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Political quake as CM Vijay Rupani resigns: Who will be the new Chief Minister of the state?
September 11, 2021 16:47There has been a major political earthquake in politics in the state. CM Vijay Rupani has resigned from the post of Chief Minister. He has informed about this by holding a press conference. He said he was happy to resign. He thanked PM Modi and said that he would fulfill the responsibility assigned to him […]
Gandhian Vinoba Bhave: Pioneer of the Bhoodan movement
September 11, 2021 14:30Vinoba Bhave, who played an important role in India’s freedom struggle through non-violent means, has made a great contribution to nation-building. Vinoba Bhave’s original name was Vinayak Narhari Bhave. In the country, he was known as Acharya Vinoba Bhave. He was born on September 11, 1895, in Gagode village in the Colaba district of Maharashtra. […]
Is Mamata’s by-poll in Bengal a signifier of national political realignments?
September 11, 2021 12:55Sharad Pawar, the Nationalist Congress Party president, hammered home unadorned truths to the Congress, once his abode, in his latest interview to a Marathi news channel. Pawar, who evokes homegrown imagery to make a political point, compared the Congress to Uttar Pradesh’s zamindars of yore, feudal lords who owned boundless expanses of land, most of which they […]
Stories that Make Us Think
September 10, 2021 18:14In the last column, I spoke about ‘Stories that Open our Eyes’. I would like to continue from last week but with a difference. It’s like a leitmotif in Western Classical symphonic music, where something on a similar theme ends up lending us newer insights. In times of hunger, in times of ever-reducing cost or […]
‘Socially mindful’ Eh, what’s that?
September 10, 2021 18:01Thoughtfulness is when you take food over to the house of a sick neighbour. Politeness is when you hold open a door for someone getting out of a car. Social mindfulness, on which India has one of the lowest scores as per a global study published last week, is a more subtle concept. Like politeness […]
Social media erupts with Patidar anger over PM Modi opening Sardardham complex
September 10, 2021 22:23Even as Prime Minister Narendra Modi is all set to virtually inaugurate the Rs 200 crore ‘Sardardham’ building in Ahmedabad on Saturday, being projected as a one-stop business, social and educational hub for the Patidar community, the social media has erupted in protest. Several Patidar youth organisations and individuals have strongly objected to the BJP presiding over their community’s huge event when its […]
Why the Indian gold and diamond industry needs to be repolished | A Conversation
September 10, 2021 18:44The current import duty on gold and silver is 10% plus 3% GST. A consumer pays a total of 13% tax on the gold they purchase.
“To safeguard kids from Covid, we need to counsel parents”
September 10, 2021 17:33With speculation that the third wave of Covid will hit children hard and the upcoming drive for kids’ vaccinations, parents have an array of questions about the efficacy of the vaccine and the protocols to follow to safeguard their kids. Currently, Zydus Cadila’s anti-Covid vaccine, ZyCov-D, became the first vaccine approved for use on people […]
Kim Jong Un, all trim and tanned stands out at North Korean parade
September 22, 2021 12:16North Korean leader Kim Jong Un held center stage at a military parade, showing off to a national television audience a thinner frame, a trace of a tan and a haircut reminiscent of his grandfather — state founder Kim Il Sung. There were no major new weapons on display at North Korea’s first military parade since U.S. […]
Who is Priyanka Tibrewal, BJP’s pick against Mamata Banerjee
September 10, 2021 14:17The Bharatiya Janata Party has fielded advocate and vice president of the party’s youth wing in West Bengal, Priyanka Tibrewal. She will shoulder the responsibility of taking on West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee from Bhabanipur assembly constituency in south Kolkata. Bhabanipur is Mamata’s home turf, the seat from which she clinched the throne of […]
BK School of Management fails to be considered for NIRF Ranking 2021
September 10, 2021 13:43The BK School of Management, once considered to be one of the most prestigious educational institutions in Gujarat, has not been ranked in the NIRF this year. Earlier, private institutions and magazines used to rank higher education institutions, but since last six years, the government has started ranking them. In the early years, participation was […]
Sarkar chor hai, says PM’s brother Prahlad Modi
September 10, 2021 10:41Masuma Bharmal Jariwala, Rajkot The loud, overbearing Gujarat Fair Price Shops Association’s President and brother of PM Modi, Prahlad Modi, has yet again, in his clamorous style made another allegation on the Government. Modi, during his visit to Rajkot on Thursday, labelled the government as “Chor” while representing issues faced by the ration shops. He met Rajkot District Collector […]
Covid protocol for foreign travel, Mother and son stopped from boarding flight at Ahmedabad airport
September 10, 2021 08:41Vigilant Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation officers on the morning of September 7 stopped a covid-positive child from catching a flight from Ahmedabad airport to London. Corporation officials did not sought police assistance for this and have avoided filing a police complaint. Fortunately, the child and the mother were intercepted before the plane took off, as once […]
Counting Covid bodies to scaring away locusts, Gujarat Govt teachers do it all!
September 10, 2021 00:40Counting Covid bodies, scaring away locusts, gathering crowds for political events of the ruling BJP, counting toilets, distributing foodgrains. There are no different State agencies in Gujarat doing this — it is the teachers. Yes, teachers in Gujarat are roped in to do this. And wait, this is not all. Hold your breath — there […]
Viral video of Vadodara bootlegger raises questions regarding prohibition
September 22, 2021 12:00A few days back, Deputy CM Nitin Patel had spoken to Sufis about the ban on alcohol in Gujarat and told media that alcohol will be banned in Gujarat and bootleggers would not be spared. This video proves how the police themselves encourage bootleggers to sell alcohol. A video of a bootlegger from Vadodara has […]
Designer Rajdeep Ranawat exhibits his pichwai inspired designs in Ahmedabad
September 9, 2021 23:54Designer Rajdeep Ranawat exhibits his “Pichwai” adorned designs at the Deval’s Multi designer store, in Ahmedabad. His new collection is based on the store’s owner Deval Patel’s collection of Pichwai paintings. The collection was supposed to make its debut last year but was postponed due to the pandemic. The team did an elaborate photo shoot […]
Gujarat CM’s MoU with Amazon is ‘embracing East India Company’ says national traders body
September 9, 2021 20:52Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani signing an MoU with Amazon India on Tuesday to boost MSME exports has sparked off countrywide protests with the Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) equating it with embracing the East India Company. The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) is about hand-holding and onboarding MSMEs in Gujarat on the Amazon […]
A minor marital dispute given a Love-Jihad angle by police
September 9, 2021 20:45The Gujarat High Court on Wednesday asked the State Government to reply to a petition filed by a woman and her husband seeking to quash an FIR under the Gujarat Freedom of Religion (Amendment) Act, 2021 [‘Anti Love Jihad’ law] allegedly registered by a wife against her husband. Divyaben came before the Court and admitted […]
Surat collector Aayush Oak puts migrants’ issues on top priority
September 10, 2021 17:37Aayush Sanjeev Oak, a young IAS of Gujarat 2011 cadre is the Collector of Surat. Born to an architect father and a mother who once worked in the banking sector in Pune, Oak never thought of pursuing what his parents did. Even his parents were supportive enough to let him choose his own path. He […]
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