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GUJARAT Old, new vehicles in Surat need to fit HSRPs by January 15 Regional Transport Office (RTO) has issued an ultimatum to vehicle users in the Diamond City asking them to get High Security Registration Plates (HSRPs) fitted on their vehicles before January 15, 2018, or else be prepared to pay fine of Rs 500. Supreme Court had … Read more
GUJARAT 46% Gujarat villages are verified as open defecation free now Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) seemed to have got good response at Mahatma Gandhi’s home state- Gujarat in terms of open defecation free villages. As per the figures of union ministry of drinking water and sanitation, 92.46% villages have been verified as open defecation free … Read more
GUJARAT Western Railway runs trains on biodiesel across Gujarat These ‘Green Trains’ create less pollution compared to conventional diesel. This year, the theme for the World Environment Day is ‘Beat Air Pollution’. The trains from Ahmedabad to Bhuj; Rajkot to Morbi and Bhavnagar to Surendranagar used biodiesel. Biodiesel is made from jatropha plant. The … Read more
GUJARAT · President Ram Nath Kovind to lay foundation stone for Link-4 of SAUNI Scheme in Rajkot. ð President Ramnath Kovind will today lay the foundation stone for the link – 4 of Saurashtra Narmada Avataran Irrigation Scheme -SAUNI- Yojana in Rajkot district. ð The project launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his tenure as Chief … Read more
GUJARAT Surat gets 11 new routes under UDAN Opening the third round of RCS, the Ministry of Civil Aviation has invited proposals to connect Surat with Statue of Unity and other 10 routes, including Baramati, Amby Valley, Ujjain, Lonavala, Mandvi, Kishangarh, Belgaum, Bhavnagar, Amreli and Rajkot. This is first time that the Centre has … Read more
GUJARAT Gujarat spends Rs 12 per malnourished child This means 17% of the total malnourished kids in the state fall in the severely underweight category. As per details given by the state government, the presence of such malnourished children was highest in Narmada (3,410) and Dahod ( 2,405) followed by Sabarkantha (1,293) and Anand (1274). … Read more
GUJARAT Gujarat 13th in terms of women MLAs, second in MPs: ADR New Delhi-based Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) on International Women’s Day analyzed the members of parliament (MPs) and members of legislative assembly (MLAs) in India and mentioned that only 9% of the 4,685 MPs and MLAs are women. Out of the 440 MPs/MLAs, 70% … Read more
US President Donald Trump, likely to visit Ahmedabad on February 24 would participate in a grand roadshow in Ahmedabad and also tour the Sabarmati Ashram will likely inaugurate a newly-built cricket stadium here with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The mega event at the stadium will be similar to the “Howdy, Modi!” event held in the … Read more
GUJARAT Gujarat wins first prizes in National Hackthon and Cyber Challenge Competition-2020 The Gujarat Police Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and Systems have won first prizes in the National Hackthon and Cyber Challenge-2020 Competition organised by National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB) under the Union Ministry of Home Affairs. Gujarat had participated in the event with … Read more
GUJARAT Gujarat to have 16 new industrial estates: Rupani Gujarat chief minister Vijay Rupani today announced that the state government has decided to form 16 new Industrial Estates in 14 districts to give boost to manufacturing sector. The 16 industrial estates will be spread in over 2,460 hacters areas and will have 14,540 plots. … Read more