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The Gujarat government has allotted land for India’s first semiconductor plant near Dholera. Work is expected to begin by 2024. A joint venture by Foxconn and Vedanta to set up the semiconductor fabrication plant in Dholera, it is all set to become operational by 2024. Notably, Foxconn and Vedanta will invest $19.5 billion in India. […]
The Gujarat government informed the Supreme Court on Monday that it would pursue the death of 11 convicts whose sentences in the 2002 Godhra train burning case were commuted to life imprisonment by the state’s high court. A bench made up of Chief Justice D.Y. Chandrachud, Justices P.S. Narasimha and J.B. Pardiwala also set a […]
The majority of India’s major states, including the densely populous Uttar Pradesh and Bihar as well as economic powerhouses like Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra, have been listed among the top 100 states faced with climate risk in the built environment. Another stand-out point for India is that a glance at the global heatmap shows it […]
The Madhya Pradesh cabinet has approved the new excise policy, which calls for the closure of “ahatas,” or drinking establishments connected to liquor shops. The new excise policy, according to state home minister Narottam Mishra, is intended to reduce alcohol consumption. Mishra made the statement following the cabinet meeting on Sunday night. This is in […]
The Government of India announced the launch of the Digital Rupee — a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) — onwards FY 2022-23 in the Union Budget placed in the Parliament on February 01, 2022. Basically, the CBDC has components based on blockchain technology. Finally, in December 2022, the central bank launched a pilot for retail […]
Two days after it carried out three raids on liquor dens in Surat, the State Monitoring Cell (SMC) swooped down on Sunday in Ahmedabad. Two of the three raids on Sunday were on liquor dens while one was on a gambling den. The SMC intercepted a mini truck near Nana Chiloda in Naroda on the […]
No longer does the parched Earth soak up all the water. And this even after the scorching heat of Ahmedabad summers. As seen last year, despite the dry, arid land region in record-breaking heat, monsoon came with its usual woes. The ground refused to sponge in rain excesses and water-logging continued across the city. However, […]
Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, has announced the launch of a premium verification service to offer the blue badge on profile. The subscription starts for $11.99 per month on the Web and $14.99 per month on iOS platforms. Paid users can get their profile verified with a government id. This week, […]
Trailing the case of a missing child led Valsad police to Nepali national Lekhe Khamal. The 35-year-old, was living in Vapi (Valsad district) as Ramesh Nepali. According to Dungara (Madhya Pradesh) PS Inspector, V.G. Bharva, one Mahesh Garasiya lodged a complaint, alleging that Ramesh Nepali, a watchman working at Saiveer Industrial Park, had kidnapped his […]
In light of mounting concerns about a default, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has advised Pakistan to take efforts to ensure that only the needy receive subsidies and that wealthy people pay taxes. IMF head Kristalina Georgieva said Pakistan must take decisive action to avoid going into a “dangerous zone” where its debt needs to […]
Indians spent nearly $10 billion in overseas travel during the first nine months of fiscal 2022-23. The highest spend in this category in any financial year was preCovid in FY20 when Indians splurged nearly $7 billion on foreign tours. According to the latest data released by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), Indians spent $1,137 […]
A 30-year-old man, Jignesh Chauhan, died due to cardiac arrest while playing cricket in the Race Course area of Rajkot on Sunday. In a simialr incident, in Surat, 27-year-old Prashant Bharolia succumbed in a hospital on Sunday. He was rushed there following a complaint of chest pain after playing cricket. Chauhan is the third person to […]
The Mumbai Central-Gandhinagar Vande Bharat Express, the third such train introduced in the country, will see continuous metal fencing worth Rs 245 crore. This will help curb the incidents of cattle runover cases. The metal barrier fencing will cover a length of about 622 km, between Ahmedabad and Mumbai and will be undertaken at an […]
Sindoor might go global, thanks to designer Prabal Gurung. The Nepalese American at his Fall/Winter 2023 collection at the New York Fashion Week 2023 had some of his models, with their hair neatly parted at the centre, don the sindoor. The sindoor—traditionally vermillion in hue—came in other colours too matching the outfits of the models, […]
The US State Department is planning to launch a pilot programme offering visa renewal options in the US itself to foreign tech workers on H-1B and L1 visas. The pilot programme will come into effect later this year and will help ease the bottleneck that foreign workers face when required to renew visas abroad. Until […]
The Morbi tragedy SIT (Special Investigation Team) report, tabled Sunday, has pinned the blame on glaring lapses by the Oreva Group and the Morbi Municipality. The Morbi bridge collapse on October 30 last year, left more than 135 dead and several hundred others injured. More than 400 people were believed to be on and around […]
During the February 16 Assembly elections in Tripura, which resulted in 21 arrests, a total of 16 post-poll violent events were reported, according to the state’s Chief Election Officer (CEO), Gitte Kirankumar Dinkarrao. In regard to the 400 companies of the Central Armed Police Force (CAPF) that the Union Home Ministry sent out, Dinkarrao claimed […]
The Rajasthan government is devoted to development of tribal regions and the state budget includes “many major gifts” for this, purpose, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot said on Saturday. The Chief Minister was addressing the Government Community Health Centre’s foundation-laying event in the Pratapgarh district Assembly section of Dhariyavad, where he also unveiled projects of over […]
Campus placements are as much a defining moment for aspiring white collar job seekers as much a matter of prestige for brand names. Who pays the highest and who recruits the most are among competitive yardsticks for firms that come looking for young recruits. The IIM-A final placements (Cluster 2) for PGP 2022, held on […]
