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Nalanda and Taxila are synonymous with ancient universities in the Indian subcontinent but Gujarat, too, had its seat of learning of that era, the Valabhi Vidyapith located near Bhavnagar. The fame of the Valabhi Vidyapith, believed to have been functional from AD 600 to AD 1200, was not limited to the shores of Gujarat but […]
As many as 96 per cent of the workers employed in large-sized processing factories situated in Narol — a garment and textile industry hub in the south-eastern periphery of Ahmedabad – were employed without any written agreements. The workers paid either in cash daily or on a per piece rate, a survey by NGO Aajeevika […]
The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) takes a stern action against hospitals without Building Use (BU) and Fire NOC permissions. On Monday, the AMC revoked Form C of 42 hospitals across Ahmedabad for failing to provide or have the right documentation for BU permission and fire NOC. The strict action has been taken under an ongoing […]
An unemployed engineer from Chhota Udepur has published a video ranting in frustration and seeking the administration’s nod for allowing him to run bootlegging business. The video rant of a collegian from Tejgadh in Chhotaudepur district has raised uncomfortable questions to the society as a whole at several levels. Frustrated by lack of job opportunities […]
Amul parlours do not have BU permission, reveals the information received from RTI. After this, the question arises whether the rules (law) of GDCR and BU do not apply to illegal Amul parlours? Illegal Amul parlours are running in the gardens run by the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation. Amul parlours operate in public parks developed for […]
The Special CBI Judge, Ahmedabad (Gujarat) has sentenced Devender P. Sangwan, then Inspector of Customs & Central Excise, Surat (Gujarat) to undergo three years of Rigorous Imprisonment with a fine of Rs 25,000. The Court has also ordered the confiscation of Rs 17,64,950 +interest lying in FD with SBI and to be paid to the […]
In an important scientific data analysed by ICMR-NIE , it is revealed that city of Ahmedabad is prone to repeated bouts of dengue decease. Aedes aegypti mosquitoes which is causing Dengue decease, is found to be having 0.75 to 1.75 density in Ahmedabad city with Gota leading and Shahpur, Shahibaug and Sabarmati immediately following. Paldi, […]
The governing body of Vatan Prem Yojna’s society held a meeting, chaired by Chief Minister Vijay Rupani in Gandhinagar. The first meeting of the governing body, held on Saturday, proposed the works worth Rs 1,000 crore to be completed by December 2022. The details of the scheme were presented before CM Vijay Rupani. Following this, […]
The dispensation that rules India claims Gujarat is a promised land of plenty and a model to emulate but the state’s abysmal record in child health stands in stark contrast to those big boasts. Ask Feriyal Suran, an auxiliary nurse midwife from Ahmedabad — and not some remote corner of Gujarat — if she often […]
An unfortunate incident should not be the deciding factor of a child’s future. Adoption is as fortunate a connection between parents and children as is birth or any other form of parenthood. The last Monday of the auspicious fasting month of Shravan turned joyous for Nathan and four-year-old Arpita. Found abandoned in a dump yard […]
Bhalodia Vikshita, a Gujarat board student from Rajkot district has topped the merit list of degree engineering with 99.976 marks. The Admission Committee for Professional Courses (ACPC) on Sunday declared the provisional merit list consisting of 34,585 of the total 36,216 students who participated in the online registration to get admission in degree engineering courses. […]
In a recent study of 34 cases in Gujarat, the Asian-West African variant of Congo hemorrhagic fever was recorded for the first time in the country in 2019. As per the study, human genomic sequences reported from Indian samples belonged to Asian lineages. Out of the 34 cases recorded in 2019 in Gujarat, most of […]
Ahmedabad Airport is planning to undertake repair of the runway during the day hours from November to March. This will cause the runways to remain closed from 9 am to 6 pm, which has been approved by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA). For this, the Ahmedabad Airport management has announced a ‘NOTAM’, which […]
The day to tribute and show appreciation towards the mentors for providing guidance and showing path that can lead a bright future is Teachers’ Day. Celebrated on 5th September in India, various schools and colleges celebrate the day by making the students step in the shoes of teachers. GLS University’s Faculty of Commerce, SMPIC (B.Com. […]
Yet another incident of mobile blast sets out warning bells for mobile users. A mobile phone exploded in Rajula near Amreli district. User Mavjibhai Kwad, who lives in Chhatadia village, was holding a mobile phone in his hand when it suddenly exploded, injuring his fingers. Hearing the loud sound, people around him were left in shock […]
The names from BJP have now started appearing in the cases related to land grabbing, much against their virtue of ‘party with a difference’. More and more BJP MLAs and police officers with protection from BJP are openly grabbing land in Gujarat. Now BJP MLA from Godhra has been alleged of land grabbing of Patangadi […]
They may be royal, but their lives are often not royal fables. This is exactly what is happening in the 400-year-old princely state of Rajkot in Gujarat. The feud is most intriguing. The family is fighting over 20,000 crores of property. A princess is claiming her right as a daughter from her estranged brother. And […]
According to the health department, 10 new Covid-19 cases were registered in Gujarat on Thursday, tallying the number of infections to 8,25,445, while no deaths were reported from Covid in the state. At the same time, it is said that with the discharge of 12 patients from hospitals in a day, the number of those […]
In the context of the pandemic, Depression was witnessed to be a serious illness and the Gujarat High Court has taken a very close look at this when an engineering student was denied admission by a government college for not appearing in the exam due to depression and suicidal thoughts. The High Court issued the […]
Thousands of State-board schools in Gujarat on Thursday started physical classes for standard 6 to 8 with attendance even lower than the 50% capacity prescribed by the State Government according to the Covid-19 protocol, while several private CBSE schools are yet to decide on resuming offline classes. Officials said a good number from the 30,000 […]
