Category: INDIA

Scrapping Of Article 370 & 35A Is A Positive Step For Speeding Up The Process Of Integration

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By: Dr Mohammad Aleem, Editor, ICN Group NEW DELHI: Since a very long time, we have been hearing about article 370 and 35A. For a long time, I was also associated as a freelance script writer with DD Kashmir and wrote many serials.We always talked about one nation and one law. Kashmir is, no doubt, an integral part of India. But sadly, we never felt like that socially, culturally and emotionally. Muslims, especially from the rest part of India never felt close to the Muslims of Kashmir. Reasons were many.…

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Central Govt Decides To Revoke Article 370, J&K And Ladakh To Be Separate Union Territories

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NEW DELHI: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday announced that the government has moved to remove Article 370 in the Rajya Sabha. Ahead of the announcement, the government had imposed Section 144 in several districts of the state.The announcement came after Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a meeting of Union Cabinet morning. Mobile Internet services have been suspended in the Kashmir Valley, officials said, adding that satellite phones are being provided to police officials and district magistrates. Mehbooba Mufti, Omar Abdullah and Sajad Lone – the three most prominent…

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Sports Conditioning Esssential For Training Activities: Part 3

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By: Dr. Mohammad Salman Murtuza, Asstt. Editor-ICN Sports Athletes need to design their training programs with an end goal in mind.For instance, a runner planning to run a marathon should allow enough time to properly accelerate the training to have the body ready for the race date. Trying to achieve the goal too quickly might force the runner to increase distance running too rapidly and increase the risk for an overuse injury such as a stress fracture. Athletes should also consider adding exercise or resistance programs that differ from their normal…

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Excellence with G.O.P.T.A.© Series: Part 89 (Prioritisation-The Art Of Positive Discrimination)

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By: Dr. Sanjay Kumar Agarwal, Sr. Associate Editor, ICN Group (In the past article, we knew about how to plan your day at your workplace. From today, for the next few articles, we will learn about prioritisation.)   Prioritisation – The art of positive discrimination NOIDA: Everybody wants a winning strategy in life, but gets overwhelmed with the number of tasks to be completed, and finds himself unable to attend all the tasks. Finding time for too many things is a big challenge for everyone, be it employers, employees, students, housewife or…

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How Nipah Infection Spreads From Person to Person

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By: Dr. Abhishek Kumar Pandey, Asstt. Editor-ICN LUCKNOW: Nipah virus infection is an emerging disease that can be transmitted from animals to humans, causing respiratory illness and encephalitis in humans. Majority of these infections originate from wildlife.  Bats are the natural host of many potential zoonotic diseases, including Ebola, severe cute respiratory syndrome [SARS] and Middle East respiratory syndrome [MERS], as well as of pathogens like coronavirus and Hendra virus, besides the recently identified Influenza A and NIPAH virus.   NIPAH virus was first detected in Sungai Nipah, a place in Malaysia…

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Himachal To Be Focus State At India International Hospitality Exposition

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By: Vijay Kumar Verma, Editor-ICN Group Himachal Pradesh to be the focus state in India International Hospitality Expo at India Expo Centre, Greater Noida HPTDC Chef Nand Lal to curate Himachali Food SHIMLA: India Expo Centre & Mart is hosting the second edition of India International Hospitality Exposition at its Centre in Greater Noida from 7th to 10th August 2019. Rakesh Kumar, Chairman of the Center informed that about 650 exhibitors are likely to participate in the four days event. Industry experts from India and abroad including top chefs and industry associations like India Food…

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Biofortification-To Overcome Malnutrition

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By: Dr. Shweta, Deptt. of Genetics & Plant Breeding C.S. Azad Univ. of Agril. & Tech. Kanpur & Sr. Associate Editor-ICN KANPUR: Biofortification is the process by which the nutritional quality of food crops is improved for a feasible and cost-effective means of delivering micronutrients to populations that may have limited access to diverse diets and other micronutrient interventions.This is agriculture-based method of addressing micronutrient deficiency through plant breeding works.All over the world people in farm households in developing countries are now growing and co mmmnsuming biofortified crops.  Micronutrient deficiencies afflict quite 2 billion people, or one in…

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National Bone & Joint Day To Be Observed On August 4

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LUCKNOW: The U.P. Orthopaedic Association announced the start of weeklong activities from August 1 to 7 on the occasion of National Bone and Joint Day to be observed on August 4. The association will be conducting various programmes pertaining for bone health. The members of Indian Orthopaedic Association and U.P. Orthopaedic Association in various hospitals across the country will be conducting bone health programmes along with free surgeries for the needy during this week. Free bone mineral density test, health education programmes for general public and students along with rallies…

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The United Nations Headquarters: New York Diaries Part- 2

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By: Barnali Bose, Editor-ICN Group On A Tour Of The United Nations Headquarters In New York City A visit to  the United Nations headquarters! My heart skipped a  beat. United Nations had  till then been a chapter to be read  in textbooks, see news feed on Facebook and read tweets of. This was not even in the  bucket list of mine, for the thought of visiting the UN had  never occurred to me. In fact, I wasn’t even aware that it was permissible to do so. Suddenly, the unexpected becoming possible …

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Thai Human Rights Activist Angkhana Neelaphaijit Receives Ramon Magsaysay Award 2019

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BANGKOK: Angkhana Neelapaijit, who resigned as human rights commissioner two days ago, has been awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award. Angkhana Neelaphaijit is a Thai human rights activist and the wife of disappeared human rights lawyer Somchai Neelaphaijit.Amnesty International described her as “a leading human rights defender in Southern Thailand”. Angkhana Neelapaijit has been bravely working on this case, fighting for justice for her husband and all other victims of human rights violations in Southern Thailand and beyond. The EU should continue to assist the Thai state to bring human rights cases to justice and show that…

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