Question:Which country will host the 36th International Geological Congress (IGC) in March 2020?
(a) India
(b) Bangladesh
(c) China
(d) Japan
Answer: (a)
Related facts:
(a) India
(b) Bangladesh
(c) China
(d) Japan
Answer: (a)
Related facts:
- The 36th International Geological Congress (IGC) will be held in India between 2-8 March,2020.
- The theme of the 2020 conference is ‘Geosciences: The Basic Science for a Sustainable Development’.
- Popularly described as the Olympics of Geosciences, the IGCs are a prestigious global geoscientific events held once in four years and participated by around 5000-6000 geoscientists from all across the world.
- In a bid to gear up for the same, a half-day interactive workshop was held in New Delhi on December 12 2019.
- The 36th IGC is a comprehensive science program. A modern technical exhibition will also be held during this conference, in which the leading companies of mines and minerals sector will showcase their products and services.
- It may be noted that India is the only Asian country to host the event twice. In 1964, India had hosted it for the first time, which was the 22nd IGC.
- The event is being funded by the Ministry of Mines (MoM) and Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) with the support of the Indian National Science Academy (INSA).
- National Science Academies of Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal and Sri Lanka.
- Geological Survey of India is the nodal agency for organizing the event.
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