Category: STATES

By: Vijay Kumar Verma, Editor-ICN Group SHIMLA: Ayurvedic medicines are the major system of indigenous medicines and are most developed and widely practiced  worldwide. Keeping this fact in view, the Himachal Pradesh  Government  is paying special attention on the cultivation and conservation of medicinal plants. Farmers and horticulturists have been encouraged to cultivate medicinal plants. Special focus is given to inculcate the economic need and make easy availability of these medicinal plants for manufacturing Ayurvedic medicines. For the cultivation of medicinal plants, under National AYUSH mission government is providing financial…

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LUCKNOW:The Mughalsarai Junction will be officially renamed after RSS ideologue Deen Dayal Upadhyay on Sunday.Deen Dayal Upadhyay was found dead in mysterious circumstances near the Mughalsarai station in February 1968. Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay (25 September 1916 – 11 February 1968) was an RSS thinker and co-founder of the political party Bharatiya Jana Sangh, the forerunner of Bharatiya Janata Party. He became president of the Jana Sangh in December 1967. The Mughalsarai station comes under Chandauli district and is close to Varanasi city, the parliamentary constituency of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Mughalsarai is a…

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By: Klinsa Kurien, Bureau Chief-ICN Kerala As Jennifer Lopez once expressed, “doubt is a killer. You just have to know who you are and what you stand for”. We call this age the New Millennium, the New Age, the Developed World, a Globalized existence and many other synonyms adorn this list. There have been remarkable achievements no doubt in every sphere and activity of man. Life is made easier, what with the advent of computer technology. With everything at our hands in this e-world, people need not even step outside their…

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By: Vatsala Bhusry, Bureau Chief-ICN Delhi NEW DELHI: The Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Act 2017, passed by the upper and lower house of the Indian Parliament increases the maternity leave available to working women from 12 weeks to 26 weeks for the first two children. Maternity leave for children beyond the first two and to mothers adopting a child below the age of three months as well as the commissioning mothers (surrogate mother) will continue to be 12 weeks.  Along with every establishment with more than 50 employees to provide for crèche…

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By: Dr. Dakter Esse, Editor-ICN ITANAGAR: The Governor of Arunachal Pradesh Brig. (Dr.) B.D. Mishra (Retd.) met the Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Tourism, K.J. Alphons in New Delhi on 31st July 2018. They discussed about harnessing and promotion of tourism of Arunachal Pradesh. The Governor impressed upon the Mos Tourism that Arunachal Pradesh has immense opportunity in tourism which will help the State for all round employment opportunities, entrepreneurship and revenues generation. Our tourism has scope of developing spiritual tourism, eco-tourism, cultural tourism, Adventure tourism including development of special tourist’s circuits…

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A five-time Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, Mr Karunanidhi was recovering from a long illness when he contracted the infection and developed a fever.  CHENNAI: DMK president M. Karunanidhi’s health suffered a setback on Sunday evening but with medical support his vital signs became normal by night. He continues to receive medical assistance at Kauvery Hospital in Alwarpet, Chennai.DMK working president M.K. Stalin and Rajya Sabha MP Kanimozhi are in the hospital. Earlier in the day, State Ministers, including Law Minister C.Ve. Shanmugam, accompanied the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi…

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KOLKATA: After Assam released a draft list of citizens leaving out over 40 lakh people who stand to lose their citizenship, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said she was “worried about torture” and people had become “refugees” in their own country. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee termed it a clear attack on Bengalis. “They are targeting not Hindus or Muslims, but Bengalis. Mamata Banerjee said,” There were people who had Aaadhar cards and passports but still their names are not in the draft list. Names of people were…

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The Maharashtra government has announced an ex-gratia of Rs 4 lakh to the kin of the deceased. The government will also bear the medical expenses of the injured. MUMBAI: 33 people were feared killed and one injured after a private bus plunged into a 500 feet gorge in the mountainous section of Poladpur in Raigad district of Maharashtra on Saturday. The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) has completed the operation to retrieve bodies from the accident site near Mahabaleshwar in Maharashtra’s Raigad district. The National Disaster Response Force reached the spot at…

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The water-level in Mahanadi and Baitarani is likely to further rise as the weather department forecast more rains in the next 24 hours. BHUBANESWAR: The Odisha government put the collectors of six districts on high alert in the delta region, with the water level in Mahanadi and Baitarani rivers swelling due to depression-induced heavy rainfall, even as the death toll rose to 12. “We should remain in a state of full preparedness to tackle any emergency situation and provide immediate relief to the affected people,” Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik said after…

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