Category: INDIA

By: Vijay Kumar Verma ( Editor-ICN Group ) SHIMLA: A record 73 % voter turn out was witnessed in the Himachal assembly elections voting for which concluded at 5 pm today. Shimla district recorded 65 % polling with Virbhadra Singh’s home tehsil Rampur recording 74% voting. The Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh is contesting from Arki in District Solan while his son Vikramaditya Singh is contesting from Shimla Rural constituency. Former Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal is contesting from Sujanpur in Hamirpur district. Fate of 337 candidates have been locked in the EVMs.  Voting…

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By: Vijay Kumar Verma ( Editor-ICN Group ) SHIMLA: Voting began with great enthusiasm in all the constituencies of Himachal Pradesh today at 8 am. While in the first four hours over 28 % voting had taken place while as the day progressed the number is increasing. By 2 pm the voter turnout has increased to 54 percent. First time voters and youngsters are showing interest in exercising their franchise. High profile Virbhadra Singh, his wife Pratibha Singh and son Vikramaditya Singh cast their votes in Rampur Bushr, their ancestral home. Virbhadra Singh is…

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Delhi-NCR must focus on taking decisive steps which will have immediate as well aslong-term impacts. This requires political leadership, which is sorely lackingat the moment, says Sunita Narain, director general, CSE NEW DELHI: On the second day of the worst episode of severe air quality this winter, even as governments went into a huddle to thrash out solutions, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) cautioned against putting too much hope in temporary solutions such as closure of schools. Sunita Narain, director general, CSE, said: “Cities and administrations need to implement solutions…

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KOLKATA – Investigators from the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) returned to India this week to continue the search for remains of U.S. personnel missing since World War II.  Last year, DPAA deployed a team to northeast India for 30 days in search of remains for unaccounted-for U.S. airmen, and this is their fifth mission to India since 2013. There are approximately 400 U.S. airmen missing in India, most of whose remains are believed to be located in the Himalayan Mountains in northeast India.  During World War II, the United States…

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By: Dr. Upsham Goel, M.S. F.M.R.F. ( Chief Consulting Editor-ICN Group ) LUCKNOW: Medicine is among the most complex of sciences, and no wonder, among all sciences, carries with it the longest training among all professional courses. Despite this, in India, every other person, who is not a doctor makes all the decisions with regard to medical policies, while the doctors are just handed down dictates by the powers that be. This archaic approach has resulted in such a sad state of affairs that, if a child dies in a…

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By: Vijay Kumar Verma ( Editor-ICN Group ) SHIMLA: Campaigning for the assembly elections in Himachal Pradesh  came to an end at 5 pm today. Polling will be done on 9th November and accordingly the campaigning was stopped today. Henceforth there won’t be any rallies and road shows which had kept the environment charged all these days. The candidates will however be permitted to undertake door to door campaigning. There are 5025941 voters in the hill states many of whom live in difficult hilly terrains.  The election commission has made elaborate arrangements to facilitate voters…

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More than 20 flights were delayed or affected at Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi after low visibility forced closure of a runway. NEW DELHI: The smog is likely to hit railway and air traffic. Although, no delay in the timing of flights was reported by Airlines operating from Delhi International Airport. The visibility came down to 50 metres in Delhi, leading to delay in trains. Reports say at least 12 trains from the national capital were running late due to decreased visibility. Flights from and to Delhi were also facing…

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By: Vijay Kumar Verma ( Editor-ICN Group)  SHIMLA: With as many as 10 universities out of a total 17 private universities in the entire state, Solan district of Himachal Pradesh has the dubious distinction of being the largest educational hub offering vocational degrees, not only in the state but also in the entire country. What to talk of the district, the Solan town itself has four universities in a close proximity of few kilometers. In addition, Himachal Pradesh has 4 State Universities, 1 Central University and 1 Indian Institution of Technology…

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By: Eram Fatima ( Correspondent-ICN Group ) Experts Highlight the Growing Importance of Social Media in Dissemination of Information.The theme was the growing importance of social media in dissemination of information. LUCKNOW: ICN group has always tried to publish the best articles on the theme of social, political, economic, literary and scientific issues. This is the reason that a large group of readers has now been associated with it. Today, ICN Group organized a half daylong seminar in Lucknow. The theme was the growing importance of social media in dissemination…

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