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A massive dust storm is about to cross Gujarat and southern Rajasthan after affecting life in Karachi, Pakistan and is likely to continue for the next 12 hours – the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) said. Delhi is not likely to be affected in the coming days, he added. A precaution was taken in Karachi on […]
January 23 is Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s birth anniversary. Each year, on the day, the central government honours the contribution and service of people and organisations in India in the field of disaster management. In 2021, the government declared Parakram Diwas will be marked to coincide with the birth anniversary of the revolutionary leader. The […]
The Indian Independence has certain names with which the prefix passion, zeal, revolutionary and brave-heart come without mentioning. Subhas Chandra Bose is one such leader. Born on January 23, 1897, in Cuttack, Orissa, to his credit goes the initiative of the Azad Hind Fauj, an army hailed by many as the only Indian effort to […]
Gujarat’s tableau for the Republic Day parade will be themed after the tribal revolutionaries from the state who had devoted themselves to India’s Independence struggle. The tableau is at least 45 feet long, 14 feet wide and 16 feet high, and comprises a seven-foot statue of Motilal Tejawat – one of the heroes who was […]
As many as five people got a lease of life after the kidney, liver, eyes and hands of a brain-dead person in Surat were donated by his family members. Kanubhai Vashrambhai Patel suffered a paralytic stroke on January 18 and was admitted to the Kiran Hospital in Surat. The patient was under observation of neuro-physician […]
As a result of cyclonic circulation due to the western disturbance, Ahmedabad has been experiencing strong winds for the past two days. Some parts of Gujarat even witnessed light showers. The Indian Meteorological Department on Saturday stated that the state is likely to witness a fall in temperature from Sunday as the cyclonic circulation has […]
The Gujarat State Eligibility Test (GSET), 2022 is scheduled to be held today on January 23, 2022 from 9:30 am to 12:30 pm. The GSET, which has a total of 25 subject papers, will take place at around 11 centers across the state in offline mode. The exam is scheduled amidst the rising cases of […]
Forty-eight hours after Thursday’s recovery of frozen bodies of four Gujaratis, including an infant, killed in a strong blizzard when temperatures hovered around -40 degrees C on the US-Canada border, the Ahmedabad Crime Branch has begun investigations into what has emerged as a huge human smuggling racket. Law enforcement agencies on the US-Canada border had […]
Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation on Saturday added 27 more Covid-19 micro containment zones in the city, while removing 11 such zones from the list. With today’s update, the tally has been brought up to 181. As many as 199 houses with a population of 704 were declared as micro containment zone on Saturday, the AMC informed […]
Gujarat recorded 23,150 coronavirus cases – a rise of 9% from yesterday’s tally of 21,225 – and 15 deaths in the last 24 hours. With 15 Covid-19 fatalities, the cumulative number of deaths climbed to 10,230 in Gujarat, the state health department said in a release. The 15 people who succumbed to the infection were […]
As per a decision made by the managing committee of Surat Diamond Bourse – the names of the members shifting their business from Mumbai to Surat at the reception of the bourse for a lifetime under the list ‘Leading member of SDB that started diamond trading’ will be put up by SDB. The circular of […]
Gujarat DGP Ashish Bhatia on Saturday held a Press Conference to inform about the action plan of the Gujarat Police in enforcing night curfew, and rules relating to mask and social distancing as the state has been registering cases over 20,000 for the past few days. Gujarat DGP informed the press that in the past […]
On January 12, the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) in a letter to the chief secretaries of all state governments, set out a ‘Proposal for Amendments in IAS (Cadre) Rules, 1954’, saying that an officer whom the Union government wishes to put on deputation would “stand relieved” from his or her respective cadre, irrespective […]
The matter of a hospitality resort being developed on the border of the Gir sanctuary in Amreli has become the bone of contention between the Gujarat High Court and the State Board for Wildlife. Last year, on November 26, the HC had directed SBWL to take an appropriate decision and guide the state government “after […]
In a swoop down operation Thursday, Bhuj police arrested five people and seized 1,700 counterfeit currency notes of various denominations and 115 fake gold biscuits. The accused have been booked under IPC 489A and 489C for possession of counterfeit currency, 406 for criminal breach of trust and 420 for fraud. The five accused were identified […]
Private data related to Covid of more than 20 thousand Indians have gone missing from the government server. Allegedly, details including names, ages, mobile numbers, addresses and results of the Covid test have been leaked. The leaked data has been put up for sale on the Red Forum’s website, where a cybercriminal claims to have […]
The Government of India has classified Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh Union Territories as “hard areas” in joint AGMUT cadre. According to guidelines governing transfer and postings of AGMUT cadre IAS, IPS and IFS officers, the states and UTs are classified into two categories- regular areas and hard areas. As per categorization done by the […]
As we enter the third year of the Covid-19 pandemic, there are those who were so severely hit by it that they are still struggling to pick up the pieces. These men and women once dedicated their lives to sports and ensured that they passed on their expertise and know-how to coming generations, but are […]
Delhi High Court continued hearing a bunch of petitions challenging the exception to Section 375 of the Indian Penal Code on Thursday, which exempts forceful intercourse by a man with his own wife from the grave offence of rape. A division bench of Justice Rajiv Shakdher and Justice C Hari Shankar was hearing the matter. […]
In a first successful game-changer experiment of its kind in the world, two pig kidneys genetically engineered to ensure zero rejection have been transplanted into a brain-dead man in the US. The breakthrough was that the kidneys were not rejected during the 74 hours until the experiment lasted and even began to produce urine in […]
