India: Land of Monuments, Pilgrimages & Buildings   Agra Fort—Agra was the capital of the Great Mughals. The Agra Fort lies on a bank of the river Yamuna. The fortress was built by the Great Mughal Emperor Akbar in 1566. Char Minar —It was built in 1591 which dominates Hyderabad sky line even today. Golden Temple—Located in Amritsar in the Punjab, the Golden Temple serves as the most important place of...

Pota : Prevention of Terrorism Act The Indian Parliament met in a joint session on March 26, 2002, only the third time in the history of independent India, to pass the controversial Pota (Prevention Of Terrorism Ordinance) aimed at tackling the growing menace of terrorism in the country. The move for convening a joint session of both houses of parliament was meant to propel the ordinance into the statue books since...

Stem Cell Stern Cells are versatile cells that have the ability to grow into any kind of tissue, skull, head, liver and any other organ. These cells can be procured from adult patient’s own body (from his bone marrow, blood etc.) from embryos or from umbilical cord blood. They can be introduced into human body by directly injecting them intravenously. These stem cells work by repairing the damaged part of the...

Craniopagi : Conjoined Twins   There appears to be no limit to what modern medicine can do or at least what it promises to do many times. We have been reminded of how science can stretch the boundaries of possibilities. In Delhi the family of con-joined twins learnt that there may be hope for their daughters as a team of world famous neurosurgeons decided to attempt the most complicated surgical procedure...

Earthquake (October 8, 2005)   An Earthquake measuring at least 7.6 on richtar scale caused massive devastation on October 8, 2005 Saturday across Pakistan, India and Afghanistan killing at least 50,000 people. Epicentre of Quake—The quake struck directly on the dividing line between Jammu and Kashmir and Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (POK) triggering landslides which wiped several villages. Intensity of Quake—The US Geological Survey and Pakistan Meteorological Department said that the quake...

Bird Flu Danger   After Sars the world is once again rocked by another pandemic avian havoc. This time it was bird flu. This disease is caused by H5NI influenza virus. Affected areas with this virus were South and South East Asia. Extermination of infected birds were ordered in South Korea, Vietnam, Japan, Taiwan, China and Pakistan. Avian flu will mutate and become transmissible by human and the world has no...

Titan Cassini Huygens Missions   Nearly 39 years after NASA’s surveyor 1 spacecraft successfully landed on the moon an unmanned space probe of the European Space Agency Huygens made an attempt to land on Titan–another moon of Saturn on January 14, 2005. An analysis of Titan’s characteristics will help throw further light on Earth’s early history. Basically. the mission will provide scientists a glimpse into chemistry which took place on earth...