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In a bid to succeed the flamboyant Boris Johnson as the leader of the ruling conservative party and eventually the Prime Minister of Britain, the 42 year old, Indian origin Rishi Sunak has topped the first round of voting. The former finance minister Rishi Sunak scored 88 votes, ahead of other contestants former Defence Secretary […]
Russia is in news. Not for another man-made catastrophe but for Nature’s aberration. A deep-sea fisherman’s Instagram post of his most recent catch has baffled netizens. The crab, with a “human-like set of teeth” was netted by photographer Roman Fedortsov, who also works on a fishing trawler in Western Russia to supplement his income. He […]
Going the IndiGo and GoFirst employees’ way to protest pay cuts, SpiceJet pilots are out to resist the management’s alleged “unfair policies.” A section of the carrier’s pilots will be on “sick leave” on July 14 to object pay cuts in the past two years. Pilot sources said they were unhappy over massive pay cuts […]
Gujarat government ‘s joint secretary GAD K. Rajesh has been arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday late evening in an alleged bribery case of illegally issuing arms licenses. According to sources, the Central investigation agency had summoned K. Rajesh for questioning and “failing to co-operate” has been cured as a reason […]
Former IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt accused of forgery, conspiracy and other charges in the Gujarat Riots case, was remanded for seven days of police custody until July 20 by an additional magisterial court of Ahmedabad on Wednesday. A Special Investigation Team (SIT) was formed under the Detection of Crime Branch Ahmedabad by the Gujarat government […]
A high-level meeting on Wednesday was held under the chairmanship of Harsh Sanghvi, Gujarat Minister of State for Home Affairs, regarding the implementation of various projects under Mahila Suraksha Setu. Under the Women’s Safety Bridge, various projects are executed for the protection, upliftment and empowerment of women. Gujarat is at the forefront of security in […]
To ensure a hassle-free and safe Kanwad Yatra of Shiv-bhakts, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adiyanath, on Tuesday, directed, among other things, that all liquor and meat shops should remain closed on the route in Noida and Greater Noida, which in the Gautam Buddh Nagar district. According to the directives, drones would be deployed to monitor […]
The Union Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs on Wednesday approved a special 116.65-km Taranga Hill-Ambaji-Abu Road rail line on the religious route between Gujarat and Rajasthan at an estimated cost of Rs 2,798.16 crore. Union Minister Anurag Thakur informed media persons that the project to be built by the Union Ministry of Railways will link two states and three religious places and will be completed by 2026-27. […]
India ranked low at 135th place in terms of gender parity as per the annual Gender Gap Report 2022 of the World Economic Forum (WEF) released in Geneva on Wednesday. Iceland retained its place as the world’s most gender-equal country, followed by Finland, Norway, New Zealand and Sweden. Since last year India has improved five […]
Ahmedabad, the World Heritage City, has made all Amdavadis proud again by achieving a position in TIME magazine’s “50 extraordinary destinations to explore” list of 2022. From India, Ahmedabad city and Kerala, God’s own country, are the only places that have made it to the list. TIME magazine mentioned that as persistent as life’s challenges […]
On July 15, the Supreme Court will hear a plea contesting the Agnipath recruitment scheme for defence forces. A bench of Justices DY Chandrachud and AS Bopanna will hear the plea. The top court received several petitions challenging the Agnipath defence force recruitment program. The Central government has also submitted a caveat application to the […]
Veteran Gujarat Dalit leader Martin Macwan, who runs a rights organisation Navsarjan Trust, on Wednesday stated that the community has developed a unique brass coin with the question engraved: “Will the 1947 dream of untouchability-free India be a reality in 2047?” Macwan told media persons at the Dalit Shakti Kendra that his organisation runs in Sanand […]
The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) on Wednesday, 13 July, detected around ₹4,389 crores of custom duty evasion by Oppo India.The DRI officials searched the office premises of Oppo India and the residents of its key management employees. As per the press release, senior management employees and domestic suppliers of Oppo India came into question, […]
Aslali police today nabbed two men who were running a medical clinic with no solid degrees or any certificates. This arrest came about when Inspector General of Police V. Chandrasekhar, Ahmedabad Division, Superintendent of Police Virendrasinh Yadav, Ahmedabad, and Deputy Superintendent of Police Bhaskar Vyas, Sanand Division, discovered that many clinics in the district are […]
Under a 75-day drive from July 15, free Covid precaution doses for the 18-59 age group at government vaccination centres. On Wednesday, Union Minister Anurag Thakur announced the initiative as a part of the Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav. The objective of the drive is to increase the percentage of vaccinated populations. According to the sources, […]
The India Meteorological Department has forecast heavy to very heavy rains in many parts of Gujarat until July 16, and in the past few days, there have been flood-like situations in several regions including Rajkot, Navsari, Ahmedabad, and so on. On Tuesday evening, Anand witnessed torrential rains, which led to the overflowing of rivers, and […]
As the new NASA images captured by James Webb Space Telescope continue to stun the world, astrophysicist Jane Rigby, Webb’s operations project scientist, shared her first reaction after seeing the first focussed images from the telescope. “Earlier than this, the first focussed images that we took where they were razor-sharp…that for me had the very […]
The court has expressed displeasure over the one-page reply given by the PMO on a petition filed in the Delhi High Court regarding the transparency of the PM Cares Fund. The Delhi High Court termed the question related to the legal framework of PM Cares as “important” and took objection to a one-page reply given […]
IndiGo has begun taking disciplinary actions against the aircraft maintenance technicians who went on mass sick leave in the last week and started an agitation demanding revision of salaries. According to sources, the management has asked several employees who took leave in the past week to meet with the company doctor and produce appropriate medical […]
The Gujarat High Court has issued stern warning to the erring judges of the lower courts regarding punctuality and not attending office during full working hours. The High Court has gone to the extent of threatening to initiate action if situation doesn’t improve. The Registrar general of the high court issued a notice underlining the […]
