Category: STATES

By: Tejeshwar Singh Rana, 2nd Officer, Shell shipping-London, UK Merchant Navy plays a very important role to keep a country and the world running by transporting men and material. I being a seafarer will share my own experience when the ship I sailed on met with a piracy attack is West Africa near Nigeria. The ship was trading in Nigeria region trading for oil products. Nowadays Asia, Mid-East, East Africa and West African region are most affected by piracy attacks. Once during sailing my ship was attacked by five boats with…

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By: Vijay Kumar Verma, Editor-ICN Group SHIMLA: As a part of its major  CSR initiatives to promote Education and skill development of the youth, SJVN Foundation will award 250 meritorious students with Silver Jubilee Merit Scholarships this year. 147 beneficiary students from Himachal Pradesh,  will be awarded scholarship cheques amounting to Rs. 24000 each at a function at Shimla on 6th January 2019 with Hon’ble Chief Justice of Himachal Pradesh High Court, Justice Surya Kant, as chief guest. Nand Lal Sharma, Chairman & Managing Director, SJVN informed this reporter that…

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By: Dr. Abhishek Kumar Pandey, Asstt. Editor-ICN LUCKNOW: VIP stands for “Very important person”. A VIP is a person who got special privileges due to their so called hi-fi status or position. It is a very common and I think a worst culture. Even we are full of examples where VIP culture took precious lives of people everyday. Despite of that, all the ruling and waiting for rule political parties and officers are supporting this. Only because, they all are getting and enjoying the same. But what about the public??…

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By: Dr. Shama Lohumi, Sr. Associate Editor-ICN Group SHIMLA: Job burnout has emerged as a serious problem in the modern stressful urban life in recent years. Cut-throat competition among companies and increasing use of information technology in office processes, monitoring performance of employees and evaluating their productivity is only aggravating the situation and virtually turning work places into pressure cookers. The growing unemployment is compounding the problem as a majority of employees are forced to take up jobs far below their qualification, experience and ability. Studies have shown that underemployed workers…

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By: Anoop Sood SHIMLA: Yearning for a sojourn in hills hits you once you sense that the liberation from boot camp- the corporate job- is just round the corner. Four decades in a corporate job is a long period, almost a lifetime. It is about to end and with it a part of life will get over.  You have two options- take up another assignment to put your experience to good use and prepare to die with your boots on or find a sojourn in the place you always wanted to…

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By: Dr. Dakter Esse, Editor-ICN ITANAGAR: Chief Minister Pema Khandu today reached Hayuliang in Anjaw district on his second leg of Arunachal Rising Campaign along with Deputy Chief Minister Chowna Mein, state BJP President Tapir Gao and others. Arriving at Hayuliang from Anini, headquarters of Dibang Valley district, Khandu this afternoon laid the foundation stones for Additional Deputy Commissioner office building and a Vivekananda Kendriya Vidyalaya (VKV). Continuing his call to all sections of the people to work together for progress of the state, Khandu reiterated on the spirit and strength…

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The case relates to the murder of five members of a family during the anti-Sikh riots in the Raj Nagar area in the Delhi Cantonment on November 1, 1984. NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court on Monday held Congress leader Sajjan Kumar and others guilty in a 1984 anti-Sikh riot case and sentenced him to life imprisonment.The court asked Sajjan Kumar to surrender by December 31. A bench comprising Justices S Muralidhar and Vinod Goel delivered the verdict in the case related to the killing of five people in the…

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By: Dr. Mohammad Aleem, Editor-ICN Group NEW DELHI: Of late, a major change has taken place in the Indian politics. The man, who was considered invincible and unbeatable on the electoral battle, lost five states with one stroke of bad luck.These states were Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Telangana and Mizoram. At least, earlier, three states were considered the stronghold of the BJP. It had ruled almost for 15 years uninterrupted. But the fortune changed not for this party, but for its entire leadership also. Very soon, it is being said…

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The MNF President Zoramthanga was earlier the Chief Minister of the Christian-dominated northeastern state for 10 years (1998-2003 and 2003-2008). AIZAWL: Governor Kummanam Rajasekharan administered the oath of office and secrecy to Zoramthanga and his Council of Ministers at Raj Bhavan located in Aizawl. The MNF president took the oath in Mizo language.Chief Ministers of other northeastern states were present during the ceremony. The MNF returned to power in Mizoram by winning 26 seats of the 40-member state legislature.This will be for the third term that the MNF is forming…

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