Category: INDIA

Quality Protein Maize: A Solution for Nutritional Security

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By: Prof. R K Yadav Dean, College of Agriculture, Lakhimpur Kheri Campus, C.S. Azad Univ. of Agril. & Tech. Kanpur & Executive Editor-ICN Group Maize (Zea mays), known in some English speaking countries as corn. In India, maize ranks 3rd after rice and wheat. Maize grown throughout the country ranging from Kashmir to Kanyakumari. Improving nutritional quality of agricultural crops is a noble goal. Improving nutritional quality in cereal crops is particularly important as the benefits can easily spread to hundreds of millions of people in a most rapid and effective manner without…

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The World Of Agritourism

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By: Subhashini, Asstt. Editor-ICN The small landholders are the most precious part of a state- Thomas Jefferson, 3rd president of the United States NEW DELHI: Agricultural tourism or Agri-tourism has been a widely discussed topic since the last 15-20 years. However, what I believe is that this phenomenon has been a part of our economy since thousands of years in many different forms. Agritourism is the idea of bringing urban residents to rural areas for leisure travel and spending. In today’s world, where the mechanization has expanded many-fold, people seem to have lost touch…

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Just When…..

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By: Klinsa Kurien, Bureau Chief-ICN Kerala Just when the Rose’s begin to bloom… Just when the skies clear up.. Just when the children go to school  Just when the world goes to work…. Just when our parents begin to age… Just when our future is full of uncertainties…. Comes a virus in full swing. Which comes as a blow.. To all our dreams and stop us from growth Emerging from a remote lab.. Into the bodies of men and beast… We got a great lesson to learn To stay indoors…

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“Lock-Down-And-After?“

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By: C.P. Singh, Literary Editor-ICN Group  None of the living beings on this planet have ever seen or imagined about the practicing , dealing or going through a situation called  “Lock-Down”. Books do have elaborate mention about it but situations never became so lethal bring this entire Globe under precautions under a “Lock – Down”. Could  anyone on  this Earth ever relate his  or  her thinking to the present situation ? Did any of thedreams in any person’s mind ever spell out the actual act of “ Lock – Down “…

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Outpacing COVID-19: Key Innovations Prompt Early Warning For Early Actions

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Photo Credit: Unsplash/Macau Photo Agency By: Sanjay Srivastava, Chief-Disaster Risk Reduction Section ICT & Disaster Risk Reduction Division (United Nations ESCAP) BANGKOK: “Act decisively and early to prevent the further spread or quickly suppress the transmission of COVID-19 and save lives” is the first strategic objective of the UN framework on responding to the socio-economic impacts of COVID-19. It calls for a decisive, innovative and coordinated response to suppress the spread of the virus and address the socio-economic devastation that COVID-19 is causing in all regions. New innovations are accelerating national capacities…

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Knowledge Exchange

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By: C.P. Singh, Literary Editor-ICN Group Knowledge is a treasure which is always less. Whatever we gather , we consider as less. Is a drop in the Ocean, much – more is the guess, Ever – striving & eager , running – further to fetch. Ever- thirsty to know, ever hungry to learn, Ever all -we –grow , yet knowledge to earn. Never full or overflow, whatever we churn, Ever in put to show, un needed to burn. Water, when in current, purifies inherent, Closed ponds’ contents, implies  deterrent. Pond- rivers’…

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Biofertilizers: Need Of Todays For Sustainable Agriculture

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By: Dr.Ripudaman Singh, Associate Editor-ICN  NEW DELHI: According to an estimate 240 million tonnes of food grains will be required to feed about 1.2 billion population in India and to achieve this milestone, a sizable quantity of mineral fertilizers will be required. India is fourth largest user of chemical fertilizers (12.5 million tonnes of NPK nutrients) in the world. Its soils are still being depleted of their inherent nutrients reserve as a result of wide gap between addition and removal. One tone of produce removes an average of 32kg nitrogen, 12kg phosphorus…

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Power Of Divine Eyes

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By: Vijay Kumar Verma, Group Editor-ICN CHANDIGARH: In the battlefield of Mahabharat when  Arjun is baffled about the very existence of Lord Krishna and HIS role in this world, he gets keen to see the Virat roop of Krishna. Then Krishna is said to have given him the power of Divine eyes so that he could see through HIS Vishwaroop. In Shreemad Bhagwad Geeta, the conversation between Lord Krishna and Arjun  beautifully describe the facts of life and the very purpose we are born. In fact the entire Geeta is a conversation…

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RAMADAN, A PRECIOUS GIFT & BLESSINSINS FOR MUSLIMS

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By: Suhail Mehraj SRINAGAR: Ramadan (also known as Ramadan or Ramzan) is the ninth month in the Islamic calendar. It is a time when Muslims around the world focus on prayer, fasting, giving to charity, and religious devotion. The last third of Ramadan is a particularly holy period, as it commemorates when the (Quran) first verses were revealed to the Prophet Muhammad (Mohammad). Ramadan is the ninth month in the Islamic calendar, which consists of 12 months and lasts for about 354 days. The word “Ramadan” is derived from an Arabic…

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COVID-19: A DISEASE OF QURANTINE

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By: Dr. Abhishek Pandey, Oral and Dental Surgeon & Asstt. Editor-ICN LUCKNOW: Corona viruses or nCoV are the viruses belonging to a large family, causing illness ranging from common cold to more severe diseases. These diseases include – Middle east respiratory syndrome or [MERS-CoV] Severe acute respiratory syndrome or [SARS-CoV] A Novel coronavirus or nCoV has been identified as a new strain that has not been previously identified in humans. However, an outbreak of unusual respiratory condition was first reported in Wuhan, China, due to the infection caused by novel…

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