Gujarat

Raut and Ranaut have been locked in a bitter war of words since the actress termed Mumbai 'unsafe' after the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput. "If that girl apologises to Mumbai and Maharashtra for calling Mumbai a 'mini Pakistan', then I will think about it. Does she have the courage to say the same about Ahmedabad?" the Sena MP had asked. … [Read more...] about Sanjay Raut must apologise for defaming Gujarat, calling Ahmedabad ‘mini Pakistan’: BJP

Overall tally crosses 1.05 lakh; Surat reports 286 cases, Ahmedabad 172, Rajkot 148, Vadodara 128, Jamnagar 107 Aday after reporting its highest single-day jump, Gujarat on Monday saw a marginal drop, reporting 1,330 cases in 24 hours. The tally so far has now reached 1,05,671. With 15 patients succumbing to the infection, the death toll rose to 3,123. The highest number of cases, 286, were reported in Surat, followed by Ahmedabad, which had 172 cases. There were 148 cases in Rajkot, 128 in Vadodara and 107 in Jamnagar. There were 42 cases in Bhavnagar, 34 in Gandhinagar and 36 in Junagadh. Apart from major districts, the Panchmahals reported 30 cases, there were 27 in Morbi, 24 in Amreli, 22 in Mehsana, 20 in Bharuch, 19 in Banaskantha and Patan, and 18 in Dahod. There were 15 in Gir-Somnath, 14 in Tapi, 13 in Navsari, 12 each in Anand and Dwarka, and 11 in Sabarkantha. Other districts cases in single digits. Of the 15 deaths in the state on Monday due to Covid, 6 were from Surat, 3 … [Read more...] about 1,330 new cases in Gujarat in 24 hours

There is no representation from academicians of Central and South Gujarat Gujarat Government seem to have kickstarted plan to be first in India to implement New Education Policy 2020. Like primary and secondary education policy, Gujarat Government’s Higher and Technical Education department has formed a 13-member State level Task force to study and implement NEP2020. In fact, Education Minister Bhupendrasinh Chudasama also said that the department has called in committee meeting for higher education on September 9, and for primary and secondary education on September 14. NEP Task Force includes Chudasama, MoS Education Vibhavari Dave, Principal Secretary Anju Sharma, IIT-Gandhinagar Director Sudhir Jain, Ahmedabad University Provost Pankaj Chandra, GTU VC Navin Sheth, GU VC Himanshu Pandya, Marwadi University founder Ketan Marwadi, KK Patel of Nirma University, former VC of Saurashtra University Kamlesh Joshipura, Advisor to KCG AÙ Patel, Principal of Kotak Science … [Read more...] about NEP 2020: Gujarat government forms 13-member task force for higher education

Gujarat government recently announced a drive to fine offenders not wearing helmets. However it has now shifted the drive from cities to the highways. After a letter about helmet drive went viral, the government sensed public displeasure regarding the decision. Based on the same, it has been decided that people on two-wheeler without helmets will be fined on highways not within cities. According to highly placed sources in the government, the instruction was about highways. However, the letter that went viral revealed that the drive which will go on till September 30 is focused on two-wheeler. traffic police have been lenient about violation of road safety rules including lack of helmets. It is likely to get stricter now as relaxation in lockdown has led to an increase in traffic in the city areas. … [Read more...] about Sensing public displeasure, Gujarat government to hold helmet drive only on highways and not in cities

— ANI (@ANI) September 9, 2020 “We were informed about this incident late last night by locals and reached the site with an official from the forest department. The reptile was roaming on the streets. We managed to get a hold of it after much struggle,” Pawar told ANI. … [Read more...] about Injured crocodile rescued in Gujarat’s Vadodara, handed over to forest department