For many years, Geographic Information Systems (GIS) have been seen as complex and highly technical. Even simple tasks like identifying flood‑prone areas or finding suitable land for development require expert knowledge and advanced software skills. Because of this, decision‑making often depended on a small group of GIS specialists. The delay was not because the analysis was difficult, but because the Continue Reading »

The Science in Sci-Fi The realm of Sci-Fi transgresses to real science in Andy Weir’s book and its film adaptation “Project hail Mary”. This article explores the various concepts introduced in the movie from an educational perspective. The story begins with the protagonist waking up in a spaceship with no recollection of anything whatsoever. As he tries to make sense Continue Reading »

The lake city Udaipur, Rajasthan is known for its picturesque, serene lakes with clear waters appearing bright white and deep blue. Unusual pink/red colour waterbodies looks almost unreal. Here we reporta unique crimson pink coloured water body near Nagda (24°43'51.29"N and 73°43'41.59"E) observed during recent field trip (Mid-January) to Udaipur while on the way to Eklingji. It is nearly 300m Continue Reading »

Authors: Ashish Joshi, Shefali Agrawal, R. P. Singh Glaciers are massive bodies of ice formed over many years from compacted snow that slowly flows downhill under the force of gravity. Glacial lakes are formed from melting glacier ice. They can be found on top of glaciers, inside or beneath them, or in front of and beside glaciers. These lakes are Continue Reading »

Authors: Sanjeev Kumar Singh, Yogesh Kant, D. Mitra and R. P. Singh Western Disturbances (WDs) are eastward-moving extratropical synoptic-scale weather systems that significantly influence the winter weather of north and northwestern India, particularly during the period December to March (Hunt et al., 2025). These systems are responsible for cloudiness, rainfall, snowfall over the Western Himalayas, cold wave conditions over the Continue Reading »