Category: NATIONAL

The Mandsaur agitation last year was the epicentre of farmers’ protests across Madhya Pradesh.  Congress president Rahul Gandhi addressed a farmers’ rally in Piplya Mandi town of Madhya Pradesh’s Mandsaur district. Earlier, Rahul paid tributes to the dead farmers in Piplia Mandi town of Mandsaur district. Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said if his party is voted to power in Madhya Pradesh, it would waive farmers’ loans in 10 days.The Congress is out of power in the state since 2004. Congress president Rahul Gandhi meets family members of farmers…

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Today, June 5, is World Environment Day and the theme of this year’s event chosen by host country India is “Beat Plastic Pollution”. To beat plastic pollution, we need to entirely rethink our approach to designing, producing and using plastic products. This World Environment Day, the goal is to inspire the kind of solutions that lead to sustainable behavior change upstream. Plastic pollution is a defining environmental challenge for our time. While plastic bag bans in close to 100 countries are having a big impact, more needs to be done…

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By: Prof. Jaswant Singh( Member-Indian Scientific Expedition To Antarctica & Sr. Associate Editor-ICN Group)  Biodegradable plastics also have versatile applications such as plastic grocery bags, disposable containers, personal care products, agricultural plastics, medical devices etc. Plastics have become a very important and essential commodity in the life of modern man because of its durability, strength, flexibility, light weight and low cost of production. Plastic in the environment has been regarded as more of an aesthetic nuisance since the material is biologically inert and nonbiodegradable. More than 90% of the plastic material…

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NEW DELHI: Public sector oil manufacturing companies on Tuesday slashed petrol and diesel prices by 13 paise per litre and 9 paise per litre, respectively. Petrol was priced at Rs. 77.83 in New Delhi, Rs 80.47 in Kolkata, Rs 85.65 in Mumbai and Rs 80.80 in Chennai on Tuesday. A litre of diesel was priced at Rs 68.88 in Delhi, Rs 71.43 in Kolkata, Rs 73.33 in Mumbai and Rs 72.72 in Chennai on Tuesday. Prices vary from State to State depending on local sales tax or VAT. Delhi has the cheapest…

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The Farmers strike is effective in Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, Haryana and Chhattisgarh. NEW DELHI: Shortage of supply and exhausting stocks in the national capital’s mandis have resulted in surge in retail prices as the famer protest enters day four. Farmers across seven states are on a 10-day strike starting June 1. They are demanding that the government should pay them the promised minimum support price and implement the recommendations of the Swaminathan commission. The 10-day Gaon Bandh farmer protest was called ahead of the first…

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By: Rakesh Lohumi, Sr. Editor-ICN Group After the famous South African city of Cape Town the worst-ever water crisis in India’s premiere hill station of Shimla this summer has raised serious concerns over the growing threat to water security. The unprecedented shortage of water in the erstwhile British summer capital is a pointer to the problems being faced by mountain dwellers due to severe degradation of the ecologically fragile Himalayan region. Increasing human activity in the world’s tallest mountain ranges has started taking its toll in states and state like…

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The farmers are demanding immediate implementation of the Swaminathan Commission’s recommendation on minimum support prices; the price at which the government procures milk from them to be fixed at Rs. 27 and a one-time loan waiver. MUMBAI: Farmers from seven states Haryana, Rajasthan, Jammu and Kashmir, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Karnataka and Kerala have intensified their protest for three demands. First, a complete waiver of loans, second, a minimum support price for their crops and third, an affirmation from the government for a guaranteed minimum income scheme.The farmer’s association Rashtriya Kisan Mahasangh…

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Loughborough has for two years running been named the world’s best university for sport-related subjects in the global QS higher education league table. NEW DELHI: President Ram Nath Kovind has given his approval to the Union Cabinet’s on an ordinance to set up India’s first national sports university in Manipur. Manipur has proven itself as one of the most successful Indian states in the field of sports with the highest number of medal winners found here. Sport science is the study of how the healthy human body works during exercise, and how…

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By: Dr. Mohammad Aleem, Chief News Editor-ICN Group The Piplantri villagers plant 111 trees every time when a girl is born and the community ensures these trees survive, attaining fruition as the girls grow up. NEW DELHI: Humans are one of the best creations of God. Men and women make a beautiful canvas on the face of the planet earth. Whenever a new life comes into being, it is always a cause of joy and celebration. But many among them are not so lucky to be hailed as a greatest…

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