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The Gujarat State School Trustees’ Association, an association of private school trustees, has recommended that the base annual fees in schools set by the state education department be raised by 50%. The Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board (GSHSEB) recently invited suggestions from private schools and guardians of students on the revision of base […]
Chinese products are hitting hard the chemical industries of Gujarat. With their cheap products invading India and the world, the Indian manufacturers are finding it hard to compete in the international market even as their domestic prospects are also down with everyone wanting to buy cheap. According to sources, some finished products are being supplied […]
The Gujarat government has taken a U-turn on the decision to remove 6,400 Traffic Road Brigade (TRB) jawans in the midst of New Year celebrations in the state. The state police has issued a new order to withdraw the earlier circular after the meeting chaired by CM Bhupendra Patel. Minister of State for Home Harsh […]
As the volume of online payments continues to rise in digital India, so does cybercrime. Taking advantage of technology, cyber frauds are frequently duping people by siphoning off their money. One such incident happened in Himmatnagar. Luckily, cyber police took swift action and nabbed the accused, recovering the money of the victim. According to the […]
With Ahmedabad recording poor air quality due to rise in pollution, smog and difference between day and night temperature, the city is experiencing a rise in infections, allergies, and respiratory illnesses cases. The city has also recorded an increase in the sale of medicines for infections and allergies last month. According to data released by […]
The Ahmedabad Urban Development Authority (Auda) has drawn a roadmap for the comprehensive development of the city, especially in line with its preparations for the 2036 Olympics bid. The comprehensive 20-year development plan has been christened Ahmedabad Development Plan 2041. Auda is engaging stakeholders from various sectors for insights on the bid process. Simultaneously, efforts […]
There are more than 11,533 centenarian voters in Gujarat, according to the latest Election Commission data. And out of these, women far outnumber men. Against 8,076 women centenarian voters, there are 3,457 men voters of that age ready for the 2024 general elections. It reflects overall life expectancy of women in the state, which has […]
Travelling to Kutch from Ahmedabad and Rajkot is going to be more time consuming for the next three months, thanks to the closure of a railway over bridge on the route for repairs. Usually it takes a little over five hours by road to reach Gandhidham from the state capital and about seven hours to […]
Passport applicants in Gujarat will no longer need to visit a police station for verification, according to a circular issued by the state police chief. The circular states that police will verify the applicant’s citizenship and criminal history through online records. In addition, police may conduct a home visit if necessary. The change is expected […]
Women and Cadila Pharma owner Rajiv Modi, a known Gujarat-based pharmaceutical unit, always has had an uneasy relationship. Elena (not her real name), a Bulgarian woman working as a personal assistant to Cadila CMD Rajiv Modi has accused him of sexual harassment. The woman earlier had written an application to the local Vastrapur police but […]
Witch hunt is widely prevalent in Gujarat’s Dang district even as the police received 145 written complaints of women being dubbed as ‘dakan’ over the past decade. Most of these women were found to be widows and they were subjected to torture under superstition, cops found when they traced 64 such women. The police initiated […]
The annual five-day Girnar Parikrama (circumambulation) begins in Junagarh on November 23 but what is concerning is the possible plastic pollution in the sanctuary area like last year, in which environment activists had collected around five tonnes of plastic wastes at the end of the five days. Devotees who come to the ritual throw plastic […]
The lakes of Ahmedabad, the crucial cogs in stormwater management and keeping the environment that bit cooler, are not in good shape, a study of 10 lakes in the city has found. While four lakes have reportedly lost 10% or more of their area in the past decade, the other six are plagued by degradation […]
A Bulgarian flight attendant has accused an Ahmedabad-based pharma company CMD of rape and harassment. However, she alleged the police were not registering an FIR on her complaint. The 27-year-old has moved the Gujarat High Court with the accusations. The woman has also sought directives to secure digital evidence to establish the police coerced her […]
The Gujarat Council of Educational Research and Training (GCERT) has started collecting and documenting the special innovative efforts of its teachers, like the use toys and games in teaching primary school students. This is in line with the National Education Policy (NEP)-2020 that emphasises Foundational Literacy and Numeracy (FLN) focussing on the use of innovative […]
As the European Union (EU) is bringing in norms to stop the direct import of rough and polished diamonds from Russia, Surat’s diamond industry is in for trouble. The tougher norms are likely to be implemented from January next year. The EU also plans to introduce a traceability mechanism from March 2024 to ensure processed […]
Recently a lioness and her cub were sighted in Kutiyana of Gujarat’s Porbandar district, thereby making it officially the 10th district in the state where the Asiatic lions have marked their presence. Thanks to the state government’s sustained conservation efforts, in the last 50 years, there has been nearly a five-fold increase in the number […]
Surat Agriculture Produce Market Committee (APMC) director Fakruddin Yusuf Shaikh was elected director of the Gujarat State Agricultural Marketing Board (GSAMB). GSAMB is the apex body that governs the 224 APMCs across the state.The GSAMB — with nine members from farmer bodies and three from trader bodies — looks after development works of APMCs and […]
The Gujarat high court has ordered the state government to consider paying Rs 25 lakh compensation to the kin of a sanitation worker who died of Covid, after she contracted the virus while working in a Covid ward at Civil Hospital during the first wave of the pandemic. This case involves Kokila Makwana, who had […]
The EMRI 108 emergency services in Gujarat recorded 2,258 emergencies related to vehicular accidents in three days – averaging 753 emergencies a day and 31 every hour, which translates into one every two minutes. The data also says that while the roads were relatively empty in cities due to the festivities, highways saw relatively higher […]
