Year: 2017

Record High Turn Out Expected In Himachal Assembly Elections

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By: Vijay Kumar Verma ( Editor-ICN Group ) SHIMLA: Voting began with great enthusiasm in all the constituencies of Himachal Pradesh today at 8 am. While in the first four hours over 28 % voting had taken place while as the day progressed the number is increasing. By 2 pm the voter turnout has increased to 54 percent. First time voters and youngsters are showing interest in exercising their franchise. High profile Virbhadra Singh, his wife Pratibha Singh and son Vikramaditya Singh cast their votes in Rampur Bushr, their ancestral home. Virbhadra Singh is…

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Dara Shikoh: A Learned And Gifted Scholar Or Doomed Prince?

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By: Dr. Mohammad Aleem ( Chief News Editor-ICN Group ) NEW DELHI: It is often a debatable issue that who among the four sons of the great Mughal king, Shahjahan was the most gifted and learned and true to his expectations. He had four sons, Dara Shikoh, Shah Shuja, Murad Baksh and Aurangzeb and three daughters Jahanara, Roshanara and Gauharara. Had the great king erred in judging the true capabilities of his sons? Had he assigned the task of his kingdom according to the qualities to rule the country, the…

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Creamy, Spicy & Yummy In Taste: Manipuri Dish Soya Thongba

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By: Kauser Khan  Manipuri cuisine is the traditional cuisine of Manipur. Dishes are typically spicy foods that use chili pepper rather than garam masala. Oil is uncommon in most Manipuri styles. Manipuris typically raise vegetables in a kitchen garden and rear fishes in small ponds around their house. Since the vegetables are either grown at home or obtained from local market, the cuisines are very seasonal, each season having its own special vegetables and preparations. The taste is very different from other Indian cuisines because of the use of various aromatic herbs and roots. Ingredients …

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“When The World Is Changing, The Command Structure Must Change”: NATO

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Nato chief Jens Stoltenberg believes that a revision of NATO’s structure is necessary to tackle the alleged threat from Russia. Speaking ahead of a meeting of NATO Defence Ministers in Brussels today, Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said it is vital that European roads, bridges and rail networks are able to carry tanks and heavy military equipment. NATO needs civilian infrastructure in Europe to meet its growing military requirements, Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said ahead of a meeting in Brussels. This will mean coordination with national governments and the private sector, he added.…

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In These Bad Air Days, Temporary Measures Will Not Work: CSE

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Delhi-NCR must focus on taking decisive steps which will have immediate as well aslong-term impacts. This requires political leadership, which is sorely lackingat the moment, says Sunita Narain, director general, CSE NEW DELHI: On the second day of the worst episode of severe air quality this winter, even as governments went into a huddle to thrash out solutions, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) cautioned against putting too much hope in temporary solutions such as closure of schools. Sunita Narain, director general, CSE, said: “Cities and administrations need to implement solutions…

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U.S. TEAM TO SEARCH FOR WORLD WAR II DEAD

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KOLKATA – Investigators from the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) returned to India this week to continue the search for remains of U.S. personnel missing since World War II.  Last year, DPAA deployed a team to northeast India for 30 days in search of remains for unaccounted-for U.S. airmen, and this is their fifth mission to India since 2013. There are approximately 400 U.S. airmen missing in India, most of whose remains are believed to be located in the Himalayan Mountains in northeast India.  During World War II, the United States…

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Exam Stress Management

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By: Dr. Mohd. Aleem Siddiqui (M.D.,D.P.M.), Associate Editor & Dr. Shazia Veqar Siddiqui, Asstt. Editor LUCKNOW: Soon the exams will approach and the students would find themselves in an extremely stressful situation. Stress is the sense of having little or no control which is always distressful and that’s what stress is all about. There is a mismatch between demands and pressure on one hand and abilities and resources to cope with it on the other. Stress, in essence, is a feeling of doubt about being able to cope. “I have so…

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Coffee Exports Get ‘Instant’ Boost

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By: Dr. Ripudaman Singh (Special Correspondent ICN Group) & Hemant Kumar ( Agriculture Correspondent ICN Group) NEW DELHI: India emergence as the export hub of instant coffee is pushing up overall coffee exports from the country. Coffee exports rose to 1,77,805 tonnes during April-August 2017 from 1,62,641 tonnes in the same period last year. In terms f value, th exports rose to $363.1 million. The exports are believed to be driven by value-added coffee (instant coffee) which contributed nearly 25.5 percent to total export from April to August, 2017 and this…

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Public Healthcare In India Is In Its Worst State Ever

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By: Dr. Upsham Goel, M.S. F.M.R.F. ( Chief Consulting Editor-ICN Group ) LUCKNOW: Medicine is among the most complex of sciences, and no wonder, among all sciences, carries with it the longest training among all professional courses. Despite this, in India, every other person, who is not a doctor makes all the decisions with regard to medical policies, while the doctors are just handed down dictates by the powers that be. This archaic approach has resulted in such a sad state of affairs that, if a child dies in a…

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