SYED AKBAR HYDERABAD March 21: A seven-km deep bore hole will be dug in Maharashtra to gain firsthand information about what causes earthquakes in "stable" areas.

The bore hole, the first of its kind in the world, will provide Indian geophysicists clues about the physical, geological and chemical processes and properties of earthquakes in real-time.

HYDERABAD: Do you know that cave deposits provide vital information on how the Southwest Monsoon behaved several thousand years ago?

That is what was found out by scientists from the National Geophysical Research Institute (NGRI) by studying oxygen isotopes of the white or light brownish structures (stalagmites) found in different shapes and sizes in caves.

MUMBAI: A project on the use of geoinformatics in the implementation of the Forest Rights Act, 2006 in Maharashtra by the Tribal Research and Training Institute (TRTI), Pune has been given the National e-Governance award, 2010-11 (Silver) in Aurangabad on Thursday.

Even though Maharashtra has a poor track record of granting forest rights, the award recognises the exemplary re-use of Information

In a significant move to replicate Gujarat's model of space applications and geo-informatics in state's planning and development process, Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal has sought help of his Gujarat counterpart Narendra Modi in setting up Aryabhatta Geo-Informatics and Space Applications Centre (AGiSAC) in Himachal Pradesh.

The development comes close to the heels of official level meetings