Category: STATES

By: Klinsa Kurien, Bureau Chief ICN-Kerala Jack Fruit- the very name itself starts producing saliva in the mouth of many a malayalee. Quintessentially found in almost all homes in Kerala, this fruit is huge and heavy and the pulp is of a sweet nature. The regional name for jackfruit is ‘chakka’ and history records that several Portuguese people who came to the coast of Kerala in the year 1498, officially acknowledged its Malayalam name. The fruit is named after a Welsh botanist named William Jack who was employed in the East India…

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Special report by Annesha Lahiri, Intern-WWF Kolkata  KOLKATA: A  child  asked me while I was talking about this year’s Earth Hour  how could just an hour’s switching off non-essential lights be of any use to our planet. I was moved by the innocent query. Our Director of WWF-India,WBSO, Dr. Saswati Sen took over the conversation and explained to her  that if everyone does it,then it will most definitely make a difference. One hour is the minimum timing a person can do his bit towards saving this expanding consumption of the…

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KOLKATA: Abhishek Manu Singhvi of the Congress party and 4 nominees of the state’s ruling Trinamool Congress Subhasish Chakraborty, Abir Ranjan Biswas, Md. Nadimul Haq and Santanu Sen on Friday sailed to victory in the election held for the 5 vacancies from West Bengal in the Rajya Sabha. Singhvi, whose last stint in the Rajya Sabha was from Rajasthan, contested from West Bengal after the TMC chief and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced support for him. Singhvi got 47 votes, Subhasish Chakraborty secured 54, Nadimul Haq and Biswas…

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LUCKNOW: BJP has won nine out of the 10 Rajya Sabha seats in UP, with its ninth candidate Anil Agrawal trouncing BSP’s candidate B.R. Ambedkar by second preference vote count. SP had promised Mayawati that it would help it win the 10th seat by transferring its surplus votes as part of the deal where BSP supported SP candidates to win the by-polls in Gorakhpur and Phulpur. BJP easily won 8 Rajya Sabha seats, including for its senior leaders like Arun Jaitley, Anil Jain and GVL Narsimha Rao with 39 votes…

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HYDERABAD: Telangana’s ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) bagged all three Rajya Sabha seats for which polling was held on Friday. B. Prakash, J. Santosh Kumar and AB. Lingaiah Yadav were elected to the Upper House. Congress candidate and former union minister P. Balram Naik was defeated, officials said. A total of 108 members of the Assembly voted.TRS nominees Banda Prakash Mudiraj polled the highest 33 votes, followed by Joginipalli Santosh and Badugula Lingaiah Yadav polling 32 votes each. Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) party supported the TRS in the RS polls. Congress candidate…

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By: Vijay Kumar Verma, Editor-ICN Group SHIMLA: Situated on river Sutlej  in Bilaspur district of Himachal Pradesh the 800 MW Koldam Hydro Power Station (4x200mw) of NTPC Limited, has implemented  Advance technology  for monitoring, upkeep and safety of the Dam. Latest Instruments for seismic measurement, weather and flood forecasting, downstream river water flow measurement have been installed. It has thus become one of the state of  art hydro power station of the country. In order to ensure sufficient downstream water during lean season, NTPC Koldam has installed a Real Time Online Continuous flow measurement and data…

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By: Klinsa Kurien, Bureau Chief-ICN Kerala According to Peter Drucker a philosopher, “knowledge has to be improved, challenged and increased constantly, or it vanishes”.    In a developing country like India, the thrust on higher education has an encouraging drive. The emphasis on Research and other research- based degrees are manifold. Students with a genuine taste for research, observational analysis and an eye for detail choose this sphere of education. Despite possessing a good profile, acquiring a PhD is getting problematic these days what with no encouragement and guidance from supervisors. The…

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RSS General Secretary Bhaiyyaji Joshi said it was a “foregone conclusion” that there could not be anything else on the disputed site in Ayodhya but the Ram Temple. NEW DELHI: The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh on Saturday re-elected Bhaiyyaji Joshi as general secretary or sarkaryawah of the organisation.The post of Sarkaryawah which is effectively the number two after Sarsanghchalak Mohan Bhagwat. The Sangh’s general secretary is its executive head who looks after the day-to-day affairs of the organisation.Joshi was re-elected for a period of three years with his term expiring in…

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By: Garima Gaur ( Asstt. Editor-ICN Group ) LUCKNOW: Yesterday there was news that a 3 years old girl was raped in front of her five year old brother and today we are celebrating International Women’s Day. Isn’t it seems like we are ridiculing womanhood.   We live in a country where we can keep fast for woman deity Durga for nine days but when it comes to show respect towards woman, people become stereotype. How can we please Goddess Durga in nine days when we are not respecting her…

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By: Vijay Kumar Verma ( Editor-ICN Group ) SHIMLA: The Election Commission of India has today issued notification for the election of a Member to the Council of States by the elected members of H.P. Legislative Assembly. According to the notification, the last date for filing nominations will be 12 March, 2018 and the nomination papers would be scrutinised on 13 March while the last date withdrawal of candidature has been fixed for 15 March. 2018. The election, if necessary, would be held on 23 March, 2018 between 9 AM and 4 PM and the entire election processes will be…

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