April 2019

GUJARAT Only two institutes from Gujarat appear in NIRF’s top 100 list ð  In a setback to higher education in Gujarat, the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad has slipped its position to number 2 in the Ministry of Human Resource and Developments annual ranking released. The ministry’s National Institutional Ranking Framework, which is now in … Read more

GUJARAT Over 10 lakh voters added in Gujarat after revision   ð  The Election Commission has added 10,50,407 voters to Gujarat list following the voters’ roll revision programme. ð  As of September 01, 2018, the total number of voters registered in Gujarat was around 4.40 crore. But the special roll revision drive was held after … Read more

G GUJARAT MCI approves two more medical colleges in Gujarat The Medical Council of India has granted permission to start two more medical colleges in the state. With two more medical colleges scheduled to begin from this academic year at Visnagar and Nadiad, 300 more medical seats will be added in Gujarat. Following announcement of the new … Read more

GUJARAT Gujarat ranks 5th in electoral bonds sale   Gujarat ranked fifth in the number of electoral bonds being issued across the country. An RTI filed with the State Bank of India (SBI), the only bank authorised to issued electoral bonds, found that in the year 2018, Rs18 crore worth of electoral bonds was bought … Read more

GUJARAT Bank of Baroda deposits soar to Rs 1.5 lakh crore in Gujarat After its amalgamation with two other public sector banks (PSBs) — Vijaya Bank and Dena Bank — with effect from Monday, Bank of Baroda (BoB) has emerged as the country’s second largest PSB. Bank of Baroda’s deposits now soar to Rs 1.5 lakh crore in Gujarat. At … Read more

GUJARAT Gujarat’s cotton output to hit one-decade low this year ð  Despite sowing cotton on a higher-than-normal acreage, production of the fibre crop in Gujarat is estimated to plummet to a one-decade low in 2018-19, largely on account of a decline in per hectare yield following scanty rainfall in cotton growing regions of the state. ð  The latest crop … Read more

INTERNATIONAL International Dance Day: 29 April 2019 International Dance Day is a global celebration of dance, created by the Dance Committee of the International Theatre Institute (ITI), the main partner for the performing arts of UNESCO. The event takes place every year on 29th April, the anniversary of the birth of Jean-Georges Noverre (1727–1810), the … Read more

GUJARAT Rural Gujarat records 1.1% rise in voter turnout Gujarat created a record when the state registered a historic 64.11% voter turnout in the 2019 Lok Sabha polling. There are 182 assembly segments which comprise 26 LS seats. Of these, 94 are classified as rural and 44 each as urban and rurban. This election, 32 lakh more voters … Read more

GUJARAT Gujarat MPs’ income third highest in country Members of Parliament (MPs) from Gujarat declared the third highest annual income in the country, an analysis of the affidavits submitted along with their election nominations in 2014 shows. The analysis, carried out by Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR), showed that the average annual income of 24 … Read more

GUJARAT Trade and industry body demands ban of livestock export from India Rajkot Chamber of Commerce and Industry (RCCI) a trade body whose duty is to represent the government to increase the trade and export has represented commerce and Industry ministry to ban the export of live stock from the Indian port. The export from … Read more