Malaria Eradication

“Can mosquito-borne diseases like malaria and dengue be eradicated, given the public apathy to sanitation and cleanliness?”
The complete eradication of mosquito-borne diseases like malaria and dengue seems a distant dream at the moment. Without people’s support, even control of such diseases is impossible. Science and medicine can do a promising job in this endeavor. However, people’s heed to it is pre-requisite. These diseases are commonly associated with poverty- poor sanitary conditions. If proper spraying is done and stagnated water is drained out, we can reach some sort of ‘eradication’. We have some examples like United States and Southern Europe where elimination of mosquito has been a success. This is possible in India provided these steps are followed in letter and spirit.

Settlements in Space

“Is it worthwhile to plan for human settlements in space, to escape disasters on Earth in future?”

The present state of technology has pushed us into a spectrum of uncertainty where chaos and confusion is all around. Even the actors of this stage are not safe. There is a growing potential of risk for life on earth. The nuclear doomsday can wipe-out life once for all as world of today is in grave danger of nuclear war with international relations worsening day by day. The high risk of global warming and consequences there of is alarming. A genetically engineered virus can also be a reason for this unwelcome disaster. Under these circumstances, it becomes impossible to avoid disaster on planet earth in future. Therefore, it is important for human race to spread out in space. We should explore the ‘Home-Next’ and start its colonization