This book is just an attempt to understand and appreciate the grandeur of the timescale of the creation, evolution, sustainability, and possible fate of the universe with a special emphasis on the events of the recorded human history of the last 5000 years mostly year by year in color-coded format. The story starts from the time of the Big Bang and connects the dots from the formation of subatomic particles to the evolution of stars and galaxies and life and dinosaurs and Homo sapiens and ...

The years 2021 to 2030 have been designated as "The United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration". Ecological restoration and biodiversity conservation efforts face unprecedented challenges, especially in developing countries and areas, such as the Hindu Kush-Himalayan (HKH) region. This huge HKH region, which includes areas in eight separate countries (Afghanistan, Pakistan, Nepal, India, China, Bangladesh, Myanmar and Bhutan), is a biodiversity hotspot with a vast array of ecosystems, ...