SCIENCE AND SOCIETY

                                             SOLAR ECLIPSE DEMONSTRATION KIT   Nikunja Bihari Sahu   A Solar Eclipse is a rare celestial spectacle of nature when the Sun vanishes from our sky, completely or partially, for some time from our view. It occurs when the three celestial bodies, the Sun, the Moon and the Earth comes in a straight line. In that case, the Moon blocks the Sun from our view and the shadow of the Moon falls on the Earth. People living in this shadow region on the Earth are able to see the Solar eclipse.  There are mainly three types of Solar Eclipses: Total, Partial and Annular. Although the actual size of the Sun is much larger compared to the size of the Moon, due to the former’s vast distance from the Earth, the apparent size ...

ALARM BELLS FOR A GRIM CLIMATE                                                                                                                Nikunja Bihari Sahu        The summer this year has been exceptionally hard and harsh with temperatures soaring to 50 degrees Celsius  in most parts of north-western India including the capital city of Delhi breaking all previous temperature records. The weather station in Delhi...