Category: NATIONAL

Governing Disasters: Lessons from China

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By: Prof Santosh kumar Note: Views are personal and it doesn’t reflect official views. NEW DELHI: The deadliest virus in recent times has spread its wings to almost 29 countries around the world, India is also one of them. After China, Italy and Korea have alerted their people regarding Coronavirus spread. Italy also ordered lockdown for virus hit areas. If we take a new phenomenon of China which is reeling under the severe impact of Corona virus disaster. Until late 2019, this was not known popularly in public domain. Now…

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SJVN BAGS CBIP AWARD AS BEST PERFORMING HYDRO POWER COMPANY

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By: Vijay Kumar Verma, Group Editor-ICN World SHIMLA : SJVN has been honored with the CBIP Award-2020 as Best Performing Hydro Power Company. Rattan Lal Kataria, Union Minister of State for Jal Shakti, presented the Award to Nand Lal Sharma Chairman & Managing Director at a function organized by Central Board of Irrigation and Power (CBIP) in New Delhi. The award was presented in the august presence of R.K. Jain, Chairman, Central Water Commission, P.S. Mhaske, Chairman, Central Electricity Authority and V.K. Kanjlia, Secretary, CBIP. On this occasion R.K. Bansal…

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Win of Kejriwal in Delhi Tells Many Things to the Nation

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By: Dr. Mohammad Aleem, Editor-ICN Group NEW DELHI: Arvind Kejriwal and his team finally won the election, which was fought on very high pitch of false propaganda of nationalism and other contentious issues by his political opponents, especially, the ruling BJP at the center. It shows that the Delhi voters have become quite matured within a short span of time. In May, 2019, it had overwhelmingly supported Narendra Modi and his team in the parliamentary election and helped them in winning all seven parliamentary seats in Delhi convincingly. In fact,…

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Valentine’s Day: When Love Rules the Roost

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By: Barnali Bose, Editor- ICN World  KOLKATA : The youth of today  celebrate February 14 as the day of love. Those blessed with partners reinforce their love by giving gifts and spelling vows of everlasting love. New relationships commence with proposals of love made on this special day and gifts are showered on new- found love. Men offer red roses to their beloved  when Cupid’s arrow strikes infusing them with the sweet nectar of love. In Classic mythology, Cupid is the son of the Roman Goddess of love, Venus. He…

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15th Finance Commission: A Hope for Building Disaster Resilience

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By: Prof Santosh kumar NEW DELHI : Recently, just before the national budget 2020-21 tabled in parliament,15th Finance Commission submitted their report. Chapter 6 of the report is dedicated to Disaster Risk Management (FC used the term first time). Finance commission, for the first time allocated the budget for ex-ante risk reduction.It was considered that risk mitigation is a subject of development process and hence development should be set right. All the development investment should be made in such a way that it is resilient towards the exposure of disaster…

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Jews in Kerala- A Tinge of Tradition and Class

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By: Klinsa Kurien, Bureau Chief-ICN Kerala Jews are an ethno-religious group a major rampant force and religion, not only within the books of history but in reality too. It is one of the oldest religions of the world with lots of historical evidence. Records have it that these Jews were the original descendants of Jacob, who was one of the forefathers in the Biblical tradition and times. This religious group has strict adherence to religion and rituals at all times. The Jews in Kerala are a very vibrant community and…

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The Right To Vote As The Expression Of Public Opinion

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By: Barnali Bose, Editor-ICN World KOLKATA: Voting may be defined as a formal expression of preference for a candidate for office or for a proposed resolution of an issue. In 1948, The Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted unanimously by the United Nations General Assembly recognized the integral role that transparent and open elections play in the governance of a country. It states that everyone has the right to take part in the government of his/her country, directly or through freely chosen representatives. Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States…

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BUDGET INTRODUCES NEW TAX REGIME TO SIMPLIFY PERSONAL INCOME TAX STRUCTURE

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By: Vijay Kumar Verma, Group Editor-ICN World  Over the years the annual financial budgets have been offering or restructuring tax slabs as well as introducing various incentives for tax reduction the number of which had reached 112. The introduction of such incentives had made the personal tax structure so complex that one needed to avail the services of a tax Consultant for filing return. We find that the budget is always a subject of debates and discussions while the opposition parties are open to out rightly condemn it. The analysts…

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KASHMIR CALLING AGAIN….

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By: Vijay Kumar Verma, Group Editor-ICN World  SHIMLA : Gradually all the restrictions imposed on the public life in J&K post abrogation of Article 370 are being lifted, one by one. The latest being on the use of internet, though limiting the access to a few number websites and at a speed of 2G as a continued precautionary measure. While political leaders continue to be under house arrest and certain other elements too under arrest, measures like inviting foreign parliamentarians to assess the prevailing situation in the valley are aimed…

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SJVN ACHIEVES ITS  ANNUAL POWER GENERATION TARGETS 62 DAYS AHEAD OF SCHEDULE

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By: Vijay Kumar Verma, Group Editor-ICN World  SHIMLA : Two months ahead of the closure of financial year 2019-20,  public sector SJVN Limited has achieved the MoU target of generating 9100 Million Units of electricity during the current financial year,  today. Excellent Operation & Maintenance of its two hydro power plants namely the 1500 MW Nathpa Jhakri Hydro Power Station and 412 MW Rampur Hydro Power Station and favorable weather conditions and the relentless efforts of the employees have helped in achieving these targets 62 days ahead of the completion…

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