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Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana to provide dream homes to people. A MSU research student drew inspiration from the same idea. She designed portable and easily movable house prototypes for people needing temporary houses. Many people are migrating to the cities in search of work. As they find one, the next […]
Necessity is the mother of invention. It was this discovery that Ankit Shah and Abhi Savadiyawala, alumni of Charusat University near Nadiad, made while facing hiccups in their startup Volvere and then was born a revolutionary product that they call a mini Supercomputer. Ankit Shah, a 23 years old lad, who launched his Volvere with […]
As per experts, the BA.2.75, a new Covid-19 sublineage found in India, may fuel new infections. They claim it has unique mutations that increase the risk of infection in people who have previously been immune, and that broader genomic surveillance is required to better understand its epidemiology. Shay Fleishon, from the Central Virology Laboratory at […]
Gandhinagar, the Gujarat capital and the youngest municipal corporation in the state, has never had a scientifically designed landfill site since its foundation. It had been illegally disposing of the trash on the Sabarmati bank in Sector 30 for ten years. Despite holding the state secretariat, the Gandhinagar municipal corporation had to find land to create […]
The largest hospitality company in India, Indian Hotels Company (IHCL), today announced the signing of a Ginger hotel in Ahmedabad. The existing hotel, which is in the heart of the city, will be upgraded to the Ginger brand after renovations. Himalaya Elanza Private Limited and this hotel have an operating lease. Suma Venkatesh, Executive Vice […]
The Gujarat High Court issued notices to central and state officials, three companies, five doctors, and the National Medical Commission about the petition soliciting a ban on the online sale of medicines. Justice AS sought responses from many organisations after diving into the petition filed by Amit Agencies. They included Drugs Standard Control Organisation, Food […]
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) raided 40 locations in Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, and southern states in connection with a money-laundering prevention case involving Vivo and other Chinese firms. According to sources, the Vivo office and the offices of a few other Chinese companies were raided. As of now, neither Vivo nor ED officials have […]
The deficient rain trend in Ahmedabad is now likely to give way to the exact opposite – heavy to very heavy rainfall in the city during the next three days. The city is likely to receive 5 to 8 inches of rain from July 5 to 10. There will be heavy to very heavy rainfall […]
“Padma Shri” Peter Brook, the well-known English theatre and film director died on 2nd July at the ripe age of 97 in Paris. Born on 21 March 1925, Peter Brook, a great theatre personality nonetheless, would be remembered for his larger-than-life “mise-en-scene” of Hindu epic “Mahabharat” in theatre and in film. Peter Brook’s “The Mahabharata” […]
Adani University is hosting the Global Education Forum ahead of the academic year 2022-23 to share ideas and initiatives. The theme of the forum is Educational transformation and Global sustainabiliy. The forum brought together renowned national and international academicians and industry experts from diverse fields to deliberate on Education for Transformation and Transformation for Sustainability. […]
The Gujarat High Court on Tuesday stressed that judicial transparency and accountability is important. Chief Justice Aravind Kumar issued a notice to implement auto-listing of specific fresh cases with effect from July 7, 2022. “As directed by Hon’ble the Chief Justice Mr. Justice Aravind Kumar, the following methodology is being implemented for the pilot implementation […]
Gujarat Congress leaders met political task force of P Chidambaram, Mukul Wasnik, Jairam Ramesh, KC Venugopal, Ajay Maken, Priyanka Gandhi, Randeep Surjewala, and Sunil Kanugolu on Monday to chalk out a plan for upcoming Gujarat Assembly elections. The Congress Party has decided to fight the Gujarat assembly elections later this year under collective leadership. After […]
It is a story of the credible destiny of a young boy from Saharanpur in UP who made it big in Australia. Aamir Qutub moved from India to Australia ten years ago to study an MBA. He was unsuccessful in securing a single job despite applying for 300 posts and ended up working as a […]
A division bench of Chief Justice Aravind Kumar and AJ Shastri of the Gujarat High Court has ordered the appointment of a court commissioner to investigate allegations that steel manufacturer ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel Ltd (AM/NS) in Surat discharged untreated trade effluents into the Tapi river and its creek. A division bench directed the director of […]
Gujarat BJP is strengthening their day-to-day digital campaign to woo Gen-Z and Gen-Y voters who spend an average of 8 hours a day online. Consolidating the votes of millennials will ensure the 150+ seat target of the BJP in the upcoming 2022 assembly elections. “We had started our digital campaign focusing on 2022 assembly elections with the hashtag […]
Non-NDA Block which has put up former finance minister Yashwant Sinha as their unanimous choice as a candidate for the President’s election received a jolt when the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha Chief Shibu Soren pledged his party’s support to Draupadi Murmu. Draupadi Murmu, who is hailing from a tribal from Odisha, visited Jharkhand where she was […]
In a little lesser daily figure logging of Covid-19 cases, Gujarat on Monday registered a total of 419 fresh cases in the last 24 hours. The state on Sunday had registered a total of 456 cases. Ahmedabad was once again a highest contributor in the daily count of Covid-19 cases in Gujarat. The city registered […]
Six people were killed and at least 24 wounded after gunfire erupted at a Fourth of July parade in a Chicago suburb Monday morning (around 11 pm IST). According to local reports, a gunman began firing from the roof of a retail store into the parade below just minutes after the celebrations began. A video […]
The National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA), a regulatory agency under the Union Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, has fixed the retail prices of 84 basic drug formulations utilised in treating different diseases.In a notification by the NPPA to the pharmaceutical companies, they strictly advised them to follow the prices. Further warned that failing to do […]
Fr. Cedric Prakash SJ A year ago, on 5 July 2021, when Father Stan Swamy left us, the world mourned the death of a great human being who epitomised compassion, courage, collaboration and commitment! ‘Stan’, as he was lovingly called by those close to him, died whilst he was still incarcerated. From the time he […]
