Category: INDIA

Money Series: Part 15

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By: Tarun Prakash Srivastava, Sr. Executive Editor-ICN Group Life does not run from the ‘rule of assumption and presumption.’ The conflicting streams are always flowing in life, and the negative and backward currents are always faster and faster. Conflicting Directions of Income and Loss: Here we would like to take you in your childhood when you used to solve math problems in a junior classroom. We used to assume that there is a tub of 100 liters of water capacity to which a tap is attached, through which 5 liters of…

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‘’MIGRAINE-A REAL HEADACHE’’

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By: Dr. Abhishek Kr. Pandey, Medical Correspondent-ICN Women have an 18% risk of having a migraine compared to a 6% chance in men. The higher prevalence in women is typically attributed to hormonal fluctuations especially estrogen. LUCKNOW: Migraine headache is the most common disabling brain disorder. It is the commonest cause of recurrent, severe headache. One in every 10 people has migraine. It occurs mostly in adult population and shows female predominance .Unilateral throbbing type moderate to severe intensity headache is a common manifestation of the migraine though it may…

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Mumbai Celebrates Lord Krishna’s Birth With ‘Dahi Handi’ Rituals

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Dadar, Worli, Wadala, Ghatkopar, Andheri, Lokhandawala, Borivali, Kandivali, Jogeshwari, Mulund and Vile Parle were hotspot of dahi handi celebrations. MUMBAI: Janmashtami is a celebration of Lord Krishna’s birth and one of the events that devotees look forward to is the Dahi Handi competitions that every community celebrating the festival holds. The dahi handi ritual is an imitation of Lord Krishna’s actions. The boy who is at the top of the pyramid is referred to as Govinda and the groups are handis or mandals. Reenacting how Lord Krishna used to steal…

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Uttar Pradesh Floods: Death Toll Rises To 28, Rescue Operations Underway

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LUCKNOW: The meteorological department predicted widespread rainfall in eastern and western parts of the state on Monday and Tuesday. The death toll in the recent spurt of rains and flood like situation in the state has gone up to 28 on Monday. The Indian Air Force (IAF) personnel on Sunday rescued 14 people stranded in Lalitpur and Jhansi districts of the state following the heavy showers, officials said. Officials sources here said that 9 more deaths were reported last night including 3 in Farrukhabad, 2 in Barabanki and 4 in Faizabad districts…

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Petrol Price In Mumbai Touches New High, Petrol At Rs 86.56 Per Litre

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MUMBAI: The prices of petrol and diesel hiked again on Monday, hitting an all-time high in Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai.Fuel prices have been on the rise since August 16 as the rupee dipped rapidly against the dollar. Petrol and diesel are on a record high, less than four months after a hike that caused an uproar across the country. Mumbai is paying the most, with petrol at Rs.86.56 a litre and diesel at 75.54 litre. Petrol prices in Delhi rose by 31 paise a litre on Monday, diesel by 39 paise…

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Nation Celebrates Krishna Janmashtami Around The World

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The Krishna Janmashtami celebrations are held across the country and also in various parts of the world. The festival is known by several names like Krishnashtami, Gokulashtami, Srikrishna Jayanti, Sree Jayanti, or simply as Janmashtami. NEW DELHI: Lord Krishna was believed to be born on the eighth day (ashtami) of the Krishna Paksha (dark fortnight) of the month of Bhadrapad (August – September), according to the Hindu calendar. This year Janmashtami is being celebrated on September 2 and September 3 with the Ashtami Tithi beginning from 8:47 PM on September…

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India Ends Asian Games Campaign With 69 Medals,The Complete List Of India’s Medal Winners

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JAKARTA: India brought home a total of 69 medals – 15 gold, 24 silver and 30 bronze from the Asian Games 2018 in Indonesia.This is also India’s best ever overall medal tally, equalling country’s joint-best effort at the Asian Games since the inaugural edition in 1951.China finished on top of the medal tally with 132 gold medals. China finished on top of the medal tally with 132 gold medals. The closing ceremony of Asian Games 2018 took place in Jakarta. Indian women’s hockey team captain Rani Rampal, who guided her team to…

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Northeast Floods: Arunachal, Assam, Meghalaya On High Alert

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Siang river, which originates in Tibet, is known as Tsangpo in China. It joins Lohit and Dibang rivers downstream to form the Brahmaputra in Assam.Tsangpo, which enters India through Arunachal Pradesh is known as the Siang river in the state.  A flood alert has been issued in low-lying areas bordering the Siang (Brahmaputra) river in Arunachal Pradesh and Assam following China cautioned India about the rising water level in the river which is called Tsangpo across the border. China had earlier sent an alert to India of heavy rainfall in…

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Alert As Rat Fever Strikes Kerala, Death Toll Reaches 15

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THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A woman on Sunday died of leptospirosis(rat fever) in the flood-battered Kerala, taking the death toll due to the disease to 15.The risk of contaminating the disease is high during flooding. Many leptospirosis patients become critical within three to four days of developing symptoms, leaving health department officials worried. After the surfacing of leptospirosis cases in the flood-hit districts of Palakkad, Thrissur, Kozhikode, Malappuram and Kannur, the public health department sounded an alert on August 28 to the doctors. Health experts suspect that this could be strain varying or total bacterial load…

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Our Trip To The Island Country Of Sri Lanka

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By : Shoubhik Bose Shoubhik is a senior engineer in his late 20s, working for a leading softare company in Bangalore. He loves to blog about tech and travel when is not at work. Colombo, Western Province — the capital city Having reached Colombo at 7.30 in the evening, we tried out the local app aggregator service called “PickMe” to get to our hotel. Interestingly, the experience of booking the cab was as smooth as Uber, and some of the locals claimed that it is cheaper than Uber. The hotel was an old-styled house…

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