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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Festivals are a part of India’s identity; the vibrant outfits, the traditional sweets and the customs are the most exciting part of our culture, which is still intact in the villages in its authentic form and not modernized as in the cities. Vasant Pathshala celebrated Janmashtami at their rural campus situated in Dholka. The festival […]
Key points of the MOU: A FinTech Startup Accelerator, to support growing Indian FinTech’s Joint venture by DevX, Savvy, and Flexworx MoU signed with NSE for collaboration Aimed at driving growth and scaling in Fintech arena FinX Labs, which is a joint venture by Jaxay Shah and Flexworx today announced the opening of its startup […]
World’s Longest Dance Festival Limps To Halt. In the second of Vibes of India’s 3-part series, Natasha Baxi and Parita Pandya write about continuing Covid scare among Garba organisers across Gujarat: The dreaded corona virus brought the world’s longest dance festival, Garba, to a grinding halt in its first avatar in 2020. People literally haggled with the […]
A tribal farmer, steeped in debt and hit by Covid-19, consumed pesticides to kill himself in Gujarat’s Navsari on Wednesday night.Nilesh Patel waited for the fervently promised ‘Achhe din’, but they never came. At least not in his lifetime. He had been hoping that they would arrive – if not within the promised 100 days, […]
Culinary traditions form a major part of India’s rich heritage as many Indian traditions and beliefs are directly linked with the recipes we prepare. Especially, if you are an Indian residing in a foreign land, you would definitely crave all-natural Indian spices and groceries to make yourself feel homely. To satiate this craving, U.S based […]
The largest technical university in the state, Gujarat Technological University on Tuesday launched new online courses on Vedic Indian knowledge systems.These 12 new courses include the study of Vedas, ancient architecture, Indian arts, Dharma and religion, Political Science, Arthashastra and global footprints of Indian diaspora among others in collaboration with the Pune-based Bhishma School of […]
Imagine turning on a radio frequency and you get to hear the stuff in Sanskrit at a tour to Statue of Unity in Kevadia, Gujarat. Sounds weird? But it is a reality at the place. In a unique initiative, the RJs at Radio 90 FM have been given training to speak in Sanskrit and provide […]
It is indeed a reflection on the cultural sensibilities of our society that 155-year-old historic Stuart Library at Godhra is finding it difficult to continue functioning. The trustees of the library are mulling over the idea to rent the hall to meet the recurring expenses. As interest in reading recedes in general, the membership has […]
Ahmedabad was the first city in India to be tagged as World Heritage City in 2017, primarily for its ancient architecture including heritage buildings, gates, fort walls and mosques. However, the city has an equally rich heritage of food. The city always served its patrons hot pakodas, bhajiyas, cheese-loaded dishes, flavoured teas and a lot […]
A war of words has erupted between two eminent Patels – the soft-spoken Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya and the Khodaldham Chairman Naresh Patel -over where the Patidars’ political unity should lie. The Patidars are an influential community that has been demanding OBC status for themselves. A bloody Patidar agitation took place in 2015 in […]
Milk production in Gujarat has now reached such proportions that the Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF) is unable to sell all of it. This year GCMMF (owner of the Amul brand) was obliged to convert the surplus into milk powder and sell this in the international markets at a loss. Last month, the Gujarat […]
Indian and especially Gujarat exporters are unhappy with some of the unfavourable facets of RoDTEP ( Remission of Duties and Taxes on Imported Products ), an export incentive scheme introduced by the Central government implemented from 1sr January 2021. The rates for duty remission have been announced now, after a gap of 8 months, and […]
She is as old as Harry Potter was when he found out that he was a wizard, but Janvi knows no magic will transform her life. Ask her why she has not been attending school since March last year, the 11-year-old barely pauses as she presses the hot iron through dress after dress at her […]
The historic and decisive victory of Armed Forces in 1971 Indo – Pak war is a testament of sacrifice and valour and a source of inspiration for citizens of India. Commemorating the year 2021 as “Swarnim Vijay Varsh” by the Government of India, the Swarnim Vijay Victory flame lit up by Prime Minister Shri Narendra […]
Speaking at the Global Dairy Congress recently, Amul managing director RS Sodhi declared that plant based products like almond, soya and cashew milk are a major threat to the traditional milk industry. He then went to say these are “lab-based, artificial, highly processed” products and those who promote them are unethical. Some may say he’s […]
NV Ramana, Chief Justice of India said today that he was “extremely upset” over media reports on recommendations of Supreme Court judges and urged media to be “responsible” on reporting such news before any formal announcements. Speaking at the farewell of a judge, justice Navin Sinha, the Chief Justice said that Media friends must understand […]
