Marks Can Make Or Mar A Career

By: Klinsa Kurien, Bureau Chief-ICN Kerala Marks play a crucial role in the lives of students at every level be it in the primary, elementary, advanced, intermediate or collegiate levels and research. It determines the level of competency in a student and further on in job scenarios ratings are accorded for performance driven roles.It polishes and fine tunes their existing skill sets and gives sufficient improvement for further growth prospects. A good student always aims for higher and better marks no matter what the evaluation patterns are. It reminds me…

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COMPANY AND ALONE

By: C.P. Singh, Editor-ICN Group  Being the social creature of  highest order, We live in & create a cultured gander. Man – being tends to be , their similar folder, But they ever differ in, so many molders. They live variously, per their situation & places, They dress and get-up variously per their races. They interrelate & behave variously per their cases, They read & deal variously, per their & others’ faces. Climate & nature make them different but less, Seasons & reasons make them tolerant but less. Calamities & threats…

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A HOME

By: C.P. Singh, 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 of…

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Mouth Breathing: An Often Neglected Condition With Long Term Health Consequences

By: Dr. Amay Tripathi, Associate Editor-ICN Group LUCKNOW: Breathing provides our body the most important fuel of life- oxygen. It also allows us to release carbon dioxide and waste. Proper breathing ensures good health and vitality. Some people have the habit of breathing from mouth. But mouth breathing is not just another habit as it can lead to a variety of diseases and disorders. We have two air passageways to our lungs — the nose and the mouth. Healthy people use both their nose and their mouth to breathe. Breathing through the…

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Food Security: Irradiation Technology Essential To Minimise Post Harvest Losses

By: Rakesh Lohumi, Sr. Editor-ICN Group SHIMLA: Extensive use of irradiation technology to minimise post-harvest crop losses is imperative to ensure food security in a developing country like India with meagre land resources and a burgeoning population. Increasing production alone will not help given the unacceptably high levels of post-harvest losses which wipe out more than one-third of the total food and foodgrain production. While exact data for post-harvest crop losses is not available various independent studies and government reports estimate the losses from 35 to 55 percent. Globally the magnitude of…

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“Lock-Down-And-After?“

By: C.P. Singh, Editor-ICN Group  PART: SEVEN May anyone know  it or not , be  he directly concerned to  it  or not , but he  or  she is ever  concerned about the aftereffects of this “ Lock  – Down “ .No  one  can perfectly speculate the position going to be there , even  then eagerness persists . The mind starts thinking about it all the  way . Every individual is  sure  that there might  be more or  less changes but they will be . Thinking as  a whole is  of the  opinion…

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Penstock Of UHL Power Project In Himachal Pradesh Bursts Damaging The Rs 1641 crore Power Project

By: Vijay Kumar Verma, Group Editor-ICN WORLD SHIMLA: Barely a few hours after commencement of trial runs, penstock of the 100 MW Uhl -3Hydro Power Project, executed by Beas Valley Corporation, a subsidiary of Himachal Pradesh state Electricity Board, burst open badly damaging power house of the project early in the morning today. The Uhl stage -3 Hydro power project had been completed 17 years after commencement of construction in 2003 at a cost of Rs 1641 crores against the estimated cost of Rs 431 crore and a completion schedule…

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