Prafulla Kumar Jena

Persons who attend the age of 60 years and above are called senior citizens. The number of senior citizens all over the world is increasing with increase in longevity.  The number of senior…

Production of steel is the biggest metallurgical industry in the world. Steel in different forms is meeting the fast-growing needs of human beings in various sectors. The major raw…

India is considered to be a water-stressed country. The situation is getting worse. The annual per capita availability of water in India was 6008 cubic metres when the country achieved…

India has modest reserves of iron ore, bauxite and coal, but very little deposits of other non-ferrous metals. Considering the increasing need in the country for iron, aluminium and other…

Mineral resources are most vital for industrial, and hence socio-economic development of the country. These are the principal raw material for most of the heavy and essential industries like…

The advent of pollution on this earth can be traced back to the industrial revolution of 1760. Rapid development brought with it rapid pollution from waste and effluents generated from…

India got independence 70 years back in 1947. Since then, various efforts are being made to improve the socio economic development of the country through different developmental programmes…

On December 29, 2018, I came across the news that the Indian Air Force and Navy have joined the operation to rescue 15 mine workers trapped since December 13 in a flooded coal mine in…

Stone quarrying and crushing industries play a very significant role in the industrial and urban development programmes for the construction of roads, buildings, sheds and other similar…

The earth has been experiencing unwanted changes in the weather, rise in atmospheric and ocean temperatures, acute water crisis etc. in recent decades, indicating the early appearance of a…