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The Institute for Social and Behavior Change Ahmedabad (ISBCA) of Gujarat University and UNICEF hosted an academic roundtable on building a transdisciplinary learning and research ecosystem for behavioural insights and public policy. Vijay Shankar Kanthan, social behaviour expert, at UNICEF India, addressing the roundtable talked about the journey of how Gujarat University got associated with […]
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will deliver a lecture at Cambridge University. Rahul, who was spotted skiing in Gulmarg, Jammu & Kashmir, yesterday, left for the Valley following the conclusion of the first phase of the parliamentary budget session. “Looking forward to visiting my alma mater @cambridge_uni and delivering a lecture at @CambridgeJBS. Happy to engage […]
Income Tax-related surveys at British public broadcaster BBC’s India offices continued for the third day and employees working with the media house were asked not to “delete” any data until it is on. Employees are also asked to appear whenever called by IT officials for investigation. On the 2nd Day of IT-related surveys, BBC employees […]
Online food delivery company Zomato announced on Thursday that it is constructing what it calls “Rest Points,” a type of public infrastructure, to support the gig economy as a whole and the delivery partners of different businesses. Deepinder Goyal, the company’s founder and CEO, stated in a blog post that it already operates two “Rest […]
A court in Gujarat’s Surendranagar district has issued an arrest warrant against Bharatiya Janata Party MLA Hardik Patel for failing to appear before it in a 2017 case in which he is accused of violating a government order. Ahead of the 2017 Gujarat assembly elections, Hardik Patel made a political speech in violation of government […]
The Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI) reported on Thursday that since the release of the influencer rules in May 2021, 2,767 complaints had been handled. According to the self-regulatory body for the advertising business, more than half of the infractions were discovered on the Instagram platform, which is owned by Meta, while a third […]
The Indian cricketer Prithvi Shaw and his friends were attacked by several individuals after the batter denied them a selfie at a five-star hotel in Mumbai on Wednesday night. The Oshiwara police in northwest Mumbai have booked eight people for attacking Shaw’s friend’s car outside a five-star hotel in Mumbai. Shaw’s friend Ashish Surendra Yadav […]
Zomato’s instant delivery service, Blinkit, has made it possible for brands to advertise their goods by setting up personalised stores on the app. Sellers that use “Brand Stores” can highlight products and build their own designs while tracking the performance of products in real time. “One of the most consistent requests we received from brands, […]
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has responded to the breach of privilege notice filed against him due to comments he made on Prime Minister Narendra Modi on February 7, sources said on Thursday. Gandhi responded to the notice on Wednesday, according to sources. He addressed the BJP MP Nishikant Dubey and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi’s move […]
Adani Power, on February 15, announced the lapse of the long stop date to complete the acquisition of DB Power. The deal to acquire the company was announced in August last year. “We wish to inform that the long stop date under the memorandum of understanding dated August 18, 2022, has expired,” the power sector […]
Ruling in favour of the wronged woman, the Gujarat HC, Wednesday, dissolved a five-year marriage between a teacher and his wife, “forced” into the wedlock by the professor, despite the presence of his first wife. The story dates back to 2018, when, according to the woman’s counsel, she was student at the Polytechnic College. The […]
Mushrooms growing in India’s largest district Kutch can potentially provide the key chemical element for an emerging radiation therapy given to cancer patients. Scientists at Gujarat Institute of Desert Ecology (GUIDE) and Kutch University have successfully extracted astatine, the rarest naturally occurring element on the earth, from edible mushrooms. Astatine, which is not just rare […]
Following concerns raised about governance at the organisation led by billionaire Gautam Adani by a US short-seller, S&P Global Ratings on Thursday placed its ESG evaluation of Adani Transmission Ltd (ATL) “under review.” When keeping track of environment, social, and governance (ESG) evaluations, S&P designates certain ESG evaluations as being possibly impacted by changing events […]
The mega commercial plane deal between Air India and Boeing is an opportunity to deepen an already profoundly intertwined relationship between India and the United States, the US said Wednesday.“It’s an opportunity to deepen what is already a profoundly intertwined relationship based on shared interests, based on shared values, based on our deep economic ties. […]
G20 Finance and Central Bank Chiefs meet in India next week at the first-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine to discuss rising debt troubles among developing countries, the regulation of cryptocurrencies and the global slowdown. The February 22 to February 25 meeting at Nandi Hills summer retreat near Bengaluru is the first major event […]
Reliance Retail on Tuesday unveiled Tira, an online beauty platform, igniting rivalry in the quickly expanding beauty e-commerce market, which is currently dominated by Nykaa, Tata CLiQ Palette, a recent entrant, as well as retailers like Sephora, SS Beauty by Shopper’s Stop, and Myntra. The website is the first access to all Reliance employees and will soon […]
The state goods and services tax (SGST) department unearthed yet another fake billing scam, worth Rs 4,120 crore and involving 74 bogus firms. These firms – all based in Surat and Ahmedabad – were involved in evading taxes to the tune of Rs 137 crore by obtaining input tax credit illicitly. The scam came to […]
Indian students will no longer have to spend additional money due to the conversion of the rupee to the dollar. They can soon avail of foreign currency-denominated education loans from the International Financial Services Centre (IFSC) at GIFT City. IFSC Authority has permitted an education loan company – Avanse – to start operations and provide […]
The paper published in the Indian Academy of Sciences peer-reviewed journal Current Science last month stated that the meteorite that struck Gujarat’s Banaskantha area on August 17 of last year was a rare specimen of an aubrite spotted in India for the first time since 1852. The aubrite, according to a group of scientists at […]
Even as Ahmedabad continues being labelled a “safe city,” the city police have identified at least 70 hotspots where criminal activity is said to be higher than average. Briefing on the undesirable trait, joint commissioner Ajay Chaudhary listed the culprits encountered could range from thugs, thieves, pickpockets to even gangsters. “The most notorious areas include […]
