Ahmedabad: To position India as a global commodities trading hub, the board of the International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA) has approved the establishment of a Global Commodity Trading Platform (GCTP) at GIFT City, according to top sources privy to the development.The proposed platform is expected to provide an integrated ecosystem for global commodity trading,…
Ahmedabad: The fourth round of admissions under the 25% Right to Education (RTE) quota in private schools saw only 978 students securing seats, out of the 6,075 available seats.According to official data, 1,00,332 applications were found eligible for admissions under RTE this year.Following the allotment process in the fourth round, 5,097 seats remained vacant, underlining…
Ahmedabad: A social media promotional stunt filmed in the middle of one of Ahmedabad’s busiest intersections has landed a 19-year-old in legal trouble after the video went viral online, prompting traffic police to register a case for endangering public safety.The video showed a young man sitting on a chair in front of vehicles halted at…
Gandhinagar: Gujarat govt has uncorked major tax relief for liquor consumers in Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT City), one of the country’s premier financial hubs in Gandhinagar. In two separate notifications, state govt has slashed value added tax (VAT) on foreign liquor served in GIFT City from 65% to 25% and scrapped the special fee…
Ahmedabad: A regulatory red flag raised in United States has helped expose a suspected fake plasma racket operating across Gujarat and Maharashtra, bringing into focus a supply chain that feeds some of the world’s most critical medicines. Four people were arrested on Monday for allegedly using saline water and chemical colouring agents to manufacture counterfeit…
Ahmedabad: The Ahmedabad Fire and Emergency Services (AFES) on Tuesday began fire safety inspections across tuition classes, coaching institutes, and computer education centres in the city. Fire teams also checked units not legally mandated to acquire a fire safety certificate.During the checking in the North-West Zone, officials inspected fire extinguishers, emergency exits, escape routes, and…
Ahmedabad: For nine years, Komal Solanki’s death remained buried under a missing-person complaint, an accidental death report and a critical communication gap between two police stations. On Tuesday, the mystery was solved when the city crime branch arrested her husband, for allegedly murdering her and passing it off as a disappearance during the 2017 rath…
Ahmedabad: A 36-year-old IT professional, who had been missing for two days, was found dead inside his locked car near the Old High Court Metro Station. Preliminary police investigations suggest a sudden cardiac arrest, possibly following alcohol consumption, as a cold drink bottle laced with liquor was recovered from the vehicle.“The deceased has been identified…
Ahmedabad: The civic body partnered with the anti-human trafficking unit and the state social defence department to conduct an anti-begging drive in the West Zone on Tuesday.The team rescued more than 68 people, including 16 children, from 34 hotspots. The child welfare committee transferred nine of the children along with their parents to a civic-run…
Two men were injured when two BRTS buses they were driving collided inside the dedicated transport corridor in Memnagar on Tuesday. The accident took place at 12.45pm behind the Memnagar station, towards Valinath Chowk. Despite the swing gates being fully operational, the two buses crashed head-on. “The drivers were shifted to a medical facility and…
