India’s Space Programme India can be really proud of the elite band of India’s space scientists who refuse to give up hope whatever be the daunting challenges or setbacks they face. When their own experiments fail, it only spurs them on for trial after trial till they wrest victory from adversity. When countries like US refused to transfer technology or prevent even our friendly countries from transferring their technology to this...

Volcanoes and Earthquakes   Earthquake—The sudden trembling of earth caused by sudden slippage of rocks along the faults in the crust. The faults are fractures in the rock body along which there has been an observable amount of displacement. These faults sometimes reach the ground surface displacing the objects on the ground. The Earthquake wave which are produced due to sudden or abrupt deplacement or slippage of rocks travel outward in...

AIDS : The Ticking Time Bomb  Essay No. 01 The Acronym AIDS spell a holocaust eating the existence of the human beings in a big way. AIDS or Acquired Immuno Deficiency Syndrome is caused by a group of related retroviruses known as HIV (Human Immuno Deficiency Virus). According to the researchers of the University at Bermingham, the AIDS virus spread by the cross species transmission of virus from Chimpanzee to people...

Human Cloning Boon or Bane for Mankind   An American can company, Cloniad, associated with a controversial religious sect that believes extra terrestrials created mankind claimed on 27th December 2002, that it had produced the first clone of human being. The company announced it had created a healthy baby girl named “Eve” who was a clone of a 31 year old American mother. Cloniad has been racing Italian fertility doctor Severion...

I. T. Revolution in India Or The Advent of Information Technology Era in India  As we look to the next century, is there some lever which can help India to leapfrog into the next century and emerge as a developed prosperous nation ? the answer is yes, and the lever is information technology. The electronic media has ushered in a revolution of Information Technology (IT) revolution it has shrunk the world...

The Health Scene    Health–The world Health Organization (WHO) has defined health as a state of complete, physical mental and social well being and not merely as the absence of disease or infirmity. Health is influenced ,not only by the internal environment or the body parts but also by the external environment. The 1978 Alma Ata declaration aimed at achieving health for all by A. D. 2000. However despite constructive measures...

Our Universe The Universe consist of innumerable stars, galaxies, nebulae and other celestial bodies. Galaxy—A galaxy is a huge congregation of millions of stars held together by its own gravitational field. Based on structure they are classified into three types—Spiral galaxies, Elliptical Galaxies and Irregular galaxies. Spiral Galaxies There is a greater concentration of old stars in the centre, whereas younger stars are concentrated in the arms. Elliptical Galaxies Elliptical galaxies...

 Climate, Atmosphere and Monsoon   Atmosphere is the cover or envelope of air or different gases surrounding the globe. 99% of atmosphere is within the height of 32 km from earth’s surface. It is held to the earth’s surface by the force of gravity. Composition—The composition of atmosphere is described below : Component Gas    Volume in percentage      Nitrogen (N2) 78.08% Oxygen (02) 20.94% Argon (Ar) 0.93% Carbon dioxide (CO2)...