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After recording little low cases for two consecutive days, Gujarat on Wednesday again reported daily positive cases over 1,000. The state registered a total of 1,059 fresh covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours. Meanwhile, as many as 909 covid-19 patients recovered from the infection and no deaths due to covid-19 were reported in the […]
During the hearing of public interest litigation by Tushar Gandhi, the great-grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, before the HC challenging the development plan of the Gandhi Ashram and its precincts, Advocate General Kamal Trivedi, on behalf of the state government submitted, “We are a democracy, not in an autocratic state of affairs.” The development has been […]
A ‘disabled’ man, deemed in an “unfit state of mind” was granted bail by the Gujarat High Court on July 29. The man was accused of raping an eight-year-old girl. As per the accused’s psychiatric evaluation, the court also observed that the man was suffering from “moderate mental retardation”. The man had been in […]
State Education Minister and spokesperson for the Gujarat government, Jitu Vaghani, said during a press conference that on August 9, World Adivasi Day will be celebrated across the state. A state-level event will be organised at Melania in Dahod district, chaired by Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel. The event will also be telecast live. Besides, various […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of various projects of Shrimad Rajchandra Mission, Dharampur in Valsad district, Gujarat on 4th August at 4:30 PM via video conferencing. Shrimad Rajchandra Hospital The Prime Minister will inaugurate Shrimad Rajchandra Hospital at Dharampur in Valsad. The cost of the entire project is around […]
Post a Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, Gujarat Education Minister and spokesperson for the Gujarat government, Jitu Vaghani, addressed the media. He said the meeting was held to discuss the upcoming 75th Independence Day celebrations and also the Lumpy virus that is affecting cows and has spread to 17 districts of the state, […]
The Delhi High Court has formed a high-powered committee, which will review if financial services are easily accessible to visually challenged people. It will also look at the problems raised in petitions submitted to the court regarding this matter and propose practical solutions. IIT Delhi professor M Balakrishnan will lead the committee. The court said, […]
James Webb’s telescope has shown us more of the universe than we ever make sense of. Nasa’s James Webb Space Telescope has captured something closer to home – Jupiter, the namesake of the king of Roman gods.IMAGE: On July 27, JWST’s Near Infrared Camera (NIRCam) snapped a picture of Jupiter. Previously, the Webb telescope had […]
State Authorization Committee recently gave its approval to Kidney Institute in Ahmedabad Civil Medicity for carrying out uterus transplant procedures. From now on, the institute will be able to conduct kidney, liver, pancreas and uterus transplant procedures. This will be the country’s first semi-government institute to offer uterus transplant facilities. The permission for uterus transplant […]
Larsen & Toubro Ltd. (L&T) will be setting up an IT and ITeS Enabled Services Technology Park near Vadodara, which will provide direct and indirect employment to at least 10,000 people within the next five years. The park will be developed within the next five years at an investment of Rs7000 crores. The government of […]
Tushar Gandhi, the great-grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, has submitted public interest litigation in Gujarat High Court against the state government’s developmental plans of the Gandhi Ashram at a cost of over Rs1,200 crore. Meanwhile, Tushar Gandhi has questioned the state government’s decision to hand over the responsibility of developing and operating the project to the […]
The Crime Branch of Surat has arrested an accused with a quantity of Rs 3.52 crore. Earlier in 2020, 564 kg of ganja from the Pune area was seized. In 2021, 1009 kg of ganja was seized. In this time, name of Dilip Gowda from Orissa also came up in the supply of ganja. Hence, […]
The dispute over whether eggs belong to the vegetarian group or the non-vegetarian category goes long back. In one such incident, Tejaswini, wife of former Union Minister late Ananth Kumar, has raised objections over the serving of eggs in school. She believes the mid-day meal diet should be entirely vegetarian.Tejaswini, who is the owner of […]
Madhur Rakheja has been offered a job by Microsoft. He is a B-tech student at the interdisciplinary institution UPES in Dehradun. The job offer is of Rs 50 lakh. Madhur, a bright student from the start, had a list of companies that he had hoped to get into. Microsoft has always been on that list […]
All state-run power distribution companies in Gujarat have decided to make online payments mandatory for customers with power bills of Rs10,000 or more. In the near future, this norm may also apply to bills that are less than Rs10,000. The decision to make online payments compulsory was taken to make the process of bill collection […]
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International (SVPI) airport in Ahmedabad will now be a ‘Silent Airport’ as the administration hopes to offer a better experience to the travellers. This means that the airport will no longer issue incessant announcements for passengers, relating to gate numbers, boarding and other instructions. Instead, the airport has now installed more than […]
US Speaker Nancy Pelosi is in Taiwan today and has met with the country’s President Tsai Ing-wen. Pelosi said that the US would always support Taiwan and is looking to maintain a long-term mutually beneficial relationship. Pelosi referred to the Taiwan Relations Act, and said, “Forty-three years ago, America made a promise to always stand […]
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader from West Bengal Suvendu Adhikari said yesterday that he met with Union Home Minister Amit Shah and urged him to implement the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) at the earliest. He also told the reporters that shah had assured him that the rules of the Act will be framed as soon […]
Adani Total Gas Limited (ATGL) increased its price of compressed natural gas (CNG) in Ahmedabad by Rs 1.99 per kg on Tuesday. The increased price now stands to Rs 85.89 per kg. Industry sources reveal that other gas distribution companies in the city are also considering increasing prices.A one kg of CNG now costs only […]
Gujarat has topped the list of the most number of high denomination fake notes seized in India. According to official data, the government seized notes worth ₹23,724,050 from Gujarat state in the year 2016. In a recent update, the officials confiscated around ₹159,250,181 notes from Gujarat, which is believed to be the highest in the […]
