Category: INDIA

World’s First Baby Born Via Womb Transplant From Dead Donor

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The first baby has been born following a womb transplant from a deceased donor, a study published in The Lancet has revealed. The successful transplant, performed by surgeons in Brazil, could greatly broaden access for women with uterine infertility to the treatment, without the need for live donors. The procedure to transfer the uterus from donor to recipient lasted more than 10 hours.The surgery involved connecting the recipient’s veins and arteries, ligaments and vaginal canals with the donated uterus. The woman’s previously fertilized and frozen eggs were implanted after seven months and…

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India’s Heaviest Satellite GSAT-11 Launched Successfully From French Guiana

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GSAT-11, weighing 5,854 kg, is ISRO’s heaviest and most-advanced high throughput communication satellite.The next generation satellite is going to help ramp up internet speeds.  BENGALURU: India’s heaviest communication satellite GSAT-11 has been successfully launched into orbit a few minutes past 2 am IST on Wednesday. After a 30-minute flight, GSAT-11 separated from the Ariane 5 upper stage in an elliptical Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit. GSAT-11 is a large planned Indian geostationary communications satellite.GSAT-11 is India’s heaviest satellite.ISRO Chairman K Sivan said soon after the launch, describing the GSAT-11 as the “richest space asset”…

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To Call A Spade, A Spade Or To Spin A Yarn: Exploring The Truth Behind A Lie

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By: Barnali Bose, Editor-ICN Group KOLKATA: I was watching ‘Liar Liar’, a 1997 American fantasy comedy film starring Jim Carrey and I began to wonder if it is but a good idea to speak the truth always or is it, at times, wiser to fabricate reality? The film is about a successful lawyer whose entire career is woven around a web of lies. His career  takes an ugly turn when his son wishes for him  not to lie for a day and the wish is fulfilled. Hilarious indeed is the…

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Massive Fire Breaks Out Near Mumbai’s Aarey Colony Forest, No Casualty Reported

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The Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP) region has a variety of big and small wildlife including leopards, peacocks, deers, hogs, besides a variety of insects, birds and plant life. MUMBAI: A massive fire erupted in the forests of Aarey Colony in the Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP) precincts, near Goregaon suburb of north-west Mumbai, here on Monday evening, officials said.The fire was reported at 6.21 pm on Monday. Aarey forest is Mumbai’s biggest green patch and has been under the scanner as the government wants to clear it for constructing…

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How Relevant Are These Age-Old Proverbs In Today’s World?

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By: Barnali Bose, Editor-ICN Group  Disclaimer: The following analysis is meant for amusement purpose only and the reader is requested to read it “with a pinch of salt”. When in Rome do as the Romans do: The reverse, I believe is true. If you do as stated, you’ll be lost in the crowd and can never be the one among many. You have to do things differently if you wish to get noticed and receive acclaim. So, ‘When in Rome, do as the Americans do, do as the Greeks do or…

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Excellence With G.O.P.T.A.© Series: Part 7

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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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Money Series: Part 41

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By: Tarun Prakash Srivastava, Sr. Executive Editor-ICN Group On April 19, 2000, the Insurance Regulatory Development Act, 1999 was passed in India, and after the commencement of this Act, the insurance business was opened in India for the private sector also. In the year 1347 AD, the first insurance contract was mentioned in Geneva, which was pure insurance and in which no loan amount was secured, and such insurance contracts became increasingly popular in the next centuries and in these contracts, there was a provision of protection against future uncertainties to…

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WHAT’S ALLERGY ?

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By: Dr. Nosheen Ali, Bureau Chief-ICN MP BHOPAL: On exposure to various foreign substances viz., pollens , animal dander, latex, certain food items, dust mites etc.  our body produces varieties of responses immediately so as to combat its bad effects that may at times be life threatening. These responses are manifested as sneezing, coughing, running nose, watery eyes,  diarrhoea, vomiting, skin eruptions etc. Such type of reaction of an individual’s immune system to substances in environment that are usually harmless is termed allergy. And the substances are known as allergens. The…

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Secularism: A Discourse In Contemporary Socio-Political Environment

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By: Dr Elizabeth Imti & Dr Kumar Raka, Editor-ICN Secularism, the core essence of tolerance and co-existence of various religious groups, is a practical necessity of multi-religious nation. The concept of secularism was not expressly incorporated in the constitution of India at early stages; however, it was deeply embedded in its philosophy all the way through fundamental rights and directive principles. The ideals of secularism had always been present in debates and discussions in the world’s largest democracy and constituted one of the core pillars of the Constitution after independence.  …

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Benjamin Franklin: Who Made America A Great Nation In The World

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By: Dr.Mohammad Aleem, Editor-ICN Group  NEW DELHI: Benjamin was at heart a good writer, so he was a good observer of human feelings and sentiments also. He writes in the same chapter of the book while observing his men on the battlefield in these words: “This gave me occasion to observe, that, when men are employed, they are best contentented; for on the days they worked they were good-natured and cheerful, and, with the consciousness of having done a good day’s work, they spent the evening jollily; but on our idle…

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