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Three possible candidates are vying to become Sri Lanka’s next President after the incumbent Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled this week from the country. After Rajapaksa’s official resignation letter, the Sri Lankan parliament will call upon the legislative body. Next week, its 225 members will put forth their votes for the election of a new president. A […]
India’s first monkeypox case was confirmed in Kollam, Kerala, on Thursday, as a man, who recently returned from UAE, tested positive for the virus. The man landed in Thiruvananthapuram on July 12, after which he showed mild symptoms of monkeypox and was admitted to a hospital. His samples were sent to the National Institute of […]
K Rajesh, the arrested IAS officer will be in CBI custody till Monday, a special CBI court in Ahmedabad ruled. IAS officer K Rajesh, arrested on the night of 13th July in connection with a bribery case shall be in the custody of the agency for four days custody. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) […]
Lakshmi Patel In the last 10 years, Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has spent nearly Rs200 crores on laying storm water lines, but the problem of water-logging in the city has not yet been solved. When heavy rains lashed the city on Sunday evening, roads, societies, and houses in many areas were submerged in knee-deep waters. […]
In the 10th case in the world and first in India, a 65-year-old man in Gujarat has been found to have a rare blood group beyond the usual four. The rare blood group came to the fore when the doctors preparing for heart surgery on the man could not find the match for his blood […]
The Maharaja Sayajirao University (MSU) professor Dr. Vanisha Nambiar has received an appointment to the WHO Technical Advisory Group (TAG-IC2) for two years. She is the first MSU alumni to achieve such a milestone. Dr. Nambiar received an invitation letter from Dr. Rudi Eggers, the Director of Integrated Health Services, WHO Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. […]
Ivana Trump, a skier, businesswoman, and former President Donald Trump’s first wife, died in New York City on Thursday. She was 73. Born as Ivana Zelnickova in 1949 in the Czechoslovak city of Zlin, formerly known as Gottwaldov from 1949–1989. The former President posted about Ivana’s death at her Manhattan home on his social media. […]
Ripudaman Singh Malik, an accused in one of the modern world’s first terrorist acts, the bombing of an Air India (AI) flight on June 23, 1985 known as the Kanishka Bombing which killed all the 329 people on board is shot dead in British Columbia, Canada. Malik was acquitted in court in 2005 after an […]
On Thursday, Rishi Sunak, a former finance minister, solidified his lead over rivals to succeed Boris Johnson as the next prime minister of the United Kingdom. With 101 votes, Sunak continued to be ahead of Penny Mordaunt, the trade secretary, who had 83 votes. He received 88 votes in the first round on Wednesday, with […]
In a major step towards realisation of what Adani Ports’ chief executive Karan Adani had said in May about the company seeking to become the premier global port group, It has won the bid for privatisation of Israel’s Haifa port for $1.18 billion. Haifa is a major trade hub on israel’s Mediterranean coast. The deal […]
Jairam Ramesh, the Congress spokesperson has hit back to BJP for “Insinuations and innuendos by a spokesperson of BJP against Sonia Gandhi…and Hamid Ansari” and ” condemned in the strongest possible language”. “The insinuations and innuendos of the spokesperson of BJP are character assassination of the worst form.” he said. Jairam Ramesh was referring to […]
Her dreams were big. But the fraud turned out bigger. When 20-year-old aspiring model Manmit Kaur Singh’s friend Ananya Chaudhury spoke about introducing her to Gandhinagar GIFT City “owner,” Kaur was excited. A resident of Chandkheda, Kaur, a third-year BBA student got wings beneath her wings and agreed to meet up with GIFT City “owner” […]
The radio jockey who made Ahmedabad laugh, RJ Kunal’s father Ishwarbhai Walabhai Desai allegedly committed suicide, leaving a suicide note with his dead body near Janata Nagar railway crossing on Thursday. According to preliminary information by Sola High Court Police, Desai committed suicide on the railway track and an accidental death case has been registered by the police. […]
Ever since beau Rohman Shawl and actor Sushmita Sen parted ways, fans were left wondering what went wrong. But nothing could prepare them for the beyond boundary that former IPL commissioner hit. On Thursday evening, he shared a series of images with his “better half” Sushmita Sen, some intimate and some casual, sending netizens into […]
As rain continues to slather various Gujarat Regions, The Office of Commissioner of Relief, Gandhinagar asked The Indian Coast Guard for assistance in rescue operations in the flood-affected Navsari district. Following this, the ICG Air Station Daman quickly moved into action and instantly launched the CG Chetak helicopter CG 802 at 12:55 hours on Tuesday, […]
Gujarat has received more than 45% of the season’s rains within the first 15 days of this year’s monsoon season. However, the State administration has already begun taking prompt measures to conduct rescue and relief operations throughout the impacted districts. Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel also paid visits to the various flood-affected areas and did prompt […]
In view of the incessant rainfall and flooding in its wake, life and livelihood in Gujarat have been thrown out of normal gear. While some rivers are flowing close to the danger mark, the Purna, Ambika and Kaveri rivers well crossed limits, Wednesday. The mass inundation in adjoining reaches has affected nearly 40,000 people; over […]
A day after the state reported an increase in daily covid cases, Thursday saw a slight dip in the daily covid cases as a daily tally stood at 737. For the past few days, covid numbers in the state are increasing. While Ahmedabad city remained the biggest contributor with 299 cases. Other major contributors include […]
A decision of the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation’s Standing Committee to hand over an economically weaker section (EWS) housing project to a single builder at a price that stretches up to Rs 180 crore has run into controversy with the opposition Congress party smelling a rat in the entire deal. The AMC is learnt to have […]
Bharatiya Janatha Party (BJP) received a total of Rs 477.545 crore from 2,206 donations followed by Rs 74.524 crore from 1,077 donations declared by Indian National Congress (INC) during the Financial Year (FY) 2020-21. A total of Rs 246.502 crore was donated to the national parties from Delhi, followed by Rs 71.681 crore from Maharashtra […]
