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Origin source is under threat. by Dr. Nitish Priyadarshi Fig.1 In year 2009 the origin source was emitting full of water. Fig.2. In year 2011 source is completely dried. Fig.3. In year 2009 area near the source well was filled with water and vegetation. Fig.4. In year 2011, only small rivulet is left. Green vegetation has vanished. Few days ago I with my three friends decided to visit the origin place of the famous Subarnarekha (Swarnrekha) River of Jharkhand State in India. This was my third visit. My friends were more curious to see how Subarnarekha originates from the place. This place is 30 kms form the Ranchi city, the capital of Jharkhand State. My friends were imagining that area must be full of greeneries and water. As we were approaching the area our excitement was mounting up. Our car stopped few hundred meters before the spot. We came out of the car and looked around in the clean atmosphere. But what we saw was only dry soils and rocks with very less surface water which ...

Today evening suddenly temperature droped down in Ranchi city due to dust storm. Sky was filled with dust. Moon looked yellow instead of blue.

The relationship between elevated sodium intake and hypertension has been subject of scientific controversy. by Dr. Nitish Priyadarshi Sodium salts are found in virtually all food (the main source of daily exposures) and drinking water. Sodium levels in the latter are typically less than 20mg/l (milligram per litre) but can markedly exceed this in some countries. In some parts of Jharkhand state of India the concentration of sodium is more than 100 parts per million. Sodium ion is soluble in water, and is thus present in great quantities in the Earth's oceans and other stagnant bodies of water. In these bodies it is mostly counterbalanced by the chloride ion, causing evaporated ocean water solids to consist mostly of sodium chloride, or common table salt. Sodium ion is also a component of many minerals. Although it is generally agreed that sodium is essential to human life, there is no agreement on the minimum daily requirement. However, it has been estimated that a total daily int...

People may be forced from their homes in numbers never seen before. by Dr. Nitish Priyadarshi Change is the only constant in the history of the earth. Since its creation around four billion years ago, our home planet has constantly been subjected to changes brought about by the interplay of internal of forces and external influences. The enormous lithospheric plates are continually shifting, reshaping the continents. Volcanic eruptions and earthquakes are the visible results of this process. Seen from the perspective of the history of the earth, our planet, as we know it today, is merely a snapshot in time. Everything is in a state of flux. Everything- including the climate- is locked in a continuous process of change, giving rise to favourable and unfavourable conditions to which all life on earth-human, plant and animal- must constantly adopt. After more than 170 million years of being dominated by the dinosaurs, the continental ecosystems saw the triumphant advance of mammals. It is...

माया सभ्यता भी मनाती थी मकर संक्रांति द्वारा डॉ. नितीश प्रियदर्शी पूरा उत्तर भारत ठण्ड की चपेट में है I वैज्ञानिकों का मानना है की इस ठण्ड से निजात १४ जनवरी यानि मकर संक्रांति के बाद से ही मिल पायेगा I आखिर ऐसा क्यों? ऐसा माना जाता है की सूर्य १४ जनवरी से मकर राशी में प्रवेश करता है, यानि वह उत्तर की तरफ बढ़ेगा जिससे धीरे धीरे सूर्य की रौशनी पृथ्वी के उत्तरी गोलार्ध पर सीधी पडने लगेगी I इसकी वजह से उत्तरी गोलार्ध में गर्मी का मौसम शुरू हो जायेगा तथा ठण्ड धीरे धीरे कम होने लगेगी I पृथ्वी की कक्षा लगभग २३.५ अंश उत्तर-दक्षिण में झुकी हुई है I इसे क्रांति कहते हैं I पृथ्वी जब अपनी कक्षा पर उत्तर की ओर खिसकने लागतो है तो सूर्य दक्षिण की तरफ खिसकता नजर आता है I इसके विपरीत पृथ्वी जब दक्षिण की ओर खिसकती है तो सूर्य उत्तर की ओर खिसकता नजर आता है I यह सूर्य की उत्तरायण और दक्षिणायन स्तिथि के अनुसार माना जाता है I इसका अर्थ यह हुआ की जब सूर्य उत्तर की ओर चलता है तो उत्तरायण, तथा जब दक्षिण की ओर चलता है तो दक्षिणायन माना जाता है I २१ मार्च को सूर्य विषुवत रेखा के ऊपर रहता है और इस तिथि को दिन- रा...

Deep well emits gas in Bhagalpur. by Dr. Nitish Priyadarshi A borewell that started giving out inflammable gas on Christmas Eve has now become a community chullah (earthy stove) at Darpur village in Bhagalpur district in Bihar state of India. Villagers from surrounding areas have made a mud chullah over the mouth of the borewell to cook food and warm themselves up in chilly weather. Such incidents were reported earlier too from various parts of North India including that of Jharkhand state, where catching fire in water of deep wells especially in coal fields area were seen. The areas were so called emission of inflammable gas is taking place lies in Ganga Basin. Several drilling works has been carried out to explore the possibilities of Hydro carbons in Ganga Basin by different Government organizations of India. According to the reports, the hydrocarbon potential Ganga Basin is till in the stage of preemptive prognostication despite drilling 12 wells. Vast area to be covered with seism...

In spite of several announcements and promising by the different Governments Ganga still remains polluted. by Dr. Nitish Priyadarshi National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA) presented a time frame of another 10 years to the Supreme Court of India, promising to clean up Ganges by 2020. Much polluted water has flown under the bridge since the Central Ganga Authority (CGA)was formed in 1985 under the Prime minister Rajiv Gandhi, promulgating the Ganga Action Plan (GAP). At the 1981 session of Indian Science Congress at Varanasi, scientists expressed concern at the growing pollution in the river Ganga in presence of the then Prime Minister Mrs. Indira Gandhi who inaugurated the session. At her instance, Dr. M.S. Swaminathan, the then member, Planning Commission asked the Central Board for Preventation and Control of Water Pollution, New Delhi to conduct studies on the state of the river Ganga. In collaboration with the State Pollution Control Boards of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Bengal a...