Category: NATIONAL

By: Vijay Kumar Verma, Editor-ICN Group Under the Indian Motor Vehicles Act there are laws to check speeding beyond the prescribed limits, but alas none for SLOW DRIVING. Holding the others to ransom. Driving on the narrow hill roads in Himachal Pradesh many of us may have come across lazy drivers driving ahead at abysmally low speeds. This forms a trail of vehicles honking at each other with a view to overtake even at risky corners jeopardising their very lives which many a times do end with a collusion, As…

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By: Dr. Kumar Raka, Bureau Chief-ICN Delhi Tel Aviv: Suffering has been defined in different contexts in different social and also the medical sciences. Suffering can be mental, physical, social, economic and heavily influenced by the cultural, religious and spiritual orientations. Moreover, it is an objective as well as subjective phenomenon and closely related with the well-beingness and happiness of individual, groups, community or the nations when we talk about measurement of suffering. Finally, the threshold of suffering is inherent in its psychological definition which emphasizes pain, distress, sorrow, and grief an…

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By: Vijay Kumar Verma, Editor-ICN Group SHIMLA: Union Minister for Railways Piyush Goel today said that speed and frequency of trains running on Kalka- Shimla railway line will be increased while efforts would also be made to reduce the duration of journey from existing five hours to merely three hours, during the discussions with the visiting Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh, Jai Ram Thakur at New Delhi today. Giving directions to the concerned officers of the Ministry he also said that speed of the Jogindernagar-Pathankot train would also be increased in…

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By: Garima Lohumi There is saying:”every mountain teaches you something”. Those born and brought up amongst the mountains would have learnt the most from the nature. The physical environment plays a vital role in shaping the distinct characteristics of the people and their culture. The varied topography and the rugged beauty of mountain terrains present a sharp contrast from the largely monotonous landscape of the plains. This is one of the main factors that make inhabitants of mountainous regions much different from those of plains. The mountain dwellers have some inherent…

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By: Rebecca Brindza ISRAEL: Policymakers in the present day have grown increasingly aware of the “multidimensional set of social processes that create, multiply, stretch, and intensify worldwide social interdependencies and exchanges while at the same time fostering in people a growing awareness of deepening connections between the local and the distant.” 21stCentury: Grassroots and Global Awareness The onset of the new century perpetrated the aftereffects of the ICPD. Throughout the developing world, reproductive health services were being integrated into national health policies, and in 2001 the percentage of national governments providing support…

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By: Barnali Bose, Editor-ICN KOLKATA: When recently a popular Bengali actress of the Mumbai film Industry proudly declared that her favourite food is fish curry and rice, I smiled to myself. It brought to mind my experience in a state of west India years back on this particular issue. Acquiring  a decent house on rent, for a Bengali there, was as difficult as looking for a needle in a haystack. Keeping Bengali tenants was a taboo(it perhaps  still is),the reason given being “You Bengalis eat fish.” The look of sheer…

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ICN Hindi web portal www.icnhindi.com has crossed 1000000 hits within 190 days and it is no doubt a great feat in this era of bombardment of news and news portals. NEW DELHI: It is a matter of great satisfaction for the ICN Group that in its very short journey of about a year when it was launched as www.icnantional.com in English and www.icnhindi.com in Hindi, it reached a remarkable figure so soon. Its Hindi web portal www.icnhindi.com has crossed 1000000 hits and it is no doubt a great feat in this era…

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