27.08.17 Gujarat (GPSC) Current Affairs

  GUJARAT   H1N1 claims eight more lives in state, toll now 331.   City continues to battle with swine flu with four more deaths. With eight more succumbing to deadly H1N1 virus, the toll from January 1 to August 27 this year reached 331 in the state. According to a statement from the Gujarat government, 192 fresh cases of swine … Read more

28.08.17 Gujarat (GPSC) Current Affairs

GUJARAT   CBSE schools must follow state government fee norms   The chairman of Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), who was in Gandhinagar on Saturday to meet representatives of CBSE schools from Gujarat, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra, said that fees charged by schools affiliated to the central board should follow norms fixed by respective state governments.   … Read more

26.08.17 Gujarat (GPSC) Current Affairs

  GUJARAT   AMC, GU tie up for insect research to fight malaria.   Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) recently inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Gujarat University for research into life of insects (entomological study). The campaign is in line with the state government’s ambitious campaign, ‘Malaria-free Gujarat by 2022’. The research will focus on three … Read more

25.08.17 Gujarat (GPSC) Current Affairs

GUJARAT   Uttar Pradesh stops assemblies at school, Gujarat doesn’t.   In an effort to prevent the spread of swine flu, the Uttar Pradesh government issued a circular halting the morning assemblies at schools, but Gujarat has learnt no lesson from this. The state education department has set up ‘Arogya Senani’ and ‘Bal Sena’ to spread awareness … Read more

24.08.17 Gujarat (GPSC) Current Affairs

GUJARAT   MP says no to lions from Gujarat.   With Gujarat showing no signs of parting with its lions in the wild to be translocated to Kuno Palpur despite a 2014 Supreme Court order, the Madhya Pradesh government has made a move to source lions from zoos across India for the newly prepped sanctuary spread over 344 sq … Read more

23.08.17 Gujarat (GPSC) Current Affairs

GUJARAT Gujarat to demand Rs 4,700cr from Centre.   The Gujarat government has prepared a memorandum to be given to the government of India, demanding Rs 4,700 crore as compensation for damage caused by the recent floods in north Gujarat. The state government has prepared a detailed charter of demands and demanded compensation for various types of … Read more

21.08.17 Gujarat (GPSC) Current Affairs

GUJARAT   Gujarat Forensic Sciences University gets e-Discovery system.   Gujarat Forensic Sciences University (GFSU) got an e-Discovery system from the US-based Capital Novus firm. The firm has given the digital analytic engine worth Rs 12 crore to the university. GSU has started a new course for operation of the engine.     INTERNATIONAL   India and … Read more

18.08.17 & 19.08.17 Gujarat (GPSC) Current Affairs

GUJARAT   Gujarat govt to honour 51 micro, small and medium industrialists   Awards and assistance cheque will be given under Industrial Policy-2015 to encourage and assist micro, small and medium enterprises of the state.   As many as 34 lakh industrialists from India have registered for Udhyog Aadhar from October-2015 to July-2017, out of … Read more

13.08.17 Gujarat (GPSC) Current Affairs

GUJARAT   Amit Shah quits as Gujarat MLA   BJP national president Amit Shah on Wednesday resigned as Gujarat MLA after he was elected to the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday. Mr. Shah was first elected to the State Assembly in 1996 and since then he remained a member till his election to the Upper House … Read more

06.08.17 Gujarat (GPSC) Current Affairs

GUJARAT   Gujarat govt gives royalty exemption to contractors removing silt from farms.   Gujarat chief minister Vijay Rupani today announced further relief for the flood-hit Banaskantha and Patan districts. He exempted contractors from paying royalty for removing silt (sand and clay) from agricultural land, left behind by floodwaters. It is for a period of two months. … Read more