Month: January 2018

Indu Malhotra, KM Joseph Recommended As New Judges Of Supreme Court

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Indu Malhotra will be one of only seven women judges that the apex court has had so far since independence. Indu is a senior counsel practising in the Supreme Court for the past 30 years.  NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court collegium has recommended senior advocate Indu Malhotra and Uttarakhand chief justice KM Joseph be made judges of the country’s top court. At a meeting on January 10, Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra and his four senior-most colleagues also promoted six judges as chief justices of high courts, including the one…

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MILLIONAIREASIA INDIA AND THE MONACO GOVERNMENT TOURIST AND CONVENTION BUREAU RING IN THE NEW YEAR WITH THE UNSTOPPABLE SHOWMAN, KARAN JOHAR

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MILLIONAIREASIA INDIA AND THE MONACO GOVERNMENT TOURIST AND CONVENTION BUREAU RING IN THE NEW YEAR WITH THE UNSTOPPABLE SHOWMAN, KARAN JOHAR MUMBAI : Millionaireasia India, the country’s first by-invitation magazine for HNIs along with The Monaco Government Tourist and Convention Authority, brought in 2018 with an emphatic bang at a spectacular event that featured Bollywood’s game-changing icon, Karan Johar. The scintillating event was the culmination of Karan’s visit and photoshoot in Monaco for the cover of Millionaireasia India’s Jan-Feb 2018 edition. The director and entrepreneur unveiled the cover of the…

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Heavy Alps Snowfall Strands 13,000 Tourists In Switzerland

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Heavy snow has left up to 13,000 tourists stranded at one of Switzerland’s best-known ski resorts. Heavy snowfall has cut off many villages and resorts across the Alps, trapping some 13,000 tourists at Zermatt, one of Switzerland’s most popular ski stations, officials said Tuesday. Switzerland is a landlocked country geographically divided between the Alps, the Swiss Plateau and the Jura, spanning an area of 41,285 km2. While the Alps occupy the greater part of the territory.Switzerland is one of the most developed countries in the world. Zermatt is home to some 5,500 inhabitants and has the capacity…

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Priyanka Chopra’s Marathi production ‘Firebrand’ goes on floors!

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PRIYANKA

Priyanka Chopra’s Marathi production ‘Firebrand’ goes on floors! MUMBAI : After producing the national award and commercially successful Marathi films – Ventilator last year, Priyanka Chopra and Dr Madhu Chopra’s production House, Purple Pebble Pictures is back with their next project, Firebrand, to be helmed by National Award winning writer and director Arunaraje. Living up to the interesting title of the film, the drama that goes on floors today features veteran actors from the Marathi industry including Usha Jadhav, Girish Kulkarni, Sachin Khedekar and Rajeshwari Sachdev. While Usha Jadhav plays…

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“Making paths for coming filmmakers of Kashmir”-Mir Sarwar

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KASHMIR DAILY POSTER

“Making paths for coming filmmakers of Kashmir”-Mir Sarwar Under the banner of Seven Two Creations in Association with Safdar Arts, “Kashmir Daily-story of a journalist” is  released this week in selected PVR cinemas.. The producer, director, writer, actor and editor Hussein Khan has presented the social issues of Kashmir through this movie. Kashmir Daily has not only the location of Kashmir but also the cast and crew. Kashmir Daily is the story of a journalist who brings the social issue of the valley in the limelight and what struggles he has to…

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Magnitude-5.5 Quake Strikes Near Imphal In Northeastern State Of Manipur

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Several areas in Northeastern part of the country falls under the zone 5 of the seismic zones in India, making it prone to earthquakes. IMPHAL: A magnitude-5.5  earthquake has struck east of Imphal, capital of India’s northeastern state of Manipur.The city has a population of around 250,000 people. According to Indian Meteorological Department, the earthquake occurred at 12:17 p.m. There are no immediate reports of injuries or damage from the quake, which was 22.8 km deep and hit 101 km east of Imphal.The region is a bed for seismic activity due collisions of…

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Cashless Payment Boon Or Bane

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By: Dr. Sanchita Ghatak ( Asstt. Editor-ICN Group ) LUCKNOW: An abrupt pronouncement by the PM Modi on the eve of 8th August 2016 that currencies valued 500 and 1000 have been devalued brought lots of shudders and commotion in the lives of general public in India.This was demonetization brought up by PM Modi to curb the menace of black money and fake notes by reducing the amount of cash available in the system. This was intended to make India free from all kinds of corruptions. This major step taken by…

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Footprints In The Sands Of Life

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By: Barnali Bose ( Associate Editor-ICN Group ) One night a man had a dream.He dreamt he was walking along the beach with God. Across the sky, flashed scenes from his life.He turned back and saw two sets of footprints in the sand, one belonging to him and the other to the Lord. He was happy that God was with him during his journey of life. Then came glimpses of those times when life had not been very kind to him. But the thought that God was with him gave…

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BIOMETRIC ATTENDANCE MONITORING MUST COVER ALL INSTITUTIONS

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By: Rakesh Lohumi ( Sr. Editor-ICN GROUP ) SHIMLA: The digital initiative taken by the Medical Council of India for online  monitoring of biometric attendance of faculty members in all the government and private medical colleges is a welcome step that needs to be extended to all the institutions of higher education across the country. The problem of ghost faculty is not specific to the medical colleges, it is a common malpractice indulged in by the managements of  private institutions, particularly universities and professional colleges. With no effective mechanism  to monitor…

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Tripura Gets Humsafar Express Before Polls

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By: Debraj Deb ( Asstt. Editor-North East cum Bureau Chief-ICN TRIPURA ) AGARTALA: Months before Tripura goes to general assembly polls, the left ruled state has got Humsafar Express services on Friday. Union minister of State (MoS) for Railways Rajen Gohain flagged off the super-fast Humsafar Express from Agartala Railway Station. The train would directly connect Bengaluru Cantonment station via Premburu station near Chennai. Addressing a gathering at the inaugural event on the day, Gohain said his government was committed to develop NE states at par with the rest of the country. No…

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