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GUJARAT Gujarat govt to honour 51 micro, small and medium industrialists Awards and assistance cheque will be given under Industrial Policy-2015 to encourage and assist micro, small and medium enterprises of the state. As many as 34 lakh industrialists from India have registered for Udhyog Aadhar from October-2015 to July-2017, out of … Read more
GUJARAT MP says no to lions from Gujarat. With Gujarat showing no signs of parting with its lions in the wild to be translocated to Kuno Palpur despite a 2014 Supreme Court order, the Madhya Pradesh government has made a move to source lions from zoos across India for the newly prepped sanctuary spread over 344 sq … Read more
GUJARAT Gujarat Forensic Sciences University gets e-Discovery system. Gujarat Forensic Sciences University (GFSU) got an e-Discovery system from the US-based Capital Novus firm. The firm has given the digital analytic engine worth Rs 12 crore to the university. GSU has started a new course for operation of the engine. INTERNATIONAL India and … Read more
GUJARAT AMC, GU tie up for insect research to fight malaria. Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) recently inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Gujarat University for research into life of insects (entomological study). The campaign is in line with the state government’s ambitious campaign, ‘Malaria-free Gujarat by 2022’. The research will focus on three … Read more
GUJARAT Gujarat govt gives royalty exemption to contractors removing silt from farms. Gujarat chief minister Vijay Rupani today announced further relief for the flood-hit Banaskantha and Patan districts. He exempted contractors from paying royalty for removing silt (sand and clay) from agricultural land, left behind by floodwaters. It is for a period of two months. … Read more
GUJARAT Gujarat tops in penalizing meat sellers. Gujarat tops the country in fining meat and meat products sellers and slaughterhouses, according to records of the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI). The food safety agency data shows that penalties worth Rs1,66,81,000 were imposed upon misbranded or adulterated food samples including meat and … Read more
GUJARAT Flood fury causes Rs 70 crore loss to Gujarat’s dairy sector The devastating floods that ravaged north Gujarat have resulted in losses of Rs 70 crore to the state’s flourishing dairy sector with Banaskantha alone accounting for Rs 44 crore loss. This is the highest ever loss incurred by the dairy … Read more
GUJARAT Gujarat ranks third in number of honour killings The state reported 30 cases of honour killings in three years, the third highest number in the country. If the figures are adjusted for population, Gujarat ranks fourth in the country in honour killings per crore population, between 2014 and 2016. The so-called model … Read more
GUJARAT CBSE schools must follow state government fee norms The chairman of Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), who was in Gandhinagar on Saturday to meet representatives of CBSE schools from Gujarat, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra, said that fees charged by schools affiliated to the central board should follow norms fixed by respective state governments. … Read more
GUJARAT Ensure oxygen in govt hospitals: Gujarat high court After the Gorakhpur tragedy which claimed 68 kids in a hospital which had depleted its oxygen supply, the Gujarat high court, cautioned the state government to ensure such a situation does not arise in Gujarat. In the present case, a dispute over tendering arose between A D … Read more