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The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has launched a membership campaign to recruit new members, who will be required to scan the party’s QR code stickers located near their homes. According to sources, the BJP hopes to portray itself as a party that stands out and is always ahead of the curve with this campaign. People […]
‘Balika Panchayat’, the first-ever panchayat model of the girls in India, commenced on Friday, June 17. The operations began in 5 villages in the Kutch district of Gujarat. The all-girl Panchayat in the nation aspires to ensure that girls take an active role in politics and advance the social development of girls. The Ministry of […]
Gujarat has surpassed the thousand-plus mark in its 104-day records with 1,102 active COVID cases On Thursday. However, it is noteworthy that half of the cases are from Ahmedabad. For Ahmedabad city, the 113th daily tally was 113. On the other hand, the 110th day daily tally for the entire Gujarat was 228. It is […]
Elon Musk yesterday for the first time addressed Twitter employees and is said to have indicated job cuts. Musk conversed with the employees virtually and answered questions that were submitted earlier. Although Musk did not explicitly say that layoffs were on the cards, he talked about how Twitter was suffering and needs to be stabilized […]
The Ministry of Defence’s ‘Agnipath’ scheme, which is a pan-India merit-based recruiting scheme for enrolling soldiers, airmen, and sailors, has been the subject of widespread protests in different regions of the country for the third day in a row. Several places have witnessed large-scale protests, with Army candidates setting many trains on fire. Bihar: Angry […]
Pic: Visuals from Secunderabad Railway Station, Friday The Agneepath Scheme, despite being hugely protested against, will go through. Announcing the same, IAF Chief Air Marshal V.R. Chaudhuri stated Friday, that IAF will begin recruitment on June 24. Other the other hand, the Army will issue its notification in two days. However, India was jolted by […]
A Gujarati man, who had been living in the US for some time now, was shot dead in Newport, Rhode Island, on Wednesday night with the intent of robbery. Prayas Patel, 52, was a resident of Sojitra, Anand. Two people were killed in the shooting that happened inside a gas station at the 1400 block […]
Hundreds of women, mostly doctors and bankers showed up at Britain’s most valued Royal Ascot race meeting, in traditional sarees, Thursday. Interestingly, Royal Ascot has long been associated with sartorial excellence and elegance and the dress code is firmly tied into this belief. The event is considered one of the highlights of the fashion calendar. […]
US President Joe Biden nominated Indian-American Radha Iyengar Plumb to a top Pentagon position. Currently serving as the Chief of Staff to the Deputy Secretary of Defense, Ms Plumb was, on Wednesday, nominated to the post of Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment. Prior to her appointment as Chief of Staff, Ms. […]
The new Agnipath scheme is a much-needed reform in the right direction while noting that the armed forces should not be an employment guarantee programme, according to the Congress MP, Manish Tewari. The INC leader and MP took to his Twitter to convey his views on the freshly launched defence recruitment scheme ‘ Agnipath’ in […]
Cosmetics maker Revlon has filed for bankruptcy in the US, as it says supply chain disruptions have driven up the cost of raw materials for its products. The 90-year-old firm says it has also been struggling with supplier payments, inflation and labour shortages. In a court filing, the company said that supply chain disruptions had […]
Sanand GIDC Industrial Association has signed an MoU with the Welfare Commissioner, Labour Welfare Board in order to provide accommodation to thousands of workers that are employed in the industrial zones. The agreement was concluded under the guidance of Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel with the aim of promoting the welfare of the labourers working in […]
The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has removed topics from the Class 12 Political Science curriculum related to Gujarat riots, the Cold War, and Mughal courts. The NCERT has also removed sections on the industrial revolution from a Class 11 textbook and allusions to select Dalit writers from a Class 7 textbook […]
Chemical sector in Gujarat has been adversely affected by the Covid-19 pandemic and related lockdowns, so much so that thousands of units have had to shut down and many others are struggling severely. Especially the MSME sector, which makes up for more than 95% of the units, is going through a rough time. According to […]
Naresh Patel, a prominent Patidar community leader and social activist, said on Thursday that he will not join politics or any political party ahead of the State’s Assembly elections. He put an end to speculation over whether he will join any of the three parties in the State: the BJP, the Congress, and the AAP. […]
Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) is currently in the final stages of discussions with Google, in order to get a unique geotag for every property in the city. The two entities are set to sign an MoU in this regard soon. This agreement will include every property – commercial, residential, chawls as well as special buildings […]
Pic: Police patrol in Palwal, Haryana In a mode to amend its oversight perhaps, the government, late Thursday evening, issued a press release revising the “exit age” for new recruits in the Armed Forces. The revised guidelines now relaxes the upper age limit to 23 years from the earlier proposed 21. “Cognizant of the fact […]
Gujarat ATS on Thursday arrested three more people, including two Afghan nationals, in connection with the discovery of Heroin worth Rs 280 crores from a boat in the Arabian Sea in April, in which nine Pakistani nationals were previously detained. Gujarat ATS and the Indian Coast Guard arrested a boat from Pakistan in the Arabian […]
Funds parked by Indian individuals and firms in Swiss banks, including through India-based branches and other financial institutions, jumped to a 14-year high of 3.83 billion Swiss francs (over 30,500 crores) in 2021, thanks to a sharp increase in holdings via securities and similar instruments, according to annual data released by Switzerland’s central bank on […]
The Union Ministry of Health has made amendments to the Drugs Rules,1945 to bring Quick response (QR) codes to 300 common drug brands, including analgesics, vitamins, diabetic, and hypertensive medicines to ensure the validity and traceability. The ministry instructed the Department of Pharmaceuticals (DoP) to create a shortlist of 300 medicinal brands that would be […]
