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The Gujarat government has unveiled a new policy for state departments and organisations to promote the use of drones – remotely controlled unmanned aerial vehicles – for operations and service delivery. The state government has also said that the drone usage policy aims to create 25,000 jobs in the industry in Gujarat. Drone manufacturers, users, […]
Hailing Amit Shah a “backstage hero,” Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh, Wednesday, released Shabdansh in the capital. The book is a collection of the Home Minister’s landmark speeches on a range of issues – from politics and spirituality to nation-building and tough decisions. The title, edited by Shivanand Dwivedi and published by Rupa, will work as […]
The couple, Pritiben Hareshbhai Thakkar and Haresh Naginbhai Thakkar, owners of Gujarat-based Shriji Bapa Buildcon Private Limited, defrauded banks with non-repayment of more than 20 crores of loan taken for the apartment building projects like the Floris-41 in Jodhpur & Anandnagar. Now, the residents are in trouble as the banks have alerted such apartments with legal notices […]
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador is planning to submit a written proposal to the UN to create a commission for peace and invite PM Narendra Modi to be a part of it. The commission will be made up to promote a five-year world truce for peace. The Mexican President would like Pope Francis, UN Secretary […]
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday, August 10, alleged that ration card holders were being forced to buy the national flag by shopkeepers and accused the BJP of selling “nationalism” and hurting the poor’s self-respect. The government, however, refuted the suggestion that the poor are being forced to buy the flag for ration on […]
The Wire In an interview with Karan Thapar, the historian also said that India’s middle class is letting down the country. She says it’s not sufficiently loyal to the idea of India. In an interview about how she views the last 75 years of India’s independence and what sort of country India has become, prominent […]
Being a girl child is not easy even in the famed Gujarat Model. And it gets worse when unemployment and poverty join their hands. Unemployed Shailesh and Manju were looking for a stable job. But instead of a job, a baby girl entered their lives on August 4 at around 6 am. When Manju was […]
Some festivals are not entirely rooted in religious significance.Raksha Bandhan or Rakhi is one of them. This day celebratesthe bond between a brother and sister. Among the many storiesthat surround the origin of Rakhi, one is related to Mahabharata.Lord Krishna once cut his finger which then started bleeding.Seeing this Draupadi tore a piece of cloth […]
Denmark comes up as the first country to halt its Covid vaccination program as the virus is now under control. The Danish Health Authority said to sources that now that spring has arrived, vaccine coverage in the Danish population is high and the epidemic has reversed. Hence, the National Board of Health is now ceasing […]
As elections come closer, the campaign of AAP spreads at a fast rate. The AAP government has certain promises it intends to deliver and is promoting the same. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has promised that if the AAP government comes to power in Gujarat, it will give a monthly allowance of Rs 1,000 to […]
As the world is torn between recovering from the lethal COVID-19 and getting to know Monkey Virus, another virus has now hit China. The new virus named Langya henipavirus (LayV) has infected 35 patients in two of provinces with largely mild symptoms. The virus is animal-driven and is a part of the same family as […]
An autonomous organisation under the Ministry of Culture, Government of India, the National School of Drama sponsored an event on Sunday organised by a forum of a medical association funded by the RSS and the Sewa Bharti that sparked student protests, the famed theatre school run by the culture ministry ended its registrar, Jwala Prasad. The […]
Sources at the airport have informed that Go-First airline’s Ahmedabad Mumbai flight was postponed by 9 hours. The reasons for the delay were technical. The flight contained 75 passengers on board. The sources share that Go-First airline from Ahmedabad to Mumbai was expected to take off at 8.55 A.M, but due to technical issues, the […]
The court ordered the release of Nilesh Joshi, 65, who was apprehended for the charge of assassinating his own son and disjointing his body, for him to attend the last rites of his son. The ceremony is to be performed by the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation. Nilesh was arrested last month, five days after he reportedly […]
The Madras High Court confirmed the decision of the Tamil Nadu government and the Central Zoo Authority (CZA) in New Delhi to transfer 1,000 crocodiles from the Madras Crocodile Bank Trust (MCBT) in Mamallapuram to Greens Zoological Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre in Jamnagar, Gujarat.The first bench consisting of Chief Justice M N Bhandari and Justice […]
As NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope turns its gaze on a selection of the more than 5,000 strange new worlds confirmed to exist in our galaxy, scientists will begin to trace out a fuller picture of their “lives” – from birth to death. Lawmakers and scientists both expressed concern that the JWST project is siphoning […]
Aam Aadmi Party convener Arvind Kejriwal is making a concerted push to woo Gujarati businessmen. On August 5, he met industrialists from Rajkot, Jamnagar and Veraval to give five major guarantees to win their confidence for the forthcoming Gujarat Elections. He wants to make businessmen “partners in the scripting the growth story of Gujarat.” He also […]
The Income Tax department conducted a search and seizure operation on ceramic brand Qutone on August 9. On the second day of the investigation, the department identified over Rs 200 crores of unaccounted transactions, cash and jewellery. The department has demanded clarification on the amount paid to company’s brand ambassadors Anil Kapoor, Yami Gautam and Tamannaah […]
Twenty-six-year-old Ramesh is not alone in waiting his turn at the OPD at Government Civil Hospital, Ahmedabad. Weakened by a persistent fever, he is drained from waiting for over two hours in the long queue. The auto-rickshaw driver has come all the way from Waddaj. The nearly three-hour wait for a brief 10 minutes for […]
In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (2) of Article 124 of the Constitution of India, President Droupadi Murmu appointed Justice Uday Umesh Lalit as the 49th Chief Justice of India as Justice NV Ramana is set to leave office on August 26. Justice Lalit will take charge on August 27 and will have […]
