Category: INDIA

Navratri: Nine Sacred Days Of Prayers And Festivities

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By: Garima Lohumi Navratri festival is celebrated twice a year as per the Hindu calendar in the month of Chaitra and Ashwin. Cultural and religious significance apart, the auspicious “Navratri” festival bring about a dramatic change  from the sombre atmosphere of the “pitri paksh” (Shraddh) to a season of boisterous celebrations. The fortnight long “pitri paksh” is an annual feature during which the Hindus remember and pay their respects to their ancestors by performing various rituals. Being a period of mourning , the fortnight is  considered inauspicious and the Hindus mostly…

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Schizophrenia: Needs Treatment, Not Despise

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By: Prof.(Dr.) M Aleem Siddiqui, MD, DPM, Direct Council Member Indian Psychiatric  Society & Sr. Associate Editor-ICN Schizophrenia is a chronic and severe mental disorder that affects how a person thinks, feels, and behaves. People with schizophrenia may seem like they have lost touch with reality. Although schizophrenia is not as common as other mental disorders, the symptoms can be very disabling.Have you ever wondered how it would be like if you strongly believed that: 1. Your colleague was conspiring against you and he has put on cameras in the office…

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Blog 2: 11 Myths About Choosing A Career

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By: Rachna Mimani, Associate Editor-ICN  KOLKATA: So your exam score card looks promising and you’re on the crossroads of life, weighing in each stream to pick the career meant for you. Keep your calm and walk yourselves through the following 11 myths of career selection to keep preconceived notions and failure at bay.  1.Family or peers should pick a career for you While they might have known you for long enough, you know your skills and weaknesses far better. Be brutally honest about your capabilities and narrow down a list…

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Excellence with G.O.P.T.A.© Series: Part 103 (Strategies to overcome procrastination)

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By: Dr. Sanjay Kumar Agarwal, Sr. Associate Editor, ICN Group (In the past article, we know about factors behind ‘Procrastination’. From today onwards, we will know about the strategies to overcome procrastination.)   Strategies to overcome procrastination   NOIDA: You have to understand in clear terms that procrastination is a choice in pursuit of always finding easy ways and your tendency to procrastinate difficult or unpleasant tasks for a later date is heavily detrimental to your progress towards achieving your goals. Following strategies may help you overcome tendency to postpone taking up the…

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Concept Of Cooperative Community Agriculture: Part 2

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By: Subhashini, Asstt. Editor-ICN NEW DELHI: Agriculture is the foundation of all the activities since the civilisation came into existence. You can’t survive without food, can you? As recent evidence suggests, the first organised agricultural activity was founded in India in the Hoshiarpur district. Any civilized society has its roots in farming. Local and national level creation and management of funds All these entrepreneurs would create a fund by contributing a small part of their earnings. If necessary, the Government and the bank would also contribute to this fund. This fund would…

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SJVN POWERS PROGRESS WITH 19% HIGHER REVENUE AND 11% HIGHER P.A.T.

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By: Vijay Kumar Verma, Editor-ICN Group TO PAY RS.864 CRORE DIVIDEND. TO INVEST RS.20, 000 CRORE FOR 2880 MW CAPACITY ADDITION. SHIMLA- September 28, 2019: The standalone revenue from operations of public sector SJVN Limited registered an increase of more than 19 percent during the financial year 2018-19, told Nand Lal Sharma, Chairman and Managing Director while sharing financial results of the company here today. He told that the company had earned operational revenue of Rs.2655.77 crore during the year against Rs 2229.97 crore earned during the previous financial year, registering…

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Concept Of Cooperative Community Agriculture: Part 1

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By: Subhashini, Asstt. Editor-ICN NEW DELHI: Agriculture is the foundation of all the activities since the civilisation came into existence. You can’t survive without food, can you? As recent evidence suggests, the first organised agricultural activity was founded in India in the Hoshiarpur district. Any civilized society has its roots in farming. In this article, I will discuss about the drawbacks of the current agricultural trends and would present a new concept which could increase the productivity and versatility of India’s agriculture. Drawbacks of agriculture in India From the past 25 years,…

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Excellence with G.O.P.T.A.© Series: Part 102 (Factors behind procrastination)

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By: Dr. Sanjay Kumar Agarwal, Sr. Associate Editor, ICN Group (In the past article, we know about ‘Procrastination’. Today, we will know about the factors behind procrastination.)   Factors behind procrastination   NOIDA: I used to write a to-do list every weekend with good intentions to follow for full week, but alas! By Tuesday or latest by Wednesday, my to-do list used to be shattered, until I started understanding the mechanics behind procrastination. I started to search for the reasons, why people procrastinate and why I used to procrastinate. I found that most…

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Parents, Please Listen!

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By: Dr. Natasha Dua, Sr. Sub Editor-ICN  LUCKNOW: “Hey, do your parents understand you?”, asked the 12 year old girl, with a gleam of curiosity and a stroke of grief in her shivering voice. Her tone vividly portrayed her desire to be understood by her parents, who like all other parents belonged to another generation, but like some other parents chose to be extremely stringent in their thoughts, believing that they are always right, preferring to be listened to, without letting their dear children express their feelings, opinions and attitude. Do…

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Do Not Lose The Rope Of The Hope: Part 3

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By: Mohammad Salim Khan, Sub Editor-ICN SAHASWAN/BUDAUN: Control your sugar level with natural herbs. Now a days diabetes is such disease which is spreading by leaps and bounds(rapidly) not only in India but also abroad. Unbalanced diet,without schedule diet, and comfortable life style without physical labour invite many diseases.Fox nuts (Tal-Makhana)–It is found that Tal Makhana is also very effective to control our sugar level.The process to take it, is that get ten Tal Makhana a small heat on griddle(Tawa) and take it daily in your breakfast.It will too maintain the sugar…

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