Q. India’s first ‘Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) project’ is to come up in which state?
Answer:
Maharashtra
Notes: In 2016, the Indian government gave an 'in principle' approval to the LIGO-India mega science proposal for research on gravitational waves.
India’s Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) project facility is to come up in Maharashtra. Recently, the Hingoli revenue department has handed over 225 hectare of land in the state for the project.