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Disaster Risk Management Perspective on Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Amendment Bill, 2019 Passed in Rajya Sabha

July 26, 2019 ICN WORLD

By: Dr. Kumar Raka, Editor-ICN In order to effectively address the terrible crimes of sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children through less ambiguous and more stringent legal provisions, the Ministry of Women and Child Development championed the introduction of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012. Amendment Bill The POCSO Amendment Bill, 2019 was introduced in Lok Sabha by the Minister of State for Women and Child Development, Mr. Virendra Kumar on January 8, 2019. The amendment bill was lapsed due to the Lok Sabha elections. The minister…

GDA Employee Returns Purse With Rs 25000 Cash To Tourist Lady In Gulmarg

July 26, 2019 ICN WORLD

By: Sajid Yousuf Shah, Bureau Chief-ICN J&K BARAMULLA: An employee of Gulmarg Development Authority (GDA) on Thursday returned a purse with Rs 25000 cash to tourist lady at world famous ski-resort, Gulmarg.A tourist lady had lost her purse in Maharaja Palace Gulmarg this morning at around 11 am.However, an employee of GDA identified as Mohammad Shafi found the purse and returned it to the lady. Besides, Rs 25000 cash, there were some personal documents of the tourist lady as well.The tourist lady later thanked and appreciated the employee.Chief Executive Officer…

Subhash Chandra Garg To Take Over As Secretary Power

July 26, 2019 ICN WORLD

By: Vijay Kumar Verma, Editor-ICN Group SHIMLA: Subhash Chandra Garg, Secretary Finance has been appointed Power Secretary replacing Ajay Kumar Bhalla who moves as Home Secretary.The 1983 batch IAS from Rajasthan cadre, Subhash Chandra Garg has many challenges to face in the Power Ministry looking forward to a new tariffs policy, bad loans of about one trillion rupees beside other structural reforms. The power sector is also facing critical financial health of the distribution companies adversely affecting payments to the generation companies. Outgoing Bhalla had indeed established a model for allocation…

A HOME

July 24, 2019July 26, 2019 ICN WORLD

By: C.P. Singh, Literary Editor-ICN Group Four symmetric walls, beneath a roof-hood With less or more windows and doors. Made up of bricks, cement, clay or wood, Leaves, grass or even huts on bamboos four. A construction of any sort of design or finding, Made costly, middle, cheap in group or alone. May be called a building of it’s own binding, “As it is” can not be called a home on it’s own. Any construction with affection as blood affix, Erected on the plinth of brother- hood as bone. With use…

Let India Feel Indiology

July 24, 2019 ICN WORLD

By: Amresh Kumar Singh, Asstt.Editor-ICN History is not essential, but future is the need. Let us learn from the mistakes of our dead brain experts. Let us learn from the history creators. Let India breathe the technology, let Indians implement the ideas in India, make them feel the power of technology. ‘Indiology’ an alien word without its historical and cultural existence, isn’t it? Yes, it is. It is the beauty of technology, every time it mongrel with the appreciable tradition; its conglomerated outcome proved out to be fantabulous and unrivalled. History…

Advancement Of Technology And Human Void

July 24, 2019 ICN WORLD

By: Maryam Hedayat Around 52.4% of the global online population access internet from their mobile devices and more than half of the global population is estimated to go online using mobile devices by 2020. LIBYA: The world is just a ‘click’ away from us. Now everything and everyone is available at the touch of a button, Bored? Just a click and all your friends in front of you, shopping mood, click and the varieties and unlimited collection on your screen, want to play video games late night, click the button and vast collection…

History Of Goa From Ancient Times To 2019

July 24, 2019 ICN WORLD

By: Prajal Sakhardande, Bureau Chief-ICN Goa PANAJI: Goa’s history goes back to her pre–historic Palaeolithic existence of the earliest humans in the caves or the banks of the Mhadei (Mandovi), Kushawati, Zuari, Dudhsagar rivers tracing their footprints through the Pansaimoll, Uzgallimall laterite beds to the Sosogad, Molanguinim, Diwar, Varkhand, Uskai, Chicalim, Sanguem, Dharbandoda, Mashem and several other caves. Its Neolithic Gaunkaris that is the village communities were its next progressive step, cultivating and creation of the khazans by the Kunbis, Gawdas, Velips, the Kharwis or the fisherfolk and later the Dravidians, Aryans building…

A Thing Of Beauty Is A Joy Forever

July 24, 2019 ICN WORLD

By: Eram Fatima, Asstt. Editor-ICN Maybe John Keats really observed the beauty of nature like I saw because if I was in his place I would have said the same: A thing of beauty is a joy forever, indeed. NEW DELHI: Since childhood I had a yearning to visit to places which I haven’t before. I have a fetish for travelling. When finally the opportunity arose out of the blue, I decided to make it my one of the memorable experiences ever. I always had an illusion in my mind that…

‘Son-in-Law’ Of India Boris Johnson Is New British PM

July 24, 2019July 24, 2019 ICN WORLD

The former Mayor of London had reached out to the Indian diaspora in UK, describing himself as the ‘son-in-law of India’. LONDON: Johnson is set to become prime minister on Wednesday after winning an election to lead the governing Conservatives. After British Prime Minister Teresa May’s resignation, Boris was a prominent choice to lead the country. The 55-year-old Tory MP won with a huge margin after securing 92,153 votes compared to his rival candidate Jeremy Hunt, who got 46,656 votes.Boris described himself as the “son-in-law” of India and elaborated on his special…

THE INSPIRING TEARS

July 23, 2019 ICN WORLD

By: C.P. Singh, Literary Editor-ICN Group Nature has gifted us all physical necessities, Required to run our life well with full amenities. Body duly equipped for all, even eventualities, Abundance is felt for usables all around – vicinities. For every life- needed-activity, purpose & noble deed, Perfect array is embodied as if we are creators’ creed Situation faced, to be or even not to be faced, as bead, All are well provided, physically & mentally un- greed. Hands to work, legs to move, brain to think before, Blood well run, grief-…