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Indians waiting to visit the US, start packing your bags this November. The United States announced that foreign travellers who are fully vaccinated against Covid-19 including Indian travellers to prevent the spread of Covid-19 from foreign nationals travelling internationally to the country. “The US’ new travel policy that requires vaccination for foreign national travellers to […]
1) 10 Days of Classical Bliss When: October 15 to 24,2021 at 8.30pm onwards Where: Youtube Charges: N/A Contact : LOG ON: youtube.com/ saptakarchives facebook.com/ saptak.org About the event 10-day ‘26th Sangeet Sankalp Saptah’ by Sangeet Sankalp, Ahmedabad branch, Saptak, begins this evening, much to the delight of connoisseurs of classical Unfortunately, with […]
Air India came back home just before its 89th birthday. The announcement that Tata Group won the bid to purchase national carrier Air India came as a pleasant surprise. Bhuj airport witnessed history on 15th October, the birthday of Air India, then called Tata Air Mail. Aarohi Pandit, the world’s first woman pilot to cross […]
With the arrest of Amol Sheth, promoter of Ahmedabad’s once reputed firm Anil Starch, Ahmedabad Crime Branch has finally cracked a two-year-old Rs 1,500 crore scam in fleecing people by luring them with huge returns on their investments. Police sources claim Sheth has been evading arrest so far using his political connections but now that he has […]
In third of fatal accidents in a span of one months, Saurashtra Chemicals plant of Nirma Group in Porbandar where two persons died, Police has booked the safety in charge, production head and four engineers of the plant under IPC Sections 304 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder), 287 (negligent conduct with respect to machinery) […]
With an increase in the inflow and availability of tea from Nepal, the prices of Darjeeling tea have fallen by 20-25 percent within a span of one year. Tea plantations in Darjeeling might have to be shut down as ‘substandard’ tea from Nepal continues to flood Indian markets which will likely affect thousands of people […]
As the by-election to be held on October 30 in three assembly seats — Mawryngkneng and Mawphlang in the East Khasi Hills, and Rajabala in the West Garo Hills district in Meghalaya approaches the demand for bifurcation of the state on ethnic lines has gained momentum. The demand to further bifurcate Meghlaya on ethnic lines […]
While average Indian can bask in the reflected glory of the news having 237 billionaires and daydream about his time which has already arrived – ” apna time ayega nahi, apna time aa gaya” as proclaimed by one of those billionaires from a media house conclave’s shiny podium, the reality is rearing it’s ugly head […]
Results of election of board of director of Gondal APMC was announced yesterday, polling of which was done on Wednesday. 10 seat win of farmers’ constituency has ensured clean sweep by BJP-backed panel fo all the 16 seats of the APMC. The panel had already won four seats of trader’s constituency and two of the […]
India ranked 101 out of 116 countries in the 2021 Global Hunger Index – its rank fell from 94 the last year 2020. The country was also behind its neighbours Pakistan (ranked at 92 position), Nepal(ranked at 76 position) and Bangladesh. This year, the report accessed data from 135 countries however evaluated only 116 of […]
Out of 180 countries, India again finds itself at 142nd rank in the 2021 World Press Freedom Index produced by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) which is a French NGO. India ranked 133 in 2016 which then had climbed down to 142 in 2020. The RSF report says that India is one of the most dangerous […]
James Bond fever has returned with a bang as “No Time To Die” is already seeing packed cinema halls, even as the Covid-19 restrictions ease. The Daniel Craig starrer is a sequel of sorts to the 2006 superduper hit “Casino Royale”. Hollywood has never had any dearth of franchises in various genres, ranging from superheroes to magicians […]
In an unpredicted offshoot of the 3000-kilo drug haul captured at Mundra port, the political slugfest in far-off Andhra Pradesh has reached another level with DGP Gautam Sawang serving legal notices to opposition TDP leaders and media houses for defamatory comments against the police. In September, the DRI (Directorate of Revenue Intelligence) had seized heroin […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi wished former PM Manmohan Singh a ‘speedy recovery’. PM Modi tweeted: ‘I pray for the good health and speedy recovery of Dr. Manmohan Singh Ji’. Dr Manmohan Singh was hospitalised yesterday at Delhi’s AIIMS for fever and weakness. Later on Wednesday, doctors at AIIMS said that the former PM’s condition was […]
The team of Regional Sports Board (RSB), Ahmedabad has given a victorious performance in the All-India Civil Services Competition 2020-21. It was organized by the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT), Government of India at New Delhi. Over 50 sportspersons including women athletes were given the trophies and medals. They participated in varied sports such […]
Despite not so cordial relations between two Asian giants due to military standoff in eastern Ladakh, bilateral trade volumes between India and China continues to scale new height. After already having touched USD 90 billion in the first nine months, it is set to cross the record figure of USD 100 billion this year. While […]
In an announcement which will delight hundreds of fliers from Ahmedabad, Municipal commissioner Mukesh Kuma has said that shuttle bus service from SG Highway to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International (SVPI) airport is set to resume operations within a week. The decision was taken after a meeting held between officials of Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) and […]
The Gujarat High Court on Wednesday granted interim relief to a Muslim man (21) – accused under the state’s first anti-love jihad case – following a petition jointly moved by him and the Hindu woman (25) he had married in 2019. The complainant woman had filed an FIR against her husband Sameer Qureshi and in-laws […]
The State Government has informed the Gujarat High Court that it is first “focusing on hospitals and schools” to ensure every building has an NOC from the Fire Department. The submissions were made before a division bench of Justice NV Anjaria and Justice AP Thaker, which was hearing a public interest litigation by advocate Amit Panchal about fire safety on Wednesday. The petitioner-advocate also produced the report of Justice DA Mehta Inquiry Commission into the […]
Two were killed and three others were left injured after an overhead container filled with raw material, fell on them at Saurashtra Chemicals, a unit of Nirma Group, on Wednesday. The probe has been ordered into the incident by the Porbandar District Collector, A M Sharma. The incident being the second industrial accident in […]
