Sunday, June 28, 2026

JIO LAUNCHES A DIGITAL LITERACY PROGRAM

3rd July 2019: Jio today announced a digital literacy initiative in India. This new initiative named ‘Digital Udaan’, will empower first-time internet users with digital literacy and understanding of the Internet. Thanks to Jio, over 300 million users are riding the digital wave, many of whom are first time internet users.As a part of the Digital U...

Gujarat CM lays stone of Rs. 39 cr APMC yard at Unjha in presence of D...

Gujarat Government set aside Rs. 500 cr Revolving Fund to advance loan to farmer at zero percent interest, pays Rs. 2,700 cr crop insurance; says Vijay Rupani APMC yards in cooperative sector area key link between farm and global market," says Nitinbhai Patel Ahmedabad, June 29, 2019: Chief Minister Vijay Rupani today laid the fou...

If pharmacists in abroad can get status like a doctor, then why not in...

400 pharmacists trained in a refresher course organized by Gujarat Pharmacy Council Ahmedabad: If pharmacists in abroad can get the status like a doctor, then why not in India? This question was raised by Dr. Pankaj Patel, Chairman of Zydus Group. Addressing 400 pharmacists in a refresher course organized by Gujarat Pharmacy Council, he advised ...

Gujarat Contractors Association Vibrant Summit heald

As India is marching towards development and growth, there is a huge scope for the contractors industry. The industry is expected to provide employment to 7.5 crore by 2022, said Shri Kiran K Kapila, Chairman, Internation Road federation here today. The Gujarat Contractors Association (GCA) has organized two days Vibrant Summit, Machinery Exhibi...

Mining Industry a status of an industry

Considering ‘Mining Industry’ as an important sector for industrial and economic development of Gujarat, Gujarat government has decided to give it a status of an industry. Earlier, through an ordinance dated 09-01-2019 “processing of mining activities” was given a status of industry by the Industry & Mines Department. However, giving a posit...

Committee for quick action against accused in serious offences against...

Gujarat Governments state level Vigilance and Monitoring Committee with Chief Minister Vijay Rupani in chair here today reiterated its commitment for quick action in booking accused in serious offences like murder, rape, grievous injury to Dalits and in filing charge sheet against the accused. Deputy Chief Minister Nitinbhai Patel, Leader of the O...

Sister States relation between Guangdong in China and Gujarat in India...

Chief Minister Vijay Rupani inaugurated China-India-Gujarat Economic and Trade Co-operation Confernce-2019, jointly organized by China’s Guangdong Province Department of Commerce, FICCI Gujarat Council and iNDEXTb, here today. Speaking on the occasion, he said that China and India are playing a very important role in the global economic order, wi...

Rs.60-crore for storm water drain lines for North West Zone in Ahmedab...

Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani today allocated special grant of Rs.60-crore from Swarnim Jayanti CM Urban Development Plan in the current financial year to Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) for strengthening the storm water lines in the North West Zone (NWZ) spread over 153 sq. km. The plan includes laying a duct pipeline from Thaltej rai...

Guj Govt is determined to increase green-cover

With a determination to increase forestation and green-cover in the state, Gujarat Chief Minister Mr. Vijaybhai Rupani today chaired a high-level meeting held with forest officials in Gandhinagar. In the meeting, the Chief Minister stated that during the Van Mahotsav (Forest Festival) over 10-crore plants would be distributed. According to a state...

AAI for expanding air-services facilities at Porbandar

In Gandhinagar Gujarat Chief Minister Vijaybhai Rupani held a fruitful deliberation meeting with chairman of Airport Authority of India (AAI) Mr. Guruprasad Mohapatra for expansion of existing airport and air-services at Mahatma Gandhi’s birth town, Porbandar to provide more facilities security agencies such as Navy, Coastguards and others. The ...

Sexual harassment allegation: President of India told to ask CJI to ab...

CV News/ Monday, May 13, 2019 The Movement for Secular Democracy (MSD), a Gujarat-based rights organization has, in a memorandum, asked the President of India to intervene and protect the credibility of the Supreme Court following the recent incident of allegations of sexual harassment on the Chief Justice of India (CJI). The memorandum says, “To...

Gujarat High Court directs state govt to treat pilgrimage spots of all...

CV News/ Monday, May 06, 2019 The Gujarat High Court has ruled that the state government agency meant to look after religious spots, Gujarat Pavitra Yatradham Board, should take under its fold holy pilgrimage spots of all religions. Mujahid Nafees, convenor, Minority Coordination Committee (MCC), had filed a public interest application (PIL) (201/...

Gujarat demanded PepsiCo withdraw legal suits farmers

24th April 2019: Leading farmer unions, farmers’ rights advocacy groups and eminent citizens of Gujarat demanded that PepsiCo immediately withdraw all the legal suits it has slapped on many potato farmers in different districts of Gujarat. The Indian subsidiary of the US MNC, namely PepsiCo India Holdings (PIH) Pvt Ltd has filed cases of IPR infr...

Gujarat’s first transgender candidate for Lok Sabha was “c...

Monday, April 22, 2019 By Tanushree Gangopadhyay* Gujarat’s first transgender candidate in the electoral fray, Jaysawal Naresh Babulal, will contest from the labour area of Ahmedabad East, but couldn’t claim her gender identity. Ironically, this vibrant constituency has fielded the largest number of crorepatis, numbering seven. BJP’s Somabhai ...

Pyramid of Virgin Dreams – Vipul Mittra

“One by one, the dozen odd menials came forward customarily to voice a few words of regret, nostalgia, repentance and sometimes even solace and consolation. All of them shed tears adeptly, almost automatically. Kartikeya wondered if they had some unseen knobs behind their ears, which when twisted, opened the valves of their tear ducts. There was fi...