Forest and Water as Renewable Resources    Resources available on the Earth can be divided’ into renewable and non-renewable resources. Renewable resources are also known as natural or non-depletere sources. On the other hand, non-renewable resources are also known as artificial or deplete resources. Renewable resources are replaced naturally. These resources can be used without the risk of finishing or exhausting. Wind, solar power, wave power, forests, vegetation, wild life, pastures...

Greenhouse Effect In 1827, J. Fourier first used the term `Greenhouse Effect’. It is also called global warming, atmospheric effect or Carbon dioxide problem. Greenhouse effect is a problem of the gradual rise in temperature of the Earth’s atmosphere. It is caused due to increase in harmful gases in the air surrounding the Earth, which traps the heat of the sun. Greenhouse effect is the slow warming of the air because...

Causes and Effects of Deforestation   Forests are important treasure of a country. They are valuable source of different kinds of commodities like wood, fuel, fodder, timber and herbal drugs. Forests also provide several raw materials useful for various industries. They provide shelter to different animals and birds. Forests help in maintaining the environmental balance. As the uses of forests are increasing, even the threat to their existence is increasing day-by-day....

Environmental Hazards on Human Health   Factors such as pollution, higher levels of noise, contaminated food, water and air are responsible for creating hazardous effects on human health. If the air, we breathe is polluted and the food or water we consume contains microorganisms than we are likely to suffer from diseases. This can even reduce the life span among people. For most people all over the world the greatest environmental...

What is Wrong With Indian Cricket?   Ever since Australia and England started playing Test Cricket, cricket has travelled a long way. Since then a number of changes have also taken place in the structure as well as in the format of the game. The game of cricket took its birth in India when this country was under the British rule and thus, like English language, cricket too can be rightly...

Banning Smoking in Railways in India   “Cigarette smoking is injurious to health”—every packet of cigarettes carries this warning. Scientists have proved that smoking a cigarette shortens the smoker’s life by 51/2 minutes. Yet very few are able to kick up this habit, which has lately come in for widespread criticism and legislation not only in India but in most of the western world as well. Like cannabis, hooch, opium and...

How Much Money Does A Man Need?   In his famous short story, ‘How much land does a man need ?” Leo Tolstoy describes man’s greed for land. In the end, however, a man requires just six feet of ground for his grave. Similarly, in today’s materialistic world of cut-throat competition, we run after money and, in this mad pursuit, we trample underfoot all our values. Man today has not been...

To Be Prepared For War is one of The Most Effective Means of Preserving Peace   War to root out war is the cry of the pacifists today. It is undoubtedly paradoxical to say that peace can be established by war. But there are people of utmost importance in the world who believe in this. General McArthur was one of those modern heroes who felt inspired to wage war to root...