Month: August 2019

How Nipah Infection Spreads From Person to Person

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By: Dr. Abhishek Kumar Pandey, Asstt. Editor-ICN LUCKNOW: Nipah virus infection is an emerging disease that can be transmitted from animals to humans, causing respiratory illness and encephalitis in humans. Majority of these infections originate from wildlife.  Bats are the natural host of many potential zoonotic diseases, including Ebola, severe cute respiratory syndrome [SARS] and Middle East respiratory syndrome [MERS], as well as of pathogens like coronavirus and Hendra virus, besides the recently identified Influenza A and NIPAH virus.   NIPAH virus was first detected in Sungai Nipah, a place in Malaysia…

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Himachal To Be Focus State At India International Hospitality Exposition

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By: Vijay Kumar Verma, Editor-ICN Group Himachal Pradesh to be the focus state in India International Hospitality Expo at India Expo Centre, Greater Noida HPTDC Chef Nand Lal to curate Himachali Food SHIMLA: India Expo Centre & Mart is hosting the second edition of India International Hospitality Exposition at its Centre in Greater Noida from 7th to 10th August 2019. Rakesh Kumar, Chairman of the Center informed that about 650 exhibitors are likely to participate in the four days event. Industry experts from India and abroad including top chefs and industry associations like India Food…

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Biofortification-To Overcome Malnutrition

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By: Dr. Shweta, Deptt. of Genetics & Plant Breeding C.S. Azad Univ. of Agril. & Tech. Kanpur & Sr. Associate Editor-ICN KANPUR: Biofortification is the process by which the nutritional quality of food crops is improved for a feasible and cost-effective means of delivering micronutrients to populations that may have limited access to diverse diets and other micronutrient interventions.This is agriculture-based method of addressing micronutrient deficiency through plant breeding works.All over the world people in farm households in developing countries are now growing and co mmmnsuming biofortified crops.  Micronutrient deficiencies afflict quite 2 billion people, or one in…

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National Bone & Joint Day To Be Observed On August 4

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LUCKNOW: The U.P. Orthopaedic Association announced the start of weeklong activities from August 1 to 7 on the occasion of National Bone and Joint Day to be observed on August 4. The association will be conducting various programmes pertaining for bone health. The members of Indian Orthopaedic Association and U.P. Orthopaedic Association in various hospitals across the country will be conducting bone health programmes along with free surgeries for the needy during this week. Free bone mineral density test, health education programmes for general public and students along with rallies…

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HALDWANI ONLINE 2011…MISSION BLOODLINE !!

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By: Amit Pandey, Asstt. Editor-ICN HALDWANI: The only private blood bank at Haldwani, Uttarakhand went dry on the 22nd of November, 2018 and the demand for the most common blood group B+ was 5 units needed for different patients in a super urgency.As the message reached, it helped in establishing the largest Facebook group of Uttarakhand namely, HALDWANI ONLINE 2011.The founder, Amit Kholia, who is also the ICN Editor, Uttarakhand rushed to the blood bank and took control of the whole situation by calling his friends and acquaintances and inspired them to…

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The United Nations Headquarters: New York Diaries Part- 2

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By: Barnali Bose, Editor-ICN Group On A Tour Of The United Nations Headquarters In New York City A visit to  the United Nations headquarters! My heart skipped a  beat. United Nations had  till then been a chapter to be read  in textbooks, see news feed on Facebook and read tweets of. This was not even in the  bucket list of mine, for the thought of visiting the UN had  never occurred to me. In fact, I wasn’t even aware that it was permissible to do so. Suddenly, the unexpected becoming possible …

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Thai Human Rights Activist Angkhana Neelaphaijit Receives Ramon Magsaysay Award 2019

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BANGKOK: Angkhana Neelapaijit, who resigned as human rights commissioner two days ago, has been awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award. Angkhana Neelaphaijit is a Thai human rights activist and the wife of disappeared human rights lawyer Somchai Neelaphaijit.Amnesty International described her as “a leading human rights defender in Southern Thailand”. Angkhana Neelapaijit has been bravely working on this case, fighting for justice for her husband and all other victims of human rights violations in Southern Thailand and beyond. The EU should continue to assist the Thai state to bring human rights cases to justice and show that…

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Ko Swe Win, Editor-in-Chief Of ‘Myanmar Now’ Wins Ramon Magsaysay Award 2019

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MANILA: Two journalists are also this year’s awardees of Ramon Magsaysay;Ko Swe Win, editor-in-chief of Myanmar Now, and Ravish Kumar,  Sr. executive editor of the NDTV. Ko Swe Win is the editor-in-chief of Myanmar Now, an independent online news site focused on long-form investigative pieces in both Burmese and English. Myanmar Now is an independent online news site focused on long-form investigative pieces in both Burmese and English.The 2019 Ramon Magsaysay Awards will be held at the Cultural Center of the Philippines on September 9. Swe Win has criticized powerful, ultranationalist Buddhist monk Ashin Wirathu, who has…

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Indian Journalist Ravish Kumar Wins ‘Asia’s Nobel’ Ramon Magsaysay Award 2019

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Indian journalist Ravish Kumar has been awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award 2019 “for harnessing journalism to give voice to the voiceless”. NEW DELHI: NDTV  journalist Ravish Kumar has won the prestigious Ramon Magsaysay Award 2019. Popularly known as ‘Asia’s Nobel Prize’, it is among the highest honours in the region.He is among five individuals who were declared winners of the award. Kumar interacts easily with the poor, travels extensively, and uses social media to stay in touch with the audience, generating from them the stories for the programme. NDTV anchor Ravish…

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Where Is The News On TV News Channels?

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By: Vijay Kumar Verma, Editor-ICN Group “Saas bahu aur sazish” “Saas bahu aur Betiyan”  “Saas bahu aur Suspense”. “Saas bahu aur family Guru” SHIMLA: These are some of the mid day servings on some famous National  news channels. News of the women specific soap opera. Mid day is considered as siesta time for housewives. With spicy taste on who stole whoes beau or who played pranks etc. Menfolk are not supposed to be at home to watch and criticize the offerings. Truly so, it is not there time to be at…

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