Friday, August 10, 2012
36th International Geological Congress to be held in India in 2020
The 36th International Geological Congress will come
to India in 2020 after a period of 56 years. The last International
Geological Congress was held in India in 1964 in Delhi. Dr. Vishwapati
Trivedi, Secretary, Ministry of Mines today presented the bid before the
International Union of Geological Science (IUGS) Council consisting of
121 member countries and 128 votes were cast in favour of India against
51 votes to Canada, which had offered Vancouver as the venue of IGC
2020.
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