By: Dr. Shama Lohumi, Sr. Associate Editor-ICN Group SHIMLA: Job burnout has emerged as a serious problem in the modern stressful urban life in recent years. Cut-throat competition among companies and increasing use of information technology in office processes, monitoring performance of employees and evaluating their productivity is only aggravating the situation and virtually turning work places into pressure cookers. The growing unemployment is compounding the problem as a majority of employees are forced to take up jobs far below their qualification, experience and ability. Studies have shown that underemployed workers…
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“Ingestion/Aspiration Of Dental Foreign Body- “A Dental Nightmare”
By: Dr. Abhishek Kumar Pandey, Asstt. Editor-ICN LUCKNOW: Ingestion of dental foreign bodies is common. Sometimes it may cause serious and fatal injury to the airways and gastrointestinal tract. The complications of foreign body ingestion depend on size and shape of object, its sharpness and anatomical location of ingestion. The major complication of foreign body ingestion is obstruction and perforation. Perforation is especially dangerous in the oesophagus. Radiographs remain the mainstay of initial foreign body detection, especially if the object is related to dental material. When swallowing of a foreign…
Read MoreShimla Is Not The Simla I Remember, Still Love It
By: Anoop Sood SHIMLA: Yearning for a sojourn in hills hits you once you sense that the liberation from boot camp- the corporate job- is just round the corner. Four decades in a corporate job is a long period, almost a lifetime. It is about to end and with it a part of life will get over. You have two options- take up another assignment to put your experience to good use and prepare to die with your boots on or find a sojourn in the place you always wanted to…
Read MoreExcellence With G.O.P.T.A.© Series: Part 20
By: Dr. Sanjay Kumar Agarwal, Sr. Associate Editor-ICN Group KOLKATA: In the last article, we saw how to tap the unlimited power of faith. Today we will see how to use the power of visualisation for applying backward goal setting. Visualise using power of subconscious mind and apply backward goal setting Visualise yourself in future as having achieved the goals. Imagine that it is possible for you to achieve anything. Project yourself in future, say, 5 years from now. Imagine that you are living an ideal life in future. Then look…
Read MoreMoney Series: Part 54
By: Tarun Prakash Srivastava, Sr. Executive Editor-ICN Group “The work by doing which you do not feel exhausted, is your talent and in the area where you get immense pleasure and satisfaction in doing the work, is your field of talent.” LUCKNOW: This rule of success is like an open book for you. Look carefully around you – this whole world is filled with such people. People want to draw their success from outside, and for these big establishments, universities, colleges, training centers and educational companies are working day and night,…
Read MoreIndonesia Tsunami: Death Toll Hits 429, Navy Discovers Bodies At Sea
Indonesia, a vast archipelago of more than 17,000 islands and home to 260 million people, lies along the Ring of Fire, an arc of volcanoes and fault lines in the Pacific Basin. JAKARTA: The death toll following the tsunami caused by the Anak Krakatau volcano in Indonesia has risen to at least 429. The Anak Krakatau volcano lies in the Sunda Strait between Java and Sumatra islands, linking the Indian Ocean and Java Sea. The toll was likely to continue rising as search-and-rescue teams were still finding bodies in the water and washed…
Read MoreHow Christmas Is Celebrated In India
By: Dr. Shazia Israr, Associate Editor-ICN Group Churches across India are decorated with poinsettia flowers for the midnight mass. Every year, Christmas is celebrated on December 25 to commemorate the birth anniversary of Jesus Christ. This auspicious occasion is a prime festival of Christian community and hence, is celebrated zestfully around the world. Christmas conveys his message of love, tolerance and brotherhood. Though, it is a religious festival of Christians, it has a special significance in everyone’s life. Google wishes Happy holidays with an animated doodle. The logo of the search engine…
Read MoreExcellence With G.O.P.T.A.© Series: Part 19
By: Dr. Sanjay Kumar Agarwal, Sr. Associate Editor-ICN Group KOLKATA: In the last article, we saw how to tap the unlimited power of your sub-conscious mind. Today, we will see how use can tap the power of ‘faith’ to your benefit. In some of the upcoming articles, we will see how you can tap the unlimited power of your sub-conscious mind towards achieving your goals; and after that, we will move to real goal setting process. Use power of faith You have to always remember whose child you are. Suppose you are…
Read MoreMoney Series: Part 53
By: Tarun Prakash Srivastava, Sr. Executive Editor-ICN Group Productive time and unproductive time LUCKNOW: This is an extremely important topic, and I want you to try to understand this topic by bringing all your senses and energy to one point because this understanding may create the ability to test the productivity of time and may increase the value of your profit thousand times for you. I had known these secrets several years ago, and today, I stand far ahead of my contemporaries and I have more control of life in my…
Read MorePM Modi To Flag Off 1st Train On Longest Rail-Road Bridge On Christmas Day
The Bogibeel bridge connects the south bank of the Brahmaputra river in Assam’s Dibrugarh district with Silapathar in Dhemaji district, bordering Arunachal Pradesh. GUWAHATI: On Christmas day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate Asia’s second-longest rail-road bridge, the Bogibeel Bridge. The Bogibeel bridge, which connects Dibrugarh, Assam, on the south bank of the Brahmaputra, to Dhemaji in north Assam, was built at the cost of Rs 4,800 crore. The Bogibeel Bridge, which was a part of the Assam Accord and sanctioned in 1997-98, is likely to play a crucial role in defence…
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