Month: November 2017

Draft Farm Law For Price Volatility Shield

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By: Dr. Ripudaman Singh (Special Correspondent ICN Group) & Hemant Kumar ( Agriculture Correspondent ICN Group) NEW DELHI: Seeking to protect farmers from price volatility by ensuring guaranteed price for their produce, the Centre will come out with a draft model law on contract farming this month. Once it is made public, stakeholders, including farmers, will be given 30 days to comments and give suggestions. A final ‘model’ contract farming Act is expected to be released in November after incorporating the suggestions. Contract farming is a system in which agro-processing exporting or trading units…

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Happy Children’s Day 2017: What The Day Is About And How People Mark It

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“The children of today will make the India of tomorrow. The way we bring them up will determine the future of the country.” Children’s Day in India is celebrated on November 14, 2017, as a day to celebrate the innocence of children and the importance of children in society. The day also commemorates the birthday of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru our country’s first Prime Minister. Children’s Day was first celebrated in 1964 after Nehru’s death. On this day, chocolates and gifts are often distributed among children, while schools organize different events…

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413 People Dead In Iran-Iraq Earthquake

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Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei “ordered the government and armed forces to mobilise ‘all their means’ to help the population.” On Sunday, at 9:48 pm local time, a powerful magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck northwest Iran near the border with Iraq. As of Monday, 413 people had been reported dead with most of the reported deaths in the Iranian province of Kermanshah. Iranian officials said 413 people had died in the country. Some soldiers and border guards were among the dead, the Iranian army’s commander-in-chief told the state news channel…

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Home Remedies For Toothache

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By: Dr. Vasu Singh ( Bureau Chief-ICN UP )  LUCKNOW: A toothache is a pain near your teeth. Sometimes the cause is dental, like cavities or gum disease. In other cases, the pain might be referred to the teeth but may stem from a non-dental cause.Either way, toothache pain is very uncomfortable, especially for children.If you or your child have a toothache, it’s time to make an appointment with your dentist as soon as possible.In the meantime, however, you’ll need to control the pain and discomfort. Here are some of…

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CSE: Major Fast Food Chains Adopt Double Standards; Play With India’s Health

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NEW DELHI: The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), in its recent assessment released today, at the beginning of  ‘World Antibiotic Awareness Week’, reveals that fast food multinational companies do not have any India-specific commitments to eliminate misuse of antibiotics in their meat supply chains. Surprisingly, as the study highlights, these global giants have made ambitious, specific and time-bound commitments in the US and other countries to eliminate antibiotic misuse, owing to growing pressure from regulators and other stakeholders. Most of these companies have an over-arching global policy that recognises the…

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Two Assam Rifles Jawan Killed And Six Injured In Manipur

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IMPHAL: Two Assam Rifles Jawans were killed and six injured in a power IED blast at Chandel District in Manipur this morning. The attack occurred near 18 AR Camp which is located at DC Road, Chandel District Headquarter, around 6 early this morning.  According to sources, a team of 18 Assam Rifles personnel were on their daily Physical Training(running) on the road. As the team were running between the first and the second gate of the camp, the bomb exploded with a loud sound sending shockwaves nearby.  The shockwaves of the…

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Kerala Regains Top Slot In Coconut Production

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By: Dr. Ripudaman Singh (Special Correspondent ICN Group) & Hemant Kumar ( Agriculture Correspondent ICN Group) NEW DELHI: Kerala has regained the top spot in coconut production, surpassing the other major producers –Tamil Nadu and Karnataka – in the 2016-17 agriculture year. With 7.70-lakh hectares (ha) of cultivated area, Kerala’s coconut production touched 7464.25 million nuts, while that of Tamil Nadu was 6171.07 million nuts followed by Karnataka at 5128.89 million, Earlier, Kerala was in third position at 4896.61 million. Replanting and rejuvenation schemes and Layout of Demonstration Plots (LOP) adopted by the Coconut…

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ASEAN Summit: PM Narendra Modi Meets Donald Trump

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This is the first Prime Ministerial visit to the Philippines from India in 36 years since the visit by Indira Gandhi in 1981. MANILA: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today met US President Donald Trump and a host of leaders soon after arriving in Philippines’s capital, Manila for the India-ASEAN Summit and the East Asia Summit. PM Modi will also hold bilateral meetings with Filipino President Rodrigo Duterte, Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe and Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull among others. The leaders were uniformly dressed in Barong Tagalong, an embroidered shirt that…

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Congress Wins Chitrakoot Assembly Bypoll

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Congress candidate Neelandhu Chaturvedi beats BJP’s Shankarlal Tripathi by more than 14,000 votes BHOPAL: The Congress on Sunday retained the Chitrakoot Assembly constituency in Madhya Pradesh, with its candidate Nilanshu Chaturvedi winning the bypoll with an improved margin of 14,133 votes. Around 65% voting was recorded in the bypoll election which was conducted on November 9.The win is a major morale booster for the Congress ahead of the assembly polls next in the state next year, while it has set the alarm bells ringing for the BJP, especially Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan.…

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