Category: NATIONAL

By: Rakesh Lohumi ( Sr. Editor-ICN Group ) SHIMLA: The numerous hydropower plants, tunnels, bridges and other infrastructures projects have not only enhanced and enlarged the risk profile but also expanded the range and scope   of devastation likely to be caused in the eventuality of a major earthquake. It is indeed a frightening scenario as the entire Himalayan belt is seismically most vulnerable with a high probability of tremors of magnitude 8 and more striking anytime. Collapse of one weak structure, and there are many, could trigger a concrete avalanche and…

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  NEW DELHI: The latest report on the state of India’s health, investigates and exposes the new and emerging environmental triggers of NCDs in India. The report, released here today by a panel of eminent medical doctors, establishes that unless environmental risk factors are acknowledged and dealt with, India will not be able to curb NCDs, responsible for more than 61 per cent of the deaths in the country. Obesity: The number of overweight and obese people in India doubled between 2005 and 2015. Among individuals aged between 15-49 years, 20.7 per cent of…

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By: Rakesh Lohumi (Sr. Editor-ICN Group) SHIMLA: Moderate tremors, like the one which shook parts of northwest region last night, are a constant reminder for the Himalayan States and the people that they are sitting on a geological bomb that could explode any time. There has been an increase in frequency of such tremors in recent years but still no long term preventive measures are put in place to mitigate fall out of such calamities. Instead, their destructive potential is being enhanced manifold by implementing reckless development policies as evident from…

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More than 2.7 million people in India die of heart diseases every year – 52 per cent of them below the age of 70 NEW DELHI: Body Burden: Lifestyle Diseases, the latest report on the state of India’s health, investigates and exposes the new and emerging environmental triggers of NCDs in India. The report, released here today by a panel of eminent medical doctors, establishes that unless environmental risk factors are acknowledged and dealt with, India will not be able to curb NCDs, responsible for more than 61 per cent of the…

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By: Akoijam Tompok ( Asstt. Editor-ICN North East cum Bureau Chief-ICN Manipur ) IMPHAL: Chief Minister, Nongthombam Biren Singh of Manipur has made his stand and warned of any forces not to compromise the territorial integrity of the state(framework agreement signed between India Govt. and NSCN-IM). Biren was answering to queries raised by reporters after the inauguration of a 2 days Inter-regional Media Interaction Programme Between Myanmar and India at Hotel Imphal here at Manipur.  The issue of Framework Agreement has been boiling in the state as several Civil Society Organisation…

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PM Modi, the BJP’s biggest star campaigner, will address four rallies in Gujarat today. PM Modi will address between 32 and 35 rallies in his home state Gujarat, where assembly elections will be held on December 9 and 14. Gujarat is my soul and mother, my relationship with you is that of equality since you call me brother, says PM Modi. PM Modi says the Congress has not let one opportunity go to humiliate the people of Gujarat. He accuses the Congress of not being serious about development and said the…

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By: Vijay Kumar Verma ( Editor-ICN Group ) SHIMLA: Being built by the Border Road Organization at an altitude of 10,180 feet in Himachal Pradesh, the 8.8 km long Rohtang Tunnel is designed to provide an all weather passage to Lahaul valley from Manali. The tunnel under the Pir Panjal range of mighty Himalayas will not only reduce the distance by some 46 kms but will also be an all weather link to the valley which remains cut off for about four winter months every year. The passage will also provide…

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Nine year’s ago on November 26, 2008, Mumbai witnessed one of the worst terrorist attacks in the Indian history. MUMBAI: Nine years have passed since the Mumbai 26/11 terror attacks, but for those who saw it unfold in front of their eyes, the memories of that night will remain etched in their minds forever. The attack had begun on 26 November and lasted till 29 November. Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, the Oberoi Trident, the Taj Mahal Palace & Tower, Leopold Cafe, Cama Hospital, the Nariman House Jewish community centre were some of…

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The National Law Day is celebrated on November 26, the day on which the Constitution of India was adopted by the Constituent Assembly in 1949. NEW DELHI : The National Law Day-2017 will be celebrated jointly by the Law Commission of India and NITI Aayog on 25th-26th November at Vigyan Bhawan in the capital.The President Ram Nath Kovind was speaking at the inaugural function of the two-day meet organised jointly by the Law Commission of India and NITI Aayog on the National Law Day. The Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi…

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By: Dakter Esse (Deputy Editor-North East cum Bureau Chief-ICN Arunachal Pradesh) ITANAGAR: Governor of Arunachal Pradesh Brig. (Dr.) B.D.Mishra (Retd.) who met Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh at New Delhi on Friday apprised him about issues in recruitment of youth from the state in Assam Rifles. Mishra informed that there is no Schedule Caste candidates for recruitment in Assam Rifles and the vacancy stays unfilled in state’s quota. He requested that Arunachal Pradesh Schedule Caste (APSC) vacancies be transferred to Schedule Tribe so that the state recruitment numbers can justifiably be met for the benefit…

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