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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...
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September 13, 2018 evirtualguru_ajaygourEnglish (Sr. Secondary), LanguagesNo Comment
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...
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September 13, 2018 evirtualguru_ajaygourEnglish (Sr. Secondary), LanguagesNo Comment
Sethusamudram Canal Project The Setusamundaram Ship Canal Project (SSCP) which envisages dredging a shipping canal that will connect the Gulf of Mannar with Bay of Bengal through the Palk Bay thereby providing a continuous navigable routes between the east and west coasts of India within its own territorial water is an ambitious project of Indian government. But environmentalists oppose this project. They say the project can cause harm to environment in...
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September 13, 2018 evirtualguru_ajaygourEnglish (Sr. Secondary), LanguagesNo Comment
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...
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September 13, 2018 evirtualguru_ajaygourEnglish (Sr. Secondary), LanguagesNo Comment
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...
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September 13, 2018 evirtualguru_ajaygourEnglish (Sr. Secondary), LanguagesNo Comment
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...
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September 13, 2018 evirtualguru_ajaygourEnglish (Sr. Secondary), LanguagesNo Comment
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...
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September 13, 2018 evirtualguru_ajaygourEnglish (Sr. Secondary), Languages1 Comment
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...
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September 13, 2018 evirtualguru_ajaygourEnglish (Sr. Secondary), LanguagesNo Comment
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