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GUJARAT Gujarat CM inaugurates 25th National Children’s Science Congress Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani while inaugurating the 25th National Children Science Congress at the Science City in Ahmedabad today said that,”the National Children Science Congress – 2017 (NCSC) has laid the foundation for taking India in top-three position in the world in the field of science technology by year 2030. … Read more
GUJARAT 75 lakh to vote in south Gujarat today Around 75 lakh eligible voters would exercise their right to franchise on Saturday in the first phase of polling to elect representatives from 35 assembly seats in seven districts of south Gujarat, including Surat district. Polling would begin at 8 am and continue up … Read more
GUJARAT Bank NPAs drop in Gujarat After a series of efforts by the government to curb bad loans, non-performing assets (NPAs) in banks have finally showed a drop at least in Gujarat. According to the recent report by State Level Banker’s Committee (SLBC), the gross NPA stood at Rs 31,318 crore in Gujarat in the … Read more
GUJARAT China is watching Gujarat polls closely India’s economic reforms are “an issue of deep concern to China because of its increasing economic interaction with India”. The outlook for India’s economic reforms is deeply related to a good number of Chinese companies doing business in India such as Xiaomi and OPPO. If the BJP wins … Read more
GUJARAT Hirasar Greenfield Airport Project in Gujarat gets Green Clearance The Central Government has given green clearance for a greenfield airport project at Hirasar, about 28 km from Rajkot in Gujarat, at a cost of over Rs. 1,400 crores. The state government has proposed a new airport in Rajkot district as the existing … Read more
GUJARAT Gujarat election 2017: Impact of GST and demonetisation The Centre’s economic reforms – the Goods and Services Tax (GST) and demonetisation – became important issues in the electoral battle in Gujarat this polling season, especially since those affected by the reforms included Gujarat’s influential ‘baniya’, or trader, group. In fact, soon after the tax was rolled out … Read more
GUJARAT Gujarat University sends question papers ‘code-locked’ To ensure that there was no case of paper leak, Gujarat University had sent the question papers to the colleges in a locked aluminum box. The lock had a code which was given to the observers just half-an-hour before the examination began. During the semester-I exams for undergraduate and postgraduate courses, … Read more
GUJARAT Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani inaugurates Kankaria Festival-2017 Gujarat’s Chief Minister Vijay Rupani said that the Prime Minister Narendrabhai Modi’s unique vision has changed the credentials of Kankaria and today it has become synonyms with the development. The Chief Minister said that earlier the Kankaria was known only as a lake, but, today it has become a … Read more
GUJARAT Pramod Kumar made in-charge DGP ð After 1982 batch IPS officer and in-charge DGP Geetha Johri retired on Thursday evening, Gujarat got yet another in-charge DGP in 1983 batch IPS officer Pramod Kumar. ð Kumar, who is scheduled to retire in February 2018, is the third in-charge DG and IGP of Gujarat in succession after P P Pandey and … Read more
GUJARAT Gujarat Gas hikes natural gas rates for industry Gujarat Gas Limited (GGL) has increased the prices of natural gas supplied to its industrial consumers in the state. The public sector company has hiked natural gas prices — from Rs 2.50 to Rs 2.57 per standard cubic meter (SCM) following a steep rise in … Read more