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In the latest India Justice Report (IJR) 2022, the state of Gujarat is at the fourth rank among the 18 large and mid-sized states with populations over one crore, as per the justice delivery namely Police, Judiciary, Prisons, and Legal Aid. Karnataka, on the other hand, has achieved the first rank in delivering justice in […]
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Tuesday said that they have reached a consensus with protesting doctors over the Right to Health (RTH) bill. CM Gehlot tweeted that Rajasthan will now become the first state to implement the Right to health act. He said, “I am happy that finally an agreement has been reached between […]
The World Bank announced on Tuesday that it had lowered its estimate for India’s economic growth in the current fiscal year, which began on April 1, from 6.6% to 6.3%. The third-largest economy in Asia saw year-on-year growth of 4.4% in October-December, down from 11.2% in the same period last year and 6.3% in the […]
Apurva Asrani, a filmmaker, expressed his support to Priyanka Chopra Jonas when she disclosed that she had left Bollywood due to a dispute with several prominent people in the business. Asrani discusses how some families in the industry have an advantage in the market since they have been around for decades and are familiar with […]
Shashi Tharoor, a leader in the Congress and a member of the Lok Sabha, urged External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar to “cool a little bit” as he criticised the West for its “bad habit” of criticising other nations on Monday. During a conversation on Sunday in Bengaluru, Jaishankar claimed that the West has a “bad […]
Ajit Pawar, a senior leader of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), has remarked that the Bharatiya Janata Party’s triumph in 2014 was due to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s appeal and that the country’s most pressing problems are inflation and youth employment than the PM’s educational background. Pawar’s remarks contrasted with those of Shiv Sena-UBT ally […]
China has released a third set of names in Chinese, Tibetan and Pinyin characters for Arunachal Pradesh, as part of its efforts to reemphasise its claim over the Indian state. China’s Ministry of Civil Affairs on Sunday released the standardised names of 11 places in Arunachal Pradesh, which it calls “Zangnan, the southern part of […]
E-commerce company Walmart will cut more than 2,000 positions across five e-commerce fulfilment centres in the country, according to regulatory filings, though impacted employees may find other roles at the company. According to the report, Walmart intends to change its operations to better cater to online shoppers. Over 1,000 jobs are being cut in Fort […]
US space agency NASA has named the four astronauts who will take humanity back to the Moon, after a 50-year gap. Christina Koch will become the first woman astronaut ever assigned to a lunar mission, while Victor Glover becomes the first black astronaut on one. They will join Reid Wiseman and Jeremy Hansen to fly […]
A day after Elon Musk sought the dismissal of a $258 billion racketeering lawsuit that accused him of intentionally inflating Dogecoin’s value, Twitter’s iconic blue bird on its home button was replaced with a Shiba Inu logo associated with the cryptocurrency. In a nod to the update, Twitter CEO Musk on Monday shared a post […]
If the panipuri you ate last evening smelt a little awry, well, it was. Using the overpowering chaat masala and pudina flavours to guise the stink of rotten potatoes and fetid chickpeas to their advantage, vendors in Amdavaad are now facing flak from health department officials of the civic body. Acting on a specific tip-off, […]
Ahmedabad’s Kusum Dhirajlal (KD) Hospital successfully conducted its first-ever bilateral lung transplant on a 40-year-old woman on March 18. Sharing the milestone medical feat, doctors briefed the media on Monday, adding that the patient is recuperating well. “It was a collaboration between experienced doctors from KD Hospital and Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS) Hospitals […]
The Uttrakhand High Court on Monday ordered that a senior Indian Forest Service officer, Rajiv Bhartari will be reinstated as the primary chief conservator of forests. Following allegations of widespread tree cutting and construction in the Pakhro and Morghatti forest divisions in the Corbett buffer zone, Rajiv Bhartari was removed from his position in November […]
Parliament was informed on Monday that the Enforcement Directorate is investigating several cases involving cryptocurrency/virtual digital currency frauds, in which a few crypto exchanges were also found to be involved in money laundering. In a written reply in the Lok Sabha, Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary said that virtual digital assets have the […]
The World’s Most Popular Leaders list has once again been topped by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who beat out some of the most powerful and well-liked leaders in the world, including US President Joe Biden and UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. PM Modi topped the list of Morning Consult’s World’s Most Popular Leaders 2023, based […]
Union Health Minister Manuskh Mandaviya on Monday said that omicron’s sub-variant which is circulating in the country has not led to an increase in hospitalisations and there is no need to worry. The Minister said that “We need to remain alert but there is no need to worry. Currently, the sub-variant of Omicron which is […]
Soon after a Surat court granted bail to former MP Rahul Gandhi in a 2019 defamation case, the Congress leader on Monday said this is a fight against “Mitrkaal” to save democracy and truth is his weapon in this struggle. Last month, Rahul Gandhi was convicted by a Surat court and was sentenced to prison […]
Even though the ruling BJP dubbed the presence of senior Congress leaders in Surat as “tactics to pressurise the judiciary,” Rahul Gandhi had a massive show of strength backing his attendance at the Surat sessions court on Monday. The court admitted the application and adjourned the matter for further hearing on April 13. It also […]
National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has removed chapters and topics related to ‘Kings and Chronicles; the Mughal Courts (C. 16th and 17th centuries)’ from the History textbook “Themes of Indian History-Part II” under its new rationalised syllabus to be taught in Class 12 onwards the academic session 2023-24, briefed state Secondary Education […]
Traditionally, Gujarat has been regarded as a trade hub and hive of commercial activities. Now, it has taken a huge stride forward in the stream of education, becoming the state with the maximum number of universities. The state government had consented to five new universities from this academic year, making Gujarat’s tally of private universities […]
