April 2019

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

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 Gujarat second in number of works under RERA  Gujarat has left behind all other Indian states except Maharashtra in registration of projects under the new realty law — Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act (RERA) — which had come into effect almost two years ago. As many as 5,317 real estate projects have so far … 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 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 In one year, Surat airport records 3,400 metric tonne of cargo movement Cargo movement from Surat airport has touched 3,400-metric tonne mark in the last one year. Official sources said airlines take saris, dress material, courier, chemicals, diamonds and laboratory-grown diamond jewellery articles etc from Surat airport to Delhi, Bengaluru, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Chennai, Mumbai, Jaipur and other … Read more

GUJARAT CALF now a nat’l reference lab for milk The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has recognized CALF, a Anand-based laboratory of the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) as a national reference laboratory (NRL) for dairy and dairy products. With FSSAI’s latest order, CALF has become the only NRL in the country … Read more

GUJARAT Two world-class stadiums to come up In June 2014, Prime Minister Narendra Modi passed on the mantle of the Gujarat Cricket Association (GCA) to BJP president Amit Shah. Since that day, Shah had begun executing his plans to transform the Lok Sabha constituency he wished to fight from into a world class sports city. The Rs 1,100 crore Motera stadium … Read more

GUJARAT Only two institutes of Gujarat make it to top 100 As the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) rankings for educational institutions and varsities, under the Union ministry of human resource development (HRD), was announced on Monday, only two institutions – Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar (IIT-Gn) and Anand Agriculture University (AAU) – made it … Read more

GUJARAT Pharma exports from Gujarat rise 11% in FY19 In line with India’s strong performance in exports of pharmaceutical products, Gujarat has ended the fiscal 2018-19 with double digit growth in pharma exports. Gujarat, which accounts for 28% of the national exports, has witnessed a growth of nearly 11% in drugs exports in FY19, shows data provided … Read more