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An FIR has been registered against a relative of a 13-year-old Dalit girl who was allegedly raped and killed by the relative. The police has arrested the accused and said that the matter is being investigated. As per the girl’s father, the accused claimed that the cause for the girl’s death was her illness however […]
Despite Jwalit Mehta and Nipun Bhatt leading the rowdy mob that burnt a copy of Kamasutra at the well-known Latitude (earlier Crossword) book shop on the Rajpath road in Ahmedabad; they do not figure in the FIR filed by a local police station. A mob had barged into the shop and burnt a Kamasutra copy […]
Image for representative purpose The issue of getting virginity test and virginity repair is becoming popular again in Britain. Now, the doctors in the UK are protesting the test on many grounds. Last month, a committee of parliamentarians had moved a resolution to criminalize the virginity test conducted by few private clinics. However, the doctors […]
Naresh Parmar Mayapur, the headquarter of ISKCON, in Nadia district of West Bengal is ready to gain the fame of having the world’s largest Krishna Temple. Aimed to be completed by 2022, the Temple of Vedic Planetarium is located in Mayapur, which is 130 km from Kolkata, the capital of West Bengal. The shrine will […]
Several vulnerable Afghan journalists have expressed concern for their safety and that of their families in an open letter to the United Nations, the international community, human rights advocacy institutions and journalist support organizations. Through this letter, the recalled institutions are requested to find a way to evacuate vulnerable journalists before the exit process ends. […]
Image for representative purpose Parliament’s outreach programme to empower J&K’s Panchayati raj institutions is ready to be launched on August 31. Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla is expected to unveil the programme.The function for the programme will be conducted in Srinagar; Birla has arrived from Ladakh for the same on Sunday. The programme will be […]
The crime rate in Ahmedabad touched 60.11% which is 2,071 incidents till July, 2021 in comparison to 3,445 serious offences in the year 2020, according to a report. Notably, there was an increase in the cases related to assault. In 2020, the number of such offences increased to 1,374 in comparison to 1,307 in 2019 […]
The temporary suspension of coronavirus for international flights has been extended to September 30, the DGCA aviation director said on Sunday. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation also added, “However, international scheduled flights may be allowed on selected routes by the competent authority on a case-to-case basis.” Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, international flights have […]
The vaccinated people in India are looking for medical advice about the third dose as many other vaccine-surplus countries start with booster doses of Covid-19 vaccines or announce to do the same. Mostly, the people awaiting the third jab include healthcare workers as they are at the frontline and were vaccinated as early as January. […]
According to Japan’s health ministry, as many as two people died in Japan after taking Moderna COVID-19 vaccine jabs. The vaccine administered to the deceased were among the batches which were later suspended over contamination reports. Within the days of getting their second jab of Moderna vaccine, both the men in their 30s, lost their […]
Section 5 of the Gujarat Freedom of Religion Amendment Act 2021gives those in power more power over religious conversions On August 19, the Gujarat High Court stayed Section 5 of the state’s anti-conversion law. On August 26, Pratapsingh Jadeja, Gujarat’s Home Minister, declared that Section 5 forms the ‘core’ of the amended new law. He was right. […]
The Central Government nodded to the list of nine High Court judges suggested by the Supreme Court Collegium, for filling the nine vacant seats of Supreme Court judges, after the retirement of Justice Rohinton Nariman on August 12. The list included four HC chief justices, four HC judges and one senior advocate, with three women […]
Bhupesh Baghel breathes for now. Exigencies of politics dictate which promises will be kept and when. Chhattisgarh health minister TS Singhdeo, by all accounts a gentleman, has learnt this the hard way. Rahul Gandhi has for a second time chosen to not keep his promise about leadership of the state, as incumbent Bhupesh Baghel won […]
The Gujarat government has now allowed admissions to 15 undergraduate engineering courses for students who cleared Class 12 with Biology as the main subject. The change in the admission criteria has been adopted in order to implement the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020. Among first of the states to implement All India Council for Technical […]
Elections in Gujarat have always been interesting for two and half decades. Like Lutyens in Delhi is often accused of not knowing what actually is happening in Uttar Pradesh, outsiders do not fathom what really works in Gujarat. Some may vouch that it is the development, others say it is the Acche Din and corruption-free […]
The third wave of corona is expected in the first week or fortnight of September. Individuals who have taken both doses of the vaccine will be less affected by this wave. These are the words of the head of the forensic department of Rajkot Civil Hospital, Doctor Hetal Kyada who performed the autopsy of the […]
In the third of Vibes of India’s 3-part series, Ashvita Singh write about how prepared is Ahmedabad for Covid third wave: There’s widespread speculation in the medical community regarding the arrival of Covid-19’s third wave. Many experts feel we may be able to ward off the worst, given that the cases that were anticipated to rise […]
Research shows Gujarat saw an estimated 480 per cent rise in deaths in April – the highest such spike recorded in a single month in the world. Gujarat always strives for the top spot. Since 2001, it has been eyeing the number one position – be it on the export preparedness index, in cotton production, […]
Shri Parimal Nathwani, president of Gujarat State Football Association (GSFA) reiterated his commitment to strengthening football in the State on the occasion of National Sports Day on 29th August 2021. GSFA is all geared up to kickstart field football in Gujarat, which was subdued due to pandemic, he said. The GSFA is poised to organise […]
