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In a glaring instance of political rivalries stooping to pedestrian levels, BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra made fun of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi calling him the “eighth wonder of the world” for reportedly eating langar during the Punjab election campaign with his face mask on. After the BJP’s social media team and leaders made the half-baked […]
Jalandhar: Around 2,000 international students – most from Punjab, some learning online and some on study visas – are left in the lurch with three private colleges in Canada ’s Montreal city suddenly closing. Canada’s CBC News has reported that all three colleges have filed for creditor protection. In the court filing, the colleges blamed the COVID-19 pandemic for some […]
The Education Ministry has issued revised guidelines for reopening schools but allowed states with negligible COVID cases to take a final call based on their overall Covid situation. The guidelines have been prepared after consultation with the states. The final decision on taking classes online or offline rests with the state governments. The school staff […]
On Thursday, former India captain Virat Kohli had a virtual interaction with young Indian cricketers playing in the ongoing U19 World Cup in West Indies. Kohli interacted with players ahead of India’s fourth consecutive U19 World Cup final. They will play against England on February 5. India, undefeated, has reached the final after some impressive […]
Pic credit: Hanif Sindhi Gujarat continued to add more Covid-19 fatalities with 35 people succumbing to infection on Friday even as the daily Covid-19 infections are on decline. The state on Friday recorded 6,097 cases of which 248 patients are on ventilator support. The state had 7,606 cases and 34 deaths yesterday. Of the total […]
Indian Coast Guard launched an Auxiliary Barge ‘Urja Pravaha’ today, this launch was done by Smt Kavita Harbola, Regional President Tatrakshika (North West) at Shift Shipyard, Bharuch along with the presence of Inspector General Anil Kumar Harbola, TM, Commander, Coast Guard Region (North West) and Mr Sahay Raj, Managing Director, M/s Shoft Shipyard, who has […]
The Gujarat government continues to receive newer applications for compensation for Covid-19 deaths. In an affidavit submitted in the Supreme Court of India, the state government has informed that they have received 1,02,230 claims till Thursday for compensation for their relatives’ deaths due to Covid-19. It is to be noted that the government has reported […]
A missing Husky dog is being held ‘for ransom’, claimed the dog’s owner, a Rancho, San Diego resident. The owner says Meelo, her one-and-a-half-year-old Husky, was last seen on January 12 in an RV parked at Clarendon and Second streets with a man and woman. That RV has since disappeared, and Rawan Alshammari says she […]
February 4th is marked as World Cancer Day. While Corona has taken centerstage ever since it appeared in 2020, other diseases have made a stealth rise. According to Indian Council for Medical Research, India reported 13.92 lakh new cancer cases in 2020. In Gujarat, 69,3300 cases were registered in the same period. The report also […]
Barely four months after the Gujarat High Court granted interim bail to four accused in the first ever case registered under the Gujarat Freedom of Religion (Amendment) Act, one of the accused has been booked in another case pertaining to domestic violence and criminal intimidation. On the other hand, the accused’s wife, has also filed […]
Even though it still reserves the majority in the Surat Municipal Corporation, murmurs about AAP’s disintegration are now hitting high decibel. While insiders have hinted at rebellious leaders wanting to jump ship, five of the elected representatives of the party “are not in touch” with the party high command. Leader of Opposition in the civic […]
Gujarat’s literature and environment lovers are angry with Gujarati Sahitya Parishad’s (Gujarati Literary Council) General Secretary who ordered moving down the green cover of the Council premises. The premises at the riverfront had a matchless green cover in the city but the General Secretary’s order to cut down trees on public holiday has raised many questions. […]
In an under-construction building collapse mishap in Yerwada, Pune that took place on Thursday night, as many as five labourers died and five were left injured. A 16 mm-sized iron mesh was constructed in order to lay slabs on the basement parking of the building and all of a sudden it fell on 10 labourers, […]
Parents and guardians of school students are angry with the government for organizing the Kala Maha kumbh despite surge in Corona cases in Anand district of Gujarat. More than 100 students of private schools and many teachers attended the mela and participated in competitions in Anklav Tehsil. The mela was organized on the instructions of the State […]
Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA) in collaboration with National Investment and Infrastructure Fund Limited (NIIF) is all set to establish the country’s first research chair in ESG. ‘NIIF Chair in ESG at IIMA’ will work closely with the Arun Duggal ESG Centre for Research and Innovation at IIMA. It will function as the principal […]
Gujarat High Court refused to quash an FIR against an official of the Gujarat State Land Development Corporation (GSLDC) who was charged with offences punishable under the Prevention of Corruption Act and the Indian Penal Code. An FIR was registered with the ACB police station in Gandhinagar in 2018 against Kanaiyalal Detroja who was then […]
The General Administration Department of the Gujarat government has ordered the shuffling of three IAS officers in the state. Bhavnagar Collector Yogesh Nirgude has been appointed as Bhavnagar Municipal Commissioner. IAS, MA Gandhi, municipal commissioner of Bhavnagar, has been transferred to the Ports and Transport Department as the new vice-chairman and MD of Gujarat State […]
Nearly half a dozen farmers in Juna Deesa village in Gujarat’s Banas Kantha district have become a source of inspiration for other farmers by growing watermelons in winter. The district which was known as ‘Rann ni Kandhi’ (on the edge of becoming a desert) is now making news in agriculture. For the first time in […]
Gujarat continued to add more Covid-19 fatalities with 34 people succumbing to infection on Thursday even as the daily Covid-19 infections are on decline. The state on Thursday recorded 7,606 cases, of which 266 patients are on ventilator support. The state had 8,934 cases and 34 deaths yesterday. Of the total Covid cases recorded in […]
It has nothing to do with offence. Just preference. But bearing the bruntof it all are city-based Gujarati medium schools. With more and more parents preferring an English medium education fortheir ward, long-standing Gujarati medium schools in the city are in direstraits. English being the global currency in business and arguably, also insocial settings where […]
