Category: STATES

Mahatma Gandhi And His Links With Sports

ICN WORLD

By: Dr. Arif Mohammad, Associate Editor-ICN Sports NEW DELHI: It is widely believed that Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi had no links with sports. In the pages of history there is rarely any reference of that the Mahatma Gandhi playing or endorsing a sport much. Though this not makes or tagged him as anti-sports person. It might be due to the fact that during his period people were more concerned about the freedom and their rights. And the thrust of Mahatma Gandhi was to free the nation through his political and socio-economic movement. Sports…

Read More

Pneumonia: Prevention Is Better Than Cure

ICN WORLD

By: Dr. Samayug Bhowmik, Bureau Chief-ICN West Bengal KOLKATA: Now many of us are experiencing cough and cold with or without fever which is often ignored. Gradually when it progresses to develop more intense complication, the victim lands up  in a doctor’s chamber. But owing to this delay, the disease affects the lungs and often manifests into Pneumonia. Pneumonia is an infection of the lungs that may cause severe illness in people of all ages. It is a life threatening condition and a leading cause for death worldwide. Our body is usually…

Read More

Health Benefits Of Flax Seed Or Linseed

ICN WORLD

By: Prof. R K Yadav, Dean, College of Agriculture, Lakhimpur Kheri Campus C.S. Azad Univ. of Agril. & Tech. Kanpur & Executive Editor-ICN Group KANPUR: Linseed or flax seed was cultivated Babylon as early as 3000 BC. In the 8th century, King Charlemagne believed so strongly in the health benefits of flaxseed that the passed laws requiring his subjects to consume it. In general, there exist two common cultivars of flax; one is predominantly grown for its oil seeds and the other variety for fiber. Seed flax generally features brown, and yellow or golden-yellow colour…

Read More

Marks Can Make Or Mar A Career

ICN WORLD

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…

Read More

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

ICN WORLD

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…

Read More

Invasive Weeds Undermining Farm Productivity, Biodiversity

ICN WORLD

By: Rakesh Lohumi, Sr. Editor-ICN Group SHIMLA: The Himalayas are a treasure house of medicinal and aromatic plants.With no effective strategy to thwart the march of invasive alien species, which pose a major threat to the indigenous flora, more and more area is being usurped by weeds like lantana, ageratum, parthenium (Congress grass) and eupatorium. The appearance of large gregarious patches of these weeds from the Himalayan foothills in the north to the Tamil Nadu in the south is a matter of grave concern as they pose a serious threat to the…

Read More

Spanish flu 1918: When The Millions Of People Were Died In The World

ICN WORLD

By: Mohammad Salim Khan, Sr. Sub Editor-ICN Group SAHASWAN/BUDAUN: At this time not only India but most of the countries of the world are coping with the heroic epidemic called Corona with great valor.  As soon as Corona’s name comes, a common man gets scared in front of him.This terrible disease has not only brought the country but also the economic system of most of the countries on the ground. Due to this epidemic there is another loss of lives and on the other hand, there is also a livelihood crisis…

Read More

AFRICA: An Example Of Wounded Culture And Economy

ICN WORLD

By: Subhashini, Asstt. Editor-ICN NEW DELHI: It is known that the development of language as a medium of expression is the key factor of communication and is also responsible for the growth of a culture as well as education. History itself is the witness in case of Africa, where language originated initially. It is accepted in almost every part of the world that the language of Egypt influenced the Greek and Latin languages; even though these two languages are Indo-European. On a broader scale, the roots of most of the European languages…

Read More

The Humane Side Of Lockdown

ICN WORLD

By: Klinsa Kurien, Bureau Chief-ICN Kerala Since the Indian Imperialist regime ended 73 years back, many an Indian has felt liberated in both body and spirit. The Freedom to do things freely, to possess a liberalistic attitude and most importantly to break the chains of narrow mindedness is inculcated in people’s minds.  Currently we are in a new political situation which was not experienced before. The Lockdown has brought our lives to a screeching halt. Though it was mainly done for achieving an infection- free society sans virus, homo sapiens…

Read More

Biofortification-To Overcome Malnutrition

ICN WORLD

By: Dr. Shweta, Deptt. of Genetics & Plant Breeding C.S. Azad Univ. of Agril. & Tech. Kanpur & Sr. Associate Editor-ICN 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 three…

Read More