26.05.21 Daily GPSC Current Affairs

GUJARAT Diabetics form 59% of mucormycosis patients in Gujarat   Analysis of the mucormycosis patients in Gujarat carried out by the state health department revealed that 59% of the total patients were diabetics, whereas 22% were immuno-compromised and 15% had co-morbid conditions. The number of diabetics out of 658 patients at Civil Hospital in Ahmedabad on the other hand was about … Read more

25.05.21 Daily GPSC Current Affairs

GUJARAT PM Narendra Modi announces Rs 1,000 crore aid for Tauktae-ravaged Gujarat   Assuring all support from the central government to rebuild all infrastructure that suffered severe damage by cyclone Tauktae, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced financial assistance of Rs 1,000 crore for immediate relief activities in Gujarat.   The PM surveyed the Union territory of Diu, … Read more

24.05.21 Daily GPSC Current Affairs

GUJARAT Gujarat: Rs 1,085 crore loss to agriculture, horticulture   According to the preliminary assessments of the Gujarat government, Tauktae has caused a loss of over Rs 1,085 crore to horticulture and agriculture in the state. The bulk of the damage to agriculture and horticulture has occurred in four districts of Saurashtra — Gir-Somnath, Junagadh, Amreli, and Bhavnagar. However, other … Read more

22-23.05.21 Daily GPSC Current Affairs

GUJARAT NDDB, GCMMF join hands for genomic selection in Gujarat   The National Dairy Development Board, Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF) and other milk unions of Gujarat have decided to collaborate on expanding reference population for genomic selection. It will extend benefits of improved genetics to the farmers of the state. NDDB, GCMMF and the milk unions … Read more

21.05.21 Daily GPSC Current Affairs

GUJARAT Gujarat in talks with Bharat Biotech to scale up Covaxin production, says DBT   The state government’s Gujarat Biotechnology Research Centre along with Hester Biosciences and OmniBRx has firmed up its discussions with Bharat Biotech to scale up the Covaxin technology and to produce minimum 20 million doses per month, said the Department of Biotechnology (DBT), under the Union ministry of … Read more

20.05.21 Daily GPSC Current Affairs

GUJARAT Cyclone Tauktae threat: Gujarat industries, ports shore up precautions   More than 100 vessels left the main ports of Gujarat, sailing into the high seas, ahead of the looming Tauktae threat. Fourteen ports were asked to stop their operations by the Gujarat Maritime Board as it was reported that Tauktae was likely to make … Read more

19.05.21 Daily GPSC Current Affairs

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

18.05.21 Daily GPSC Current Affairs.

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

17.05.21 Daily GPSC Current Affairs.

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

15-16.05.21 Daily GPSC Current Affairs.

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