May 2021

GUJARAT Make rural service for doctors compulsory: Gujarat high court   As Covid-19 spreads rapidly in rural areas and the administration struggles to find trained medical staff, the Gujarat high court on Monday said medical staff should compulsorily serve in rural areas. During the hearing of the suo motu PIL on Covid-19, the bench of Justice Bela Trivedi and Justice Bargav … Read more

GUJARAT Sarus crane population soars 20% in 10 years in Gujarat   Sarus, it seems, has chosen to make Gujarat an ideal abode for itself. For, a census conducted on the world’s tallest flying bird in the state has revealed that its population may have gone up by about 20 per cent in a decade. Experts welcome the heartening … Read more

GUJARAT Gujarat: Rs 7,400 crore investment proposals in April   Although the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic wreaked havoc with the lives of thousands of citizens, there is good news on the economic front for the state government. The Gujarat government cleared investment proposals worth over Rs 7,400 crore in April, and allocated a sizable 642 … Read more

GUJARAT Gujarat: NTPC signs PPA with GUVNL   NTPC Renewable Energy Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of NTPC Ltd, has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Gujarat government-run Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Limited (GUVNL) to sell power from its 150 MW solar project. The project, which will be installed in Gujarat, will sell power at a tariff … Read more

GUJARAT Give e-access to media, Gujarat high court urged   A petition in the Gujarat high court has requested the court to provide access to proceedings to media persons by sending them video conferencing links. Court proceedings have moved to the virtual platform due to the Covid-19 pandemic.   press can report on the exchanges that take place during proceedings … Read more

GUJARAT Mucormycosis ward in every government hospital: Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani   After a core committee meeting, Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani announced that all state government-run hospitals would have a separate ward for mucormycosis – the fungal infection that is getting deadlier for recovered Covid-19 patients. “The government decided to purchase 5,000 injections of Amphotericin B at a cost of Rs … Read more

GUJARAT Gujarat: ‘Oxygen demand to stabilize at 1,250MT’   The Gujarat government, which had written to the Centre to increase its oxygen quota from 975 metric tonnes (MT) as it expects demand to touch 1,600MT by May 15, said that demand and consumption of oxygen has stabilized at 1,250MT. It anticipates that demand will remain … Read more

GUJARAT Gujarat again tops new wind power capacity   Gujarat continues to be the preferred destination for setting up wind power projects in India. Despite the challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic, Gujarat witnessed the highest addition of wind power generation capacity in the country in 2020-21. Wind power projects with the cumulative generation capacity of 1,020.3MW … Read more

GUJARAT Amul Dairy sets up oxygen plant in Anand   The Kaira District Co-operative Milk Producers Union Limited popularly known as Amul Dairy will set up oxygen plants in Nadiad and Balasinor districts in addition to Anand. The dairy co-operative has set up an oxygen plant at Shree Krishna Hospital (SKH) at Karamsad in Anand. The plant with a capacity of producing 20,000 … Read more

GUJARAT Gujarat: 348 community health centres to get Oxygen beds   Considering the spread of coronavirus infections in rural areas, the state government has decided to provide oxygen beds to 348 community health centres (CHCs). The state government announced on Wednesday that every CHC will be equipped with between 30 and 50 oxygen beds.   A Surat-based company will set … Read more