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Geological Survey chooses sites in Maharashtra, Karnataka In a first, an ancient circular lake created by a meteorite strike in Maharashtra and a hexagonal mosaic of basaltic rocks in an island off Udupi are poised to become global geoparks, under a Geological Survey of India (GSI) plan. Lonar Lake in …

Vice-President inaugurated the World Peace Monument, the largest dome in the world Vice-President M. Venkaiah Naidu on Tuesday inaugurated the world’s largest dome at the Maharashtra Institute of Technology (MIT)’s World Peace University (MIT-WPU) campus at Loni Kalbhor on the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. Institute authorities have said …

Annual programme at University of New South Wales The sprawling lawn in front of the library at the University of New South Wales here on Tuesday saw a repeat of what has been an annual celebration for almost a decade now. On October 2 every year, a small crowd gathers …

It provides access to police to comb Maoist strongholds The CPI (Maoist) on Tuesday organised a meeting in the cut-off area (near Sileru) on the Andhra-Odisha Border (AOB) to protest against the construction of the Gurupriya bridge in the Naxal-affected Malkangiri district of Odisha. As per reports from the intelligence …

Museum in heritage structure extended to accommodate more exhibits, including photographs that appeared in journals and periodicals Under the 120-foot-high dome of Kolkata’s General Post Office (GPO), a special postal cover was released on Monday. The event marked 150 years of the GPO. A fresh coat of paint and tiny …

Authorities attribute deaths to infighting, infection As many as 21 lions have died in Gujarat’s Gir forest since September 12, sending shockwaves through the only abode of Asiatic lions in the world. Government authorities have attributed the deaths to infighting and viral infection, prompting the State to bring in experts …

Oceanic buoys, tide gauges failed to detect any unusual activity before the disaster While early warning systems around the world were quick to pick up the earthquake in the Pacific, the tsunami that subsequently ravaged the Indonesian city of Palu, claiming more than 800 lives, seems to have struck in …

Two barges carrying 1,233 tonnes of bagged fly ash from Bihar reached its destination — Guwahati’s Pandu port — on Monday morning to rekindle hope for a transport system that had virtually ended with Partition in 1947. Around Independence, Assam’s per capita income was the highest in the country primarily …

Digital recreation of the iconic leader’s heartbeat and digital kit will be launched to mark his 150 birth anniversary Visitors can now listen to Mahatma Gandhi’s “recreated heartbeats” at Delhi’s National Gandhi Museum. The Museum will launch a series of programmes on Monday to commemorate the 150th birth anniversary of …

Prime Minister Narendra Modi would be visiting Gujarat on Sunday to inaugurate multiple projects, including a museum dedicated to Mahatma Gandhi at the Alfred high School in Rajkot, and a modern chocolate factory set up by Amul in Anand. Mr. Modi would also inaugurate a gas pipeline project in Kutch …