Ahmedabad: Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International (SVPI) Airport has become the third airport in India to earn Airports Council International’s (ACI) Level 5 Airport Customer Experience Accreditation, the highest recognition under the global programme.The airport, operated by Adani Airport Holdings Ltd, moved up from Level 4 accreditation, which it received in June 2025. The accreditation recognises…
Ahmedabad: Whenever identical twins — city-based businessmen Sanjeev and Rajeev Chhajer– fly for business or pleasure, they first hit a roadblock at Digi Yatra. The app, which promises quicker airport entry and security clearance through facial authentication, struggles to distinguish between them forcing one of them out of the fast-track process and into manual verification…
The session concluded with a roadmap for institutionalising these reforms Ahmedabad: Rashtriya Raksha University (RRU) on Tuesday hosted a day-long workshop on police image and best practices in policing to address the widening trust gap between law enforcement and the public. IPS officers of DGP and IGP ranks from various states participated in the event…
Ahmedabad: IIM Ahmedabad (IIM-A) got a new centre of excellence — Mattu Centre of Research in Security Pricing and Corporate Finance — on Monday. The centre will carry out research in asset pricing, corporate finance, corporate governance, and broad themes in financial economics, said officials. It will have Joshy Jacob and Ellapulli Vasudevan as co-chairs,…
Ahmedabad: An Export Inspection Agency officer from Vadodara has come under CBI scrutiny over an alleged bribe-for-clearance racket. The agency alleges that an EIA deputy director, consultants and private persons created a channel to collect money for certificates of origin. The FIR claims bribes were routed through bank accounts and some transfers matched the officer’s…
The two followed her around the mall. She informed a security guard who called the police Ahmedabad: A Vastrapur police team arrested a man and detained a minor boy at a mall in Vastrapur for allegedly harassing a woman. The 21-year-old woman on Monday filed a complaint against the 25-year-old man and a 17-year-old boy…
Ahmedabad’s ranking reflects the breadth of its investor base rather than a surge in any one segment Ahmedabad: Ahmedabad retained its position as the country’s sixth-largest mutual fund market, with assets under management (AUM) rising nearly 19% year-on-year to Rs 2.2 lakh crore in March 2026 from Rs 1.8 lakh crore a year earlier.The city…
Unjha jeera and variyali get GI tag Ahmedabad: Jeera (cumin) and variyali (fennel) from Unjha have been awarded Geographical Indication (GI) tags under Class 30 (Spices), granting India’s largest spice trading hub a distinct global identity.Issued by the GI Registry in Chennai in the name of the Unjha Agriculture Produce Market Committee (APMC), the registrations…
Gandhinagar: State health minister Praful Pansheriya convened a meeting in Gandhinagar on Monday to assess the situation of the Chandipura virus outbreak in the state. The minister asked health department staff to accelerate virus control measures, patient treatment, and surveillance activities across the state.Pansheriya said that laboratory testing is being carried out swiftly to ensure…
A video grab of an encounter with a lion that a villager from Palitana survived Ahmedabad: With 10 human-lion conflicts, including fatal attacks, reported in the past couple of months, Gujarat forest department has decided to rope in Wildlife Institute of India (WII) to investigate what officials believe to be a worrying shift in lion…
