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SJVN Pays Rs. 156.22 Crores As Final Dividend To Govt. Of India

October 18, 2019 ICN WORLD

By: Vijay Kumar Verma, Editor-ICN Group SHIMLA: On account of its financial performance for FY 2018-19, SJVN had declared a total dividend of Rs.844.91 crores for its shareholders.The Company had already paid an interim dividend of Rs. 368.07 crores in March 2019 to Govt. of India which is presently holding 61% equity in the Company. The final dividend cheque of Rs. 156.22 crores was today handed over to the Union Minister of State (I/C) Power and New & Renewable Energy, R.K. Singh by Nand Lal Sharma, Chairman & Managing Director, SJVN…

Pride of Bengal: Durga Pooja Celebrations In Kolkata

October 8, 2019October 8, 2019 ICN WORLD

Durga Puja is one of the most famous festivals celebrated in West Bengal and particularly in Kolkata, in honour of Goddess Durga during the period of Navaratri. Durga is honored with extreme fervor during the annual Navratri festival, which marks the beginning of autumn and occurs typically in September or October. Durga puja is celebrated commonly by Bangladesh’s Hindu community. Some Bengali Muslims also take part in the festivities. In Dhaka, the Dhakeshwari Temple puja attracts visitors and devotees. In Nepal, the festivities are celebrated as Dashain.Beyond south Asia, Durga puja is organised by Bengali communities in the United States of…

Karnataka’s Famous Mysore Dasara Celebrations Are In Full Swing

October 8, 2019 ICN WORLD

By: Kauser Khan, Sr. Associate Editor-ICN Group The main attraction of the ten-day Mysore Dasara festival is the Mysore Palace which is illuminated daily with nearly 100,000 light bulbs from 7 pm to 10 pm on all days of the festival. Karnataka’s famous Mysore Dasara celebrations are in full swing. It is also called Jamboo Savari for its grand elephant procession taking place. Dasara festivities, which began with the Vijayanagar kings as early as the 15th century in Mysore City is all ready for the final day and this year it marks 407th…

Concept Of Cooperative Community Agriculture: Part 2

September 28, 2019 ICN WORLD

By: Subhashini, Asstt. Editor-ICN NEW DELHI: Agriculture is the foundation of all the activities since the civilisation came into existence. You can’t survive without food, can you? As recent evidence suggests, the first organised agricultural activity was founded in India in the Hoshiarpur district. Any civilized society has its roots in farming. Local and national level creation and management of funds All these entrepreneurs would create a fund by contributing a small part of their earnings. If necessary, the Government and the bank would also contribute to this fund. This fund would…

SJVN POWERS PROGRESS WITH 19% HIGHER REVENUE AND 11% HIGHER P.A.T.

September 28, 2019 ICN WORLD

By: Vijay Kumar Verma, Editor-ICN Group TO PAY RS.864 CRORE DIVIDEND. TO INVEST RS.20, 000 CRORE FOR 2880 MW CAPACITY ADDITION. SHIMLA- September 28, 2019: The standalone revenue from operations of public sector SJVN Limited registered an increase of more than 19 percent during the financial year 2018-19, told Nand Lal Sharma, Chairman and Managing Director while sharing financial results of the company here today. He told that the company had earned operational revenue of Rs.2655.77 crore during the year against Rs 2229.97 crore earned during the previous financial year, registering…

SJVN Allocated 7 More Projects In Himachal Pradesh

September 25, 2019September 25, 2019 ICN WORLD

By: Vijay Kumar Verma, Editor-ICN Group SHIMLA: Public sector SJVN Limited today signed MoUs for implementation of seven Hydro Electric Projects of total capacity of 1958 MW with the Government of Himachal Pradesh. The MoUs were signed by Nand Lal Sharma, Chairman & Managing Director and Prabodh Saxena, Principal Secretary (Energy). These projects are 210 MW Luhri Stage – I, 172 MW Luhri Stage – II, 382 MW Suni Dam Project, 66 MW Dhaulasidh project, 780 MW Jangi Thopan Powari project besides Purthi and Bardang HEPs. The agreements were signed during a…

Book Cafe With A Difference

September 23, 2019 ICN WORLD

By: Vijay Kumar Verma, Editor-ICN Group SHIMLA: The unique cafe, built by the Shimla Municipal Corporation and Himachal Tourism Development Corporation under Shimla beautification plan, that offers a serene reading place with splendid titles and educational books stacked in a beautiful ambience enjoyed by locals and tourists alike with steaming hot coffee and snacks and drinks may also not make a news. But the fact that the Book Cafe opened just a few days ago that is on 11th April 2017 is being run by two jail inmates convicted for life under…

Nutritionally Rich Fruit-Drumstick

September 21, 2019 ICN WORLD

By: Dr. Shweta, Deptt. of Genetics & Plant Breeding C.S. Azad Univ. of Agril. & Tech. Kanpur & Sr. Associate Editor-ICN KANPUR: Drumstick (from the long, slender, triangular seed-pods), botanically known as Moringa oleifera. It is also known as the miracle tree, the ben oil tree, or the horseradish tree. It is a fast-growing, drought-resistant tree belongs to the family Moringaceae. Its native place is tropical and subtropical regions of South Asia. It is a perennial multipurpose tree and commonly grown in home gardens in India, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia and the Philippines. It can be grown in a…

Why Should We Observe Pitra Paksh-The Shradhas

September 17, 2019September 17, 2019 ICN WORLD

By: Vijay Kumar Verma, Editor-ICN Group SHIMLA: A soul always yearns for a human life as it is believed that since only humans have wisdom they can perform karma. In human life one gets the opportunity to balance the past and improve upon his bank of karma. The human life alone is thus considered to be a karmakshetra as animals do not have the wisdom to distinguish between the good or bad. It is believed that human life is a blessing of God and must therefore be utilized to the…

Review of the play, Imam-e-Hind: Ram by Dr. Mohammad Aleem

September 15, 2019 ICN WORLD

By: Eram Fatima, Asstt. Editor-ICN NEW DELHI: Long time ago, I had read in my textbook during my late schooldays some excerpts of the great epic, Ramayana. Then, I was too small and too ill-equipped to grasp it well. Now, after so many years, finally, when I got my hands on it again, I felt not only fortunate but excited also. It was the stage adaptation of the Valmiki Ramayana in Urdu, titled, Imam-e-Hind: Ram by Dr. Mohammad Aleem, an award winning playwright. I decided to read it all through.…