Category: WORLD

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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By: Dr Mohammad Aleem, Editor, ICN Group NEW DELHI: Every other day, there is a news almost from every part of the world that something ignominious has struck to humanity. Most of the time, it is brutal terrorist attacks which attract our attention. A few weeks back, two nuclear armed nations had also locked horns on the same issue and a military show off was witnessed as two belligerent wrestlers have suddenly challenged to each other in the ring. Fortunately, it did not turn into a deadly fight, though, opportunistic…

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By: Sajid Yousuf, Senior Reporter ICN Rizwan Pandit, a school principal who died in police custody in Jammu and Kashmir’s winters Capital on March 18, was tortured, according to his brother. His brother also said that Pandit was detained in connection with a militancy related case by J&K Police. His father, Assadullah Pandit, a retired central government official, is a member of Jama’at-e-Islami, which was recently banned by Home Ministry. After his death Social Media was full of condemnation, protest and anger. Everyone from all corner of the valley strongly…

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The United Nations has deployed emergency teams that provide food, medical supplies, and shelter to survivors.UNICEF is offering children and families drinking water, health supplies, and emergency shelter. BEIRA: Tropical Cyclone Idai struck the African countries of Zimbabwe, Malawi, and Mozambique a week ago.The number of dead was put at 259 in Zimbabwe and 56 in Malawi.The death toll in Mozambique rose to 293, with an untold number of people missing and the mortuary at Beira’s central hospital already reported full.The confirmed number of people killed in Mozambique and neighboring Zimbabwe…

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By: Kauser Khan, Associate Editor-ICN  LUCKNOW: The colour of festival always helps in bringing the beautiful smile on the faces.People enjoys its every moment truly with much fervor and ethusiasm. Across the world wherever Indians or people of Indian origin are present Holi is celebrated with gusto and bonhomie. People play with colours, light a bonfire called Holika and celebrate the victory of good over evil. Well, the essence of any festival is to take a break from the daily humdrum of life and make it interesting. The other major intention of…

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By: Dr. Kumar Raka, Editor-ICN NEW DELHI: Two gunmen separately attacked mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, killing dozens of people on March 14, 2019. One of the attackers appears to have livestreamed his actions on Facebook, forcing the company to answer for its role in the tragedy. The original live video of last week’s Christchurch attacks was viewed 4,000 times before it was removed, Facebook has said. The inability to control and moderate social media platforms was highlighted at this time of crisis in New Zealand. On 14 March at…

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By: Tejeshwar Singh Rana, 2nd Officer, Shell shipping-London, UK & Asstt. Editor-ICN Let’s see them one by one as what are these facts are: Fact 1: The Smoke Funnel. Titanic had four smoke funnels, right? But only three of them were functional, and rest one was just for the decoration purpose. Yes you read it right, only three were functional. Fact 2: Milton Hershey He is the owner and the maker of the famous Hershey chocolates (You probably had tasted them also, very common). This man planned to travel on titanic,…

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By: Barnali Bose, Editor-ICN Group KOLKATA: I remember, as a child, I  read a Greek tale. It was about  Zeus and Prometheus, two Greek Gods. They were  at loggerheads with each other. At that time, the earth was very cold as Zeus did not let  the warmth of the sun to reach earth. You see,he was sadistic and misused his powers as many do now. Prometheus defied Zeus and stealthily  brought the gift of fire from the sun to mankind. Well, I suppose he was  benevolent. Zeus was furious. How…

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