Category: INDIA

Arunachal CM Pema Khandu Flagged Off 30 Mahindra Xylo For APSTS

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By: Sapna Tayem, Bureau Chief-ICN Arunachal Pradesh ITANAGAR: In a move to improve its services, the Arunachal Pradesh State Transport Service (APSTS) on Monday added 30 Mahindra Xylo taxis into service. Chief Minister Pema Khandu along with Transport Minister Nakap Nalo flagged off the seven-seater Xylos, in the presence of Home Minister Bamang Felix and Transport Secretary Dani Salu, at the civil secretariat here. The keys to the cars were handed over to the CM by Mahindra’s regional sales manager Ashes Mishra and area sales manager Niket Malik. The 30 Xylos…

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CCTV Cameras And Private Lives. Are They Conductive?

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By: Klinsa Kurien, Bureau Chief-ICN Kerala As Jennifer Lopez once expressed, “doubt is a killer. You just have to know who you are and what you stand for”. We call this age the New Millennium, the New Age, the Developed World, a Globalized existence and many other synonyms adorn this list. There have been remarkable achievements no doubt in every sphere and activity of man. Life is made easier, what with the advent of computer technology. With everything at our hands in this e-world, people need not even step outside their…

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The Science Of Traveling Light

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By: Vijay Kumar Verma, Editor-ICN Group SHIMLA: Since generations All elders have had at least  one common blessing to bestow on all those who bowed before them, “May you Live Long”. From the most often bestowed blessings to the facts of life do we ever try to realise and decipher how fruitful is long life, well before brushing aside the value of blessings? Just one life may not be enough to realise our relation with the creator. In true fact the entire life is lost in running after fulfillment of…

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The Future of the Maritime Industry: Autonomous Shipping

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By: Tejeshwar Singh Rana, Chief Officer, Shell shipping-London, UK & Associate Editor-ICN  Automated ships will bring a technological revolution in the shipping industry focusing on increasing the vessels’ efficiency and in fact to offer higher benefits to the shipping companies. “Autonomous shipping is the future of the Maritime Industry. As disruptive as the smartphone, the smart ship will revolutionise the landscape of ship design and operations”. Autonomous shipping is increasingly being explored by the maritime industry. This ships are performed via remote control machines. Autonomous shipping will offer better efficiency, reliability, safety…

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Excellence with G.O.P.T.A.© Series: Part 86 (Advance Planning ..)

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By: Dr. Sanjay Kumar Agarwal, Sr. Associate Editor, ICN Group (In the past article, we know about advance planning. Today, we will further discuss about the benefits of advance planning.)   Advance planning (cont..) NOIDA: The most powerful utilisation of the time is for planning your work beforehand, as every minute spent in planning will increase your productivity and you will save lot of time while executing your plans, so that you may get more & more time for the things, you want to do, as per your own choices. You can…

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Chandrayan 2 Launched Successfully From Sriharikota

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SRIHARIKOTA:Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) launched India’s second mission to the Moon at 2.43 pm today (July 22). The Chandrayaan-2, which will go the Moon’s south-polar region, aims to explore its surface for the signs of water and possibly new origins of energy. The Rs 978-crore Moon mission was launched from the second launch-pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, in Andhra Pradesh.The spacecraft has entered the Earth’s orbit, where it will stay for 23 days before it begins a series of manoeuvres that will take it into lunar…

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Former Delhi CM Sheila Dikshit Passes Away ,Delhi Govt Declares 2-Day State Mourning

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NEW DELHI: Former Delhi chief minister and Congress leader Sheila Dikshit passed away at a private hospital in Delhi following a cardiac arrest on Saturday.She was 81. Three-time Delhi chief minister from Congress, Dikshit was brought to Fortis Escorts Heart Institute, Okhla in early hours of the day, in a critical condition with a cardiac arrest,” the hospital said in a statement. Eighty one-year-old Sheila Dikshit underwent a heart surgery in France last year.She had undergone angioplasty in November 2012 and was also treated for infection some time ago. Sheila was president…

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Brooklyn Bound : New York Diaries Part-1

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By: Barnali Bose, Editor-ICN Group Brooklyn Bound : Brooklyn is named after a Dutch town called “Breukelen”. From Europe,the Dutch  were the first to migrate to the area. They  settled in  the town in 1634 as part of the colony of New Netherland. During the 19th century, Brooklyn expanded and filled Kings County. It remained a separate city till  the people there voted to join New York City in 1898. A visit to New York is said to be  incomplete without the experience of a stroll on the Brooklyn  Bridge and…

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Amazing Australia

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By: G. P. Sinha, Consulting Editor-ICN Group SYDNEY: I visited Australian in May and June 2019. This was my second visit to Australia. I had visited Sydney in 2010 and had an opportunity to see Sydney very closely and visited Blue Mountains, one of the natures’ paradise.  This time we explored the dessert of Australia and went to the place called ‘ULURU’ also popularly known as Ayers Rock. Sydney itself is one of the most beautiful cities of the world. But going to Uluru was an experience in itself. Uluru…

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Health Benefits Of Flax Seed Or Linseed

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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 KANPUR: Linseed or flax seed was cultivated Babylon as early as 3000 BC. In the 8th century, King Charlemagne believed so strongly in the health benefits of flaxseed that the passed laws requiring his subjects to consume it. In general, there exist two common cultivars of flax; one is predominantly grown for its oil seeds and the other variety for fiber. Seed flax generally features brown, and yellow or golden-yellow…

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