Gujarat elections 2022 | BJP releases list of 160 candidates, 38 sitting MLAs dropped

Gujarat elections 2022 | BJP releases list of 160 candidates, 38 sitting MLAs dropped

Women and Congress turncoats given preference as BJP announced first list of 160 candidates for next month’s Gujarat Assembly elections Women and Congress turncoats given preference as BJP announced first list of 160 candidates for next month’s Gujarat Assembly elections Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, cricketer Ravindra Jadeja’s wife Rivaba Jadeja and Congress turncoat Hardik […]

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Question papers for ongoing BA exams opened a day before in Surat college

Question papers for ongoing BA exams opened a day before in Surat college

ABVP has demanded a probe from the vice-chancellor of Veer Narmad South Gujarat University (VNSGU) after authorities of MTB Arts College in Surat opened three question papers of the Semester 4 Bachelor of Arts (BA) a day before the exam. A fact-finding team, comprising four professors and headed by Professor Falguniben Thakker, has been appointed […]

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Morning Digest: October 9, 2022

Morning Digest: October 9, 2022

Election Commission freezes Shiv Sena symbol, name  The Election Commission on Saturday decided that the two factions of the Shiv Sena, led by Uddhav Thackeray and Eknath Shinde, would not be allowed to use the party name and symbol for the ongoing Andheri East by-poll till the EC passes a final order on the dispute between them. Anticipating the […]

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IISc physicist bags S Chandrashekhar prize

IISc physicist bags S Chandrashekhar prize

Physicist Arnab Rai Choudhuri from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) has been selected for the Subrahmanyan Chandrashekhar prize of the Division of Plasma Physics of the Asia-Pacific Physical Societies for 2022. Choudhuri has been awarded for his contribution in developing flux transport solar dynamo models of the 11-year sunspot cyclone. Using this model, he […]

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SIT formed for probe: Lookout notice issued against key accused in IELTS scam

SIT formed for probe: Lookout notice issued against key accused in IELTS scam

Mehsana police on Thursday issued a lookout notice for one of the main accused in the IELTS case, Amit Chaudhary, even as a Special Investigation Team (SIT) has been appointed to investigate the case. “It is not confirmed whether he (Amit Chaudhary) is in the country or has he left abroad. But as of now […]

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IRMA flagship programme batch of 2022-24: Record enrolments from aspirational dists and students of other states

IRMA flagship programme batch of 2022-24: Record enrolments from aspirational dists and students of other states

The Institute of Rural Management Anand (IRMA), the premier rural management institute founded by Dr Verghese Kurien, has set two records for its flagship Post Graduate Diploma in Management (Rural Management) batch of 2022-2024 with the highest number of enrolments from aspirational districts and candidates from outside Gujarat. In the batch of 2022 out of […]

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3rd graders in Gujarat better in English, Hindi than Gujarati: Survey

3rd graders in Gujarat better in English, Hindi than Gujarati: Survey

The number of Class 3 students in the state who could listen and comprehend four to five texts of varying lengths correctly is the lowest in Gujarati—the mother tongue—and is even lower than English, Urdu, Marathi and Hindi. In addition, only a little more than half of Class 3 students sampled in a recent survey […]

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IELTS scam: Three from education consultancy firm in Gujarat held for forging IELTS marksheets

IELTS scam: Three from education consultancy firm in Gujarat held for forging IELTS marksheets

Three persons associated with an overseas education consultancy firm in Ahmedabad in Gujarat were arrested on Saturday for allegedly forging marksheets to help students secure admission in institutes abroad, Gujarat police said. An owner of the office of the firm identified as Uniworld Education in Ahmedabad and his two associates have been arrested for changing […]

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Class 12 supplementary exam results out: 62 per cent students pass in general stream; 29 per cent in Science stream

Class 12 supplementary exam results out: 62 per cent students pass in general stream; 29 per cent in Science stream

A total of 62.72 per cent of Class 12 general stream students  passed the supplementary examinations, results of which were announced by the Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board (GSHSEB) Thursday. In the Class 12 Science stream, 29.29 per cent students passed the supplementary examinations. The general stream supplementary results are said to be […]

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Token prohibition takes a toll in Gujarat

Token prohibition takes a toll in Gujarat

The hooch tragedy that snuffed out 45 lives in Ahmedabad and Botad districts again lays bare the hollowness of the State prohibition law. While the affluent access premium alcohol through a time-tested network of bootleggers, the system leaves the underclass, with only the ₹20 pouch at its disposal, most vulnerable, reports Mahesh Langa The hooch […]

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