Panaji, May 8 (IANS) The contours of Goas legacy industry, iron ore mining, is set for a tectonic shift with the BJP-led coalition state government poised to repossess 88 mining tracts leased to wealthy mining barons for generations, some of which were also transferred to multinational companies like Vedanta Resources. Most mining tracts in the…
Panaji, May 7 (IANS) The contours of Goa’s legacy industry, iron ore mining, is set for a tectonic change, with the BJP-led coalition government in Goa poised to repossess 88 mining tracts leases to wealthy mining barons for generations, some of which were also transferred to multinational companies like Vedanta Resources. Most mining tracts in…
New Delhi, Feb 17 (IANS) An Indian researcher has traced the tectonic evolution and the nature of the Greater Maldive Ridge (GMR) — a very crucial geodynamic feature in the western Indian Ocean, whose origin has been the centre of many scientific debates. The study can help reconstruct the original Gondwanaland break up and dispersal…