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In the wake of a recent diplomatic standoff with Canada, officials from the Gujarat government announced on Thursday that they will require “political clearance” from the Union Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) before sending a delegation to Canada to promote the upcoming Vibrant Gujarat summit. As per media reports, Chief Secretary Raj Kumar said that […]
Bhubaneswar: Political temperature in Odisha has shot up with the expulsion of media baron and Khandapada MLA Soumya Ranjan Patnaik from the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Thursday, September 21. Though chief minister and BJD president Naveen Patnaik also expelled Remuna MLA Sudhansu Sekhar Parida for indulging in “anti-people” activities, the focus was clearly on […]
At least 17 renowned authors, including John Grisham, Jodi Picoult and George RR Martin have sued OpenAI for “systematic theft on a mass scale,” claiming that artificial intelligence programmes are using their copyrighted works without permission. In the suit filed in a New York court, the authors have alleged “flagrant and harmful infringements of plaintiffs’ […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will virtually flag off the Jamnagar-Ahmedabad Vande Bharat Express on September 24 around 12:30 p.m. This will be Gujarat’s third Vande Bharat train. The train will halt at Rajkot, Wankaner, Surendranagar, Viramgam and Sabarmati, completing the entire journey of 330 kms from Jamnagar to Ahmedabad in just 5 hours, at an […]
Social media platform X’s head of policy for India and South Asia, Samiran Gupta has reportedly resigned from the top post. He was tasked with overseeing crucial content-related policy matters and advocating for Twitter’s stance in light of emerging policy changes, as well as providing support to the local sales team. Gupta, who was designated […]
Qutubuddin Ansari, the man often referred to as the face of the 2002 Gujarat riots, had sought compensation for defamation claiming his photo was used in a film. But the Gujarat High Court turned down his petition. Ansari had sought compensation from makers of the Hindi film ‘Rajdhani Express’ for the alleged defamation they caused […]
Investors’ interest in the stock market has gained momentum in the backdrop of the recent bull run of the Indian equity markets and handsome returns on investments. In line with this upbeat mood, Gujarat’s SME IPOs have also seen a major surge in the last six months. From April to September this year, Gujarat’s small […]
For long, social activists and leaders have clamoured for the inclusion of the women’s reservation bill that guarantees them a 33% quota in Lok Sabha and state assemblies. Named the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam, it was cleared by the parliament on Thursday. The reservation, according to reports, will be provided for 15 years. After each Delimitation, […]
Why do people instinctively wince when they get a call from their boss, even if he is a nice guy who has never done them any harm? The explanation lies in how our brains are wired, says Jerome-Pierre Bonnifay, founder CEO of consulting firm SBIC Services, and it has nothing to do with whether your […]
In a recent development, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, aligned with the Medical Education Policy, officially abolished the NEET PG cutoff for all categories just two days ago. The directive to implement this change came directly from the Central Health Ministry to the National Medical Commission (NMC). This decision, as stated publicly, has […]
Lives of over a million people are going to change with the Dharavi redevelopment project being helmed by the Adani group. Indian billionaire Gautam Adani’s property unit has formed a joint venture with Mumbai’s slum rehabilitation authority to redevelop Dharavi, one of Asia’s biggest slums, which has suffered neglect or legal roadblocks over decades. A […]
Veteran artist Amrut Patel’s “Abstract Alchemy” exhibition opened to a full house at the Hutheesing Centre on Thursday, with most of Ahmedabad’s art world in attendance. The Ahmedabad-born painter, who graduated from CN Art School, has lived and worked in Delhi for the past 45 years, was felicitated at the inauguration by fellow artists Amit […]
In a good news for Indian medical graduates, under a new deal, they will now be able to practise medicine in foreign countries. The National Medical Commission (NMC) received the World Federation for Medical Education (WFME) recognition status for a duration of 10 years. The announcement was made by the Union Health Ministry through a […]
Fatehpur Sikri near Agra saw a tragic incident when a French tourist fell down from a height at the historic site and died. The tourist reportedly fell from a nine-foot-tall platform at the fort when the surrounding wooden railing broke. An official of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) said the woman who died was […]
Ahmedabad’s Shirish Patel (name changed) has to redraw his plans for his IT programme in Canada, which he had prepared to join from December this year. “The current scenario is not very conducive. We have seen how Indian medical students in Ukraine were affected after Russia launched a military assault,” he said, giving his Ontario […]
A youth in Gujarat’s Junagadh collapsed and died while performing Garba. The 24-year-old, identified as Chirag Parmar, was rushed to the hospital after the incident, but was declared brought dead by the doctors there. The postmortem report confirmed that he died of a heart attack while practising the traditional dance form. The Junagadh resident had […]
Kraft Heinz announced the launch of its first global capacity centre (GCC) in Ahmedabad. This will generate employment opportunities for at least 1,800 professionals in the state in the next three years. The US-based company is the world’s fifth largest food and beverage company. Heinz will be the first global capability centre in India. A […]
Many workers from India to the Middle East are suffering salary and service-benefit issues for long and despite repeated requests and pleas through various channels, they are not being heard, even by their own government back home. The situation is the same across the nations, be it Qatar or Kuwait. For many in these countries, […]
Nvidia Corp. Chief Executive Officer Jensen Huang on his visit to India earlier this month had a one-on-one conversation with Prime Minister Narendra Modi about the AI sector. As the US increasingly clamps down on exports of high-end chips to China and the world seeks an alternative electronics manufacturing base, India could shape up to […]
Should KG students be taught the names of private parts? Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat has described this exercise as an attack by Leftists. “I visited a school in Gujarat where a seer showed me an instruction in a kindergarten school. It said the class teachers have been asked to find out whether […]
