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Heavy rains are poised to make a comeback in the state of Gujarat after a week-long break. The Meteorological Department has issued a yellow warning for heavy rains in regions of South Gujarat over the next two days. “Over the next 24 hours, heavy rains are very likely at isolated places in the districts of […]
We all generally consider Homai Vyarawalla as India’s first female photojournalist who earned a name for herself in the male-dominated profession. But even before that, a woman from the erstwhile Baroda state (Gujarat’s Vadodara) was already operating cameras with finesse and clicking sportsmen from across the globe. Laxmibai Mujumdar, fondly called Akkasaheb by her family, […]
On May 25, 2024, Anjana Ahirwar, a 20-year-old Dalit woman, mysteriously “fell” to her death as she was returning with the body of her 26-year-old uncle Rajendra Ahirwar – murdered in a brutal attack orchestrated by the dominant “lambardars” of Baraudiya Naunagir. This was the third death in the same family of Dalit labourers within 10 […]
On Friday (August 16), chief minister Mamata Banerjee led a rally demanding justice for the doctor who was raped and murdered at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital last week. The institution is overseen by Banerjee as health minister, while law and order fall under her purview as well since she is also the state’s […]
On a bright Saturday afternoon in an office in Vastrapur, a group of 20 high society ladies sit around a conference room table learning techniques of Warli tribal art under the tutelage of Payal Rathawa. The 26-year-old transgender artist from Rajkot is in Ahmedabad at the invitation of the Swayam Foundation, an NGO that aims […]
The Old Pension Scheme issue in Gujarat is becoming contentious with teachers demanding immediate implementation but the Gujarat government not doing anything concrete about it. Teachers from across Gujarat have once again joined forces to protest the failure of the state government to implement the promised old pension scheme from August 16. The teachers’ union […]
A total of 1037 personnel from various services across India were honoured with Gallantry and Sevice Medals on the 78th Independence Day. This included Police, Fire, Home Guard & Civil Defence (HG & CD) and Correctional Services. Among the honourees, two police officers from Gujarat have received the President’s Medal for Distinguished Service, while 19 […]
Protests against the rape and murder of a trainee doctor at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College have spread across the country, with doctors in Gujarat also joining the movement along with their counterparts in other states. Doctors and resident doctors in government hospitals across the state went on strike, suspending OPD and ward services while maintaining emergency services. In Surat, some OPDs at the […]
On the day the Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) ad hoc committee dismissed Vinesh Phogat’s appeal against the United World Wrestling (UWW), declaring she would not receive an Olympic medal, Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) president Sanjay Singh blamed the wrestlers’ protest for India securing just one medal in wrestling at the Paris Olympics […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his 11th consecutive address to the nation on India’s 78th Independence Day, delivered the longest speech ever given by an Indian Prime Minister. The 98-minute speech surpassed his previous record of 96 minutes set in 2016. Modi’s Independence Day speeches average 82 minutes, longer than any other prime minister in […]
The first phase III clinical trial for a dengue vaccine in India commenced on Wednesday, with the initial dose administered at Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (PGIMS), Rohtak, Haryana. The vaccine, named DengiAll, has been developed by Panacea Biotech and targets all four serotypes of dengue. The trial will be […]
In a single-line order on Wednesday, the ad hoc Division of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) dismissed wrestler Vinesh Phogat’s appeal against the United World Wrestling (UWW) and International Olympic Committee (IOC), ending her hopes of securing an Olympic silver medal. The verdict, signed by Sole Arbitrator Annabelle Bennett, stated: “The application filed […]
Lalji Desai, Congress Seva Dal national chief organiser and Rutwik Makwana, Gujarat Congress working president, along with three others, have been booked for allegedly protesting against a government school in Surendranagar whose students wore T-shirts featuring photographs of Veer Savarkar and Chandrashekhar Azad during a Tiranga Yatra on Wednesday. The five were also booked in […]
The much-anticipated sequel, Stree 2, starring Shraddha Kapoor, Rajkummar Rao, Pankaj Tripathi, Aparshakti Khurana and Abhishek Banerjee, is set to release in theatres on August 15. The original Stree, released in 2018, was a beloved horror-comedy directed by Amar Kaushik, set in the town of Chanderi where a spirit kidnaps men. The legend of Stree had townsfolk writing “O […]
An Indian Army officer – Captain Deepak Singh – was killed during an encounter on Wednesday with a group of four terrorists in the Assar area of Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda district. The encounter led to a civilian being injured. A swift operation was launched to capture the terrorists, one of whom was reported wounded. […]
Following a scam of sorts surfacing over an ‘absentee’ teacher from Gujarat’s Banaskantha district, who was allegedly drawing a salary by appearing only once a year in the school, the state government has woken up from deep slumber and sought detailed reports of teachers who have been absent from their duties for extended periods. A […]
Since the 1980s – even before Mandal – two political repertoires are in competition in the Indian public sphere: caste politics and Hindutva. This dialectic started in Gujarat when the BJP reacted to the reservation policies of Madhavsinh Solanki by promoting anti-Muslim polarisation in order to create a Hindu vote bank transcending caste-based divisions – […]
New Delhi: A statement of Maharashtra BJP MLA Ravi Rana that if “sisters” don’t vote for the BJP in the upcoming assembly elections, then the government would take back the Rs 1,500 promised under the Laadli Behna scheme has resulted in a controversy. The BJP-led NDA government had allocated 25,000 crore for the scheme, which was […]
Former External Affairs Minister K Natwar Singh passed away on Saturday after a prolonged illness. He was 93. He was admitted for the past couple of weeks at Medanta Hospital in Gurugram near Delhi. Singh was born in Rajasthan’s Bharatpur district in 1931. He was an experienced diplomat who contributed an immense amount of diplomatic […]
The Government has introduced a bill seeking amendments in the banking laws in the Lok Sabha. The Banking Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2024, which aims to make significant changes to important banking regulations was put up by the finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman. During her budget speech 2023-24, the finance minister had drawn the attention of the […]
