals. Gravitational pull of comfort zone Jim Rohn says, “Making life changing decisions can be likened to internal civil war. Conflicting armies of emotions, each with its own arsenal of reasons battle each other for supremacy of our minds.” Most of the people find it…
Read MoreMONEY SERIES: PART 73
By: Tarun Prakash Srivastava, Sr. Executive Editor-ICN Group LUCKNOW: Many times it happens that even after the temporary impact on your income, when you join your work again, your income remains below your average income for a long time and the reason is – due to your absence, faith level of your customers on you, lowers and faith level of your customers in other traders goes higher during said period. Think yourself, you purchase items you need from a special shop regularly, but for the last one month, the shop is…
Read MoreEnhance Your Lifestyle With NLP+© Series: Part 18
By: Shantanu Das Sharma, Sr. Associate Editor-ICN Group Quick recap of what we have covered in Part 17 Take Charge of Your Physiology Exercise 1 – Get into a State of Feeling Really Bored and Tired Now, Snap Out of Boredom by Changing Your Physiology How People Usually Manage their States Exercise 2 – Experiencing a Change in State Exercise 3 – Get into the State of Being Totally Depressed You Can Direct Yourself into Peak States for Peak Performance Multi-Tasking and Peak Physiology Choose To Fake it Till You Make…
Read MoreCareer Selection-A Basic Insight: Part 7
By: Satyendra Kumar Singh, Editor-ICN MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS LUCKNOW: The management course has always received the apple like treatment. The reasons for it are the managerial posts in MNCs, corporate, offices including government sector. Courses The major courses under management stream are: Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) It is a 3 years course and is offered at many private and government institutes. It has in its pocket a variety of subject specialization and is updated as per market or industry trend such as finance, Human Resource Management, Information Technology etc. The best…
Read More8 Dead After 11 Coaches Of Seemanchal Express Derail In Vaishali, Bihar
PATNA: 8 people have died and more than 20 are injured in Bihar after nine coaches of the Seemanchal Express derailed on Sunday. The mishap occurred in Vaishali at 3:52 am today.The Railways has said preliminary investigations suggest that the derailment of Seemanchal Express in Bihar was caused due to rail fracture of CMS crossing at Baruni. The train was running between Jogbani and Anand Vihar Terminal.Railway officials said 11 coaches of the train were derailed. Teams of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) have reached the spot to carry out relief and…
Read MoreExcellence With G.O.P.T.A.© Series: Part 39
By: Dr. Sanjay Kumar Agarwal, Sr. Associate Editor-ICN Group KOLKATA: In the past article, we understood how to identify your ‘plus’ and ‘minus’ points. Today, we will see how to identify the possible obstacles in the wake of reaching your goals. Identify the possible obstacles Big success is not going to come to you smoothly. It will pose some obstacles on the way, as nothing is smooth in life. Even small pleasures are difficult to get and difficult to sustain. Obstacles & setbacks are bound to come on the surface. Though…
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