Ayush (right) with Dr Rajesh Vishwakarma (left), his mother Mili and rehabilitation specialist Leena Ahmedabad: As a baby, Ayush Das wouldn’t respond to the sound of a rattle. A doctor gave his worried parents the grim news: their son’s inner ear had not developed fully, rendering him hearing impaired. At the age of 6 months…
An endangered Indian Skimmer, tagged during the breeding season at the Chambal River in Madhya Pradesh, has been sighted nearly 1,000 km away at Bhaskarpara village near Nalsarovar. A group of Indian skimmers seen near Bhaskarpara village near Nalsarovar A group of Indian skimmers seen near Bhaskarpara village near Nalsarovar The bird, tagged as 45T,…
IPA says the impact is particularly severe because India supplies about 90% of its Isabgol output to US and Europe Ahmedabad: The halt on isabgol trading at Unjha APMC, Asia’s biggest market for the crop, has entered its second month. Over 20 processing units have shut down, raising concerns that farmers could turn away from…
Ahmedabad: On Tuesday, no taluka in the state reported rainfall, while maximum temperatures increased. India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast little chance of major rainfall over the next few days, though isolated light to moderate showers may continue.The city recorded maximum temperature of 33.6 degrees celsius, which was 1 degree above normal, whereas at 26.5…
Ahmedabad: Opposition members on Tuesday rocked Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) general board meeting over the Subhash Bridge project, alleging that the Rs 241 crore contract was awarded to a previously blacklisted firm by bypassing competition and paving the way for massive cost overruns.Raising the issue in the board, Congress councillor Shehzad Khan Pathan alleged that…
Ahmedabad: Gujarat ATS arrested a man wanted in a firing case registered in Punjab after tracing him to Palanpur, officials said on Tuesday. An FIR had been registered against Sukhpinder Singh, a Punjab resident, at Sekhwan police station in Batala district in July.Based on a specific intelligence input that the accused was staying in Palanpur,…
Ahmedabad: In a first, the admission process for ayurveda and homeopathy courses in Gujarat has been delinked from the centralized medical and dental admissions. Following a separate schedule issued by the central govt this year, the state’s admission committee initiated an independent registration drive for these undergraduate courses on Tuesday.Eligible students can buy the online…
Ahmedabad: A 20-day-old baby monkey, apparently distressed after being separated from its mother, was rescued from a commercial complex near Ahmedabad Civil Hospital after it was found screeching.Locals alerted animal rescuers after noticing the distressed monkey. “When I got the call, locals around the hospital told me the monkey was found screeching as it was…
Ahmedabad: A 50-year-old trader from Kudasan has accused a visa consultant of cheating him and his relative out of Rs 97.5 lakh by promising Canadian PR visas for their children but allegedly providing closed work permits instead.According to the complaint filed with Infocity police, the trader was looking to send his 26-year-old son to Canada…
Gandhinagar: The state govt has decided to phase out plastic folders and files across all its offices and institutions to make them more environment-friendly. The general administration department (GAD) has issued a circular directing govt offices to gradually reduce the use of plastic-based stationery and replace it with environment-friendly alternatives.The directive will cover all departments…
