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Bengal govt explores coal gasification in Deocha-Pachami block, open-cast mining to begin in FebWest Bengal is exploring underground coal gasification in the Deocha-Pachami block. Traditional mining will be used for 70 per cent of the ...
27 Jan, 2025, 01.03 PM IST
Authorities asked to complete all processes to start mining in West Bengal coal block in 3 months: OfficialWest Bengal authorities have been directed to complete processes and start mining at the Deucha-Pachami coal block within three months. Ove...
03 Jan, 2025, 08.11 PM IST
After 216 days of Perseverance's successes on Mars, the rover takes a breakAt the moment, Mars and the Earth are on opposite sides of the Sun, and the two planets cannot communicate with each other.
08 Oct, 2021, 10.30 AM IST
West Bengal government seeks clarity on rules for world’s second largest coal blockIt is the world’s second largest coal block and the state was looking at the possibility of selling a portion of its produce in the open ma...
22 Aug, 2019, 06.59 PM IST
West Bengal government looks to sell 30% of coal output in open marketCommercial sale is expected to provide economies of scale to the operation bringing down costs which, otherwise, are expected to be high du...
02 Nov, 2018, 07.32 PM IST
Space igloos, lava tubes and hobbit holes: Here are our future Martian habitatsThe discovery of liquid water on Mars is great news for would-be settlers, but we'll need more than H2O if we actually want to live there.
30 Sep, 2015, 01.07 PM IST
The key to colonizing Mars could be tiny green microbesIn science fiction, we find humans harvesting fields of wheat under terraformed Martian skies and growing rows of potatoes inside climate-c...
23 Sep, 2015, 04.09 PM IST