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India may finally witness an end to Covid-related restrictions after a long and arduous two-year period, thanks to the decline in Covid-19 cases in the country. As per the Central government’s order, wearing of face masks and maintaining social distancing norms are set to continue. On Thursday, India reported 1,225 new coronavirus cases while the […]
When Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is on a two-day visit to India, US Deputy NSA Daleep Singh, an Indian origin American has said from the soil of New Delhi that the US would not like to see a rapid acceleration of India’s imports of energy and other commodities from Russia. He was replying to […]
Exactly a month after the Gujarat government, (on February 28), shunted Rajkot Police Commissioner Manoj Agarwal following serious allegations of corruption and extortion levelled by three BJP leaders, another damning charge seems to nail his role in “using his office to further personal gains.” Following the allegations and subsequent case study in February, Agarwal, a […]
On Sunday, Ruchi Soya declared the floor price for its massive Rs 4,300 crore FPO. The auction began on March 24, 2022, and bidding was open till March 28. Through this offering, Swami Ramdev’s Patanjali intends to comply with Sebi’s minimum shareholding rules. The bankers wrote off a few thousand crores, once again using Baba […]
In a circular issued by the Income Tax Department on March 30, taxpayers have been cautioned against a penalty for “non-linking of PAN with Aadhaar by March 31.” (Circular No. 7/2022 dt 30/3/2022 issued,” Income Tax India said in a tweet) The penalty is of up to ₹1,000. Such PAN will remain functional for one […]
This news anchor is now a newsmaker!! Meet Ravindra Gautam, the host of a popular business talk show on CNBC Awaaz. He is currently making news with his Delhi-Kedarnath cyclathon. And no, this is not part of a competitive meet. Gautam hopes to raise awareness for his campaign: #SayNoToPlasticBags. The drive started on March 23 […]
Former Mumbai player Rahul Mankad, son of the legendary Vinoo Mankad, has died after a brief ailment. He was 66. Mankad is survived by his wife and two daughters. The news of his demise was confirmed by a Facebook post by former Mumbai player Shishir Hattangadi, who wrote “Jigga Bhai, rest in peace my friend […]
As April sets in, summer is all set to usher high temperatures in the country and according to the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), North West, Central and North-Eastern regions of India will likely be experiencing a higher temperature than normal. “During April, normal to above normal minimum temperatures are likely over most parts of North […]
Congress interim President Sonia Gandhi on Thursday tore into the Central Government for diluting the MGNREGA by reducing its budgetary allocations while asserting that it was this scheme that came as a blessing for the poor migrant workers across the country during the Covid-19 crisis. It was the Congress-led UPA Government, which introduced the Mahatma […]
Union Home Minister Amit Shah declared on Thursday that the disturbed regions imposed under the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) in Nagaland, Assam, and Manipur will be reduced from April 1, after decades. “In a significant step, GoI under the decisive leadership of PM Narendra Modi Ji has decided to reduce disturbed areas under […]
Opposition Congress and the police on Thursday evening clashed at the Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) headquarters when the latter barged into the premises while Mahila Congress activists were staging protests against the State and Union Governments over the fuel price hikes and inflation. The fracas that broke out ahead of a press conference of […]
An application for withdrawal of public interest litigation (PIL) moved before the Gujarat High Court seeking a ban on loudspeakers in mosques across the state owing to their high volume was filed on Thursday. While the matter was listed for hearing before the division bench of Chief Justice Aravind Kumar and Justice AJ Shastri. Surprisingly, […]
Academic staff at the Indian Institute of Management- Ahmedabad (IIM-A) have vehemently opposed the institution administration’s decision to replace its existing logo; a step that was approved by the IIM-A board without the faculty being duly informed. A letter signed by 45 professors of the institution was shot off to the institute’s board of directors […]
Former Chief Minister of Gujarat, Vijay Rupani was conspicuous by his absence during a group photo today of all legislators. The photo session was organised by the Speaker of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly, Nimaben Acharya. Such photo sessions are organised during the last session of the Assembly. A monsoon session will take place before the […]
Ahead of the no-confidence motion’s resolution due today on Thursday, March 31, the Imran Khan government lost its majority in the National Assembly in Pakistan on Wednesday. Prime Minister Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)-led coalition government was reduced to 164 lawmakers in the 342-member National Assembly after a key ally of the PTI – Muttahida […]
Payal, a 24-year-old Adivasi transwoman from Rajkot, was gang-raped during the second wave of Covid and was later admitted to the New Civil Hospital at Surat on July 19 last year. A self-taught Warli artist and Bharatanatyam dancer, Payal breaks down as she recounts her harrowing tale to Vibes of India. “I was financially struggling during the Covid-19 crisis. I was forced into sex work with a […]
One third posts in Gujarat’s government degree and diploma colleges are vacant, according to data presented by the state government in the Assembly on Tuesday. This is the situation across 31 government polytechnic diploma colleges (3,995) and six government degree engineering colleges (2,754) where over 2,200 posts are vacant against a total of 6,749 sanctioned posts. […]
Indian Air Force will be organizing a conclave titled ‘यशस्वत् षट् दशकम् with the theme ‘चेतक – आत्मनिर्भरता, बहुविज्ञता एवं विश्वस्तता के छः गौरवशाली दशक’ to commemorate 60 glorious years of the Chetak helicopter in the inventory of the Indian Armed Forces. This conclave will be held on 2nd April 2022 by Air Force Station […]
On Wednesday, around 8.02 lakh students from the state will appear for the Class 10 basic maths exam. This is the first time that Class 10 pupils will take two separate maths exams since the GSHSEB has now given students two options: standard maths for those who choose to pursue a science route, and basic […]
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Tuesday urged farmers in Gujarat farmers not to pay their electricity bills, if the state administration, led by the Bharatiya Janata Party, fails to ensure continuous power supply in the ongoing summer months. AAP leaders also threatened a chakka jam on national highways if the state administration doesn’t heed […]
