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Noted author and Congress member of Parliament, Shashi Tharoor, is known for his inimitable wit and command over the English language. It is therefore not surprising how he acknowledged birthday greetings from Union Home Minister, Amit Shah. After receiving a phone call from Shah, the Congress leader who is currently a third term Lok Sabha […]
The Oscars announced its first six presenters for the 94th Academy Awards on Thursday. The list includes Chris Rock ‘Everybody Hates Chris,’ Kevin Costner, director winner for 1990’s ‘Dances With Wolves’, Lady Gaga original song winner for 2018’s ‘A Star is Born’, Youn Yuh-Jung supporting actress winner for 2020’s ‘Minari’, Rosie Perez for supporting actress […]
Gujarat recorded 884 Covid cases and 13 deaths in the last 24 hours. The death rate is on the decline after months of recording anything between 20-30 deaths. The spike in cases began in Gujarat in mid-November last year as the Omicron variant made an entry into the country after being first detected in South […]
The dhak dhak girl of yesteryears, Madhuri Dixit, will soon appear in “The Kapil Sharma Show” to promote her forthcoming Netflix series “The Fame Game.” The promo, with host Kapil joking about husband Dr Shriram Nene (a cardiothoracic surgeon), has gone viral. The teaser shows Kapil entering hand-in-hand with Madhuri as he croons to Pehla Pehla […]
The Supreme Court on Monday declined to vacate a stay by the Gujarat High Court on the implementation of certain provisions related to interfaith couples in the Gujarat Freedom of Religion (Amendment) Act. The Gujarat Government had challenged the HC’s stay order of August 19 and its refusal to issue a rectification order in the […]
Gujarat recorded 1,646 fresh Covid cases and 20 virus-related fatalities on Saturday. With today’s update, the state’s active Covid tally stands at 15,972, while the cumulative death figures since the start of the pandemic has reached 10,794, the state health ministry daily bulletin stated. While the cases continue to be on decline in the state, […]
Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, Tuesday, unveiled new “IT/ITES Policy 2022-27” which offers both capital and operational support to Information Technology (IT) firms making investments in Gujarat, and promises to generate one lakh direct jobs. Mr Patel briefed that the new policy would take the state to “newer heights in IT sector” and will place Gujarat […]
Christian Gunther-Hanssen, founder, Sweden Tidy Foundation, plans to cut 75% of Sweden’s annual budget of Rs.16.28 crore on street cleaning with his pilot project, named ‘Corvid Cleaning’. His modus operandi? Training crows to pick up cigarette butts. Birds are being trained, step-by-step, to pick up garbage from the streets of the Swedish town of Sodertalje. […]
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) – a Paris-based organisation – condemned the increased harassment of journalists in Afghanistan under the Taliban regime and it newly founded intelligence agency. The RSF put out a statement in context of the recent arrests of two Afghanistan-based journalists, Aslam Hijab, a business reporter for the privately-owned Ariana News TV […]
Gujarat continued to add more Covid-19 fatalities with 34 people succumbing to infection on Thursday even as the daily Covid-19 infections are on decline. The state on Thursday recorded 7,606 cases, of which 266 patients are on ventilator support. The state had 8,934 cases and 34 deaths yesterday. Of the total Covid cases recorded in […]
Gujarat Industries will have a mix of Union Budget because of the speculations of incentives, especially for the healthcare sector during the pandemic. Hemant Shah, the president of the Gujarat Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) states that the health care sector has suffered the most due to the pandemic and some specific relief measures […]
On Tuesday, an Ahmedabad rural court granted bail to a 21-year-old man accused of kidnapping, sexual assault, offences under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and the Gujarat Freedom of Religion Act. The man, an RTO agent and a resident of Ahmedabad, was accused of abducting a minor girl, having physical relations […]
A new stat has come to light regarding the people admitted due to corona in the hospitals across the 4 major cities of India. There were about 700 patients admitted in January at Ahmedabad’s Civil hospital. Out of all the patients, 52% were unvaccinated, 39% were fully vaccinated and 9% were partially vaccinated. In government […]
A day after the Vishwa Hindu Parishad gave a call for bandh in Dhandhuka town in Ahmedabad district to condemn the murder of a youth from the Bharwad (shepherd) community on January 25 by two unidentified assailants, Gujarat’s Minister of State Harsh Sanghavi on Friday reached the town to express sympathies with the deceased’s family. […]
The World Wildlife Fund’s (WWF) new report from the Mekong region identified 224 new species including the ghostly monkey. These newfound species of Ghostly monkeys or the Popa langur live on the hillside of Mount Popa, which is an extinct volcano in Myanmar. First ever ghostly monkey was found in 2020 but the report delayed […]
Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation on Thursday added 15 more Covid-19 micro containment zones in the city and removed 46 such zones from the list. With today’s update, there are a total of 140 active zones in Ahmedabad. As many as 83 houses with a population of 265 were declared as micro containment zones on Thursday, the […]
Ever since the vaccination drive for minors was flagged off on Jan 3, Gujarat has seen 25 lakh minors avail of the first dose. A total of 35 lakh registered minors are as eligible for the shot. Countrywide vaccination drive for children in the age group 15-18 years was kicked off on January 3. A […]
Kotak Mahindra Bank on Thursday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with a wholly-owned subsidiary company of GIFT City, GIFT SEZ Ltd. According to the MoU, the area of focus will be to ease market access and cross-border activities for the fund management community. Both will jointly work on promoting the GIFT IFSC jurisdiction for […]
World’s largest crypto exchange company – crypto.com has recently faced a massive security breach and due to this breach around 400 customer accounts were compromised, company CEO Kris Marszalek confirmed this to Bloomberg TV in an interview. The confirmation about the breach was confirmed after several users reported about their stolen funds. Although in response […]
As many as 52 flights arriving and departing at the Ahmedabad – Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International (SVPI) airport have been rescheduled and 30 flights have been cancelled because of runway maintenance work. The runway construction work that began today will continue till May 31, 2022, between 9 am and 6 pm except for Sundays and […]
