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The Gujarat government has now allowed admissions to 15 undergraduate engineering courses for students who cleared Class 12 with Biology as the main subject. The change in the admission criteria has been adopted in order to implement the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020. Among first of the states to implement All India Council for Technical […]
Elections in Gujarat have always been interesting for two and half decades. Like Lutyens in Delhi is often accused of not knowing what actually is happening in Uttar Pradesh, outsiders do not fathom what really works in Gujarat. Some may vouch that it is the development, others say it is the Acche Din and corruption-free […]
The third wave of corona is expected in the first week or fortnight of September. Individuals who have taken both doses of the vaccine will be less affected by this wave. These are the words of the head of the forensic department of Rajkot Civil Hospital, Doctor Hetal Kyada who performed the autopsy of the […]
In the third of Vibes of India’s 3-part series, Ashvita Singh write about how prepared is Ahmedabad for Covid third wave: There’s widespread speculation in the medical community regarding the arrival of Covid-19’s third wave. Many experts feel we may be able to ward off the worst, given that the cases that were anticipated to rise […]
Research shows Gujarat saw an estimated 480 per cent rise in deaths in April – the highest such spike recorded in a single month in the world. Gujarat always strives for the top spot. Since 2001, it has been eyeing the number one position – be it on the export preparedness index, in cotton production, […]
Shri Parimal Nathwani, president of Gujarat State Football Association (GSFA) reiterated his commitment to strengthening football in the State on the occasion of National Sports Day on 29th August 2021. GSFA is all geared up to kickstart field football in Gujarat, which was subdued due to pandemic, he said. The GSFA is poised to organise […]
Months after the Gujarat Government froze the bank account of an NGO raising funds for an oxygen plant initiated by him, Independent Dalit legislator Jignesh Mevani is finally setting up on Saturday the State’s biggest oxygen plant in his constituency Vadgam in Banaskantha district with the help of his MLA funds. The plant has […]
As anticipated, 1986 batch IAS officer Pankaj Kumar has been appointed as the new chief secretary of Gujarat. He takes over from Anil Mukim, who served as Gujarat Chief Secretary from 2019. Mukim retired in August 2020 and was given two extensions, each of six months. Pankaj Kumar started his career from Mahuva in Bhavnagar […]
World’s Longest Dance Festival Limps To Halt. In the second of Vibes of India’s 3-part series, Natasha Baxi and Parita Pandya write about continuing Covid scare among Garba organisers across Gujarat: The dreaded corona virus brought the world’s longest dance festival, Garba, to a grinding halt in its first avatar in 2020. People literally haggled with the […]
[Updated] Gujarat Govt asserts it has no political agenda, will move Supreme Court Gujarat High Court on Thursday refused the state’s plea to rectify its earlier order of putting a stay on the operation of key sections of the “anti-love jihad” law relating to interfaith marriages, and the BJP government asserted that there was no […]
A tribal farmer, steeped in debt and hit by Covid-19, consumed pesticides to kill himself in Gujarat’s Navsari on Wednesday night.Nilesh Patel waited for the fervently promised ‘Achhe din’, but they never came. At least not in his lifetime. He had been hoping that they would arrive – if not within the promised 100 days, […]
After the April-May nightmare, is a third wave of Covid-19 coming? There is perhaps not a single family who may not have lost a dear one – be it a relative or a friend – to the second wave. Everyone wants to know if the virus would rear its head again, more so if it […]
In a startling allegation, a Delhi-based Gujarati woman has accused an Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) legislator, Mukesh Ahlawat, and his bodyguard of repeatedly raping her. After the police allegedly refused to take her complaint about this, the woman told mediapersons on Wednesday that the AAP MLA from Sultanpuri, whom she knows for 10 years, and […]
Education Minister, Bhupendrasinh Chudasama has announced that offline classes will also begin from September 2 for grades 6 to 8 in the schools of the state. A meeting of the state cabinet chaired by Chief Minister, Vijaybhai Rupani and Deputy Chief Minister, Nitinbhai Patel today decided to start 6 to 8 offline classrooms, the education […]
The largest technical university in the state, Gujarat Technological University on Tuesday launched new online courses on Vedic Indian knowledge systems.These 12 new courses include the study of Vedas, ancient architecture, Indian arts, Dharma and religion, Political Science, Arthashastra and global footprints of Indian diaspora among others in collaboration with the Pune-based Bhishma School of […]
(Image for representation purpose) Samnath Patel (name changed), working at government school number 23 in Ahmedabad’s Behrampura, was on Tuesday morning asked to report for duty at the Tagore Memorial Hall. A non-teaching official assignment is not unusual for Patel or government teachers, but this coincided with the State Government’s much-touted Shikshak Sajjata Survekshan or […]
The state administration newly enacted anti-land grabbing laws for disputes concerning private properties however it has rarely enacted laws for encroachment on government land. It is worth noting that in several cases, senior IPS and IAS have been found involved in facilitating land grabbing for private parties for a cut or commission. The Gujarat High […]
Petitions cite the right to privacy to question the 1949 law; state says redefining laws based on the citation like ‘inviting bull to a china shop’ The Gujarat High Court on Monday accepted a batch of petitions challenging the provisions of Gujarat Prohibition Act, 1949, which bans the manufacture, sale and consumption of liquor in […]
Imagine turning on a radio frequency and you get to hear the stuff in Sanskrit at a tour to Statue of Unity in Kevadia, Gujarat. Sounds weird? But it is a reality at the place. In a unique initiative, the RJs at Radio 90 FM have been given training to speak in Sanskrit and provide […]
It is indeed a reflection on the cultural sensibilities of our society that 155-year-old historic Stuart Library at Godhra is finding it difficult to continue functioning. The trustees of the library are mulling over the idea to rent the hall to meet the recurring expenses. As interest in reading recedes in general, the membership has […]
