Penstock Of UHL Power Project In Himachal Pradesh Bursts Damaging The Rs 1641 crore Power Project

By: Vijay Kumar Verma, Group Editor-ICN WORLD SHIMLA: Barely a few hours after commencement of trial runs, penstock of the 100 MW Uhl -3Hydro Power Project, executed by Beas Valley Corporation, a subsidiary of Himachal Pradesh state Electricity Board, burst open badly damaging power house of the project early in the morning today. The Uhl stage -3 Hydro power project had been completed 17 years after commencement of construction in 2003 at a cost of Rs 1641 crores against the estimated cost of Rs 431 crore and a completion schedule…

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Invasive Weeds Undermining Farm Productivity, Biodiversity

By: Rakesh Lohumi, Sr. Editor-ICN Group SHIMLA: The Himalayas are a treasure house of medicinal and aromatic plants.With no effective strategy to thwart the march of invasive alien species, which pose a major threat to the indigenous flora, more and more area is being usurped by weeds like lantana, ageratum, parthenium (Congress grass) and eupatorium. The appearance of large gregarious patches of these weeds from the Himalayan foothills in the north to the Tamil Nadu in the south is a matter of grave concern as they pose a serious threat to the…

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LIFE

By: C.P. Singh, Literary Editor-ICN Group One has got a fixed span to live, Provided by nature, unknown to our- hive. Lucky are those, who are living- shrive, Privileged are human-beings, at high skive. As a boon from creator, we are human, Master of all animals, as prime- lumen Controlling atmosphere, Earth as show-man, Brain provides us ability, to do all true-man. Man is a grace of God,:” ab- initio” to be so, It is only by birth, nothing acquired to grow. Humanity if added, it becomes Human-Pro, It is a…

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Spanish flu 1918: When The Millions Of People Were Died In The World

By: Mohammad Salim Khan, Sr. Sub Editor-ICN Group SAHASWAN/BUDAUN: At this time not only India but most of the countries of the world are coping with the heroic epidemic called Corona with great valor.  As soon as Corona’s name comes, a common man gets scared in front of him.This terrible disease has not only brought the country but also the economic system of most of the countries on the ground. Due to this epidemic there is another loss of lives and on the other hand, there is also a livelihood crisis…

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AFRICA: An Example Of Wounded Culture And Economy

By: Subhashini, Asstt. Editor-ICN NEW DELHI: It is known that the development of language as a medium of expression is the key factor of communication and is also responsible for the growth of a culture as well as education. History itself is the witness in case of Africa, where language originated initially. It is accepted in almost every part of the world that the language of Egypt influenced the Greek and Latin languages; even though these two languages are Indo-European. On a broader scale, the roots of most of the European languages…

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The Humane Side Of Lockdown

By: Klinsa Kurien, Bureau Chief-ICN Kerala Since the Indian Imperialist regime ended 73 years back, many an Indian has felt liberated in both body and spirit. The Freedom to do things freely, to possess a liberalistic attitude and most importantly to break the chains of narrow mindedness is inculcated in people’s minds.  Currently we are in a new political situation which was not experienced before. The Lockdown has brought our lives to a screeching halt. Though it was mainly done for achieving an infection- free society sans virus, homo sapiens…

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“Lock-Down-And-After?“

By: C.P. Singh, Literary Editor-ICN Group  PART: SIX Whosoever thinks about the prevailing calamity, simply goes into it’s details in  so many parameters but no one knows anything in this regard . What to say about it’s cure ? or how to deal it perfectly to secure our human race ? when no one knows the full details about it ? No proper and to the point treatment is available with any Country or any individual on the Earth . Every  Country is busy trying to bring out  some protective or…

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A Career Called Medical Representative

By: G. P. Sinha, Editor-ICN Group Long back when the medicines came to treat humans from illness ,there were very few companies which introduced the ethical drugs in the market. In early 20’s treatments of many serious illness were available.By mid 1940 many companies started manufacturing medicines. Now the need arose  to promote the drugs to medical professionals in various fields of medical fraternity. Here came the introduction of Medical Representative.Initially very few companies appointed Medical Representative to promote the medicines to doctors. Very soon as the companies started manufacturing…

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“Lock-Down-And-After?“

By: C.P. Singh, Literary Editor-ICN Group  PART: FIVE When thinking whispers with the brain regarding the possibilities of changes during and after the Lockdown. It becomes very perturbing for both of them. Whatever we are seeing , perceiving, feeling or coming ACROSS, is all under a serious threat of getting changed. Yes the degree of variance may differ from one parameter to other. But everything seems ready to adapt according to situation. My Almighty God grand everything Superb to our Planet, “The Earth”   Inter – Country – Relations –  …

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My Guardian Angel On Earth!

By: Klinsa Kurien, Bureau Chief-ICN Kerala Florence Nightingale, the great Foundress of Nursing is the Beacon- Light of the Nursing Community. Today is a very special day.  It is special for two reasons. Firstly it comes a day after Mother’s Day, secondly we commemorate International Nurses Day today. My Female parent qualifies both. My dear mother is a mother as well as a nurse. My life has been deeply shaped, inspired and motivated by her alone. From the day I entered this world through her loving womb, I feel safe…

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