April 2021

GUJARAT GTU seeks Rs 1 crore exam fee from colleges   The Gujarat Technological University has sought Rs 1-crore exam fee from government-run engineering colleges that run degree and diploma courses. The payments are mandatorily to be made to university ahead of any exam schedule. The GTU has demanded 12% interest from each of the government engineering college on … Read more

GUJARAT Gujarat Technological University starts facility to verify authenticity of remdesivir   Gujarat Technological University (GTU) has developed a method to test if a remdesivir injection dose is real or fake. Two pharmacy students, Malay Pandya and Nisarg Patel, have under the supervision of Dr Kashyap Thummar developed this method and members of the general public can send … Read more

  GUJARAT Mankind to set up Rs 500 crore plant in Gujarat   The Government of Gujarat has given an in-principle nod to Indian pharma major Mankind Pharma for setting up a Rs 500 crore pharmaceutical plant in Gujarat. In the first phase of the project, the company plans to invest Rs 500 crore for the plant that will be … Read more

GUJARAT Suzuki Motor Gujarat commences production from third unit at Ahmedabad facility   Suzuki Motor Gujarat Pvt Ltd (SMG), a 100 per cent subsidiary of Japan’s Suzuki Motor Corporation, has commenced production from third unit at its Ahmedabad-based manufacturing facility.   With production starting at the Plant C, which has an annual production ability of 2.5 … Read more

GUJARAT Guj GST mop-up up 14%, fastest among mfg states   The Goods and Services Tax (GST) collection in Gujarat increased 14% to a fresh record high of Rs 8,221 crore in February 2021 as against Rs 7,217 crore during the same month last year, shows the latest data released by the Union finance ministry. With this, Gujarat clocked … Read more