Category: INDIA

Money Series: Part 9

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By: Tarun Prakash Srivastava, Sr. Executive Editor-ICN Group Come on, friend! Welcome back. I was just waiting for you to this halt. I see that a new enthusiasm has arisen in you. Perhaps for the first time in life, you are hearing that you never learned in any school or college. For the first time, you are experiencing that all these institutes are claiming to provide success to you in your life, are only working to make themselves successful, and the knowledge is given by them till today has made you…

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Happy reaches Chandigarh !

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MUMBAI: After launching the highly-anticipated trailer of Eros International and Aanand L Rai’s Colour Yellow Productions, Happy Phirr Bhag Jayegi, the cast and crew of the laughter riot have started the promotional city tours. Sonakshi Sinha who plays the role of Harpreet aka Happy was recently spotted in the city for the press conference of the comedy of errors along with her co-star Jassie Gill and director Mudassar Aziz. The happy crew who arrived in a happy car will be traveling to different cities promoting the movie. Punjab da munda…

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Triple Talaq Bill Faces Rajya Sabha Test Today, Magistrate Can Now Grant Bail

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According to the Supreme Court a man who gives instance talaq on his wife will be punished with a jail term and a fine. This Bill also makes the declaration of talaq-e-biddat a non-bailable offence. NEW DELHI: The issue of Talaq or divorce is one of the most important issues in the lives of people, not only in India, but all over the world. But in other parts of the world, it is not as contentious as it has been made in India. Today is the last day of the…

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Status Of Gaushala In Uttar Pradesh And Other States Of The Country

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By: Prof. R. K. Yadav, Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding C.S.Azad Univ. of Agril. & Tech.,Kanpur &  Executive Editor-ICN Group Sirohi is a small village having a biggest Gaushala in the country and have 1.25 lakh cows with a maintenance cost of Rs. 30 crore. KANPUR: In the last five years 4% of cattle (gauvansh) decreases in the country. The Chief Minister also raised the questions about why older dairies were being closed while newer ones were being opened in the state. In the first phase, a Gaushala each would open in…

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Environmental Fallout: Changing Weather Pattern Poses Threat To Apple Cultivation

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By: Rakesh Lohumi, Sr. Editor-ICN Group Farmers in mid-hills and higher hills switched over to horticulture and took to apple cultivation in a big way as the mountainous terrain is not suitable for growing agricultural crops due to topographical constraints. SHIMLA: A consequence of the fast degrading hill environment, the changing weather pattern is posing a serious threat to apple, a premium fruit crop of Himalayan hills which brought prosperity to the state of Himachal Pradesh. With snow becoming increasingly scarce and winters getting warmer by the year the apple is…

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The Boston Tea Party That Carved American History On December 16,1773

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By: Barnali Bose, Editor-ICN Group  The Boston Tea Party was a symbol of defiance against the tyrannical colonialism of the British. This event draws its parallel with The Sepoy Mutiny of 1857 which was triggered by what the Muslim and Hindu soldiers in the British army considered an insult to their religious beliefs. BOSTON: Last summer, I visited Boston, the capital city of Massachusetts in the United States of America. As I stood at the Boston Harbour and glanced at the ships anchored there, I could almost visualize the scene of…

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Is Petrol No Longer Pricy In India?

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By: Vijay Kumar Verma, Editor-ICN Group SHIMLA: Not at all if we go by the stats of petrol sales in India. Hue and cry over the rising prices of petrol and diesel appear to be a thing of past. Having already  risen to the range of 80s people will just be amused to see it  in the 100s bracket soon. Though there have been demands for cut in taxes but the union government is not ready to cut taxes or include it in the GST regime. They know it to…

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Himachal Emerges As The “Land Of Medicinal Plants”

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By: Vijay Kumar Verma, Editor-ICN Group SHIMLA: Ayurvedic medicines are the major system of indigenous medicines and are most developed and widely practiced  worldwide. Keeping this fact in view, the Himachal Pradesh  Government  is paying special attention on the cultivation and conservation of medicinal plants. Farmers and horticulturists have been encouraged to cultivate medicinal plants. Special focus is given to inculcate the economic need and make easy availability of these medicinal plants for manufacturing Ayurvedic medicines. For the cultivation of medicinal plants, under National AYUSH mission government is providing financial…

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Suicide Prevention: The World Is A Better Place With You In It

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By: Dr. Mohd. Aleem Siddiqui (M.D.,D.P.M.), Sr. Associate Editor-ICN Group & Dr. Shazia Veqar Siddiqui, Associate Editor-ICN Universal prevention strategies include: generally improving the quality of people’s lives thereby reducing stress , decreasing the availability of lethal means, such as control of guns. LUCKNOW: According to  World Health Organisation, globally one person commits  suicide every 40 seconds, India accounted for the highest estimated number of suicides in the world in 2012. According to the report, 258,075 people committed suicide in India in 2012, with 99,977 women and 158,098 men taking their own lives.…

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Money Series: Part 8

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By: Tarun Prakash Srivastava, Sr. Executive Editor-ICN Group Often failure people have a very negative view of money. In their opinion, every rich person is characterless and criminal. I would like to tell you that most of the crime in society grows in the habitations of failure and unsuccessful people. Immorality also dances among those who live in despair and frustration. The words, such as crime, characterlessness, disappointment, accusation, complaining, lying and doubts, are found in the dictionary of people of negative life only, and permanent success can never be…

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