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Nearly after five months, Gujarat on Friday reported a total of 822 fresh Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours. The number of cases registered on Friday was the highest figure since February 18. Ahmedabad was the highest Covid-19 cases reporting city in the state with 298 new cases in the last 24 hours on […]
Gujrat received it’s highest rainfall since 2015, barely two weeks into the season this year. In the last five days alone, the rainfall received has gone from 235.44 mm as on July 9 to 433.35 mm as on July 14. It means that the share of rainfall received against the average rainfall has increased from […]
CBI booked Chief General Manager (CGM) and Regional Officer (RO) of the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), Digvijay Mishra in connection of a complaint of corruption against him. Mishra was caught while receiving Rs.10 lacs from the representative of the company. He is charged with favouring the company engaged in the 109-kilometer Ahmedabad-Dholera Expressway […]
UK’s weather forecaster has issued a red “Extreme Heat” warning, for parts of England on Monday and Tuesday when temperatures are forecast to reach record highs, triggering a “national emergency” alert level for the first time ever. A large portion of Europe is sweltering in a heat wave that has caused some areas to experience […]
The Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar concluded the third edition of the Invention Factory India recently on July 08, 2022. The competition that began on may 26,2022 and got commenced with a gush of innovation prowess showcased by undergraduate students of various IITs from across the country. During the finale, ten teams presented ten unique […]
Social media users praised Indian Railways for booking a cab to Vadodara for a Gujarati student Satyam Gadhvi after his train got cancelled. Gadhvi’s journey from Ekta Nagar railway station to Vadodara from where he would go to his final destination, Chennai, was cancelled due to heavy rain. Gadhvi posted a video on Twitter, thanking […]
Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday launched Y-3023 Dunagiri in Kolkata. Dunagiri is a Project 17A frigate built by Garden Reach Shipbuilders Limited (GRSE). Admiral R Hari Kumar, Chief of Naval Staff and other senior officers from the Indian Navy and Ministry of Defence attended the ceremony. P17A Frigates (a warship) are a follow-on class of the P17 (Shivalik Class) Frigates […]
A man has been charged with culpable homicide after a 16-year-old worker at a factory site in Kadi taluk in Gujarat’s Mehsana died after he allegedly inserted an air compressor pipe into the boy’s rectum ‘in fun.’ The incident happened on Thursday at Alok Industries’ premises in Kadi taluk, according to the police. As per […]
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) seized Rs 11.88 crore from 37 bank accounts belonging to Pankaj Mishra, the political aide of Jharkhand Chief Minister (CM) Hemant Soren. The agency claimed that the seized cash is a part of the money generated from illegal mining in various places, including Soren’s constituency Sahibganj. Earlier, on July 7, the […]
Delhi’s Patiala House Court granted bail to Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair on Friday in the 2018 tweet case. The Court observed that “the voice of dissent is necessary for a healthy democracy”. Zubair was arrested on June 27 by Delhi Police in a case that is related to an alleged objectionable tweet he had […]
On Friday, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare issued guidelines for the management of monkeypox disease. The ministry provided advice to the general populace on how to prevent the disease, including avoiding contact with sick people and keeping away from dead or wild animals (rodents, monkeys). The general public has also been instructed to […]
Ramesh Tanna Amrish Patel’s story feels like a story of some movie, something similar to the Shah Rukh Khan-starrer Swades, but so much better. This is a man who was leading a very successful life in the US, but came back to his hometown and ended up achieving even more great things. It can only […]
Patna’s Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Manavjit Singh Dhillon has been issued a show-casue notice over his recent comments where he compared banned extremist Islamic organisation, Popular Front of India (PFI) to Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) shakhas. During a media briefing, he said that PFI trains youth in martial arts just like RSS shakhas, which […]
The Delhi government plans to add 50 new services to its flagship doorstep delivery scheme in the near future. The scheme currently covers 100 services, primarily various types of documents and certificates such as driving licences and domicile certificates, among others. The Administrative Reforms Department is in discussions with other Delhi government departments and agencies […]
Many districts in Gujarat are currently suffering heavy rains and downpours, which have led to all kinds of problems. Several cities and villages are facing flood-like situations due to rivers in the surrounding areas getting overflowed and dams getting leaks. Waterlogging and other damages have become frequent things. India Meteorological Department has said that the […]
According to reports on Thursday, a Pakistani man reportedly killed and boiled his wife in a cauldron. The incident occurred in the country’s Sindh province in front of their six children.The police found the victim, named Nargis, body in a cauldron after her husband boiled her in a private school in the Gulshan-e-Iqbal area of […]
Following outrage over a Lok Sabha secretariat booklet that termed the use of certain words as ‘unparliamentary’, Speaker Om Birla issued a clarification saying that members are free to express themselves and that no words have been banned in Parliament. “It has been a routine practice since 1959. There are no forbidden words. Members have […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, today, called Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel and wished him the best on his 61st birthday. In a message through Twitter, PM Modi said that CM Patel is a humble human being who is dedicated to the service of the people. He said, “Best wishes to Bhupendrabhai Patel on his birthday. […]
Three possible candidates are vying to become Sri Lanka’s next President after the incumbent Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled this week from the country. After Rajapaksa’s official resignation letter, the Sri Lankan parliament will call upon the legislative body. Next week, its 225 members will put forth their votes for the election of a new president. A […]
India’s first monkeypox case was confirmed in Kollam, Kerala, on Thursday, as a man, who recently returned from UAE, tested positive for the virus. The man landed in Thiruvananthapuram on July 12, after which he showed mild symptoms of monkeypox and was admitted to a hospital. His samples were sent to the National Institute of […]
