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While the effects of global warming are increasingly felt all over the world, the city of Ahmedabad appears to be particularly hit, with summers getting warmer with each passing year. Being in Ahmedabad in the summer of 2024 feels like being trapped in a gigantic burning oven. The awful feeling now is scientifically substantiated. A […]
As April comes to an end, Ahmedabad has been experiencing a scorching climate. It’s been three consecutive days that the city has witnessed more than 44°C. On Saturday, the maximum temperature is expected to waver between 44°C to 45°C. Ahmedabad was the hottest city in Gujarat on Saturday. There’s no respite ahead, as the Meteorological […]
Farah Hussain Children and adolescents, particularly girls, as well as people with existing mental, physical, and medical challenges and elderly people, are at high risk during a heatwave…. Extreme heat has negative impacts on mental health, well-being, life satisfaction, happiness and cognitive performance. Intergovernmental Panel on the Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability(Sixth Assessment […]
National President Shri JP Nadda, this morning, while addressing a rally in Ahmedabad, said that BJP would continue to have strong hold in India and that it was the only party that can lead the country ahead. “BJP is the only party that will take the country forward,” he said. He also said that if anyone […]
Recording the highest maximum temperature of the decade, Ahmedabad on Thursday sizzled at 44.4 Degrees Celsius on Thursday. This was the third instance when the maximum temperature crossed the 44 Degrees Celsius mark in the month of April. The city on Wednesday reported a maximum of 44.2 Degrees Celsius, hence the citizens experienced the scorching […]
In comparison to the previous year, an increase of 25 per cent in the domestic violence cases were reported in Ahmedabad in 2021. As many as 541 cases were registered in the year 2021, which is the highest number of cases in the city since 2015. However, the year 2020 had reported 433 cases. Apart […]
In an yet another case of cyber-bullying in the city, a woman in Ahmedabad fell prey to a trap by an UK returnee man, who blackmailed her through her nude pictures. Jay Mewada, who originally hails from Mehsana, went to the UK on a student’s visa but had to return to India during the pandemic. […]
The matter of building a wall in Pirana Gadi Sansthan, Ahmedabad heated after a crowd of numerous people gathered and started a massive protest. Taking prior permission for constructing the wall from the collector, the Sansthan initiated the work for it on Sunday, which led the locals to get onto the ground and lead a […]
Union Home Minister Amit Shah inaugurated a grand wall mural of Mahatma Gandhi constituted of 2,975 clay kulhads (earthen cups) at Sabarmati Riverfront in Ahmedabad on Sunday, the Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) mentioned. The mural, commissioned by the Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC), was put together by 75 potters brought to Ahmedabad […]
The BCCI on Wednesday announced the Indian squad for the upcoming ODI and T20I series against West Indies. Recovered from his hamstring injury, Rohit Sharma will now be seen back in action and leading the squad in the series. After a long break, the 27-year-old left-arm wrist-spinner, Kuldeep Yadav is included in the squad. He […]
Ahmedabad experienced an 11-year lowest temperature at 6.7 degrees Celsius, recording the coldest day of January 2022. The maximum temperature also went below the normal temperature. Citing this, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) had already issued a cold wave warning in the parts of the state on Sunday. The weather forecast department had also stated […]
The Gujarat Government is often found to be in a tearing hurry to claim the numero uno status for almost everything, but it sometimes jumps the gun. It claims that the State leads in facilitating startups and even topped the State Startup Rankings 2019 initiated by the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) […]
Gujarat University has offered postgraduate students the option of online on-demand examination. Students will be able to give the examination any time between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m.The Corona period impacted many sectors including education. Offline education was replaced with online education in schools and colleges and online examinations also began to be conducted. At […]
Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation on Saturday added 27 more Covid-19 micro containment zones in the city, while removing 11 such zones from the list. With today’s update, the tally has been brought up to 181. As many as 199 houses with a population of 704 were declared as micro containment zone on Saturday, the AMC informed […]
Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation on Thursday added 41 more Covid-19 micro containment zones in the city, while removing 14 such zones from the list. With today’s update, the tally has been brought up to 131. As many as 265 houses with a population of 1,092 were declared as micro containment zone on Thursday, the AMC informed […]
Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation on Tuesday added 23 more Covid-19 micro containment zones in the city, while removing 29 such zones from the list. With today’s update, the tally has been brought down to 105. As many as 163 houses with a population of 642 were declared as micro containment zone on Tuesday, the AMC informed […]
Pic credit: Hanif Sindhi Gujarat recorded 9,941 cases – a rise of 33% from yesterday – and four deaths in the last 24 hours. With today’s update, the state’s active cases tally went up to 43,726 and the number of fatalities since the start of the pandemic reached 10,136. The four who succumbed to the […]
Icy cold winds continue to blow in the cities of Gujarat. The top 10 cities of the state recorded a temperature below 10 degrees today morning at 5 a.m. In context to previous mornings, the weather was less chilly but yet it is extremely cold for a state like Gujarat. Temperatures have gone down to […]
Ahmedabad continues facing the wrath of stray dogs. In the past year, there have been 46,322 cases of stray dogs biting people. The AMC had given free injections to the people who were bitten by the dogs, whereas in private hospitals and clinics, a full injection course would cost Rs 5000. Many agencies have been […]
Gujarat, usually considered to be a hot state, is recording a notable drop in temperatures this winter. After the cold wave and rains, the state has yet again recorded one of the lowest temperatures this winter. Many cities including Ahmedabad, Surat, Rajkot, Vadodara, Gandhinagar, of Gujarat recorded temperatures as low as 9 degrees celsius. As […]
