Iraq-America Tension Or America Capturing Iraq Despite World’s Stiff Opposition   Politics almost as existing as war, and quite as dangerous. In war, you can be killed once, but in politics many times said the great statesman Sir Winston Churchill. This is absolutely true in respect of American stand on Iraq, West Asia and the so called war on terrorism. How truth is sacrificed at the altar of real politics and...

The Problem of Pollution in Our Cities Introduction-18th century heralded the advent of industrialization. Man exploited nature for his benefits, without any foresight as to what the implications of his actions would be. In an attempt to sustain the biotic (living) world, the abiotic (non-living) world was ignored. Industrialisation, though a sign of progress, led to the urbanization. The more man is developing materially the more he is ignoring the ill-effects...

Our Wild Life Heritage The good news about nature is that it is showing signs of repair and renewal in thousands of small and large protected areas across India. The bad news is that such successes are proving temporary as ambitious Indian place their own commercial self-interest above those of nation. Not so long ago, sparkling productive forest, rich soils and fish on coast lines were the order of the day....

Ozone Depletion: Danger for Atmosphere   The Sun emits radiation over a broad range of wavelengths to which human eye respond in the region from approximately 400nm. to 70 nm. The ranges can be divided into three categories : UVA (Ultra violet) : 320-400 nm). UVB (280-320 nm) partially absorbed by Ozone. UVC (200-280 nm) completely absorbed by Ozone. The maximum concentration (about 0.5 ppm) occurs between the altitude of 20...

Forests : Key to Human Survival Man has proved to be the worst enemy of not only mankind but of the animal and plant kingdom also. The entire history is a mute witness to what man can do to the ecosystem that supports him : He has been chopping off the very branch he has been cosily sitting on. Man made disasters like wars and ecological disasters have been as destructive...

Global Warming: The Rising Temperature of the Earth   The age old proverb everybody talks of weather but nobody does anything about it is not valid in this century. A world wide study shows that average temperature of the earth has raised by as much as 0.2°C every decade. The rise in temperature is due to global warming which has now become an imminent threat. Our earth today absorbs large quantity...

Environment-How to Sustain and Preserve it What went wrong over the last century ? You have to recognise the fact that over the last 4000 to 5000 years a variety of changes growing population, migration, industrialisation have had an impact on India’s civilisation. People, especially indigenous and tribals, were pushed from the plains to the hills and maintains which had an impact on the environment. But at the same time urban...

The Struggle for Swaraj Attainment of Independence The foundation of Indian National Movement was laid by Surendemath Banerjee with the formation of Indian Association at Calcutta in 1876. The aim of the Association was to represent the views of the educated middle class, inspire the Indian community to take a living interest in public affairs and teach the value of united action. Then Indian National Congress was founded in 1885 with...