Altaf A Shaikh's Page

How often do you wake up to the news of a road accident that killed a few people in some part of the country? Almost every day, right? Then you quickly browse through the other news and life goes on. Every year, over 80,000 people die on Indian roads; every five road accidents leave one dead. Yet, it's just a statistic, which hardly changes our apathy towards…

Sunita Williams is an American lady of Indian origin. She is the second woman of Indian heritage to have been selected by NASA for a space mission after Kalpana Chawla and the second astronaut of Slovenian heritage after Ronald M. Sega. She holds three records…

Yearly Period of Indian Science Congress has appeared as a major nationwide event. The centenary session planned for 3rd – 7th Jan, 2013 benefits traditional significance in more than one way. Whereas the themes for all the conferences up the period of 2003 since the first session in 1914 could be arranged under ‘Shaping of the Indian Science’, the concept chosen for this session is “Science for…

Protection and conservation of wildlife is essential to maintain the earth’s health and environment. The earth is the only known living planet and it is because of its special environment and ecology which are life-supporting. Forests are part and parcel of our environment. They are one of the most valuable resources and gifts of nature. They play a key role in the maintenance climate,…