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A tribal woman died during childbirth while being carried to the ambulance pickup point from a remote village in Gujarat’s Chhota Udepur district. Though Gujarat is often branded as a model state, the village still doesn’t have a motorable road and people have to carry patients, even during emergencies, on makeshift stretchers to reach the […]
Ahmedabad, Surat and Rajkot districts in Gujarat figure in the top 10 districts of the country in terms of stock market activity. Though most of the districts witnessed a downtrend as far as individual investor interest is concerned, Ahmedabad saw a modest increase in the number of investors. According to a National Stock Exchange (NSE) […]
Days after a temple vandalisation incident in the US, another temple was ‘desecrated’ with anti-Hindu messages on Wednesday night. The BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir in the Sacramento area of California was ‘desecrated’ in less than 10 days after an act of vandalism at the BAPS Mandir in New York on September 17. “Less than 10 […]
Doctors and experts are still being spooked by the mystery fever in Gujarat’s Kutch even as they struggle to unravel the ‘mystery’ behind the fever that has reportedly claimed at least 14 lives in less than a week. The state government has formed a team to zero in on the exact cause behind the deaths […]
The Centre on Friday removed BSF Director General (DG) Nitin Agrawal and his deputy Special DG (West) Y B Khurania, repatriating them to their respective state cadres with immediate effect. This comes amid a spike in terror incidents and infiltration bids in J&K, especially in the Jammu region. According to data, 14 civilians and 14 […]
An Ahmedabad sessions court has rejected the anticipatory bail plea of former CEO of Gujarat State Aviation Infrastructure (Gujsail), Capt Ajay Chauhan, in a bribery case lodged against him and two others by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) in June. Chauhan has claimed innocence in the case. His lawyer said Chauhan was in a foreign country, […]
Scientists have now identified high cholesterol and untreated vision loss as risk factors for dementia. A new Lancet Commission on dementia prevention, intervention, and care also found that nearly half of cases of dementia worldwide may be attributed to such risk factors. Its most prevalent form is Alzheimer’s Disease, which accounts for about 60-70 per cent […]
The Gujarat High Court on Tuesday directed the amicus curiae accompanied by an independent lawyer to meet victims of the Morbi suspension bridge collapse on its behalf to understand the ground reality and submit a report. The British-era bridge on the Machchu River collapsed on October 30, 2022, killing 135 persons and injuring 56. A […]
With Gen Z pet owners’ search for out-of-the-box products and services for their pets, India’s pet care market is all set to jump from $1 billion in 2022 to $2.5 billion by 2025. Pet care marketers say the focus is moving away from the conventional pet food segment to a more varied bouquet of offerings. […]
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has announced Rs 125 crore for the T20 World Cup winning team. Of the Rs 125 crore each player will get Rs 5 crore. Head coach Rahul Dravid along with rest of the core coaching group — batting coach Vikram Rathour, fielding coach T Dilip, bowling […]
The legacy of The Dalai Lama “will live forever” and nobody will give Chinese President Xi Jinping any credit, former US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Wednesday after meeting the Tibetan spiritual leader in Himachal Pradesh’s Dharamshala. In a strongly-worded statement on the Chinese President, Pelosi — who is part of a bipartisan delegation […]
The overall assets under management (AUM) for equity Mutural Funds grew by Rs 15,649 crore in a single month to settle at Rs 2.17 lakh crore in December in Gujarat, suggests data by the Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI). Overall, AUM for mutual funds across different categories such as liquid, debt, gold ETFs […]
Indians believe in hosting the biggest wedding that people remember for years. And when it comes to business families, they take the idea of a grand wedding to the next level. The wedding of Brahmani Reddy, daughter of mining baron and Karnataka’s former minister G Janardhana Reddy to Rajiv Reddy, the son of the Hyderabad-based […]
The initial plan to enable smart cameras to detect 34 road traffic violations in Ahmedabad has been downgraded to focus on just 20 offences. Moreover, overspeeding, while not included in the 20 primary detections for automatic e-challan issuance, has been labelled as “optional”. This implies that police personnel can manually activate the e-challan function. The […]
A passenger onboard an Air Canada flight jumped off the plane before it took off for Dubai. The passenger boarded the aircraft at Toronto Pearson International Airport but later opened the cabin door instead of sitting on his seat. He fell 20 feet to the tarmac and sustained injuries after the incident. The Peel […]
Ahmedabad police finally registered an FIR against Rajiv Modi, Cadila Pharmaceuticals Chairman and Managing Director (CMD), on charges of rape and criminal intimidation. An employee of Modi, Jhonson Mathew has also been named in the FIR on the same charges. The action comes after a recent Gujarat High Court order set aside a magisterial court […]
The Madhya Pradesh Congress matched up against the BJP on every count of social engineering in run-up to the assembly polls. The party promised everything and some more than what the ruling BJP dispensation in the state has been giving to the people by way of doles and goodies to keep its voters happy. The […]
