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What is DARK MATTER and DARK ENERGY?

The matter is something that has mass and occupies space, like the trees around us, the stars, galaxies, birds, stars, rocks, etc, but still, these things occupy only 5% of known energy and matter and there is a lot more to see and explore.  About 25% is dark matter and 70% is dark energy. Both of which are invisible. It is really strange to hear that what we experience is really very low compared to reality. It is really worse that we don't have any clue about what is dark matter and energy and how does it work. Actually, dark matter is the stuff that made galaxies possible. When we understand Galaxy it makes a way for us that there is no enough normal matter. The gravity of the seen matter is not so strong to form complex structures in the universe, so there is something else that makes this possible. It is something that does not give or reflect light.  It is possible to calculate the dark matter. Places with a high concentration of dark matter make the place non-luminous and be
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The Night of Death




The world's  worst  industrial  tragedy  took place in Bhopal 24 years ago. Union Carbide (UC) an
American company had a factory in the city in which it produced pesticides. At midnight on
2 December 1984 methyl-isocyanite (MIC) - a highly  poisonous gas - started leaking from the
(UC) plant.




Within three days 8,000 people were dead. Hundreds of thousands were maimed.
Most of those exposed to the poison gas came from poor,working-class families, of which nearly 50,000 people are today too sick to work. Among those who survived , many developed severe respiratory disorders , eye problems and other disorders. Children developed peculiar  abnormalities.

The disaster was not an accident . UC had deliberately ignored the essential safety measures in order to cut costs. Much before the Bhopal disaster , there had been incidents of gas leak killing a worker and injuring several.

Despite the overwhelming evidence pointing to UC as responsible for the disaster, it refused to accept responsibility. In the ensuing legal battle , the government represented the victims in a civil case against UC .  It filed a $3 billion compensation case in 1985,but accepted a lowly $470 million in 1989. UC stopped its operations , but left behind tons of toxic chemicals. These have seeped into the ground, contaminating water . Who owns  the plant now , refuses to take the responsibility to clean up the chemicals.

24 years later, people are still fighting for justice , for safe drinking water , for health - care facilities and jobs for the people poisoned by UC. They also demanded that Anderson, the UC chairman who faces criminal changes, be prosecuted . 

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