Ahmedabad: Gujarat State Pharmacy Council has issued an advisory for students and parents seeking admission to pharmacy courses.According to the guidelines, students must have passed Class XII Science from a govt-recognised board, with Physics, Chemistry, and either Biology or Mathematics, to be eligible for diploma or degree pharmacy courses. The council has made clear that…
Siblings Purnendu and Vashika Dhar, residents of Serenedeep Mansions in Ahmedabad’s Shela area where they spotted the leopard on Monday, July 20 at around 1.05am Ahmedabad: On Sunday night, while much of the city was glued to television screens, settling in for the FIFA World Cup final, two siblings stepped out to buy snacks for…
Ahmedabad: Doctors at UN Mehta Institute of Cardiology and Civil Hospital performed a surgery on a patient to remove tumour thrombus affecting the kidney and the heart. The operation on the 50-year-old woman lasted eight hours. Tumour thrombus is a collection of cancer cells extending directly into a blood vessel. The cancer tumour in the…
Ahmedabad: For the second consecutive day on Monday, teams from the Ahmedabad Fire and Emergency Services (AFES) inspected 152 units for fire safety compliance and illegal firecracker manufacturing. The premises checked included factories, industries, warehouses and godowns.Fourteen units were sealed in the Central Zone. Fourteen units were inspected in the South West Zone, and operations…
Ahmedabad: A retired govt employee and his wife had a narrow escape after four unidentified men allegedly tried to attack them with sticks and hurled bricks at them near Pragatinagar Garden in Naranpura on June 23. Based on the couple’s complaint, Naranpura police on Monday registered an FIR against the unidentified assailants.According to the complaint,…
Gandhinagar: State health minister Praful Pansheriya reviewed the Chandipura virus outbreak situation in the state on Monday. An official statement said he held a meeting in Gandhinagar, where he assessed the geographic distribution of cases across various districts, the reasons behind the spread of the virus, laboratory testing facilities, and the measures taken to prevent…
Ahmedabad: Academic and administrative work at several govt engineering colleges across Gujarat was disrupted for nearly a month due to a prolonged internet outage, allegedly caused by delays in renewing internet service contracts.Sources said the contracts with internet service providers at several colleges expired in May or June. Although college principals had reportedly informed the…
Ahmedabad: A consumer commission in Ahmedabad ordered an insurance company to reimburse expenses for ayurveda treatment after firm refused to pay for treatment other than allopathy.A woman from Chandlodiya underwent ayurvedic treatment as an inpatient for internal haemorrhoids in Feb 2022 from a private ayurveda hospital. She incurred an expenditure of Rs 15,800. As she…
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More than 500 housing societies in Ahmedabad have either completed redevelopment, are under construction, or have signed redevelopment agreements Ahmedabad: For many residents of ageing housing societies, redevelopment was supposed to mean a bigger home, better amenities, and safer buildings. Instead, for a growing number of families, it has meant paying rent for months, watching…
