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A Maharashtra court has directed the police to initiate a preliminary probe against Patanjali Ayurved founders Baba Ramdev and Acharya Balkrishna over their claims about Cornoil tablet as a cure for COVID-19. The Court was taking cognisance of a private criminal case against Baba Ramdev for publicly making ‘illegal and false’ claims that Patanjali had […]
The Supreme Court today reserved its order on the EWS (Economically Weaker Section) quota for NEET postgraduate counselling 2021 but said that the counselling must begin in national interest. The Apex Court has asked the petitioners to file a short note of their reply by Friday morning. NEET PG Counselling was delayed after a plea […]
Somnath Sanskrit University and Gujarat National Law Board have announced to have joined hands to start a diploma course in Ancient Indian Jurisprudence. In-Charge Vice Chancellor and Somnath Sanskrit University Lalit Patel and GNLU Director S Shanthakumar both confirmed the news separately. After the moves to add ayurveda curriculum to students studying allopathy, this is […]
Various Educational Institutes and their heads are putting a lot of force on reinventing Bharatiya ethos and on the need to focus on the specialties of Indian Culture to attract a large number of foreign students in Indian Universities, during Vice Chancellors’ Conclave held at the International Conference of Academic Institutions in Ahmedabad on Thursday. […]
Some unidentified persons put up ‘No Dalits’ poster at the entrance of a temple in a village in Maliya Hatina town in Junagadh District. Following the incident some Dalits entered the temple premises under the supervision of Police. As per police officials some mischief makers had put up ‘No Dalits’ Posters at the entrance of […]
The postponement of the Vibrant Gujarat Summit 2022 led to the cancelling of 850 Hotel Room Bookings, in Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar. A total of 300 rooms in The Leela, Gandhinagar and 210 rooms in The Hyatt Regency, Ashram Road, Ahmedabad were booked whereas a total of 145 rooms were booked in The Grand Mercure, Gift […]
Government of India has plans to issue e-passports to the citizens, Ministry of External Affairs had told Parliament in 2016. Now, the plan appears to become a reality soon. MEA spokesperson Arindam Bagchi has said that “It has been the endeavour of the Ministry to enhance passport services and introduce new features” Wikipedia defines e-passport […]
As Gujarat stares in the face of a third wave of Covid-19 with commercial capital Ahmedabad driving the growing numbers at an average 1,000 a day, the much-touted aggressive vaccination across the State woefully lags behind in the walled city. If the city accounted for 1,835 out of the total 4,213 fresh Covid-19 cases during […]
Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation on Thursday added 16 more Covid-19 micro containment zones in the city. The corporation also removed four micro containment zones from the total of 108 such areas in the city, taking the latest tally to 120. As many as 110 houses with a population of 452 were declared as micro containment zone […]
Gujarat on Thursday recorded 4,213 fresh Covid cases and one death in the last 24 hours, taking the state’s active caseload to 14,346 and the number of deaths since the start of the pandemic to 10,127. No Omicron cases were recorded today. As many as 29 patients are on ventilator support. The one death recorded […]
The Central government has urged nine states and a Union Territory to step up Covid-19 testing to prevent the spread of the highly contagious Omicron variant. Expressing concern over a considerable decline in Covid-19 testing in eight states and a Union territory, the Centre said this is happening when COVID infections are on the rise […]
Due to Covid Scare in Gujarat; Vibrant Gujarat Summit, Flower Show and Kite Festival are postponed. While the Covid spike is a thing of concern, there are people who do not adhere to Covid precautions. Recently, a huge turnout at a wedding in the Bharuch district of Gujarat has raised genuine concerns amidst an increase […]
In the unprecedented times of Corona, a man named Kovid Kapoor is getting popular on social media for obvious reasons. He wrote his detailed experience of funny, sad and ugly part of being named Kovid in the times of Covid. He wrote, “Went outside India for the first time since COVID and got a bunch […]
Maker of the indigenous Covid-19 vaccine Covaxin, Bharat Biotech has issued a statement saying teenagers receiving Covaxin shots need not take paracetamol or painkillers to stave off possible adverse side effects of the shots. Paracetamol is commonly used for fever and body ache since Covid vaccination started in the country. It is an over-the-counter drug […]
An Indonesian government-commissioned survey states that more than 85 percent of Indonesia’s population has antibodies against Covid-19. Epidemiologists warned it was not clear whether this immunity could help contain a fresh wave of coronavirus infections. The survey was conducted between October and December by researchers at the University of Indonesia. They found Indonesians had developed […]
A Vadodara court on Wednesday directed the city police to “refrain from arresting” two nuns of the Kolkata-based organisation Missionaries of Charity till January 10, while adjourning the hearing in their anticipatory bail application, in a highly sensitive case filed under the Gujarat Freedom of Religion Act, 2003. The nuns from the organisation, founded by […]
President Ram Nath Kovind has expressed concern about the alleged security breach during PM Modi’s visit to Punjab on Wednesday. PM Modi met the President today and gave him a first-hand account of the security breach, the Rashtrapati Bhavan said. Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu also expressed his concerns on the matter. PM was to […]
With the rising corona cases, the state government has decided to postpone Vibrant Gujarat Summit 2022. With more than 3300 cases were reported in Gujarat and third wave becoming a real threat many restrictions are being imposed in many districts and cities, including Ahmedabad. Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel conducted a comprehensive review of the situation […]
Doctors and expects all over the world have been imploring people to mask up in the times of Corona ever since the pandemic surfaced. Masks, Sanitisation and Social Distancing have been the three weapons in the forefront of fight against Covid as the preventive measures. The age old adage, prevention is better than cure has […]
At the age of 84, Hari Prasad Chaurasia appears unsteady and frail, but that impression quickly dissipates when he begins playing. The doyen of Indian classical music created magic on the fifth day on the Saptak Music Festival on Wednesday, with his hour-long performance of Rag Maru Bihag. For a while, it seemed the unseasonal […]
