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Andrew Bolt, Sky News host took a dig at Indian Cricket Team “taking a knee” during ongoing T20 world cup match against Pakistan. Bolt said he laughed with bitterness on the group taking the knee to mark the protest against racism in the context of Black Lives Matter. Andrew Bolt in his Bolt Report programme said India should “fix its own caste system” before making “big international gestures” against […]
Citing that Pegasus spyware sold to foreign governments has been used to target government officials, journalists and others, the U.S. Commerce Department has blacklisted Israel’s NSO Group. While NSO maintains it only sells its products to law enforcement and intelligence agencies, it has been accused of selling hacking tools to authoritarian regimes around the world. […]
South African author Damon Galgut has been awarded the 2021 Booker Prize for his novel “The Promise.” In his acceptance speech at the award ceremony in London on Wednesday, the 58-year-old Capetown-based author said, “This has been a great year for African writing. I would like to accept this award on behalf of all the […]
With the on-going festival season across India, the country has reported 83% increase in the number of deaths in the past week. As per the report released by World Health Organization’s (WHO) covid-19 weekly epidemiological update issued on Tuesday, India’s Covid 19 deaths are a major contributor to the rising tally of world’s covid death […]
Many great women warriors have shaped the course of Indian history with contributions that have only enriched our legacy of valour. History textbooks routinely fail to mention most of these glorious women. Imagine what it would be like to be imprisoned for 15 years – for being a patriot. Let’s talk about one courageous woman […]
Fifteen-year-old Vinisha Umashankar, one of the finalists of Prince Williams Earth shot Prize, delivered an impactful speech at the COP26 climate change conference in Glasgow on climate change. She urged the world leaders, business leaders, international organizations as well as civil society to just stop the talks and begin with the implementation “We have every […]
A division bench of Kerala High Court on Tuesday said that clauses in bylaws of residents’ associations that seek to prevent owners from keeping pet animals in their flats or accessing the elevators and common facilities in the buildings are “illegal, unconstitutional and unenforceable in law” while upholding the right of apartment owners in residential […]
The Centre on Tuesday has released ten Pakistan fishermen who were arrested for entering Gujarat illegally. These fishermen all in their 20s were handed over to the Pakistan Rangers by the Border Security Force(BSF) jawans at the Attari-Wagah Border at 2:30 pm.The arrestees have been identified as Ibrahim Ali, Ali Muhammad, Rustam Ali, Ali Hussan, […]
BYD India, a subsidiary of the Warren Buffett-backed Chinese EV (electric vehicle) maker BYD, announced that they will be launching their car e6 MPV, which will be available for the Indian B2B segment. The BYD e6 would be available in cities like Delhi NCR, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Vijayawada, Ahmedabad, Kochi, and Chennai at an ex-showroom […]
Ahmedabad, the city that never fails to amaze people with its colors has set yet another record. The largest rangoli in the city is themed over celebrations of 100 crores vaccination across India. The rangoli shows a congratulatory message for the country for completing 100+ crores vaccination. It shows a priest joining his hand in […]
Olympic Gold medalist Neeraj Chopra is chosen for the prestigious Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna award. “Very honoured to be awarded the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna alongside some outstanding sportspersons. Aap sabhi ke sahyog aur support ke liye tahe dil se dhanyavad. Koshish ye hi rahegi ki aise hi apne performances se desh ke […]
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has granted approval to Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin for Emergency Use Listing (EUL) on Wednesday. WHO’s Technical Advisory Group met on Wednesday to take a final decision and based on the effectiveness of Covaxin requested by the World Health Organization, emergency use of Covaxin is now recognized. Covaxin can now be […]
This year’s Diwali season has seen a spectacular gold rush among the consumers regarding jewellery purchases on Dhanteras and Pushya Nakshatra. Yellow Gold worth Rs 372 crore ( Approx 750 kilograms) was sold in Gujarat on these two auspicious days this year. According to the jewellers, This has been the best Diwali in the last […]
Social Media giant Facebook made an announcement on Tuesday that it plans to shut its face recognition system amid growing security concerns from the users as well as regulators. “Facebook will no longer automatically recognise people’s faces in photos or videos” – read a blog post by Facebook’s parent company, Meta. It said that it […]
The cases of dengue has spiked by an alarming rate of 461% more from 432 cases registered in various hospitals of Ahmedabad. The city hospitals have so far registered 1244 chikungunya cases from January to October which are 35% more than 923 cases recorded last year.Official data by Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation’s health department shows that […]
Born in Tanzania and raised in Junagadh, former Miss India finalist and actress Bhakti Kubavat is proud of her African roots. She explains, “My mom is from Tanzania; her family moved there from Gujarat for business. It’s a trend in their family to come to India for one’s education. When mom came to Gujarat for […]
At Rishikesh, Tourists From Rajkot Swept Away : Daughter, Father And Grandmother Drowned A family from Rajkot on pilgrimage to Haridwar and Rishikesh has been the victim of an accident. Three members of the Gujarati family (father, daughter and younger) drowned in the Ganga at Phoolchatti, the confluence spot of the Ganga and Hanwal rivers […]
Kalaben Delkar, the widow of former MP Mohan Delkar – who died by suicide in a Mumbai hotel, has won the Lok Sabha by-polls for Dadra and Nagar Haveli seat by more than 50,000 votes on Monday. The win is also the first win of Shiv Sena, outside Gujarat. Out of total 1,16,834 votes of […]
Hrutul Chhag from Kodinar in Gir Somnath district of Gujarat scored 715 marks out of 720 and secured the top position in NEET (UG) exams. He further dreams to become a neurosurgeon. The student of a Rajkot school hails from a middle-class joint family. Mahendra Chhag is a provision store owner and his mother, Aarti […]
The outcome of the 32 by-elections—29 assembly and three parliamentary—were a mixed bag for the BJP and the ruling NDA coalition. The BJP managed to retain its supremacy in Assam and Madhya Pradesh and breached the Telangana Rashtra Samithi’s dominance over Telangana but yielded ground in Himachal Pradesh, Haryana and Dadra and Nagar Haveli and […]
