This is to certify that NAVIN K. SHAW and PANKAJ N. JAIN, Astrophysicists of THE INDIAN ASTROPHYSICAL RESEARCH CENTRE, HUBLI - 580 020, INDIA have attended the 85th Indian Science Congress held at Osmania University, Hyderabad from January 3 to January 7, 1998. They have also presented the Research Paper entitled THE DISCOVERY OF STELLAR UNIVERSAL REPULSION FORCE AND UNIVERSAL RETRACTION FORCE AND ESTABLISHMENT OF STREPULSION-PHYSICS, THE NEW BRANCH OF SCIENCE in the section of Physics on January 5th 19998.

Each year Science selects those advances from the past 12 months that have profoundly changed the practice or interpretation of Science or its implications for society. Science Express had featured many of these path-breaking discoveries and inventions in its issues this year.

SCIENCE EXPRESS HAD PUBLISHED TWO MOST CRUCIAL PAPERS IN THE YEAR 1998 ON THE MYSTERIOUS FORCE - ONE BY NAVIN SHAW AND PANKAJ JAIN TITLED "THE FIFTH ELEMENT" ON FEBRUARY 10, 1998.

29TH DECEMBER 1998                                               THE EDITOR

THIS IS THE STRUGGLE OF AN ASTROPHYSICIST NAVIN K. SHAW TO RESET THE SCIENCE WORLD ON THE LINE OF UNIVERSAL REALITY. PANKAJ JAIN AND PADMA JAIN ARE HIS ASSOCIATES. THANKS TO INDIAN AND FOREIGN PRESS AND ALSO THE INDIAN SCIENCE CONGRESS ASSOCIATION, CALCUTTA, FOR SUPPORTING THE REVOLUTIONARY LINE ACCEPTED BY SHAW. OUR SPECIAL THANKS ARE WITH INDIAN EXPRESS AND TIMES OF INDIA. WE ARE GRATEFUL TO FARSHORE - THE INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE MAGAZINE ONLINE FOR ANNOUNCEMENT OF OUR RESEARCH PAPERS IN DETAIL. WE ARE ALSO THANKFUL TO THE NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION (NASA) WASHINGTON, U.S.A., AND THE EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY, PARIS, FRANCE FOR THEIR ENCOURAGING RESPONSE TOWARDS DISCOVERIES OF NEW FORCES. WE ARE ALSO THANKFUL TO THE NOBEL COMMITTEE FOR PHYSICS, STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN FOR ACCEPTING THE RESEARCH PAPERS ON STREPULSION PHYSICS FOR THEIR RECORD.