Minerals in India India has significant reserves of iron ore, coal, and manganese ore. Bauxites, chromites, magnesites, brown coal, graphite, mica, diamonds, gold, ferrous metal ores, coal are mined in the south of the country. There is oil in the state of Gujarat and on the continental shelf. Banks in […]

Population and society India, with more than 1.2 billion residents, is the second most populous country in the world. In 2030, Indians, half of whom are under the age of 25, could become 1.5 billion: the estimate takes into account the increase in life expectancy and the flows of labor […]

Prehistory The presence of people from the early Paleolithic is attested by the Soanien cultural group, which spread from the Caucasus to Pakistan and India. The oldest phase of this group of forms is inter alia. proven by rubble and chopping equipment. East of the Indus Valley, stone implements that […]

Hygiene Hotels and larger restaurants are of a modern / western standard. Out in the city, you can count on going to so-called pedal toilets, and that there is a lack of toilet paper. The standard of public toilets or of rural toilets can be relatively primitive. Bring your own […]

The Indian subcontinent was one of the centers of irradiation in the evolution of the Hominoidea, as evidenced by the numerous fossil remains of Ramapitecine unearthed, so far, in northern India (Haritalyngar, Siwalik mountains) dated to 12-8 million years ago. The lack of systematic searches, and therefore the scarcity of […]