Ahmedabad: Heat exposure in Ahmedabad depends heavily on where you live. Eastern wards — crammed with residents, stripped of trees, and up to 8°C hotter than rural surroundings — are particularly vulnerable. Western areas are relatively cooler due to lower population density and better green cover. A new study by Pandit Deendayal Energy University (PDEU)…
Ahmedabad: The Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls appears to have played a role in driving up voter turnout in the 2026 Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) elections. While the number of people who voted stayed almost the same, the turnout percentage rose sharply by 9.3 points.In 2021, 19.65 lakh votes were cast from a…
Ahmedabad: Construction of all eight piers for a bridge across the Sabarmati as part of the Ahmedabad-Mumbai bullet train project is finally over. With the foundational piers in place, the National High-Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL) has shifted focus to the construction of the overhead spans.NHSRCL said that the 36-metre-high and 480-metre-long bridge is being…
Gandhinagar: The counting of votes for Gujarat’s massive local body elections is set to begin this Tuesday. Following polling day on Sunday, all eyes are now on the results that will determine the leadership across 15 municipal corporations, 84 municipalities, 34 district panchayats, and 260 taluka panchayats.While municipal corporations saw a collective voter turnout of…
Ahmedabad: A Gujarat high court judge on Monday asked an Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar (IIT-Gn) student to leave the courtroom over what the court considered was improper attire, while hearing her petition challenging a semester-long suspension for alleged indiscipline. She was wearing jeans and a shirt for the hearing on her plea against the…
Ahmedabad: On Sunday, India lost Raghu Rai, one of its most faithful witnesses. A celebrated photojournalist whose images of Bhopal gas tragedy stirred the world’s conscience, Rai had spent his life ensuring nothing important went unseen. His portraits of Mother Teresa became the way many outside India understood her. He was the man Henri Cartier-Bresson…
On Monday, the city experienced the second consecutive day of heat over 44°C, as the maximum temperature touched 44.2°C, 2.6 degrees higher than normal. On Sunday, the maximum temperature rose to 44.8°C, giving Ahmedabad its third hottest April day since records began.On Monday, the city did not get any respite during night hours, either, as…
Ahmedabad: Gujarat University (GU) has made internships compulsory for students of undergraduate and postgraduate courses appearing as external candidates, aligning the requirement with the provisions of the National Education Policy (NEP). The move had initially triggered confusion among students over the process, duration and evaluation system, prompting the university to issue detailed guidelines.According to the…
Ahmedabad: An elderly woman lost her life after falling from a two-wheeler on a highway near Adalaj, turning a family’s return trip from a social function into a fatal incident. Police have registered a case of negligent driving against her son following a complaint lodged by his younger brother.Police said the family, residents of Kalol,…
Ahmedabad: Gujarat’s 2024 Chandipura virus outbreak was the worst in 20 years. And now, for the first time, scientists have decoded the virus’s genetic blueprint from that episode. Researchers from the Gujarat Biotechnology Research Centre (GBRC), the state health department, and the National Institute of Virology, Pune, sequenced the full genome of the virus and…
