Category: NATIONAL

Lock-Down And After

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By: C.P. Singh, Editor-ICN Group  PART-24 Security , Facility and Trust Even boarding passes are being checked and regulated through telephone links on the airports. Officers are having close watch through IP Address CCTV. While digital record is maintained for Identity and passes. For protection from infection an App named “ Aaroya Setu” has been introduced which is becoming very popular among people. Railways are booking their journey tickets online during relaxed period of closure, which are facilitated by telephones. The use of telephonic data has increased up to seven times…

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CORONA : The Need to fight for Freedom from FEAR

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By: Prof. Pradeep Mathur NEW DELHI : About 80 years ago when most of Afro-Asian countries, including India were struggling for freedom from colonial rule of Western powers, Frankfurt- born writer Erich Fromm’s book, The Fear of Freedom made an odd entry in the literary world. First published by Farrar Runehart in 1941, the book received uncertain welcome with liberals even accusing writer, a psychoanalyst , of being an apologist of the  colonial powers who were trying to perpetuate their  rule in the countries  craving for independence. Erich Fromm’s work…

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Lock-Down And After

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By: C.P. Singh, Editor-ICN Group  PART-22 Precautions, behaviours, cleanliness, changes in routine, improved life styles, clean environment, pure air and water , do all they indicate something ? Is it a whisper of the future in the ears of present that human beings on the Earth have improved their routine and everything? Does this feeling say to the changed world that , “ As soon as the Corona pandemic is over , Lock – Down gets fully open then our world will have a new look “. Will it? We…

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From A Restless Seeker To A Vedantic Believer: The Journey Of Swami Vivekananda

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By: Barnali Bose, Editor-ICN World KOLKATA: It is my sincere  endeavour to flip through the pages of the great missionary’s life, pause over a few and present before the readers glimpses of a few significant  events in his life. Born: 12th January,1863 Breathed his last: 4th July 1902 His full name being Narendra Nath.Dutta, he was  Naren to those who knew him since childhood.His short physical life of 39 years is in sharp contrast to the  scope of his achievements, perhaps unsurpassed by any other.  It is indubitably wishful thinking…

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INDIA’S LARGEST 1500 MW NATHPA JHAKRI HYDRO POWER STATION ACHIEVES 2140 MILLION UNITS OF GENERATION DESPITE LEAN WATER INFLOW IN RIVER

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By: Vijay Kumar Verma, Group Editor-ICN World SHIMLA : Despite unprecedented lean inflows experienced in river Satluj badly impacting hydro power generation the country’s largest 1500 MW Nathpa Jhakri hydro power station has been able to generate 2140 million units of electricity during the first quarter of FY 20, told Ravi Negi, Head of the Power station. He told that with optimum utilization of machines and effective operations and maintenance, the project has been able to achieve this generation.  He told that the greatest impact of lower discharge in the river…

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A Case For Aatm-Nirbhar (Self-Reliant) Journalism

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By: Prof. Pradeep Mathur Aatm Nirbhar(Self-reliant) Media NEW DELHI: In the four-story government housing complex at Park Road where I stayed in the mid-1980s while editing The Pioneer daily, I had a neighbor in Mr. Saxena in the adjoining wing. Mr. Saxena was from the cooperative movement and was the Director of the Dept. of Cooperatives of the U.P. Government at that time. One day as we met at the morning walk I told Mr. Saxena: “How come when your department gives cooperative loans to all professionals to start their ventures…

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Revival Of My Mango Tree

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By: Barnali Bose, Editor-ICN World  KOLKATA: I looked at the bare ground where till  last summer had stood a mango tree that a raging storm uprooted. Visions of the many colourful birds that I would so often, sight perching on its branches flashed before me. The Mango tree had also been the favourite haunt of hordes of monkeys that would often come to my garden. It was interesting to observe them, as they swung from one branch to the other, chattering endlessly, as if without a care in the world. The Mango…

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Doctor’s Day Out!

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By: Klinsa Kurien, Bureau Chief-ICN Kerala From time immemorial there has always been one person who wishes to see us being healthy and hearty. Yes, it’s our good old friend-the doctor.There’s an age-old proverb too which completes it. It goes, “an apple a day, keeps the doctor away. Doctors always are the bright spark in people’s lives. They treat patients in a therapeutic way, thus bringing a healthy, holistic life to the people. Hence one day is completely dedicated to their community in order to bring out the best in their…

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Concession Agreement For 600 MW Kholonchu Hydroelectric Project In Bhutan Signed

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By: Vijay Kumar Verma, Group Editor-ICN World SHIMLA– June 29, 2020: Concession Agreement for implementation of the upcoming 600 MW Kholongchhu Hydroelectric Project was signed between the Royal Government of Bhutan and Kholongchhu Hydro Energy Limited (KHEL) today at Thimpu, the capital of Bhutan. The project is being implemented by KHEL which is a joint venture between the public sector SJVN Limited and Druk Green Power Corporation of the Government of Bhutan, informed a senior  official of SJVN today. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar attended the signing ceremony via video…

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Rural Entrepreneurship: Roadmap To Self-Reliant India

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LUCKNOW: Is journalism merely communicating facts and events or is journalism present even beyond this?  The truth is that time flows continuously and journalism works to script this journey of time.  When we write the past, it is called ‘history’ and when the present is written, it is called ‘journalism’.  Our ‘experience’ is our friend while writing history and our ‘conscience’ while doing journalism.  In the writing of ‘History’, we have to look into the past and come to a conclusion as to what was the result of such a…

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