Category: WORLD

Cyclone Fani is the strongest cyclonic storm since the Super Cyclone of 1999, which claimed close to 10,000 lives and battered the Odisha coast for 30 hours.  NEW DELHI: Cyclone Fani hit West Bengal early today morning and is likely to continue in the North-east direction with a wind speed of 90km/hr. 12 people have died in Odisha so far and several areas in Puri were submerged as heavy rain battered the coast, officials said.Pradeep Kumar Rana, DIG Operations,NDRF says that cyclone Fani has weakened & is covering areas of West Bengal…

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By: Barnali Bose, Editor-ICN Group On  April 15, 2019, Paris woke up to the horrifying sight of the fire that seemed to engulf  Notre Dame, in leaps and bounds. The cathedral is consecrated to the Virgin Mary and considered to be one of the finest examples of French-Gothic architecture. The majestic cathedral was  built between the 12th and 14th centuries. It is revered by the  French – Catholics, Muslims and Jews as part of France’s cultural and historical legacy. The news of the devastating fire send waves  of shock and…

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By: Tejeshwar Singh Rana, 2nd Officer, Shell shipping-London, UK & Associate Editor-ICN  As vast as the oceans are and as huge as ships sailing on them, the probability of accidents occurring on those ships is also massive. However, what’s amazing though is the size of errors that lead to those accidents in most cases. Maritime accidents that occur due to natural factors such as a ships being caught in an unexpected storm, unfavorable tides, strong winds etc. are totally beyond human control and also make up rather small part of the…

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COLOMBO: A string of blasts ripped through high-end hotels and churches holding Easter services in Sri Lanka on Sunday, killing at least 215 people, including 35 foreigners. Images circulating on social media and local news stations showed extensive damage at one of three churches targeted in the near simultaneous blasts on Sunday morning. The injured flooded into local hospitals, where officials reported hundreds of wounded were being admitted.The nature of the blasts was not immediately clear and there were no immediate claims of responsibility. The first blast was reported at…

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The Jallianwala Bagh massacre is one of the darkest chapters of India’s freedom struggle against the British occupation. On 100 years of Jallianwala Bagh massacre, tributes and political reactions have been pouring in from around the world.President Ram Nath Kovind, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu on Saturday paid tributes to the martyrs. Congress chief Rahul Gandhi also arrived at the memorial in the national capital and paid floral tributes to the martyrs along with Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh. Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh demanded “an…

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Retd. Lt. Col. Richard E Cole (fondly known as Dick Cole), the last Doolittle Raider of the Tokyo raid in the Second World War  breathed his last on April 09, 2019, at 02:03 pm. He was 103. His death was first reported by Air Force Magazine’s John Tirpak. The famed Doolittle raid was named for then Lt Col Jimmy Doolittle, who led the first US strikes against Japan during the war in 1942. Retired Lt Cole was Lt Col Doolittle’s co-pilot in the lead plane. The raid, which included 16…

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By: Eram Fatima, Asstt. Editor-ICN NEW DELHI: Women doing away with hijab in Iran starts from a journalist, Alinejad’s campaign which focuses on one of the central symbols of theocratic rule. Mandatory hijab or modest dress which enshrined in Iran’s post-revolutionary legal framework which is based on Qur’anic injunctions made many women follow that but Alinejad’s project was born by an expression of joy, a photo of her that she posted running through the London Street with her hair aloft, which she noted, later, would be a crime in Iran.…

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KATHMANDU: At least 29 people were killed and over 600 others injured as a massive storm lashed Nepal, authorities said on Monday.Pre-monsoon thunderstorms are common in Nepal during the spring season, but are rarely of an intensity that causes high casualties. The storm destroyed hundreds of houses, uprooted tress, electric poles and damaged over 12 passenger buses, the police said.The storm accompanied by hail and heavy rain struck the two districts on Sunday night. Security agencies, including two battalions of the Nepal Army, Nepal Police and Armed Police Force of…

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By: Tehmeena Rizvi, Bureau Chief, J&K Extremism as a concept is not easy to define. It is a subjective term, what is considered extreme by one group or society, may not be considered so by another (Wintrobe, 2006). However, an extremist is generally viewed as ‘someone whose views are outside the mainstream on some issue or dimension’ (Wintrobe, 2006). Extremists are often people on the extreme left or the extreme right of the political spectrum, or hold radical views in relation to nationalism, religion or any other politically important dimension…

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