Coronavirus: International meet in Noida cancelled

Bengaluru | Saturday | 22nd February, 2020

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Bosky Khanna ByExpress News ServiceBENGALURU: It is not just events in China which are getting cancelled and affected due to the novel coronavirus, but even those to be held in India. The 36th International Geological Congress which was scheduled to be held from March 2 to 8, 2020, in Noida has been indefinitely postponed. The event, to be organised by the Union Ministry of Earth Sciences, was to see over 6,000 participants from across the globe. The Congress is held annually in different parts of the world and it was the first time it was being held in India. Organisers had rejected the participation of delegates from China due to the coronavirus outbreak there..