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Even as the main accused in the Shivranjani hit-and-run case Parv Shah of Siddhgiri Apartment located in Mithakali was arrested by N division traffic police, the cops have swung into action and begun a full-fledged investigation to know whether the accused was driving his car at high speed or not. It is worth mentioning that […]
Ever wondered what happened to the companies that once highlighted the entrepreneurial spirit of Gujarat? Well, these companies have now passed into the realm of history. Twenty-five years ago, when I was a journalist with The Economic Times, we had produced a listing of Gujarat’s Top 50 Corporate Giants. Such listings are common enough on […]
TMC MPS in West Bengal in a letter has appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the removal of Solicitor General Tushar Mehta. In the letter signed by MPs Derek O’Brien, Sukhendu Sekhar Roy and Mahua Moitra, it is stated that “Suvendu Adhikari, an accused in various offences being investigated by CBI and ED and […]
Gujarat Government plans to allocate Rs 4,000 Crore for Rural employment, considering the rural disappointment towards government and upcoming assembly elections in 2022. The plans are intended to extend development programs to rural areas in order to boost employment in rural sector. Government plans to allot 4,000 Crore to provide employment under schemes like Prime […]
Ahmedabad-based danseuse and activist Mallika Sarabhai filed a complaint to the commissioner of Industries and Mines, Gandhinagar on July 1 i.e. Thursday to draw attention to the illegal mining in the Sabarmati river. She has a farm on the river at Fetahpura village in Pethapur –Gandhinagar, and over the last many months sand is being taken […]
Physical willpower is important but it’s the mind that matters. Bhavina and Sonal Patel have just proven that. Not related, though they share the same last name, Bhavina, 34, and Sonal, 33, are now all set to participate in Tokyo Olympics. Bhavina and Sonal both have polio and are disabled from their waist down. They […]
On July 1, PM Narendra Modi addressed the efforts put forth by doctors in safeguarding and protecting people in society. Vibes of India (VoI) team spoke to families of doctors, who lost their loved ones during the pandemic. These ‘Gods’ in while cloaks placed themselves in the front line while battling the virus, to protect […]
While the rest of the world grappled with full and partial lockdown effects of Covid-19, medically and economically, 30-year-old Sanjay Prakashbhai Gavri, living in the shanties of Chandrabhaga, was downloading child pornography. Resident of Juna Vadaj area of Ahmedabad, Gavri developed a habit of downloading child pornography from the internet. Unaware that he was under the watchful […]
Doctors are the existing form of God, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said while addressing the doctor’s fraternity on the occasion of National Doctors’ Day. The Programme was organised by the Indian Medical Association (IMA). Like every year, the country is celebrating National Doctors’ Day today on July 1 to honour the contributions of the doctors. […]
In a the new initiative, Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT City) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the acceleration of Fintech innovation and exploring the possibility of developing a Fintech Hub within the country, the first smart city and international finance centre, an official statement said. The MoU was signed between Gift city […]
For all the applause that rang out in mid-June when Gujarat crossed the 2 crore mark in its vaccination reach, it completed the month ranking 15th among the states in the country, in terms of number of people vaccinated per lakh of population. Vaccinating 37,400 people per lakh of population in the state, Gujarat lags behind […]
In dry State Gujarat, where alcohol consumption is a crime liable for prison, the Aam Aadmi Party and BJP is entangled in a dirty politics over booze. BJP Municipal councilor of Surat Vrajesh Unadkat posted a photograph on social media, that soon went viral in Gujarat. It shows an AAP worker sleeping weirdly in AAP’s […]
In a joint operation by Uttarpradesh ATS and Gujarat ATS, Salahuddin Zainuddin Shaikh, a native of Vadodara has been picked up from Ahmedabad under the forced Freedom Act of UP. Salahuddin has been handed over to the UP police for three-day transit remand.Sources from Gujarat ATS said that Shaikh who runs an NGO in Vadodara […]
No political party has taken the Gujarat 2022 elections as seriously as AAP. Their young team is traveling across the State and enorlling new members. Today on thier way to Leriya village in Visavadar taluka of Junagadh district in Gujarat, the AAP car convoy which included the cars where Gujarat AAP president Gopal Italia and […]
In recent years, Siberia has undergone some record-breaking temperature readings making it hotter than usual. It is undergoing a persistent heatwave which is also affecting the Arctic Circle, one of the coldest regions badly. The land surface temperature of the Arctic Circle reached 48C due to this. Siberia has also been hit by wildfires leading […]
Indians take pride in the diversity, tolerance and freedom of all religions, but have little in common and prefer to live separately, states a new Pew Research Center survey. The findings are relevant, given that India is home to most Hindus, Sikhs and Jains, has one of the majority Muslim populations in the world and is also home to millions […]
In 1995, women around the world gathered in Beijing, China, for the Fourth World Conference on Women and developed the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action. It was adopted unanimously by 189 countries. The Beijing Declaration became the most ambitious global agenda for empowerment of women and girls. Now, 26 years later, tens of thousands […]
Circa 2017. Hardik Patel, an upper caste Patidar, Alpesh Thakor, an OBC and Jignesh Mevani, a Dalit, are the three young Turks who fuelled the Congress party’s rejuvenated campaign during the December 2017 Gujarat Assembly elections, which left the ruling BJP with an apologetic seven seats more than a sure, spectacular defeat. It won 99 […]
To reach out to more retail investors, India’s leading broker 5paisa.com on Tuesday announced an improved mobile application that allows users to choose from eight languages to trade and track their stock exchange transactions. The 5paisa.com application already has seven million downloads, will now be available in English, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Bengali. The new app […]
State government dues to private coal-based private power generation companies (or independent power players – IPP) are expected to be at four-year low, leading industry analysis and credit rating firm the Crisil said in its study. “Liquidation of receivables from state power distribution companies (discoms) following the central government’s Aatmanirbhar stimulus and better payment cycles […]
