Learning can be divided into two major categories –arts and Science. While the arts deal with the beauty of filings around us, science is concerned with the utility of things. This is a broad definition of the two subjects and science seems to be the subject of the twenty first century. The whole world is gradually getting increasingly dependent on the fruits that science brings. Inventions like the generations of electricity, air travel, ship cars etc. an all the gifts of science. Had vehicles not been invented, we would still have been moving around in carts. Water can be purified by the knowledge of chemicals and we get clean water for drinking. This protects us from diseases. Science has made this life much more comfortable in all respects. We can cool our homes with coolers, fans .and air conditioners all of which are the outcome of a good deal of more...

Friendship is a special boon of God given to man. Youcan share all types of sorrows and joys with a friend there is absolutely no place for deceit or malice between friends. They can read each other like an open book with no secret pages. A person often wishes to speak out his heart to one whom he can trust. It is not that he cannot or should not trust any member of his family but the fact remainsthat what he can say to his friend he may hesitate to speak about to his parents or his brothers and sisters. to a friend, he presents an actual picture of things and talks without any inhibitions. One cam rally shares all sorts of worries and joys withone's friends. Good friends always give one the rightkind off guidance. They are sincere and they makeincredible sacrifices without any personal motive. Good friends always more...

Life without newspaper is difficult to imagine. It is thefirst thing that we look for every morning. It brings us News and views from all corners of the world. Any eventor occurrence of importance that takes place is reportedby the newspapers. The newspapers carry information for everyonebusinessman, politician, unemployed people, and players. And kids etc. It widens knowledge, keeps one abreast of all advances made in the fields of science, education medicine and technology. Newspapers are important pillar in a democracy. A free press not only makes people aware of the views and Policies of government, but also of their rights. It keeps the government informed of people's wishes, desires and aspirations. It is a direct channel through which public opinion can be expressed? Newspapers keep us in constant touch with news, developments, changes, advances and occurrences in each nook and corner of the world and at a very little more...

Price rise is a world phenomenon today and inflationis affecting every section (rich and poor) of society. Ourcountry is also facing this problem. The prices of almost all 'essential goods are going up, And prices once gone up never come down. This causes great hardship and difficulties for the people in the fixed income group or those belonging to low income group. Today there is no limit to the price rise. In the pre-independence days, a clerk got only Rs. 120 per month, but now he gets about six thousand. Pays 181 have gone higher, but the employees are not satisfied’ They have large families to maintain and it becomes difficult to feed so many mouths with the value of the Rupee falling constantly- There is dearth of cheap accommodation and man) people live in slums. The prices of clothes are also high and some people don't even have enough more...

It was a holiday. I was sitting in my room after finishing my home work. As my friends were away to hill stations, I was feeling very lonely. I watched the cars and other vehicles passing by and wished that even I was travelling or passing my time with my friends. While my mind was occupied with thoughts of holidaysI and having fun with my friends the door bell rang. I ran to answer it and who should I see but the postmanwith a parcel and a letter for me. I signed the paper and took the parcel. My hands were itching to open the packet and my curiosity knew no bounds. I ripped the parcel open and found a beautiful tape recorder in it. The parcel had arrived from the United States and the letter along with it was from my uncle who had sent me this wonderful gift. more...

I like many indoor games. They are a great help on rainydays and also on hot summer afternoons when schoolsare closed for holidays and my friends and I am leftwithout any new ways of passing the time. When I was younger I used to play snakes and ladderswhere one's luck was all that mattered. One had to move ones coin according to the number secured on the dice. Ludo was another game that I have always loved to play. However as I have grown up I have developed an interest in other games too. Monopoly is one of these. This is a game of business where luck and calculation are equally involved. Fake money is used to build hotels and houses and theone' who ends up with the maximum monetary gains wins the game. This game is great fun to play as it leads to a great deal of competition. more...

The price of gold continues to set new records with almost three times Increase in last few years. There are several factors at play which are leading to demand for gold rising, pushing up the price. Some of them are the weakness of the dollar, speculation, and inflation risk. Due to the weakening of the dollar, those who have invested in that currency are looking for other places to put their money where it will, they hope, gain. Value. Secondly, gold becomes attractive when money can he borrowed extremely cheap or when banks offer very low rates of interest on savings. Thirdly, gold is seen as a hedge against inflation. So.  Mounting worries about potential inflation entice more investors to the   Precious metal. Fourthly, gold tends to hold its value over the long term and is not anchored to the value of cash. So, people are drawn to it in more...

The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) is a permanent intergovernmental interactional organization which came into existence in lime 2001 in Shanghai (China). The Republic of Kazakhstan, the People’s Republic of China, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Russian federation, the Republic of Tajikistan and the Republic of Uzbekistan are its members. India, iran, Mongolia, and Pakistan enjoy Observer status with SCO. Its prototype is the Shanghai Five mechanism. The SCO member states occupy a territory of around 30 million 189 thousand square kilometers which makes up three fifths of the Eurasian continent, and have a population 1.5 billion, which makes up a quarter of the planet’s population, except for China, all SCO members including the Russian Federation were geographically crafted from the erstwhile soviet Union after the end of the Cold War during 1990-91. The main goals of the SCO arc strengthening mutual confidence and  Good-neighborly relations among the member countries; promoting Effective more...

Realizing that the eradication of illiteracy from a vast country like India beset by several social and economic hurdles is not an easy task the National Literacy Mission (NLM) was set up on 5th May 1988 to impart a new sense of urgency and seriousness to adult education. The  NLM              accepted the literacy campaigns as the dominant strategy for eradication of illiteracy after the success of the areas-specific, time-bound, voluntary-based campaign approach first in Kottayam city and then in  Ernakulum district in Kerala in 1990. Subsequently, all the districts in the country have been covered under Total Literacy Campaigns. The creditable performance of the NLM received international. recognition when it was awarded the UNESCO Noma Literacy  prize for  1999.The International Jury while selecting NLM for the  prize recognized its initiation of the Total Literacy Campaigns (TLCs) and  also its efforts in galvanizing activities towards integration, conservation  of  the environment, more...

The problem in India is that land features change every few kilometres and, therefore, there can be no uniform or standing national water policy which can be put intopractice properly unless it takes into account theelaborate terrestrial conditions of the terrain in itsdiversity which is too large and whopping. Then we have local variation depending on soil, cropssown and the mode of irrigation. The result is that Whereas there may be an acute paucity of water in onearea another one, not quite far away, may be suffering from the acute problem of water logging. In certain states, as during the Green Revolution inPunjab, the underground water has been tapped to Criminal excess, thus lowering the level to an alarming extent. This local variation can be gauged from the situationprevailing in Punjab and Haryana. In Punjab, whereas in several areas there is scarcity of water, in the districts of Ferozepur and more...