AHMEDABAD: The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) has rescued 67 people, including 25 women and 22 children, from floodwaters in Sarikhurad village of Gujarat’s Navsari district as heavy rainfall continued to batter parts of the state.According to news agency ANI, the NDRF said the rescue operation was launched by its 6th Battalion after the civil…
A man carries a child to safety Ahmedabad: Torrential rain battered Ahmedabad on Thursday, flooding roads, halting transport services and triggering a citywide scramble by schools, police and emergency teams to rescue and evacuate stranded students.In Vejalpur, a bus ferrying A-One School students got stuck near Bakeri City. Rescue teams evacuated all the children and…
Ahmedabad: Heavy rain and adverse weather conditions disrupted flight operations at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International (SVPI) Airport on Thursday, delaying 13 flights, while two services on the Ahmedabad-Diu route were cancelled.Of the 13 affected services, three were on the Mumbai route, two each on the Dehradun and Delhi routes, and one each on the Dubai,…
Ahmedabad: Several passengers travelling from Ahmedabad to Mumbai were stranded after heavy rain across Gujarat and Maharashtra led to the cancellation of key trains, including Vande Bharat, Shatabdi, Karnavati Express, and AC double-decker services. Railway authorities advised passengers to check the latest train status before starting their journey, as services are expected to remain affected…
Dr Dileep Mavalankar, former director of IIPH-G and a noted public health expert, has been awarded the Fellowship by Distinction of the Faculty of Public Health at the Royal College of Physicians, UK. The honour was conferred at a formal ceremony held in London in June. The faculty of public health (FPH), UK, is the…
Ahmedabad: Cept University has partnered with Saint-Gobain to establish a Climate-Resilient Tech Commons Centre and promote joint research on sustainability, energy efficiency, and well-being in the built environment. Sreedhar N, senior VP and CEO (Asia Pacific and India Region), Saint-Gobain, said that in a country like India, innovations in construction practices can have a significant…
Gandhinagar: Chief minister Bhupendra Patel on Thursday reviewed relief and rescue operations being carried out in parts of the state affected by heavy rain at the State Emergency Operations Centre.Relief commissioner Gaurang Makwana said two additional National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) teams allotted by the Centre have been deployed in Surat and Navsari districts. He…
Ahmedabad: Samagra Shiksha has initiated the recruitment process for gyan sahayaks in govt and grant-in-aid secondary and higher secondary schools across Gujarat. The online application process will commence from Friday, allowing eligible candidates to apply until July 30. In this phase, applications have been invited from candidates who cleared the Teacher Aptitude Test (TAT) in…
Ahmedabad: A Class X student allegedly died by suicide after jumping from the terrace of his school in the Chiloda area of Gandhinagar on Thursday afternoon.Inspector S J Chauhan of Chiloda police said Vivek Thakor, 15, was studying at Om Landmark, a CBSE-affiliated school in Mota Chiloda.He appeared for a Sociology exam before allegedly jumping…
Ahmedabad: The Veraval-Sabarmati Vande Bharat Express will operate on a revised route from Aug 17, bringing the semi-high-speed train into Ahmedabad city via Gandhigram. Earlier, the service was available only from Sabarmati, but passengers will now be able to board it from Gandhigram as well.The change will improve connectivity for several towns in Saurashtra that…
