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Atmosphere of “fear” in Gujarat institutes bogs all: Schoo...
By Prof Hemantkumar Shah*
The present education system is a matter of great concern. There is an increase in the establishment of universities since 2001. Currently, there are more than 50 universities, whereas in 2001 the count was only 15. The concern with these newly established universities is there affiliation as private universities.
The la...
As Gujarat govt denies industries discharge polluted water, environmen...
The Gujarat government’s environmental watchdog, Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) has denied the strong allegation levelled by two top environmentalists, Rohit Prajapati and Krishnakant, that industrial units of Vadodara are polluting groundwater by discharging untreated wastewater. Belonging to the Paryavaran Suraksha Samiti (PSS), based in ...
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/...
Costs of environmental damage due to illegal mining in Gir-Somnath, Ju...
CV News/ Monday, May 06, 2019
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Gujarat State Level Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA), Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) and the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEFCC) to assess Net Present Value (NPV) of limestone following illegal mining in Gir-Somnath and ...
Indian industry’s sales levels, profit margins drastically go do...
CV News/ Thursday, May 02, 2019
The latest Business Inflation Expectations Survey (BIES) of the Indian Institute of Management-Ahmedabad (IIM-A) has revealed that in March 2019, nearly 3/5ths of the firms in the sample reported that sales are ‘somewhat or much less than normal’, and the proportion of firms that reported ‘much less than normal’ s...
Gujarat potato farmers tell PepsiCo : Withdraw court cases uncondition...
CV News/ Friday, May 03, 2019
Gujarat potato farmers sued by PepsiCo have rejected the top multinational corporation’s (MNC’s) announcement that it would withdraw cases against them under certain terms and conditions, asserting that Indian farmers’ seed freedoms are non-negotiable. Talking with media in Ahmedabad, one of the four potato farmers,...
No reason to “question or suspect” Narendra Modi’s Backwar...
Wednesday, May 01, 2019
By PS Krishnan*
The issue of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi’s “Backward Class” credentials has become the subject of active controversy. This controversy arose on a lower key in 2014 during the run-up to the Lok Sabha elections 2014. At that time I wrote an article titled “Narendra Modi’s BC Caste Credentials – Authen...
Gujarat CM queried: Where has 24.81 acre feet of water disappeared fro...
CV News/ Monday, April 29, 2019
Releasing month-wise data provided by the Narmada Control Authority (NCA), well-known Gujarat farmers’ rights leader Sagar Rabari, in a letter to chief minister Vijay Rupani has said that, citing low rainfall, the state government has stopped providing irrigation water starting with February 15, even though there ...
137 workers died at Gujarat construction sites in 2018
Right to Information (RTI) replies to the Bandhkam Mazdoor Sangathan (BMS) has revealed that, in 2018, as many as 144 construction work-related accidents took place in Gujarat. Obtained by filling RTI pleas to police stations across the state, the replies show that 137 workers died in these accidents last year.
In statement issued on the occasion ...
PepsiCo warned: Withdraw cases against Gujarat farmers or face dire co...
About 200 farmers’ leaders and activists, in a letter to Dr KV Prabhu, chairperson, Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers’ Rights Authority (PPVFRA), and Dr R C Agrawal, registrar general, PPVFRA, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Government of India, have demanded that PepsiCo immediately withdraw all the legal suits it has slappe...
PepsiCo tells Gujarat potato farmers: Enter into purchase agreement, o...
CV News/ Friday, April 26, 2019The legal suits initiated by PepsiCo India Holdings against four farmers of North Gujarat has been scheduled for hearing on June 12, 2019. This follows a hearing on Friday in the Commercial Court in Ahmedabad, where senior advocate Anandvardhan Yagnik filed his appearance and vakalatnama on behalf of the farmers in th...
State stands convicted: Gujarat riots gang-rape victim Bilkis Bano on ...
Wednesday, April 24, 2019
Counterview Desk
In what is being described as a “historic day for women’s rights and state accountability”, the Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered that the Gujarat government should give Bilkis Bano, a gang rape victim during the 2002 communal riots, should be given exemplary compensation of Rs 50 lakh, a job and a ho...
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.
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As Gujarat goes to polls on April 23, Narmada is “forgotten̶...
Sunday, April 21, 2019
Boats dumped on the bank of river Narmada in Bharuch
By Mayank Aggarwal*
Sanjaybhai Machhi, 33, a resident of Bharuch in Gujarat, was a fisherman until a few years ago. He would earn enough from fishing in the Narmada river, to sustain his family. But now things have taken a turn for the worse and Sanjaybhai has had to s...