When 3 meteorite pieces struck Khalwat Nimgaon, it upended village life and set off a frantic hunt for a missing fragment. Scientists, officials, and even students elsewhere are invested.
Celebrations also included launch of an exhibition showcasing rocks, minerals, and fossils, which was open to students from various colleges in Kolkata and its neighbouring cities.
Geoheritage Sites & Geo-relics (Preservation & Maintenance) Bill lets govt declare a site to be of national importance, with 100m area around it 'prohibited' & 200m area 'restricted'.
PM Modi says the reforms will benefit the country's farmers, start-ups, private & public sector and research institutions to drive innovations and build scalable solutions.
Thousands rendered jobless due to closure of mines in 2001, voters say political parties promise to re-open mines before every election, but never deliver.
RJD, once a prominent representative of Mandal politics, now finds itself in a political era where welfare, good governance, and new aspirations are overshadowing old caste equations.
Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.
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