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The country’s national flag carrier Nepal Airlines has declared that Nepal has once again made it essential for international travellers to provide COVID-19 negative reports. The airlines said that all passengers will now need to show proof of a COVID-19 international certificate or COVID-19 PCR negative report when coming from the international sector. A joint […]
If geology interests you, then Jaisalmer, Rajasthan is where you need to journey. The Wood Fossil Park, also known as Aakal, is about 15 kilometres from the city. Geologic tragedies that occurred in the Thar Desert 180 million years ago can be discovered and traced here. Jaisalmer also serves as a border guard for western […]
Jindal Mobilitric (JM), a subsidiary of Jindal Worldwide, announced the establishment of an electric 2-wheeler manufacturing plant in Ahmedabad with a capacity of 2.5 lakh vehicles per year. Additionally, JM is also setting-up an in-house fully automated battery manufacturing plant with similar production capacity. Jindal Worldwide is the flagship company of Ahmedabad-based Jindal Group. Its […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch the world’s longest river cruise, which will travel on January 13 from Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh to Dibrugarh in Assam via Bangladesh. The opulent cruise will traverse 4,000 kilometres along 27 Indian river systems in 50 days, including the West Coast Canal, the Ganga-Bhagirathi-Hooghly, and the Brahmaputra. PM Modi […]
An Indian-origin man has been appointed to the Board of Directors of the Fort Bend Toll Road Authority and the Grand Parkway Toll Road authority in the US state of Texas. Swapan Dhairyawan, 57, was appointed last week based on his background, community outreach, and financial expertise. “I am proud to appoint Dhairyawan to the […]
In Gujarat, From now on, complaints can be made directly to the Chief Minister Office(CMO). Now common citizens can connect to the office of the Chief Minister of Gujarat directly through a Whatsapp number. The CMO has started a Whatsapp number 7030930344 for the citizens to connect to the Chief Minister’s office. It is not […]
The Gujarat government ordered the full-scale mobilisation of wastewater surveillance on Monday in order to search for genomic remnants of the SARS-CoV-2 Coronavirus in the sewage of the state’s major cities. All eight of Gujarat’s municipal corporations such as Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar, Vadodara, Rajkot, Surat, Jamnagar, Junagadh, and Bhavnagar have requested that researchers in Gandhinagar increase […]
A recent study undertaken by the Dept of Psychology, Saurashtra University, has deduced that 93% of the children do not like outdoor games/ sports anymore. They are addicted to the phone screen and prefer “mobile games.” The study also points to mothers being responsible for the lapse. The paper was undertaken by some students, led […]
The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a public interest litigation (PIL) that challenged the decision of the Gujarat and Uttarakhand governments to set up a committee for introducing a Uniform Civil Code (UCC), saying the petition was devoid of merit and the Constitution empowers the states to form such committees, said reports. . A bench […]
Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik posted a birthday message for Filmmaker Farah Khan. The image’s main focus is Farah’s close friend Sania Mirza. Shoaib shared the image on Instagram with a simple caption, “Happy Birthday Dear @farahkhankunder.” Reacting to the post, one fan commented, “Relax guys sab theek hai” with reference to Sania and Shoaib’s separation […]
The Rajasthan government has banned kite flying in the state for two hours in the morning and evening. The State Home Department has issued instructions to the District Collectors in this regard, citing the High Court order. The guidelines state that kite flying is prohibited from 6 to 8 in the morning and 5 to […]
In a right to information hearing matter, the Gujarat HC has directed the Departments of Assistant Professor, Associate Professor and Professor employed by the Gujarat University to share information with the Appellate Officer of the University on the number of vacant posts, vacancies and reserved and unreserved seats. The RTI application was filed by Dr […]
Within a month of assuming office again (for the seventh consecutive term), the BJP got down to working on its pre-election promise of setting up anti-radicalisation cells in “areas prone” to the same. In Gujarat, this would be in line with the party’s aggressive Hindutva push. The manifesto had also promised to enact the “Gujarat […]
Till the day before the formal takeover, labour disputes plagued the Sanand plant of Tata Motors and the facility that Ford India Private Limited (FIPL) had bought. On Tuesday, the vehicle assembly facility at Sanand owned by FIPL will officially transfer to Tata Motors’ subsidiary, Tata Passenger Electric Mobility Limited (TPEML). Ford employees have met […]
BJP president J.P. Nadda on January 10 chaired a meeting of the party’s national general secretaries to deliberate on the agenda for its two-day national executive in New Delhi on January 16-17. Party sources said the leaders took stock of the ongoing organisational and election-related exercises across the country, especially in poll-bound States. The party […]
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Monday said Rajasthan has emerged as a model state and its public welfare schemes are a subject of discussion in the entire country. He said there will be no shortage of budget for schemes run in the public interest in the state. Gehlot was addressing public representatives and people from […]
Amid reports that the Central Board of Film Certification has asked the makers of Shah Rukh Khan-starrer Pathaan to make changes to the shots used in its song Besharam Rang, lyricist-writer Javed Akhtar has said filmmakers need to have “trust” in the film certification body that has the authority to decide what will and what […]
A division of the city police called Special-58 Watchers Group will be on the lookout for those who stir up unrest during Uttarayan. Those who utilise the outlawed Chinese Manja are also included. The group will take a picture of the criminal and send it to the appropriate police station for further course of action. […]
Gujarat High Court’s intervention has helped calm the concerns of a 14-year-old girl from Gandhinagar who left her home to live in Rajasthan after her father and uncle pressurised her to get married. The HC was hearing a habeas corpus petition filed by the girl’s father and sought assurance from the latter that he will […]
Nearly three weeks after Indian health authorities stepped up vigil in the wake of a major Covid-19 surge in China, there’s no sign of an uptick in infections in the country. The week ending Sunday saw a slight decline in fresh cases in India after two weeks of a marginal rise. India reported 1,268 fresh […]
