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This time South Korea is in news. And no, not because of BTS. But the newly sworn in President, Yoon Suk-Yeol, who assumed office Tuesday morning. Bringing in freshness, he announced a slew of new rules. The most talked about being how all Koreans are “set to grow younger by a year.” Yes, you heard […]
Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday received an award from Paschimbanga Bangla Academy for her collection of 900 poems’ book – “Kavita Bitan”. In response to this, Bengali author Ratna Rasheed Banerjee, who has penned over 30 books, returned her award referring it to be an “insult”. Returning her 2019 ‘Annada Shankar Smarak Samman’ […]
In the aftermath of the 2004 tsunami, Sri Lanka elected a new president, Percy Mahendra Rajapaksa. He had been introduced to parliamentary politics way back in 1970 at the age of 24, by the legendary Sirima Bandaranaike, to replace his deceased father, D. A. Rajapaksa. The young lawyer was exuberant and a mass mobiliser. After […]
Late Monday evening, a low-intensity bomb exploded at the Punjab police intelligence headquarters in Mohali. The matter has been assigned for further probe to the National Investigation Agency. According to the Mohali SP, Harvinder Sandhu, a rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) was hurled at the premises. No casualty was reported, though the impact shattered the windows and […]
The small village of Dingucha, near Kalol district in Gandhinagar, hit headlines in January after a family of four died while attempting to illegally enter the US from the Canadian border. The outrageous news shocked the globe. It did little to prevent Gujaratis from approaching “smugglers” who resort to life-threatening measures to assist an illegal […]
The Talking Point: How rich countries skew fossil records. It is now openly called “colonisation of fossils.” The Trigger: A paper in the journal “Cretaceous Research” in December 2020. It described a dinosaur species, (later named Ubirajara Jubatus), — the first dinosaur found in the Southern Hemisphere to display what were probably precursors to modern […]
Citing the extreme heat conditions in the city, Ahmedabad traffic police came up with an initiative through which the citizens could avoid more exposure to the heat. A two-day trial was conducted by the city traffic police on Saturday and Sunday, wherein around 60 traffic signals in the city were kept off between 1 pm […]
The temperature in Ahmedabad will hover around 44 Degrees Celsius on Tuesday, marking the second consecutive day of experiencing heatwave in the city. With 1.7 Degrees more than the normal temperature, Ahmedabad reported a maximum temperature of 44 Degrees Celsius and was the second hottest with Surendranagar in Gujarat on Monday. The minimum temperature too […]
A petition has recently been filed in the Allahabad High Court seeking a fact-finding inquiry into the history of the Taj Mahal. The petition seeks to open the doors of 22 rooms of the Taj Mahal and bring out the truth behind it. A writ petition was filed on Saturday in the registry of the […]
The May 26 examinations for the second-semester students of Gujarat University affiliated colleges are expected to be delayed for more than a week after the Gujarat State’s Principals’ Association made representations to the university to postpone the same. Citing the preparations for the examination from seating arrangements to supervision and the summer heat, the association […]
The Centre may have scoffed at the latest the World Health Organisation (WHO) report about India underplaying its Covid-19 toll, but it became known as early as December 2021 that the Gujarat Government managed the numbers more than the scourge itself after the Supreme Court reprimanded it over the Covid death compensation. According to the […]
The northwest and central regions of India will experience heatwave conditions for the coming three days from Sunday, May 08 with an expected maximum temperature to hover around at 42-44 Degrees Celsius, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) stated in its statement on Saturday. After recording the maximum temperature of 45 Degrees Celsius, the Barmer district […]
Justice Jamshed Burjor Pardiwala, more known as JB Pardiwala, the most feared of all judges of the Gujarat High Court who took the State Government to task for anything from mismanagement of the Covid-19 crisis to the shocking pollution in the Sabarmati River, has been elevated as a judge in the Supreme Court. This follows […]
Class I government official Sarfaraz Khan Bihari (34) has been in news this entire week. His use of the instant triple talaq to divorce his wife in 2019, not only defied the IPC but also overstepped his brief as a government servant. On Wednesday, additional chief judicial magistrate G.S. Darji held him accountable on the […]
Symposium 2022, the flagship event of Ahmedabad’s business network for entrepreneurs, Business Network International (BNI), took place on May 6-8 at Club 07. The event promoted business, networking, creativity, innovation, and more. Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel graced the occasion. He said, “Gujarat is a hub of entrepreneurship. Due to PM Narendra Modi Ji’s vision; […]
According to Malvinder Singh Kang, AAP’s Punjab chief spokesperson, Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga was a fake news hawker and Punjab Police is working with professionalism. Bagga, the BJP Delhi spokesperson, was arrested by Punjab police yesterday for “inciting communal tension” through posts on social media. In a recent tweet by Kang, he stated that “Bagga […]
The Talking Point: “The Palace Papers: Inside the House of Windsor, the Truth and the Turmoil?” What? A new book on the British Royals by Tina Brown, released on April 26. Brown takes readers on a tour de force journey that shows the Queen’s stoic resolve as she coped with the passing of Princess Margaret, […]
The first round of admissions under the Right To Education (RTE) Act was concluded on Thursday, May 5. Out of a total of 64,463 seats allotted in the first round till evening, the admissions are confirmed for 58,000 seats and about 6,000 are still vacant in Gujarat. A total of 25 per cent of seats […]
In the view of high temperature in the city, the Ahmedabad Traffic Police have taken a decision to provide the citizens some relief during the hottest hours of the day – afternoon. The traffic police have announced to keep every traffic signal in the city closed between 1 pm to 5 pm. However, starting on […]
