Monday, August 4, 2025

Stop harassing the Gandhian leader Lakhan Musafir : 200 write with for...

More than 200 academics, activists, students, business-persons, other concerned citizens have sought Gujarat chief minister Vijay Rupani's intervention to stop harassment of Gandhian Sarvodaya activist Lakhan Musafir, an active campaigner for tribal rights and opponent of land acquisition for the Statue of Unity tourism project. Signed by former...

COVID-19: ‘Helpless’ Gujarat govt can’t supply midda...

Gandhinagar, 26 March 2020 After the outbreak of coronavirus, the government announced to close all schools and anganwadis in Gujarat. 35 million children are without food. The same number is for pregnant women, breastfeeding women. Thus, 70 lakh people have been discontinued for lunch or another meal. Announces Free Grain from Cheap Grain Sho...

What if prisoners get corona? What is the condition of women prisoners...

March 25, 2020 Surat: Expressing great concern for the prisoners imprisoned, wrote letters to the Supreme Court and the Gujarat and Rajasthan High Courts. In times of epidemic, the Supreme Court has allowed each state to release parole prisoners with a sentence of 7 years or less. The Gujarat government has not released a single prisoner from jail...

60 lakh families in Gujarat a month free food, sugar, pulses

Distribution from approved fair shops by the State Government Gandhinagar, 26 March 2020 In the wake of the lock-down announced in Gujarat, the working class and the daily earners and livelihood workers will be given free grains in Gujarat. Including 3.25 crore people from a total of 60 lakh families, including workers, the poor, the laborers...

Reliance Industries Limited regains number one status by beating TCS, ...

Even though the wealth of Mukesh Ambani, the richest person in the country, has come down by almost 40% due to the Corona effect, his company Reliance Industries Ltd has recorded a big jump. On Wednesday, due to the surge in the stock market business, Reliance Industries Ltd. has once again beat the TCS to regain the status of the country's highest...

Officers goes out to sell food to the poor in Ahmedabad

March 25, 2020 Currently, businesses across Ahmedabad have been terminated following the outbreak of the Corona virus. The days of those who earn a living by working every day have begun. At such time, Ahmedabad M / s. Corp.'s jet team prepared 5900 lunch packs and distributed them to the poor on Tuesday. Commissioner Vijay Canal tweeted and infor...

Ahmedabad Fire and Emergency Service sprayed pesticide

March 25, 2020 Ahmedabad Fire and Emergency Service sprayed pesticide into Covid-19 to prevent spread to Ahmedabad city. Ultra High Pressure Water Mist Technology was sprayed throughout the day by a 16th firefighter with 3 to 4 rounds and a cyclonic vehicle developed by the Ahmedabad Fire Service. More than 200 locations were covered by 72 million...

CCMB may soon come up with diagnostic kits for Covid-19

CCMB is also planning to culture the covid-19 virus Delhi, 25 MAR 2020 To combat Covid-19 pandemic, the World Health Organisation (WHO) insists that widescale “testing, testing, and testing” is the key as early diagnosis may help save lives. Aligning with the call of WHO, the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) is working overtime on...

Scientists of ARI, Pune develop biofortified, 14.7% protein wheat vari...

MACS 4028, a semi-dwarf variety, has shown the superior and stable yielding ability It is resistant to stem rust, leaf rust, foliar aphids, root aphids, and brown wheat mite Delhi, 25 MAR 2020 Scientists from Agharkar Research Institute (ARI), Pune, an autonomous institute under the Department of Science & Technology, Government of India...

Glaciers in Sikkim are losing mass faster than other parts of the Hima...

Delhi, 25 MAR 2020 Scientists from Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology (WIHG), Dehradun an autonomous research institute for the study of Geology of the Himalaya under the Department of Science and Technology, have found that glaciers in Sikkim are melting at a higher magnitude as compared to other Himalayan regions. The study published in Sci...

ARCI develops technology to improve fuel efficiency of internal combus...

Delhi, 25 MAR 2020 International Advanced Centre for Powder Metallurgy & New Materials (ARCI), an autonomous R&D Centre of Department of Science and Technology (DST), has developed ultrafast laser surface texturing technology, which can improve the fuel efficiency of internal combustion engines. Laser surface micro-texturing, which offe...

IIT Bombay INSPIRE fellow developing quantum chemistry based software ...

Dr. Dutta’s research group in IIT Bombay is a collaboration of chemists, computer scientists, and engineers Delhi, 25 MAR 2020 Recipient of the INSPIRE Faculty Award instituted by Department of Science & Technology, Dr. Achintya Kumar Dutta from IIT Bombay along with his research group is working to develop new methods for quantum chemistry a...

Mass promotion for all students for Standard 1 to 11 in Gujarat

Chief Minister’s Secretary Ashwini Kumar and Food & Civil Supplies Secretary Mohd Shahid informed that there are 64 vegetable markets at present working in the state. They said that about 55 lakh litres of liquid milk is sold daily in the state. There are 1,600 Amul parlour alone in the state, including 1,000 in the four major cities of Ahme...

Defence export of the country

Delhi, 23 MAR 2020 Various reforms, steps have been taken to enhance Defence exports. These reforms have provided a big boost to defence exports in the recent times. The authorisation for defence exports in the country have grown seven folds in the last two years. The steps taken to promote defence exports are as follows:- Special Chemicals, Or...

Treatment of persons with disabilities should  be given priority

Delhi, 24 MAR 2020 The Department of Disabilities under the M/o Social Justice and Empowerment has asked state governments to make available information related to COVID 19 in accessible formats for persons with that disabilities. In a communication sent to states , it is stated that the  Central Government has enacted the Rights of Persons wi...