NEW DELHI: Today, India celebrated its 70th Republic Day.The Republic Day parade ceremony commenced with PM Modi leading the nation in paying homage to the martyrs by laying a wreath at the Amar Jawan Jyoti at India Gate. For the first time in the history of the paramilitary, an all-women contingent from the Assam Rifles participated in the parade. Major Khushboo Kanwar, a 30-year-old mother, lead the contingent of the Assam Rifles, the oldest paramilitary force in the country. The parade started from Vijay Chowk and proceeded towards the Red Fort grounds through the…
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When You Want To Vote But Cannot
By: Barnali Bose, Editor-ICN Group KOLKATA: Voting may be defined as a formal expression of preference for a candidate for office or for a proposed resolution of an issue. In 1948, The Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted unanimously by the United Nations General Assembly recognized the integral role that transparent and open elections play in the governance of a country. It states that everyone has the right to take part in the government of his/her country, directly or through freely chosen representatives. Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the…
Read MoreKASHMIR: LOST PARADISE TO FANATIC RELIGION
By: Tehmeena Rizvi, Bureau Chief-ICN Jammu & Kashmir In recent years, extremist groups have shaped our image of radicalisation. These groups message of intolerance- religious, cultural, social and had drastic consequences for many regions mostly Jammu and Kashmir. Nothing can justify radicalisation but we must also acknowledge that it does not arise in a vacuum. Where human rights are being violated, good governance has been ignored, sweeping changes become attractive. This situation gets worsened by the availability of weapons and people becoming familiar to violence after being exposed to conflict for…
Read MoreDigital Election Campaigning Through Social Media
By: Pragya Singh, Asstt. Editor-ICN Political parties across the globe are learning that along with advertising on traditional mediums such as television and newspapers, they must invest in digital marketing if they want to compete with their rival parties. We are living in a Digital Era, wherein everything is Digitalized now , from our workplace to our home, everything is getting digitalized rapidly. Election Campaigning is also getting digitalized through the Social Media and it is playing a vital role in the Election all around the World. It was more…
Read MoreExcellence With G.O.P.T.A.© Series: Part 36
By: Dr. Sanjay Kumar Agarwal, Sr. Associate Editor-ICN Group KOLKATA: In the last 3 articles of this series, we understood how to convert the desires into S.M.A.R.T.E.R. goals. Today, we will know about how to further modify these S.M.A.R.T.E.R. to make them achievable. Further modifications to finalise the SMARTER goals After converting our desires into S.M.A.R.T.E.R. goals, let us do some fine tuning to make these goals achievable. Write goal in the first tense – Write the goal using ‘I’. Your sub-conscious mind easily accepts the goals, which contain the…
Read MoreISRO Successfully Launches First Student-Made Satellite Kalamsat
Kalamsat is a payload developed by students and Chennai based Space Kidz India for the first time.The satellites were launched in the first mission for the Isro in 2019.The Kalamsat-V2 is the lightest satellite in the world. SRIHARIKOTA: ISRO launched its 46th flight of Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C44) and put into space Microsat-R, an imaging satellite and student-made Kalamsat, a communication satellite named after former President Abdul Kalam, from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota. The Isro said it would take about 90 minutes for the fourth stage…
Read MorePicturesque And Peaceful Mountains Inspire Love For Nature
By: Garima Lohumi There is saying:”every mountain teaches you something”.Those born and brought up amongst the mountains would have learnt the most from the nature. SHIMLA: The physical environment plays a vital role in shaping the distinct characteristics of the people and their culture. The varied topography and the rugged beauty of mountain terrains present a sharp contrast from the largely monotonous landscape of the plains. This is one of the main factors that make inhabitants of mountainous regions much different from those of plains. The mountain dwellers have some inherent…
Read MoreEnhance Your Lifestyle With NLP+© Series: Part 15
By: Shantanu Das Sharma, Sr. Associate Editor-ICN Group Quick recap of what we have covered in Part 14 How You Create Your Beliefs ‘I Am Lousy At Math’…How I Formed that Idea at Age 7 How I Started Collapsing this Limiting Belief From Math Bloke to a Math Genius – Starting with Just a New ‘Belief’ What Limiting Beliefs Do You Have? Steps to Change Any Belief SECRET OF PEAK PERFORMANCE Your Action is the Driving Force that Produces Results KOLKATA: Are the most successful people the ones with the most…
Read MoreMONEY SERIES: PART 69
By: Tarun Prakash Srivastava, Sr. Executive Editor-ICN Group The truth is that God has gifted special abilities within us and as soon as favorable conditions are created for them, they become exposed in their best form. Fourth Type of Information: LUCKNOW: These are the information about you that you and people both do not even know. This is such a topic that has no previous premise and neither can you prepare for it. You have immense possibilities and capabilities in you. These are the events that come suddenly in front of…
Read MoreCareer Selection-A Basic Insight: Part 2
By: Satyendra Kumar Singh, Executive Editor-ICN Group Evolution of the Concept of Career Counselling LUCKNOW: The main aim of a career counselling program is to provide step-by-step process that can gel with the school curriculum and pedagogy. Most of the schools these days are adopting career counselling as one of the vital tools for paving the right career paths for their students. The teachers and the associated staff should learn new approaches and activities involved into career assessment and counselling. Such tools should be implementable in classrooms and on various segments…
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