GPSC Prelims and Mains Notes, GPSC Test Series
GUJARAT 1917 Gujarat Political Conference raised cry for Swaraj Exactly 100 years ago in November 1917 the first, and historic, Gujarat Political Conference took place in Godhra in Panchmahal district with Mahatma Gandhi as its president. It was for the first time that the Mahatma, Mohammed Ali Jinnah, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, Lokmanya Tilak, … Read more
GUJARAT Gujarat Assembly poll dates announced The Gujarat Assembly elections will be held in two phases on December 9 and 14, respectively, the Election Commission (EC) announced. 89 Assembly constituencies will vote in phase 1, while 93 will vote in phase 2. Counting of votes will take place on December 18. With the announcement of the dates, the … Read more
GUJARAT 32,000 central forces personnel could be deployed for Gujarat poll duties About 32,000 personnel of the central armed forces such as the CRPF and the BSF along with nearly 60,000 from the state police are likely to be deployed for the upcoming Gujarat Assembly elections. Around 320 companies of central armed police forces are being made … Read more
GUJARAT HC seeks affidavit on publicity of VVPAT use Gujarat high court asked the election authorities to submit an affidavit stating what steps it had taken to create awareness among voters about the newly-introduced facilities such as Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) as well as Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) and the provision for … Read more
GUJARAT Gujarat 5th state to ban Padmavati Gujarat’s BJP government banned the release of Deepika Padukone starrer ‘Padmavati’ with chief minister Vijay Rupani citing law and order issue as the reason behind banning of the film in the poll-bound state. The movie is already banned in a few other states, including Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh. Gujarat is … Read more
GUJARAT First Jurassic-era ‘fish lizard’ fossil found in Gujarat A near-completely fossilized skeleton of Jurassic-era ichthyosaur a type of marine reptile or ‘fish lizard’ in Greek that lived alongside dinosaur has been discovered for the first time in India from Kutch district of Gujarat. The 5.5-metre-long skeleton was discovered in January 2016 by a team of … Read more
GUJARAT Doctoral student identifies 32 new species of dragonflies in Gujarat Gujarat now has has 81 different species of dragonfly (locally known as ‘vania’ or ‘helicopter’) and damselfly (locally known as ‘soi’), which are called odonates in zoology. more species were added to the diversity list of Gujarat, including two Western Ghats endemic species, … Read more
GUJARAT SC issues notice on contempt petition over shifting Gujarat lions to Madhya Pradesh Supreme court issued notices to the environment ministry and Gujarat government in connection with contempt petition in the SC demanding action against the government of India and the Gujarat government for not implementing the apex court order of April 2013 … Read more
GUJARAT Guj, TN powerlooms took max benefits of solar energy scheme The ministry of textiles has announced several promotional schemes for powerloom textile industry but there is hardly any awareness in the industry. The maximum benefit of these schemes have been taken by the entrepreneurs of Gujarat and Tamil Nadu. The textile … Read more
GUJARAT Surat gets Best City Bus Services Award of Government of India Surat Municipal Corporation has been chosen for the ‘Best City Bus Services Award’ by the Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs for succeeding in attracting 87% of the private vehicle and auto rickshaw users to use city buses. Mysuru’s … Read more