Category: INDIA

By: Barnali Bose ( Associate Editor-ICN Group ) CHANDANNAGAR: Today as I flipped through the pages of an old album, I came across photographs that pleasantly reminded me of our visit to ‘The Land of the Brave Rajputs, Chittorgarh in Mewar’ and it ignited my thought process in relevance to the currently prevailing controversy on ‘distortion of  facts’ by the producer of Padmavati. History, it is to be noted, is written and not auto-saved in the arena of the ancient and medieval past. Much of ancient history is assumed, as…

National Press Day is symbolic of a free and responsible press in India. NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday greeted the media fraternity on the occasion of National Press Day.National Press Day which is commemorated each year on November 16 for a free and responsible press in India. The Prime Minister took to his Twitter page and posted a series of tweets that said: “My greetings to all friends in the media on National Press Day. I appreciate the hardwork of our media, especially the reporters & camerapersons,…

By: Vijay Kumar Verma ( Editor-ICN Group ) SHIMLA: Department of Information and Public Relations organised a Interactive Session on Challenges before the Media, on the National Press Day here today to commemorate the Golden Jubilee of the constitution of the Press Council of India. Speaking on the occasion Media Luminaries Prakash Chand Lohumi, Bureau Chief of Press Trust of India,  Dr Shashi Bhushan,  Editor of TV 18, Dr Rachna Gupta, Editor Of Dainik Jagran,  and Dr Shashi Kant Sharma, Chairman of Department of Journalism,  Himachal Pradesh University recounted their experiences…

NEW DELHI: It is a classic case of one ministry proposing and another disposing. A new analysis of the coal-based power sector by Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) indicates that the sector – with active help from the Ministry of Power (MoP) and the Central Electricity Authority (CEA) – is all set to avoid complying with the new emission norms that will come into effect shortly. These new norms were enacted by the Union Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) in December 2015 in view of the…

By: Dr. Ripudaman Singh (Special Correspondent ICN Group) & Hemant Kumar ( Agriculture Correspondent ICN Group) Drought affects virtually all climatic regions and more than one-half of the Earth is susceptible to droughts every year. Drought affects the greatest number of people in the world, especially in India.  NEW DELHI: With the southwest monsoon season ending, the government’s drought warning system predicts there could be a drought in 225 districts across “17 agriculturally important states of India,” putting further strain on distressed agriculture sector. According to the government’s National Agriculture and Drought Assessment System…

By: Barnali Bose ( Associate Editor-ICN Group ) Dear all, let us on this special day, pause for a moment and think, think what would be the best gift we can give our children. Today,the 14 th of November,the birth anniversary of Nehruji, has been dedicated to our dear children, whether our own or those,who, we nurture at school. For us, parents and  teachers, however every day  is Children’s day,isn’t it? Our lives revolve around our children. It is for children that we are able to play the role of a…

“The children of today will make the India of tomorrow. The way we bring them up will determine the future of the country.” Children’s Day in India is celebrated on November 14, 2017, as a day to celebrate the innocence of children and the importance of children in society. The day also commemorates the birthday of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru our country’s first Prime Minister. Children’s Day was first celebrated in 1964 after Nehru’s death. On this day, chocolates and gifts are often distributed among children, while schools organize different events…

NEW DELHI: The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), in its recent assessment released today, at the beginning of  ‘World Antibiotic Awareness Week’, reveals that fast food multinational companies do not have any India-specific commitments to eliminate misuse of antibiotics in their meat supply chains. Surprisingly, as the study highlights, these global giants have made ambitious, specific and time-bound commitments in the US and other countries to eliminate antibiotic misuse, owing to growing pressure from regulators and other stakeholders. Most of these companies have an over-arching global policy that recognises the…