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A Mumbai resident has filed a case against Microsoft founder Bill Gates and CEO of Serum Institue of India (SII) Adar Poonawalla for alleged death after taking Covishield Vaccine. Mumbai resident Manisha Yadav has moved court appealing justice for her 23-year-old deceased son Hitesh Kadve, who allegedly died after taking the vaccine. It is worthy […]
Leader of India’s largest Opposition, Rahul Gandhi alleged, in a letter dated Dec 27, that his Twitter following has been tinkered with. The party has been vocal all along on the BJP government’s policing US social media platforms. In a recent letter, Gandhi warned Twitter against “becoming a pawn in the destruction in the idea […]
The tragic incident of the four Indians who froze to death on the Canada-US border took the world by shock. Speculations were made that these four Indians were Gujaratis. These speculations have been made clear now. The High Commission of India in Canada confirmed that these four Indians were Gujaratis. The adult male who was […]
The gruesome death of a family of four from Gujarat as they tried to enter the US through the Canada border in -35 degrees temperatures vying for a distant American dream had sent shock waves in the community back home but the now newly-emerging videos from Turkey are painting a starker image of the desperation […]
When I was a child, my father, a devotee of the Hindu god Shiva, would walk to a nearby temple every Monday to worship his favorite god. We lived in a one-room house in a small village in Gujarat. My father was a farm worker, and his visit to the temple on Mondays was one […]
India’s drug regulator on Thursday granted regular market approval for COVID-19 vaccines Covishield and Covaxin for use in the adult population subject to certain conditions, Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said. The approval to Covishield and Covaxin was granted under the New Drugs and Clinical Trials Rules, 2019. Under the conditions, the firms shall submit data […]
Delhi, a city in the limelight for years for being unsafe for women, saw an incident where a 20-year-old woman was allegedly gang-raped, tonsured and paraded on the street in the Kasturba Nagar area wearing a garland of chappals. Her face was blackened by the perpetrators. Horrifyingly, in a video of the incident, the victim […]
Six policemen have been suspended in Prayagraj after their videos of hitting railway examination students went viral. Panic gripped Prayagraj in railway station and adjoining areas underneath the boundaries of GRP police station for more than an hour after scores of scholars getting ready for competitive exams made an abortive bid to stop a passenger […]
The pandemic continues to economically dent businesses. The textile market in Surat has been badly hit. The hub has about 50,000 weavers, 25,000 embroidery workers and 75,000 traders. In total, more than 15 lakh people are associated with the textile industry in one way or another. The textile industry has a turnover of over 65,000 […]
As the nation celebrated its 73rd Republic Day with a spectacular parade at Rajpath in the national capital earlier today, there was an equal measure of ceremonial fanfare at the BSF Frontier Headquarter in Gandhinagar. The Republic Day celebrations started with unfurling of the National Flag by G.S. Malik, IG, BSF Gujarat. Also present were […]
When politicians squabbled over a tableau depicting Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose’s role in the independence struggle for the R-Day, Dalits in a nondescript village in feudal Rajasthan were celebrating a freedom of sorts. Young bride Draupadi watched in awe, as did her family, as bridegroom Shriram, 27, triumphantly rode a horse holding a sword as […]
Like every year, the Government of India will confer upon the nation’s highest civilian awards to 128. The awards are in the category of Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri. This list includes as many as seven Gujaratis. These awards will be conferred upon by the President Ram Nath Kovind at a ceremonial function […]
After Jitin Prasada, who is now a minister in the Yogi Adityanath-led BJP government in the state, RPN Singh, one of the Congress’s most prominent leaders in Uttar Pradesh, quit the party Monday. He is likely to contest the UP polls from stronghold Padrauna, from where he has been elected MLA thrice. As news of […]
The government has decided to control sales of chemical-containing liquids used in home consumption by amending the Drugs and Cosmetics Act. Sale of such liquids without a license will be banned in the grocery stores. This step has been taken in the interest of public health and the rule is expected to be implemented soon. […]
Underpinning the crisis of rampant unemployment besieging the Indian economy is the struggle of the Narendra Modi government in tapping India’s potential as a global manufacturing hub. Ironically, redesigning India’s economy into such a hub was the very premise of the ‘Make in India’ initiative, the failure of which is central to the larger arc […]
The government decision came after the Arya Vysya community objected to Chintamani Natakam. The Andhra Pradesh government on Monday, January 17 issued orders to ban Chintamani Natakam, a popular play across the state. The play is particularly enjoyed with much fervour in rural areas. The government decision came after the Arya Vysya community objected to the […]
More than 80 California State University (CSU) faculty members have opposed a recent announcement by the university to include caste in its non-discriminatory policy as a “misguided overreach”, saying it will actually cause discrimination by unconstitutionally singling out Hindu faculty of Indian and South Asian descent. “We had previously met with the CFA president in […]
Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra’s clarification that she was not the chief ministerial face of her party in Uttar Pradesh must have delighted many in the opposition camp on Saturday. She explained her ‘you can see my face everywhere’ statement from the previous day as stemming from “irritation”, precisely due to persistent questions about […]
As many as 20 Indian fishermen arrested by Pakistan, for allegedly coming into the nation’s territorial waters, were handed over to India at the Wagah border on Monday. The fishermen, kept in Karachi’s Landhi Jail, were released on completion of their sentence on Sunday. A spokesperson of the Edhi Foundation, a non-profit social welfare organization, […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Monday, virtually interacted with the recipients of the Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar (PMRBP). According to an official statement, the event started at 11.30 am. Union women and child development minister Smriti Irani and minister of state Dr Munjpara Mahendrabhai were present during the event. “Digital certificates were conferred for […]
