On Eid al-Adha, Muslims sacrifice an animal that is dear to them to prove their devotion and love for Allah.This year, the auspicious day would commence in India on August 1, and continue until the evening of August 3. Eid al-Adha or Bakrid is being celebrated all around the world on 31st July, according to the announcement by Saudi Arabia. However, according to the Shahi Imam of Delhi’s Jama Masjid, the festival is celebrated in India on August 1 this year. Eid ul-Zuha or Eid al-Adha, which translates to the…
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Hepatitis C: A Silent Epidemic
By: Dr. Abhishek Kumar Pandey, Asstt. Editor-ICN Hepatitis C has been called a silent epidemic because most people with Hepatitis C do not know they are infected. Hepatitis is a general term used to describe inflammation of the liver. It is characterized by the presence of inflammatory cells in the liver tissue. Hepatitis can be caused due to various factors such as excessive alcohol consumption, autoimmune diseases, accumulation of fat in the liver causing fatty liver disease and microorganisms, including viruses. There are 5 different types of viruses that cause Hepatitis-…
Read MoreSwami Vivekanand,”The legend of India”
By: Mohd. Salim Khan, Associate Editor-ICN Many great souls have been born from time to time in this world who devoted their entire lives for the sake of humanity and for the welfare of global community.If in this world there is the greatest & exquisite job, then it is none exept the service of mankind. Feeding the food to hungry, providing clothes to naked & to show the right path to misguided and misleaded person are the greatest and exquisite jobs of the entire world. Almighty GOD has been sent…
Read MoreReporting Politics: Of Being Envious and Not to Be
By: Prof. Pradeep Mathur NEW DELHI: I must confess that at times I get a little envious of the present generation of journalists, many of whom are my own students. The reason is not the fat salaries they get or the positions they hold. We also did quite well in our days. The reason is that while we had to slog together facts and background to do our stories the present-day journalists get all the information at the click of a button. They do not have to go to libraries, dig…
Read MoreLock-Down And After
By: C.P. Singh, Editor-ICN Group PART-26 “ To the entire mankind on the Earth” “ A Humble Submission” Suddenly an unknown virus attacks almost entire mankind on the Earth and people remained astonished as no enemy was visible or readable but people were infected , troubled and even sustaining maximum loss also. Being first of it’s kind , it troubled everyone on all possible parameters like loss of time, loss of work, loss in productions, loss of health and even life. Money and finances did suffer a lot . The entire…
Read MoreRemembering The Emperor Of Novels Munshi Premchand On His 140th Birth Anniversary
India is today celebrating the 140th birth anniversary of the famous Hindi writer Munshi Premchand. He began writing under the pen name “Nawab Rai” but switched to Premchand. Premchand’s stories imparted wisdom.They made the readers ponder over the moralities, truth and realities of the world we live in.His works include more than a dozen novels, around 250 short stories, several essays and translations of a number of foreign literary works into Hindi. Initially known as Dhanpat Rai Shrivastava, Premchand was born on 31 July 1880 in Lamhi, a village located near Varanasi,…
Read MoreBiodegradable Plastics: Finding The Market
By: Prof. Jaswant Singh, Member-Indian Scientific Expedition to Antarctica & Arctic, Director-Institute of Earth Sciences & Editor-ICN Group Biodegradable plastics also have versatile applications such as plastic grocery bags, disposable containers, personal care products, agricultural plastics, medical devices etc. Plastics have become a very important and essential commodity in the life of modern man because of its durability, strength, flexibility, light weight and low cost of production. Plastic in the environment has been regarded as more of an aesthetic nuisance since the material is biologically inert and nonbiodegradable. More than 90%…
Read MoreWORLD OF SHOW
By: C. P. Singh, Editor-ICN Group Exposure of aspects and being, is our life’s ride, Be it physical, ethical, natural or even- wide. We are ever planked in a game of show & hide, Since inception to the end of our living- stride. Better placed are they having good vehicles, Seen comfortable as having better articles. Better is their livelihood, they cherish un fickle, Well beings of others seem enviable in nickel. Some start running for loans to have all this, To remain parallel with the circle &…
Read MoreVitamin-D and COVID-19: Do Deficient Risk A Poorer Outcome??
Dr.Abhishek Pandey, Astt.Editor-ICN Despite difficulties in comparing data across nations, mortality from COVID-19 is clearly higher in some countries than in others. Many factors could have a role in this disparity, including differences in proportion of elderly people in a population, general health, accessibility and quality of healthcare, and socioeconomic status. One mostly overlooked factor that could influence outcome of COVID-19 is the relative vitamin D status of populations. Because people are advised to stay at home as much as possible, the government health agencies of Great Britain have recommended…
Read MoreLock-Down And After
By: C.P. Singh, Editor-ICN Group PART-25 Is Our Economy In Tatters ? In case of a calamity or in case of any war , the country which is in subject faces so many problems. The loss of money, loss of people and loss of production. All these parameters adversely affect any country. During present closure, the production of every sector has been negligible, expenses from the Government exchequer has been enormous. Sometimes it seems that money is flowing to save our people as if water low in the rainy rivers. Moreover…
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