Category: INDIA

Impact of Plant Biotechnology in Crop Improvement

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By: Prof. R. K. Yadav, Deptt. of Genetics and Plant Breeding C.S.Azad Univ. of Agril. & Tech.,Kanpur & Executive Editor-ICN Group KANPUR: Plant organ, tissue and cell culture procedures have developed rapidly in the last half-century. The potential application of the methods of tissue culture are of special significance in crop improvement since conventional methods involve several difficulties, including heterozygosity and a long span between successive generations, hence many investigators are devising methods whereby tissue culture could be fully exploited to improve crop varieties. The role of tissue culture in crop…

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Excellence with G.O.P.T.A.© Series: Part 72 ( Goal setting for students)

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By: Dr. Sanjay Kumar Agarwal, Sr. Associate Editor, ICN Group (In the past article, we knew about the concept that how you can dream big fearlessly. Today, I will touch very important topic – Goals setting for students.)   Goal setting Students have already learnt the process of goal setting in earlier articles of this series. Now you should set SMARTER goals in the following areas:- Study & career Visualise your future 25 years ahead from now. In which field you visualise yourself? Why you have chosen this particular career…

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Catch them young….to be better off…

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By: Rajiv Saxena, Sr. Associate Editor-ICN In pursuance of my pursuit for self sufficiency and sustainable agriculture to cope up the needs of food n fiber today and meet the impending challenges of food shortages as predicted for 2050 by concerned world bodies connected to this movement. I was traveling in south east Asia starting from Bangkok to Laos..to see and learn for myself as to how these countries specially Thailand is taking short term and long term measures to cope up the situation which is looking at us in…

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Nature is the best classroom: Rabindranath Tagore

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By: Barnali Bose, Editor-ICN Group KOLKATA: A great Indian who believed that true education is the result of man’s tryst with his environment was none other than Rabindranath Thakur( anglicised Tagore) also endearingly called Robi thakur or Gurudev. Tagore was born on May 7( 25th Baishakh ),1861, in the Jorasanko mansion in Calcutta (now Kolkata) that housed an affluent family profoundly involved in the socio-religious and cultural innovations of the !9th century Renaissance. To quote him,“I was brought up in an atmosphere of aspiration, aspiration for expansion of the human spirit. We…

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REVIVAL OF THE GLORIOUS SPIRIT OF KASHMIRIYAT

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By: Javaid Beigh  SRINAGAR: I can’t express my tremendous joy at the sight of the return of Shri ROSHAN LAL MAWA,, esteemed member of our beloved KASHMIRI PUNDIT COMMUNITY to his homeland and reopen his shop in the same place called “Bohri Kadal” in downtown Srinagar, 29 years after he left Kashmir valley. KASHMIRI PUNDITS are not only an integral part of Kashmiri culture but they are part of the SAME GENE as that of KASHMIRI MUSLIMS. We are two genetically inseparable communities who are tied to each other through…

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SHOPIAN & PULWAMA: STORY OF HOPE

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By: Javaid Beigh With the Lok Sabha elections for the last leg of Anantnag Lok Sabha seat being over, focus was briefly shifted to twin sister districts of Shopian and Pulwama that lie on the edge of southern border of Kashmir valley, touching Pir Panjal mountains. The twin districts, which were carved out of “Greater Anantnag” are among the most fertile regions of South Asia and home to most of apple, saffron, rice and milk produced in entire Kashmir valley. These twin sister districts are also home to the greatest…

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THE FADING COLOUR

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By: Ravinder Gurtoo They say home is where the heart is. In the past 30 years, my perception of a home has evolved in so many ways. When you leave your childhood home — your hometown, your native land or your country of residence or your motherland or however you feel to call it — you leave a piece of you behind. You may forget all about it or you may let it grow inside of you as a small wound that kind of acts up when the weather gets…

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A Dash Of Indelible Purple: A Mark Of Democracy

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By: Barnali Bose, Editor-ICN Group Once every five years I feel happy, politically  happy to be the citizen of a Democracy. I feel I am important for my country. Is there anyone who doesn’t  like to feel that she matters, that her opinion matters to her country? Well, I am no exception. Nevertheless, this assurance of self- importance comes with a price. Election is the time when political parties,  besides stepping beyond the parameters of decency in their smear campaigns are also ever ready to walk that extra mile to…

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Enhance your Lifestyle with NLP+ © Series: Part 37

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By: Shantanu Das Sharma, Sr. Associate Editor, ICN Group Quick recap of what we have covered in Part 36 TO DESIGN YOUR OWN DESTINY Everything is Possible; It is Only a Question of Strategy Success Rarely Happens by Chance, Success Happens by Design Now, don’t we all want the freedom to do and to be whatever we choose to become? Often it’s our die-hard habits that stand in our way! If you do what everyone else does, you will get what everyone else gets! Why You Must Start Setting Goals,…

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Election Delayed Is Democracy Denied

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By: Mehran Riyaz SRINAGAR: It has been almost a year  since, we last had an elected government in place, in the state of Jammu & Kashmir. In June 2018, BJP,  the main alliance partner of PDP took away its support from the PDP and the government collapsed in the state. Simultaneously, the then governor, N.N Vohra took over the reins of the administration  of the state. Two months later, in August, 2018, a new governor, Satya Pal Malik who had held the same post in Bihar was made to replace…

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