The Ship’s Master

By: Tejeshwar Singh Rana, 2nd Officer, Shell shipping-London, UK & Asstt. Editor-ICN MEXICO: Traditionally the person in charge of a ship at sea is addressed as Captain. In the Merchant Shipping industry, in most legal, trade and commercial documents, the captain is referred to as the Ship’s Master. Among professional mariners, the title “Captain” is generally used by a person who has been appointed and commanded a merchant vessel. As per British precedence, the Harbour Master, the equivalent of Chief of a Port, is also referred to as “Captain” if…

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Arunachal Governor Felicitates Staff For Energy Conversation

By: Dr. Dakter Esse, Editor-ICN ITANAGAR: The Governor of Arunachal Pradesh Brig. (Dr.) B.D. Mishra (Retd.) felicitated Nabendyu Bhattacharjee, wireman, Capital Electrical Division-I, Raj Bhavan Power House at Raj Bhavan, Ianagar on 29th January 2019 for conservation of electricity and maximising the use of renewable energy at Raj Bhavan. Continuing his endeavour to promote renewable energy, the Governor honoured Shri Bhattacharjee for lighting the entire Raj Bhavan for Republic Day celebration in a low cost way with more than 3000 LED, using only solar power. As per the tradition and in line…

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Career Selection-A Basic Insight: Part 4

By: Satyendra Kumar Singh, Editor-ICN  The public sector demands punctuality, self-discipline, self-control and sound emotional capabilities. The people who aspire for such a profession need to adhere to the time schedule and work in stressful environment. Significance of Personality Tests LUCKNOW: Personality is defined as attitude of a person as demonstrated at a particular place or circumstance. Personality traits do help in successful alignment with the particular job requirements. Personality is the set of characteristics that influences ones’ attitude and behaviour in different situations. Different researchers have defined personality and its…

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MONEY SERIES: PART 71

By: Tarun Prakash Srivastava, Sr. Executive Editor-ICN Group LUCKNOW: What I have said to you so far was about your vertical success only. Have you seen the peak of a mountain? Height, and height, and height. I have heard that Hong Kong is a country with very limited land, but this country is very developed, and the result is that when development in other countries spreads on their undeveloped land, this development in Hong Kong only increases in height. Each year, the elevations of Hong Kong become higher to cover the…

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Former Defence Minister George Fernandes Passes Away At Age 88

NEW DELHI: George Fernandes, a former Union Defence Minister in the Vajpayee government who was elected nine times to the Lok Sabha, died on Tuesday in New Delhi. He was 88.Fernandes breathed his last at Max hospital in Delhi. Georgre Fernandes had been living with Alzheimer’s disease and his last stint was as a Rajya Sabha MP between August 2009 and July 2010. President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi took to Twitter to express their condolences. PM Modi wrote that George Fernandes represented the best of India’s…

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Rural and Urban Poverty in India: A Widening Gap

By: Dr. Mohammad Aleem, Editor-ICN Group NEW DELHI: India is considered a future economic super power. Might be it a reality if all things happen well in the right direction. Since the last seventy years of gaining independence from the British colonial yoke, it will be imprudent to say that nothing has changed. We have witnessed phenomenal growth since the economic liberalisation of the country. Most revolutionary changes came in the fields of communication, roads and electricity. Almost a major part of India is accessible now from the main towns and cities…

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Career Selection-A Basic Insight: Part 3

By: Satyendra Kumar Singh, Executive Editor-ICN Group LUCKNOW: The career guidance includes self-development, career exploration and career management. It also helps the people to identify and use their skills to go ahead with their career of interest. Thus, it can be said that career guidance helps in identifying interests and other traits that helps in selection of a profession. This guidance helps in preparation of resume, searching information for particular job and arranging for developmental workshops. The internships or apprenticeship training must be promoted as well. The industry and academics has…

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Enhance Your Lifestyle With NLP+© Series: Part 16

By: Shantanu Das Sharma, Sr. Associate Editor-ICN Group Quick recap of what we have covered in Part 15 Your Action is the Driving Force that Produces Results Apparently ‘Ignorant’ Henry Ford was Smart Enough to Hire People Smarter than He! As Emotion Drives Action Find The Checklist of Your States Top 10 Emotional States Experienced Daily Top 10 Emotional States of a Successful Person Top 10 Emotional States of a Typical Person Are You in Control Over Your States? Your Emotional States Are Self-Created KOLKATA: Every single time, you create your…

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MONEY SERIES: PART 70

By: Tarun Prakash Srivastava, Sr. Executive Editor-ICN Group Vertical Success versus Horizontal Success Please come – You are welcome. LUCKNOW: I see that you are full of excitement and your position is like a person in front of whom, the biggest treasure of the world is going to appear. How good you feel at that time when someone is going to tell you how you can obtain hundred percent marks in your upcoming examination. When I first came to know this secret, my condition was worse than you, and for several…

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Excellence With G.O.P.T.A.© Series: Part 37

By: Dr. Sanjay Kumar Agarwal, Sr. Associate Editor-ICN Group KOLKATA: In the last 4 articles of this series, we understood how to convert the desires into S.M.A.R.T.E.R. goals and how to state the goals to make them really achievable. Today, we will know how to summarise your S.M.A.R.T.E.R. goals for each life aspect into a simple table and make a snapshot summary of the same to serve you as a ready reckoner. Please remember, this part is in continuation of parts 33-36. Summarise your S.M.A.R.T.E.R. Goals for each life aspect Once…

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