Category: INDIA

SHIMLA TOURIST BUSINESS TAKES A TOLL DUE TO WATER CRISES

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By: Vijay Kumar Verma, Editor-ICN Group SHIMLA: Famous tourist town of Himachal Pradesh and earstwhile Queen of Hills, Shimla is these days reeling under acute water crisis not only affecting the residents but also adversely affecting the tourism business. As hotels are not able to provide water the tourists are returnig home. Normally getting hotel bookings during the season in Shimla remains a big problem,  many a bookings have been cancelled by the tourists, inform some hotelliers.Taking stock of the situation,  the state government has ordered early closure of schools…

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Nipah Virus Claims 2 More Lives In Kerala’s Kozhikode; 16 Deaths Till Now

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KOZHIKODE: 2 more people have died in Kerala of Nipah virus, taking the total number of deaths to 16. Both the cases have been reported from Kozhikode.The symptoms of the infection include fever, headache, drowsiness, breathing trouble, disorientation and delusions. The virus causes severe brain swelling called encephalitis, and in some cases respiratory disease, and typically kills three-quarters of the people infected. The first known Nipah outbreak was in 1998 on a pig farm in Malaysia, which inspired the plot for the 2011 movie Contagion. According to the World Health Organisation…

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Kerala Govt Cuts Fuel Prices By Re 1 With Effect From June 1

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THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The LDF government in Kerala has decided to cut petrol and diesel prices by Re 1, with effect from Friday, June 1, Chief Minister Pinarayai Vijayan announced Wednesday. There were indications, over the past few days, that the state government will make an announcement to send a message to the BJP-led Centre. Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) reduced fuel prices by 1 paisa hours after erroneously announcing a cut of 60 paise. Price of petrol in state capital Thiruvananthapuram today was Rs 82.61 while diesel was retailing at Rs 75.19.With…

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Bypoll Results Live: BJP Trailing In UP, Ahead in Maharashtra; Congress Leads In Karnataka

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NEW DELHI: Counting of votes for the by-elections to 4 parliamentary seats and 10 assembly seats is taking place today.The by-election result for Jokihat assembly seat will put to test the BJP-NDA government today. The assembly seats where the by-elections were held on Monday are Noorpur (Uttar Pradesh), Jokihat (Bihar), Tharali (Uttarakhand), Gomia and Silli (Jharkhand), Maheshtala (West Bengal), Ampati (Meghalaya), Palus Kadegaon (Maharashtra), Shahkot (Punjab) and Chengannur (Kerala). The Jokihat assembly seat is a face-off between Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejaswi Pratap Yadav. Bypoll is taking…

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Unemployed Dentists Demand Govt. Jobs

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By: Dr. Pankaj Kumar Yadav, Special Correspondent-ICN The reason for this unemployment clearly follows a mismatch between supply and demand in health sector. According to World Health Organization (WHO), the ideal dentist-population ratio is 1:7500. The dental profession is a noble profession. It takes years of devotion towards the subject of dentistry to get the graduate degree of Bachelor of Dental Surgery. However, even after such painstaking efforts the current situation of dental graduates in India is grave. There are a lot of issues that are the main cause for…

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Lucknow Witnesses The ICN Film and Book Fest 2018

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LUCKNOW, 27 May 2018: The much awaited ICN Film and Book Fest 2018 was organised successfully at Lucknow. The event started with Lightening the Lamp by the eminent personalities present on the occasion namely I.H.Siddiqui (Chairman ICN), Prof. Awadh Ram (Ex-Vice Chancellor-Kashi Vidyapeeth),Dr. Jagdish Gandhi (Founder Manager CMS Group), Sister Blessy (Administrator Fatima Hospital) and Tarun Prakash Srivastava (Sr. Executive Editor-ICN). The gathering gave the standing ovation and clapping to Prof. K.V. Nagaraj, Chief Advisor-ICN Group and Rakesh Lohumi, Sr. Editor-ICN Group. This was followed by awards giving ceremony. Dr A.M…

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Voting Underway In Ireland’s Abortion Referendum

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Prime Minister Leo Varadkar, in favour of change, has called the referendum a “once in a generation decision”.  As IRELAND begins voting in a historic referendum on whether to repeal or retain the Eighth Amendment, international media organisations have been weighing in on the issue. Ireland became the first country in the world to approve same-sex marriage by a popular vote – would underline the speed and scale of change in a country that is still majority Catholic. In the past few days, TV stations, newspapers and other media outlets…

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PM Modi To Address Public Rally In Cuttack

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CUTTACK: The Modi government completes 4 years in power on Saturday and the Bharatiya Janata Party has planned a fortnight-long programme to mark the occasion. PM Modi will be addressing a public rally in Cuttack in Odisha to mark the fourth year of his government. Modi took over as prime minister on May 26, 2014 after the BJP won an overwhelming majority winning 282 seats alone. Patnaik, despite the “Modi-wave” came to power with the strongest ever mandate 2014. In the simultaneous state and general polls, BJP won 10 of the 147 assembly…

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15 Injured In Blast At Indian Restaurant In Canada, No Indication Of Terrorism

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The Indian consulate in Toronto has opened a helpline for any Indian nationals seeking assistance: (647) 668-4108. TORONTO: At least 15 people were injured in an explosion at an Indian restaurant outside of Toronto. Police are searching for two men suspected of setting off the bomb in the Bombay Bhel restaurant before fleeing the scene. Police have not made any arrests in connection with the blast at Bombay Bhel restaurant late on Thursday. Three people suffered critical injuries in the blast, and 12 others sustained smaller shrapnel injuries. Both the…

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CSE Welcomes ASCI Ruling On Misleading Poultry Industry Ad Featuring Sania Mirza

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By: Dr. Dakter Esse (Deputy Editor-North East cum Bureau Chief-ICN Arunachal Pradesh)  NEW DELHI: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has welcomed the recent decision of the Advertisement Standards Council of India (ASCI) which has said the poultry industry advertisement featuring tennis legend Sania Mirza was misleading by facts, exaggeration and ambiguity. CSE has once again called on Mirza to distance herself from the advertisement in the interest of public health. It may be noted here that the All India Poultry Development and Services Private Limited (AIPDSPL) had issued an advertisement on…

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