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The minimum temperature in pockets of Rajasthan decreased over the past 24 hours. In the divisions of Bikaner and Jaipur, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) observed a drop in nighttime temperatures. The desert state’s coldest location is now Karauli, where the minimum temperature is 3.2 degrees Celsius. With 3.9 degrees Celsius, Pilani is the second-coldest […]
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Gujarat will hold its two-day State Executive meeting at Surendranagar on 23-24 January to discuss and approve resolutions which passed recently concluded national executive meeting as well as to finalise the future strategies. The focus of the State executive meeting will be to convey the message derived from the national […]
To use the power of music to soothe the mind of inmates and to help wean them away from depression and negative thoughts, Sabarmati Jail has started music therapy for jail inmates. As a part of Azadi Ka Amrut Mohatsav, an event was organised on Saturday morning in the jail where senior justice from Gujarat […]
Gujarat has always worked to give the nation a new direction through constant innovation and evolution. In keeping with this initiative, Gujarat’s tableau-themed ‘Clean-Green Energy Efficient Gujarat’ will be featured in the Republic Day National Parade at ‘Kartavyapath’ in New Delhi on January 26. By giving a message to the nation that Gujarat, using renewable […]
Rajasthan government is promoting Mukhyamantri Chiranjeevi Swasthya Bima Yojana which provides all residents access to free medical treatment anywhere in the state, including private institutions. Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot stated that free medical treatments like knee and kidney replacements at the state’s hospitals have been a big comfort to the people. The state boasts 90 […]
A urea tank of the dumper exploded in Jammu’s Bajalta injuring a police officer. The explosion took place in Jammu on Saturday, making it the third explosion in 24 hours. The blast occurred at Bajalta Morh in Sidhra, and 10 people, including a police officer, were injured overall as a result of the three explosions. […]
The Vadodara District Education Officer (DEO) on Saturday issued a notification ordering all the schools to adjust their timetables due to the extremely cold weather. DEO RR Vyas’s circular stated that all government, grant-in-aid, and private schools in Vadodara have been directed to start classes at 8 am starting on Monday. According to Vyas’ statement, […]
The Vande Bharat Express connecting Gandhinagar and Mumbai will also halt at Borivali Station in Mumbai. Timings at a few stations will be revised due to the additional halt at Borivali. It will also run six days a week except on Wednesday. Minister of State for Railways Darshana Jardosh took to Twitter to announce this. […]
The Union government has prohibited the airing of a BBC documentary that questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership during the 2002 Gujarat riots. Sharing of any clips via social media is also not allowed. The government adviser Kanchan Gupta shared that the instructions to prevent the video from being disseminated have been given using emergency […]
Over 600 delegates will attend the Business 20 (B20) Inception meeting on Sunday which will be the first of 15 meetings held as part of the G20 that Gujarat will host over the next nine months, said Mona Khandhar, state principal secretary (economic affairs). Gandhinagar will host the first meeting and rest 14 will take […]
Delhi police arrested a man who impersonated as an official of the government of the United Arab Emirates, and duped The Leela Palace in Delhi by fleeing without paying his outstanding bill worth over ₹ 23 lakhs. According to the authorities, the man identified as Mahamed Sharif (41), who is from Dakshin Kannada in Karnataka, […]
The Centre approved the appointment of IAS officer Vikram Dev Dutt as the next chief of the aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA). Dutt, an IAS officer from the 1993 batch, is currently the CMD of Air India Assets Holding Ltd. (AIAHL). After current DGCA chief Arun Kumar retires on February 28, he […]
Indian vaccine company Bharat Biotech is all set to launch its intranasal Covid vaccine iNCOVACC on January 26. In her interactions with students at the India International Science Festival in Bhopal, MD Krishna Ella mentioned that the expected launch date of the indigenously produced Lumpi-ProVacInd vaccine for the lumpy skin disease in cattle is next […]
The demolition of unsafe buildings in subsidence-hit Joshimath in Uttarakhand resumed on Saturday, even as the number of buildings with cracks rose to 863. The Chamoli District Magistrate (DM) Himanshu Khurana undertook an on-the-spot assessment of the area designated in the Joshimath Dhak village as having been damaged by the land subsidence on Saturday. The […]
Pointing out that gas explorations in KG basin did not yield the desired results and 25 Gigawatt (GW) of gas-based power plants are lying idle in the country, VK Saraswat, member of Niti Aayog during his visit to Gujarat on Saturday said India switching over to a “gas-based economy” was a wrong approach. Pointing out […]
The Wrestling Federation of India’s (WFI) emergency general council meeting, scheduled in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh for Sunday, was called off after the Sports Ministry directed it to suspend all ongoing activities owing to the various allegations against the sports body and its president. The federation president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh has been accused of sexually harassing […]
Around 80 residents of societies in and around Gulbai Tekra in Ambawadi have been forced to use dirty water for their daily needs for close to a month now. The residents of Vasant Baug bungalow, Sharad and Girdhar apartments are dependent on water provided by the civic body as they lack a private borewell. The […]
Twitter CEO Elon Musk revealed in a series of tweets on Saturday that customers of the company’s subscription service would see less advertising, including a tier that is ad-free. Since Musk acquired control of the social network in October, 2022 there has been considerable economic uncertainty. Musk posted to his Twitter account, “Ads are too […]
The State government has started the process of reevaluating jantri rates for different parts of the city after more than 12 years. There is a proposal to hike rates by at least 25 per cent. In order for the district evaluation committee to determine a preliminary rate that would have an impact on the proposal […]
The deliberate revisitation of the Gujarat 2002 riots by UK State broadcaster BBC in a documentary aimed to politically target Prime Minister Narendra Modi cites a secret inquiry conducted by a junior diplomat of the UK High Commission in the western state at that time. The then Foreign Secretary Kanwal Sibal warned the foreign missions […]
