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Gujarat Biotechnology Research Centre (GBRC) in Gandhinagar has developed the Omicron variant detecting PCR kit. This is the first time where the scientists have developed the kit which will give the results in less than five to seven hours. The Whole Genome Sequencing – the standard process of detecting the Omicron variant at present takes […]
In what is turning to be a case of bureaucratic arm-twisting, the Indian Embassy in Canada and the Gujarat HC have locked horns over issuing Permanent Residence (PR) for a Gandhinagar resident. The case started in 2016 when the woman started the immigration process to move to Canada. In accordance with norms, a NOC or […]
PK es un official consumado y una gran secretariaaka Pankaj Kumar is an accomplished officer and a great Chief Secretary. Lets talk about PK today. Our Chief Secretary. Before Pankaj Kumar was appointed as the CS, there were lots of wild theories and speculations running amok. We were really amused to see and hear even […]
In a shocking case reminiscent of Taliban-type punishment, a group of people stripped a 12-year-old boy, tied him to a pole and thrashed him brutally in union territory of Daman. His crime? An allegation of theft. A video of the incident in Daman’s Bamanpuja village that has gone viral shows a policeman standing mute witness […]
As a part of the Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav celebration in commemoration of 75 years of India’s independence, the Income Tax Department is organising a cyclothon on Friday. The cyclothon has been planned to commemorate the Kheda Satyagraha by cycling down the route trodden by the revered satyagraha in the year 1918. The Government of India […]
Veer Narmad South Gujarat University conducted the final semester examination of BCom offline. During the examination at the R V Patel College of Commerce, a student of HL College of Commerce was found giving the exam instead of the original student. On discovering the same, the Veer Narmad South Gujarat University cancelled the examination of […]
Notwithstanding its insistence for a year that it has not fudged Covid-19 death figures, the Gujarat Government has finally admitted there is a huge gulf between its official toll of 10,099 deaths and the number of compensation claims it has settled. But State Revenue Minister Rajendra Trivedi, who is also a government spokesperson, on Tuesday […]
Saurashtra University, once considered the only A grade in the state is now among the B grade schools of the state. The reason is cited to be the internal squabbles between the authorities. Vice-Chancellor Dr Nitin Pethani is believed to have played an active role in this quality deterioration of the university. Allegedly, he has […]
Gandhinagar Sector 7 police has registered a case against husband and mother-in-law of a professor in a private medical college for domestic violence after the later made a complaint of domestic violence. The woman has complained that she was using her phone for checking how to do puja to which her mother-in-law objected. She started […]
Students from government-run schools in Gujarat’s Naswadi taluka are being forced to satiate their hunger with water as the food served to them in schools under the state scheme is not only inedible but is also allegedly prepared in unhygienic conditions. About 1,400 students staying in five state-run schools in Linda village of Naswadi taluka […]
To give a push to tourism in the state Gujarat Government has decided to slash the Value Added Tax on Aviation Turbine Fuel used in Aeroplanes by 5%. The Chief Minister Office in a press release said Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel has decided to reduce the Aviation Turbine Fuel by reducing the VAT by 5%. […]
The Gujarat Revenue Department has filed FIRs against 49 people for allegedly grabbing government land worth an estimated Rs 70 crore in Ahmedabad’s Vejalpur-Makarba area near SG Highway. The value is according to the government-fixed (Jantri) rates of 2011, which means the actual cost of land could nearlybe more than double at the current market […]
Priyank Panchal is a Senior Tax Assistant with the Income Tax Department, Gujarat. He got into the I-T department through the sports quota in 2014. Recently, the I-T officer-cum-battler replaced Rohit Sharma in the upcoming three-match Test series against South Africa. “Even before he joined the Income Tax department, Panchal was passionate about it. He […]
Chanting ‘Jai Shri Ram’ and ‘Har Har Mahadev’ at the same time, Bajrang Dal activists in Gujarat on Monday tore apart banners of a ‘Pakistani Food Festival’ put up by a restaurant and set them on fire in the middle of the busy Ring Road in Surat. While ‘Jai Shri Ram’ is a usual slogan […]
CEPT University has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) for a mentorship program in architecture. Announcing this at the inauguration of the CEPT Winter Exhibition 2021 on Monday, University Provost Tridip Suhrud said that CEPT was keen on sharing the pedagogy it has developed over the years. “This MoU makes for a […]
State-wide Lok Adalat was successfully held across Gujarat including High Court, District and Taluka Courts today under the National Legal Services Authority and the Gujarat State Legal Services Authority The Lok Adalat disposed of 48991 pending cases and 24470 pre-litigation cases. In the Lok Adalat at the High Court of Gujarat, 191 cases were disposed […]
The Sanskrit Department of L D Arts College is all set to organize an international webinar on Shrimad Bhagavat Geeta from December 14, 2021, to December 31, 2021. The webinar is titled गीताबोधः Understanding Geeta The commencement of the event is set on December 14 2021, that is Geeta Jayanti according to the Indian Calendar (मागर्शीषर् शुक्ल एकादशी). […]
Indian Coast Guard Station in Veraval coordinated a swift operation on 12 December 2021 through the Coast Guard ship (C-143) for evacuation of the master of IFB Badrika who had suffered a snake bite while retrieving the fishing nets somewhere at the south-west sea area off Veraval. C-413 (Coast Guard ship) was especially diverted from […]
The maximum number of IAS officers selected from the UPSC in India is from one of the most populous state of the country – Uttar Pradesh, followed by Bihar and Jharkhand. A total of 5255 IAS officers have been posted in India from 1951 to 2020. If we take a look at the percentage of […]
The iconic Black-Necked Stork (BNS; Lat. Phippiorhynchus asiaticus), categorised as a near-threatened species and on the Red List of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), has successfully bred in the Wadhwana wetlands, part of the Jambughoda Wildlife Sanctuary, in Dabhoi, Vadodara. This was recorded after eight years of failed attempts by the storks […]
