Category: INDIA

Apple Area Manager Shot Dead At Police Checkpost In Lucknow For Not Stopping Car

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LUCKNOW: A constable of Uttar Pradesh Police shot dead the Apple Area Manager named Vivek Tiwari. The matter is from the VIP area of the Uttar Pradesh capital, Lucknow. Vivek Tiwari was returning from the launching event of the iPhone. He was also with his co-worker Sana Khan. On the way, when the police indicated to stop them, Vivek sidelined. Constable Prashant Chaudhary shot Vivek, and it became the reason of Vivek’s death. Tiwari’s wife Kalpana has responded to the incident, saying that the police had “no right” to shoot…

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WORLD HEART DAY 2018: “With A Healthy Heart The Beat Goes On”

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By: Dr. Shazia Israr, Associate Editor-ICN The 2018 theme ‘My Heart, Your Heart’ is set at asking people all over the globe to make a promise – ‘a promise as an individual to make healthier choices and lifestyle decisions, a promise to cook and eat more healthy, a promise to do more exercises and encourage your children to be more active, a promise to say no to smoking and help your loved ones quit, a promise as an healthcare professional to save more lives, and most of all, a simple…

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Money Series: Part 24

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By: Tarun Prakash Srivastava, Sr. Executive Editor-ICN Group “When a chicken egg breaks out from the outside, there is a killing, but when it breaks from the inside, a life comes out from it.” Financial Graph of Life I have seen you coming from the distance to this halt. I am witnessing that a new enlightenment and faith has been born in your body language. Such belief is possible in positive attitude only. Believe it – positive life vision is the biggest power and energy of the world. I have…

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Valley Of Kashmir, A Paradise On Earth

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By: Vijay Kumar Verma, Editor-ICN Group SHIMLA: The state government has started inviting and welcoming tourists from all over the country to visit Srinagar, long referred as the paradise on earth.The separatists don’t have anything to do with tourists and they are not harmed, I am told by a local friend, and the state government too is giving assurance of safety. For many like me who had been waiting on the wings for mist of militancy to settle, it was a welcome step at the right time to head for Srinagar…

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Words Have Wheels To Roll And Wings To Fly: Part 6

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By: Barnali Bose, Editor- ICN Group Some intrinsic features of the English language are believed to set it apart as an ideal choice for a global language. I would choose to discuss a few of them. The richness and depth of the vocabulary : The 1989 revised “Oxford English Dictionary” lists 6,15,000 words in 20 volumes, officially the world’s largest dictionary. If technical and scientific words were to be included, the total would rise to, well over a million. Its idiomatic phrases and figures of speech, make English, an ornamental…

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S P Singh, Founder Manager Of Lucknow Public School Donated Rs 45 Lakhs To Kerala Flood Victims

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LUCKNOW: A Lucknow (UP) based educationist S.P. Singh, Founder Manager, Lucknow Public Schools and Colleges and former Member of Legislative Council, Uttar Pradesh gave away a DD of Rs.45,00,000/- (Fourty Five Lakh) to Hon’ble Chief Minister Kerala, Pinarayi Vijayan in Chief Minister’s Distress Relief Fund for rehabilitation of flood victims, at CM Office, Kerala on 24th September, 2018. S.P. Singh has done so, as his social responsibility. Being a philanthropist, he comes ahead as and when any natural disaster occurs in the nation. S P Singh quoted “As an educational…

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Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid Case: Supreme Court Declines To Refer 1994 Judgement To Larger Bench

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NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court today declined to refer the question that “a mosque as a place of prayer is an essential part of Islam” to a Constitution bench. The crucial verdict also paved the way for holding the hearing on title suit on October 29.The verdict ended with 2:1 majority. The Supreme Court has refused to revisit its 1994 ruling that the government can acquire land that a mosque is built on.In 1994, the Supreme Court said that namaz could be offered anywhere and that a mosque was not…

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Health Insurance Fraud And Related Parties

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By: Dr Vivek Chauhan, (Zonal Medical Head,Star Health & Allied Insurance Company Ltd) LUCKNOW: It is a matter of concern that ‘insurance fraud’ is not defined under the insurance Act. IRDA recently quoted the definition provided by the international Association of insurance supervisors (IAIS) which defines fraud as “an act or omission intended to gain dishonest or unlawful advantage for a party committing the fraud or for other related parties.” Other instruments within the Indian legal system, such as the Indian Penal Code (IPC) or Indian Contract Act, also do not…

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PM Modi, France President Macron Get Champions Of The Earth Award & Cochin Airport Gets Entrepreneurial Vision Award

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Cochin International Airport has also been honoured this year with the award for Entrepreneurial Vision, for its leadership in the use of sustainable energy. NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and French President Emmanuel Macron have been awarded the UN’s highest environmental honour–‘Champions of the Earth’. PM Modi has been awarded with the UN’s highest environmental honour for his leadership of the International Solar Alliance and pledge to eliminate single use plastic in India by 2022. The Champions of the Earth award is the UN’s highest environmental recognition celebrating exceptional figures from the public and private…

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Section 497 Of IPC: Supreme Court Quashes Adultery Law As Unconstitutional

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NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has declared that Section 497 is unconstitutional. Adultery is not a crime. This judgment has overturned the three previous rulings by the Supreme Court on Section 497. A five-judge Constitution bench of the Supreme Court today struck down the 150-year-old penal law on adultery.The top court held that the act adultery can be a ground for divorce, but not a criminal offence. In August, a five-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra and comprising Justices R F Nariman, A M Khanwilkar, D…

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