http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/9676 Search the Channel search http://nopr.niscair.res.in/simple-search http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/9707 Title: Book Review-A Scientific Giant <br/> <br/>Authors: Mahanti, Subodh <br/> <br/>Abstract: There are few people who with their creativity, hard work,perfection, progressive thinking, patriotism, and scientifictemperament have not only created a niche for themselves butalso placed their country firmly on the international map. Dr. ShantiSwarup Bhatnagar was one such pioneer and a towering personalitywho pushed for Indian science. <br/> <br/>Page(s): 52 http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/9706 Title: Natural Hazards-Muddy Mess <br/> <br/>Abstract: Mud is a much-loved part of life. Children love playing in the mud. Games, such as football and rugby, can sometimes get quite muddy.Rare is the child who has not been welcomed home with,“Wipe your muddy shoes.”And the poet e.e. cummings did write, “…The world is mud-luscious…” <br/> <br/>Page(s): 56-57 http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/9705 Title: Puzzle Corner <br/> <br/>Abstract: A number grid is given below in which a part of it, is missing. Numbers are filled in the grid in such a way that sum of each row and each column is same. You are to find out missing part of the grid from 4 given options.<p><a href='http://nopr.niscair.res.in/bitstream/123456789/9705/1/SR%2047%286%29%20%28Puzzle%20Corner%29.pdf' target='_blank'>Read more...</a> <br/> <br/>Page(s): 50-51 http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/9703 Title: Living Fossils- Cycads:Untouched by time <br/> <br/>Abstract: The cycads are a group of very primitive plants that are very similar in appearance to palms although they are not related to it.Like Cockroaches, cycads too are called“living fossils,” because they have persisted almost unchanged down the ages. As agroup, cycads reached their evolutionary pinnacle about 200 million years ago and,since then, their population has been on a downswing. <br/> <br/>Page(s): 55