Year: 2017

Genetically Modified Mosquitoes Which Won’t Bite Humans Are In The Pipeline…

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By: Dr. Ripudaman Singh (Special Correspondent-ICN Group) & Hemant Kumar ( Agriculture Correspondent-ICN Group) NEW DELHI: Mosquitoes genetically engineered not to smell humans may offer a big relief to tourists who have seen their summer holidays ruined by itchy bites. The mosquitoes which are most effective when it comes to transmitting disease are those that have become highly used to feeding on humans. Efforts to prevent the spread of malaria by killing mosquitoes with insecticides are proving problematic, because they quickly become resistant to the chemicals. Now, the US Defense Department has…

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Yield of horticultural crops rises, but not farmers’ income

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By: Hemant Kumar ( Agriculture Correspondent-ICN Group) KANPUR: India’s horticulture production in 2016-17 has jumped to a record of 300 million tonnes (MT), which is 4.8% higher than the previous year. The Agriculture Ministry released its third advance estimate for the production of horticulture crops on August 31, 2017, indicating record estimates for fruits, vegetables, spices and plantations crop like areca-nut, cashewnut, cocoa and coconut. Figures indicate that horticulture production will overshadow food grain yield production fifth year in a row, continuing the rising trend since 2012-13. Unfortunately, the increased horticultural production,…

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Fascinating and Intriguing World of Women Writers, Poets and Achievers of Other Fields

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By: Dr. Mohammad Aleem, Chief News Editor, ICN Group NEW DELHI: Women have always intrigued men, either by their look, attitude, feelings and thoughts. It is always very famously quoted that any man can’t claim that he understood any woman well either as a wife, lover, mother and sister fully and well in his life. But good thing is that still men and women enjoy the company of each other because God has mad both these distinct entities for each other. The best way to know about the fascinating and…

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IMA Lucknow Celebrated Annual Day With Much Fanfare, Full List Of IMA Awardees 2016-2017

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By: Eram Fatima ( Special Correspondent-ICN Group ) NEW DELHI: In river bank colony, IMA bhawan,on Sunday, in the evening,  on 3rd December, IMA’s Annual function was organized in which Dr. J.D. Rawat, Secretary of IMA, presented a full description on IMA’s whole year progress and activities. This year, UP IMA awarded best branch award to the Lucknow  Branch. The award was given through IMA UP president Dr. A.M. Khan.  President of lucknow Dr. P.K Gupta welcomed all the guests and gave many information regarding  works which were done under…

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The North Zone Inter-University Basketball Tournament (M) 2017-18: Fifty Five Teams in the Fray

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The North Zone Inter-University Basketball Tournament

By Dr. Mohammad Aleem, Chief News Editor, ICN New Delhi : Sports of different kinds always attract students and general people in this over tensed and demanding time. In India, though cricket rules the roost, but other sports are also quite popular like Tennis, Football, Volleyball, Kabaddi, Wrestling and Basketball etc. Basketball is one of the world’s most popular and widely viewed sports. It is also highly paid on the professional terms. The FIBA Basketball World Cup and Men’s Olympic Basketball Tournament are the major international events of the sport and attract top national…

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Gold Worth More Than 7 Crore Caught In Manipur

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By: Akoijam Tompok ( Bureau Chief-ICN Manipur ) IMPHAL: In one of its biggest siezure of gold bars in Manipur, Customs Division Imphal has caught a man carrying gold bars worth 7 crore 70 thousand in Indian rupees. Manipur’s main National Highway, Imphal-Moreh road which is also Asian National Highway number 1 to be is frequently used by gold smugglers since long.  Customs Division Imphal caught 158 gold biscuits weighing around 26 kilogram from one Md Zakariya aged 26 s/o Md Allimuddin from Lilong Kaleikhong under Lilong police station of Thoubal…

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Sanyukta Bhatia To Be Lucknow’s First Woman Mayor Of Lucknow

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This is the first time Lucknow will have a woman mayor since the UP Municipalities Act came into being in 1916. LUCKNOW: Sanyukta Bhatia is set to become Lucknow’s first woman mayor in 100 years. The mayoral seat in Uttar Pradesh’s capital has been reserved for women. Bhatia’s main adversaries were Congress’ Prema Awasthi and Samajwadi Party’s Meera Vardhan. Bhatia’s husband Satish was a two-time MLA from Lucknow Cantonment and her son Prashant is a RSS Vibhag Karyavah (local functionary). She was a popular choice within the party and even outside it…

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Centre of attraction “Film Bandhu” at Film Bazaar , Goa

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Uttar Pradesh has a various cultural and pleasant locations in addition to its historical heritages. This heritage attracts filmmakers to come to Uttar Pradesh repeatedly and the film bandhu helps them a lot. This time film bandhu had made its special presence in Film Bazzar organized by NFDC which was held in International Film Festival of India, Goa. Significantly, in the film festival the film makers across the world come, including filmmakers, directors, writers, film technicians, film journalists and other types of people who are differently related to film genres.…

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World AIDS Day 2017: This Year’s Campaign Promotes The Theme, ‘Right to health’

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NEW DELHI: World AIDS Day is observed on December 1 every year. The day is dedicated to spreading awareness about the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) which is spread by infection from a virus called human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). To complement the global World AIDS Day 2017 campaign which promotes the theme “Right to health”, the World Health Organization will highlight the need for all 36.7 million people living with HIV and those who are vulnerable and affected by the epidemic, to reach the goal of universal health coverage. Under the…

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Take up any mission in their life with the motto to work with integrity and succeed with integrity: Governor to students

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By: Dakter Esse (Deputy Editor-North East cum Bureau Chief-ICN Arunachal Pradesh) Rajiv Gandhi University observes 15th Convocation ITANAGAR: Arunachal Pradesh’s lone central university, Rajiv Gandhi University today observed its 15th Convocation. Governor of Arunachal Pradesh Brig. (Dr.) B.D. Mishra (Retd.) who attended the programme congratulated the degree awardees and university toppers and expressed happiness over girl students putting well up in the merit. Speaking on the occasion, the Governor exhorted the students to contribute in the upliftment of the society, stating that the society has done the same for their academic excellence. Continuing his practice…

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