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The government schools in India, though, are generally considered deplorable and the urban elite hardly think of putting their children in these schools, the story is a bit different in Ahmedabad. Call it the skyrocketing fees of private schools or the improvement in the standard of the city’s government schools striving for excellence, or a […]
In October 2023, electoral bonds worth over Rs 11 crore were purchased in the name of six members of a Dalit family from Anjar, a small uneventful city in Gujarat’s Kutch district. As per SBI data released by the Election Commission of India, of these, bonds worth Rs 10 crore were encashed by the Bharatiya […]
The New Zealand government announced on Sunday a series of changes to its employment visa program, citing concerns over “unsustainable” net migration. The modifications, which include the introduction of an English-language requirement and a reduction in the maximum continuous stay for various lower-skilled positions, are part of a broader effort to manage net migration more […]
Adani TotalEnergies E-Mobility Limited (ATEL), a wholly owned subsidiary of Adani Total Gas Limited (ATGL) and MG Motor India signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen the EV charging infrastructure in India. The joint collaboration to develop the charging solutions for electric vehicle (EV) and value-added services to MG’s EV customers nationwide will underpin […]
New Delhi: In a recent assault on press freedom, the YouTube channel of ‘Bolta Hindustan’, a Hindi news platform which had close to 3 lakh subscribers was suspended. On April 4, the Bolta Hindustan team got an email from YouTube in which it was stated that the video streaming platform had received a notice from the Ministry of […]
Well into the liberalised economic order, matrimonial advertisements in north Indian newspapers had parents of eligible men seeking brides who were fair, accomplished, homely and ‘convent educated’. The last qualification was an omnibus one, ensuring that the young woman was not only presentable and spoke English as it ought to be spoken with a neutral […]
Canada has announced a comprehensive plan to regulate the issuance of study permits to international students over the next two years. The country aims to reduce the number of new international student permits, setting a target of 485,000 approved study permits for 2024. Immigration Minister Marc Miller, in a recent statement, shared the finalized provincial […]
Denying that slapping a student by the teacher was abetment to suicide, Gujarat High Court quashed criminal charges against the trustee of Surat’s Samarpan School and a teacher of the school accused of slapping and humiliating an 18-year-old student, allegedly driving him to suicide. Justice Divyesh Joshi found that there was no material on record […]
Less than a month after several foreign students were injured in a clash with a local mob of intruders over namaz offering on Gujarat University campus in Ahmedabad, four overseas students have been asked to vacate the hostel this week. Officials said the visa of these students had expired.The number of international students asked to […]
Known for courting controversies with her odd statements, actor Kangana Ranaut, BJP’s candidate from Mandi for the LS polls, is on the party radar and efforts are on to keep her under check till the elections are over.From strict instructions asking her to stick to one-line statements and focus instead on issues like the work […]
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has issued instructions to its affiliated schools regarding the national framework prepared under the new education policy. Under the new rules, students of Class 9 and 10 will study two Indian languages along with one foreign language and students of Class 11 and12 will study two Indian languages.In […]
Members of the Kshatriya community stirred controversy by threatening to perform ‘jauhar’ (self-immolation) outside the BJP headquarters in Gandhinagar, demanding the withdrawal of Parshottam Rupala’s candidature over alleged anti-Rajput remarks. Police detained five women along with Shree Rashtriya Karni Sena president Mahipal Singh Makrana before they could carry out their plans.Simultaneously, protests erupted in various […]
Youngsters performing daredevil stunts on Ahmedabad city roads have become a headache for Ahmedabad police. Heart-pounding stunts have seen a significant surge in the first quarter of 2024. Now the police are mulling cancelling the driving licence of such violators.Last year, the RTO received a whopping 777 recommendations for licence suspension due to reckless driving […]
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has separated its newsroom in India, handing over its publishing license to a private limited company founded by Indian employees.This unprecedented move by the UK public service broadcaster is being related to the last year’s tax searches and FDI questions surrounding it.The new entity, called “Collective Newsroom,” is established by […]
Dozens of users on social media platform X expressed their frustration over the prolonged wait times for US visas and green cards following a 99-year-old Indian woman finally getting American citizenship after years of wait. “They say age is just a number. That seems true for this lively 99-year-old who became a #NewUSCitizen in our […]
Though India is one of the top five countries in the world from where students go overseas to pursue higher education, restrictive changes to immigration laws by certain countries may curtail such outflow and spell trouble for prospective students planning to go abroad.Some estimates suggest that by 2024, there may be 1.8 million Indian students […]
PM Narendra Modi in his latest salvo against the Congress said its poll manifesto (declared a day before), “has the stamp of the Muslim League” — the party blamed for the Partition — and “every page reeks of breaking India into pieces” (har panne par Bharat ke tukde karne ki boo aa rahi hai).He said: […]
Gujarat Police Recruitment Board is in the process of recruiting for Class 3 Cadre posts in the department. Interested and eligible candidates can apply by visiting the official website of the Board. This recruitment drive aims to fill a total of 12,472 posts. The registration process began on April 4 and will conclude on April […]
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat arrived in Vadodara on a three-day visit to Gujarat.Bhagwat is likely to tackle the reported internal frictions between factions of the BJP in the state ahead of the Lok Sabha elections as well as the ongoing Kshatriya agitation against Union Minister Parshottam Rupala. Rupala is BJP’s Lok Sabha […]
Authorities at Gujarat University (GU) have issued official notices to seven students from Afghanistan, instructing them to vacate their hostel rooms on the campus. Five of these students have already complied with the directive, officials confirmed.The move comes in the wake of a controversy that erupted about a month back involving Afghan students who engaged […]
