A view of Geological Survey of India building. Photo used for representation purpose only. | Photo Credit: K. Bhagya Prakash A draft Bill, aimed at protecting India’s geological heritage that includes fossils, sedimentary rocks, natural structures, has raised alarm in India’s geo-sciences and palaeontology community. The draft Geo-heritage Sites and Geo-relics (Preservation and Maintenance) Bill, … Read more
Ferromanganese crust and nodules from the ocean floor are well known for their rich metal content of cobalt, nickel, copper, zinc, gold, platinum, REE and many other strategic metals. By G. Nagendran & A. Anil Kumar, Geological survey of India (GSI) is the national agency in India engaged in exploration of minerals within the territory … Read more
This initiative of the organisation will include several activities. Geological Survey of India: Geological Survey of India (GSI) to fast track activities related to mining and mineral sector! The GSI has been conducting surveys and collecting geoscientific data for the past 170 years to prepare geological, geophysical and geochemical maps in high quality. GSI has … Read more
Survey of India first measures the height of Mt. everest in 1950s. (Reuters Image) China and Nepal recently announced that the highest mountain peak on the Earth Mount Everest is actually 86 cm taller than the globally accepted height of 8,848 m. The agreement marks the end of a long-running debate about the precise dimension … Read more
Some of GSI’s efforts towards mitigating the impacts of natural disasters are highlighted below on the “International Day of Calamity Control”. (Representational image: Reuters) India, like other countries is grappling with Covid-19 pandemic, with exponentially increasing contagion. Adequate preparedness in such health and related infrastructure is never wasteful, because the same can always be used … Read more