Category: WORLD

NEW DELHI: The United Nations declared June 21 as International Yoga Day in 2014, it has been observed every year to mark its significance in one’s lifestyle.Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah led the main International Yoga Day events in Jharkhand and Haryana. PM Modi, describing the close relationship between yoga and nature, said Ranchi was chosen to host the main event as it has a lot of forests and is close to nature.Maharashtra CM Fadnavis joined Ramdev on the stage in Nanded and performed some of…

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By: Dr. Kumar Raka, Editor-ICN & Rebecca Brindza, Editor-ICN International (Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it – George Santayana) Tel Aviv: Earthquakes are one of the most devastating forms of natural disaster. They usually strike without warning, produce widespread damage, and can cause massive loss of life. The recent quakes that struck Haiti (2010), Japan (2011), Nepal (2015) and Iran & Iraq (2017) showed that temblors of sufficient magnitude can wreak havoc. The catastrophic situation often press demand for international assistance. There have been widespread debates in…

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NEW DELHI: PM Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin held delegation level talks on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. This is the first meeting between the two leaders after Modi’s re-election following the stunning victory of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the general elections last month. The first of the meetings was with Chinese President Xi Jinping, where both sides focused on how to take the ties forward.During the meeting, Xi Jinping congratulated PM Modi in person on his re-election as India’s…

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By: Subhashini, Asstt. Editor-ICN How did Lee Kuan Yew engineer Singapore’s economic miracle? NEW DELHI: Let us consider Singapore, a nation that was transformed from a small town to a global financial hub by the late Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew. His set of impressive policies for public welfare proved to be a wonderful example of the political and administrative cohesion. I believe Lee was a global thinker and an influential leader, whose vision and approach led Singapore on the path of rapid progress and development. Lee was able to correctly…

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By: Rakesh Lohumi, Sr. Editor-ICN Group  The disaster management plans are largely confined to the post-seismic phase of rescue, rehabilitation and reconstruction. 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…

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By: Dr. Kumar Raka, Editor-ICN “Suffering” is one such phenomenon in modern sciences which has taken an unpredictable turn-over in terms of measuring and indexing, losing all its inherent meaning, objective, absolute and individualistic approach. This is one of very few such phenomenon which the Western world has accepted in terms of subjectivity, relativity and collectivity. Thresholds have been defined accordingly, and ‘quality of life’ including happiness, human welfare and well-being has become antonymous to counter the absolute, objective “suffering”. In 1995, the professional association International Society for Quality-of-Life Studies (ISQOLS) was formed…

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By: Dr. Kumar Raka, Editor-ICN Suffering has been defined in different contexts in different social and also the medical sciences. Suffering can be mental, physical, social, economic and heavily influenced by the cultural, religious and spiritual orientations. Moreover, it is an objective as well as subjective phenomenon and closely related with the well-beingness and happiness of individual, groups, community or the nations when we talk about measurement of suffering. Finally, the threshold of suffering is inherent in its psychological definition which emphasizes pain, distress, sorrow, and grief an individual feels that may be absolute or relative or both…

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