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In a campaign address in Gujarat on Friday, veteran actor Paresh Rawal clarified for a comment he made about gas cylinders, Bengalis, and fish. He clarified that his reference was to illegal Bangladeshis and Rohingyas. The apology was made in response to a significant backlash on social media from the Bengali community and other groups. […]
A police official stated on Friday that the police had filed a case against the two boys after they were accused of sexually assaulting their 13-year-old classmate inside the classroom of their civic-run school in Mumbai’s Matunga neighbourhood. The incident happened on Monday. “The girl was sexually assaulted by her two classmates when their fellow […]
On the occasion of World AIDS Day, a blood storage cold room and blood testing machine were inaugurated at Sawai Mansingh Hospital’s Blood Bank on Thursday. Dr. Amit Sharma, head of the hospital’s IHTM department, stated that the blood storage cold room was established in collaboration with the Damodar Lal Narayani Devi Khatoria Charitable Trust […]
More than ten lakh people attended Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s mega roadshow in Gujarat’s Ahmedabad on Thursday. It was the Prime Minister’s largest and longest roadshow in the country, spanning around 50 kilometres and passing through as many as 14 Vidhan Sabha seats, 13 from Ahmedabad and one from Gandhinagar. People in Ahmedabad were absolutely […]
It is more French than, perhaps, the Eiffel Tower or the Seine. It is the baguette, the bread that became an essential part of French identity. On Wednesday, UNESCO, the United Nations heritage agency, added it to its exalted “intangible cultural heritage” list. UNESCO’s choice came as boulangeries in rural areas are vanishing, hammered by […]
The Indian real estate market is booming like never before. With the introduction of new brands, competition among the major real estate players has increased. Shubhashish Homes, a Rajasthan-based Real Estate start-up of the Shubhashish Group, is one such emerging big player. With its first project, Shubhashish Geeta in Jaipur, the Shubhashish Group has grown and gained […]
Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Thursday initiated DigiYatra, a software that permits air passengers to enter the airport in the nation’s capital by using facial recognition technology. Having the DigiYatra app, the check-in process at airports will be paperless, much easier to go through the checkpoints and security measures, and the data of air passengers […]
Spinning mills in Gujarat are facing bleak days due to falling demand from international markets and high cotton prices. Exports of cotton yarn declined by 46 percent, this October, to $719 million, from $1.33 billion last October, according to the Union ministry of commerce and industry. There are 600 spinning mills in Gujarat with an […]
The Vande Bharat Superfast Express seems to have a penchant for hitting cattle in Gujarat. The Gandhinagar-Mumbai train hit cattle between Udvada and Vapi stations in Gujarat on Thursday evening. The collision caused a minor dent in the train’s front panel. This is the fourth such incident involving the semi-high-speed train on the route since […]
The Delhi High Court restrained the sharing and posting of a ‘sexually explicit’ video of a judicial officer and a woman that surfaced on November 29 and was circulated on social media platforms. Justice Yashwant Varma, while allowing a prayer to ‘conceal’ the identity of the aggrieved party, said besides being in violation of several laws, […]
The Indian Army conducts large field training exercises involving all entities of war fighting with the determination of the “whole of the nation” approach. Civil agencies from Rajasthan’s western borders participated in the exercise. In a statement, the Indian Army stated that the exercise validated their actions in line with the ‘whole of the Nations’ […]
Twitter users will now see more tweets from the accounts they follow as the company is planning to expand recommendations to all users to give them the best content. “We want to ensure everyone on Twitter sees the best content on the platform, so we`re expanding recommendations to all users, including those who may not […]
A voter turnout of 60.20% was recorded in the first phase of the Gujarat Assembly elections on Thursday, covering 19 districts of Saurashtra-Kutch and southern regions of the state. The voter turnout on Thursday was less than 66.75% recorded in the first phase of the 2017 Gujarat Assembly polls. Barring a few incidents and reports […]
After Satpura Tiger Reserve authorities launched an inquiry over a video which purportedly showed Raveena Tandon in a vehicle driving close to a tigress in the protected area, the actor said she was travelling in a jeep licensed by the forest department which didn’t deviate from the designated “tourism path”. Tandon, who visited the reserve […]
The National Institute of Design (NID) reached out to the division bench of the Gujarat High Court, opposing a single-judge bench’s order to the institute to allow admission to the applicant who capped its entrance exams for a master’s degree course. NID filed a plea as the student filed a contempt of court petition after […]
Neuralink, the startup Twitter-owner Elon Musk founded to link our brains directly to computers, is set to help blind people to see and people with spinal cord injuries to walk or use their hands. The company, one of five that Musk leads, is working on technology to drop thousands of electrodes thinner than a hair […]
After Canada made way for more immigrants due to the rising demand for skilled workers, it is now Germany’s turn. The German government said that it plans to ease entry rules for immigrants from outside the European Union. Europe’s biggest economy needs about 4,00,000 skilled immigrants each year as the country’s ageing workforce shrinks, particularly […]
As the voting for 89 seats in 19 districts in Gujarat for the first phase of assembly elections has come to an end, the lower-than-expected turnout for voting surprised many. The official figures have not yet been announced but, the indications are suggesting 10 to 15% lower voting than in previous assembly elections. That the […]
In the Khadi exhibition organized by the Rajasthan Khadi Gramodyog Sanstha Sangh in Bajaj Nagar, over Rs 73 lakh worth of stocks have been sold so far. The exhibition is being held from 25 November 2022 to 13 January 2023. Cloth materials such as Cotton, woollen, silk, polyester, and ready-made khadi cloth along with food […]
An Indian Revenue Service Officer (IRS) posted as Additional Commissioner of Income Tax in Ahmedabad has reportedly fled his office to evade arrest. Santosh Karnani, an IRS officer of the 2005 batch, was booked by Gujarat ‘s Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on October 4 for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 30 lakh from a builder. […]
