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Pushpa: The Rise, starring Allu Arjun and Rashmika Mandanna, reached a cult status post-release in 2021. Even after a year, the Pushpa-fever continues to dominate the internet with its songs and dialogues. On August 22, Pushpa fans were delighted to know that the movie’s second part kickstarted with a ‘Pooja’ ceremony. Earlier, the strike by […]
Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel inaugurated the ‘Photo Exhibition’ organised by Photojournalists Association at Ravi Shankar Art Gallery, Ahmedabad, on August 23. The Photojournalists Association displayed around 160 rare photographs on World Photography Day. The Gujarat CM watched the pictures with great interest and congratulated the photographers. The 31 members of the Photojournalists Association, established […]
The prevalence of anaemia among children and women has increased in most states and Union Territories (UTs) in the last five years. According to the latest findings of the National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5), 67.1% of children aged 6-59 months were anaemic in 2021 against 58.6% in 2016. The NFHS considers women in the reproductive […]
The Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was in all praises for his deputy, Manish Sisodia, and opined that the government should accord him Bharat Ratna. Soon after, BJP National General Secretary BL Santosh taunted the Aam Aadmi Party National Convenor for making the statement. Santosh said that Kejriwal’s upcoming demand could be a Nobel Prize […]
Two separate Public Interest Litigations, filed in the Apex Court, were heard by Chief Justice N.V. Ramana, Tuesday morning. Both relate to a revoke of the remission granted to the 11 convicts guilty of gangrape and murder in the Bilkis Bano case. The first PIL is by Trinamool Congress MP Mohua Moitra. She has moved […]
Villages are the true essence of India. Visiting one will lay bare the real heart of the country. Here’s a look at some interesting villages that boast the varied colours of India. Mattur, Karnataka Located in Shivamogga district in Karnataka, Mattur is popularly known as “the Sanskrit Village of India”. Sanskrit—an ancient Indo-Aryan language used to […]
The Supreme Court, Monday, issued a notice to the Gujarat government on a plea for grant of interim bail to activist Teesta Setalvad, who is accused of fabricating evidence to frame high functionaries of the Gujarat government in the 2002 Godhra riot case. In effect, the case will now be heard on August 25 instead […]
If you have the courage and resilience to realise your dreams, hurdles and diversity can easily be overcome. A decade ago, Pavan Sharma’s first paycheck was a modest Rs 3,000. The son of a farmer, Sharma, aimed for something higher. Today, this IIM-Ahmedabad student bagged the highest annual salary package of Rs 75.2 lakh at […]
The San-Francisco-based Zoom Video Communications Inc on Monday, August 22, 2022 expurgated its annual profit and revenue forecasts as demand for the video-conferencing app drops from pandemic highs amid head-to-head sprint from the online working collaboration platforms- Microsoft Teams and Cisco WebEx. Responding to analysts, Kelly Steckelberg, Chief Financial Officer, Zoom Video Communications Inc stated, […]
Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, Monday, announced a significant raise in the relief fund paid by the government to the dependents of Gujarat’s martyred soldiers. The corpus is withdrawn from the Chief Minister’s Jawan Relief Fund. In addition, also announced was an increase in the amount allocated to Gallantry Awards recipients. The posthumously awarded honour carries […]
With its eyes firmly set on hosting the 2036 Summer Olympics, Ahmedabad’s apex planning body—the Ahmedabad Urban Development Authority (AUDA)—is mulling an ambitious 20-year development plan. The standard practice is to draft a 10-year development plan. For the same, the AUDA plans to involve leading institutions in the city. For example, the Space Applications Centre […]
British supercar maker McLaren Automotive on Monday, August 22, 2022, eventually announced its official entry into the Indian market later in October this year, with financial capital Mumbai as its 41st global territory. “India remains an important market where our fans and select clientele can enjoy the best of McLaren in Mumbai. Looking ahead, we will […]
The Gujarat high court bench comprising of Chief Justice Aravind Kumar and Justice Ashutosh Shastri has asked some questions to the state government regarding the applicability of the 41A of the Gujarat Ownership Flats Amendment Act, 2018, Section 18(2) of the Rules, and Section 60A of Gujarat Housing Board Act, 1961, The query by the […]
This could be the Gujarat Model for some villagers across India. In a bid to milk some insurance benefits, Ratanben Bhutadiya from a small village Memadpur, Banaskantha district, fought hard to claim insurance for a cow that was living because her old cow died shortly after the new purchase. Living off a piece of land […]
The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) supplies 1,369 million litres of drinking water to roughly 72 lakh citizens daily. Meanwhile, every day, the municipal corporation receives 1,739 million litres of sewage at its treatment plants. Result? Ahmedabad residents draw 370 million litres of extra water from the ground every day. Is your residential society too mixing […]
Lumpy skin disease (LSD)—a contagious viral disease that affects cattle—has claimed the lives of over 7,300 cattle across eight states and one Union Territory so far. Government officials said that vaccination drives have been stepped up to rein in the spread of the deadly disease. About 74,325 cattle have been affected in Punjab so far, […]
It’s been over a quarter-century on from the death of their mother, Princess Diana, Royal Doyens William and Harry struggling to maintain their once-closed relationship, as they embrace life onward differently. “Harry and Wills are barely on speaking terms after ‘Megxit’- referring to Harry and wife Meghan Markle’s decision to quit frontline royal roles in […]
In an attempt to crackdown a human trafficking and illegal gambling racket, Rajasthan Crime Branch officials in Jaipur district of India’s western Rajasthan state, arrested 83 people including a cop and a professor involved in the rumpus. The raids were conducted at a farm house in Jaisinghpura Khor, a popular locality situated in the middle […]
In a bid to smash an on-going loan-cum-extortion racket amounting to ₹ 500 crore, the Delhi police’s Intelligence Fusion and Strategic Operation (IFSO) squad on August 20, 2022 carried out an operation, arresting nearly 22 people from across the country. The gang is believed to be operated at the behest of Chinese nationals and the extorted […]
Following a similar case happened a few days earlier in Delhi’s NCR region, where a self-proclaimed politician Shrikant Tyagi was captured on video assaulting and shoving a woman at a housing society, a video recently released on social media showcased a woman shouting expletives, making indecent gestures and threatening a security guard, as he delayed […]
