Advait Page, Bhavya Sachdeva hog limelight in National Games swimming

Advait Page, Bhavya Sachdeva hog limelight in National Games swimming

Lakshya breaks record twice in the 200m breaststroke; Karnataka’s women set a new mark in the 4x100m medley relay Lakshya breaks record twice in the 200m breaststroke; Karnataka’s women set a new mark in the 4x100m medley relay Advait Page swam well within himself yet he dominated the men’s 1500m freestyle to set a new […]

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Veteran Richa faces challenge from gen-next in the National Games swimming events

Veteran Richa faces challenge from gen-next in the National Games swimming events

Eighteen-year-old Shrungi Bandekar, who was the star of the recent Khelo India University Games, will be Richa’s main rival Eighteen-year-old Shrungi Bandekar, who was the star of the recent Khelo India University Games, will be Richa’s main rival The past, present, and future of Indian swimming have assembled to make the field competitive when the […]

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Spectacular show of light and sound marks the inauguration of the National Games

Spectacular show of light and sound marks the inauguration of the National Games

Prime Minister Narendra Modi underlined the need to make the country a sports power Prime Minister Narendra Modi underlined the need to make the country a sports power A spectacular opening ceremony, highlighting the country’s desire to emerge as a soft power in sports and Gujarat’s superb organisational skills, marked the formal inauguration of the […]

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Gujarat all set to host the National Games; PM to inaugurate it today

Gujarat all set to host the National Games; PM to inaugurate it today

The Gujarat Government has relied on its existing infrastructure in six cities — Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar, Vadodara, Surat, Bhavnagar and Rajkot — to make the mega event possible in 90 days The Gujarat Government has relied on its existing infrastructure in six cities — Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar, Vadodara, Surat, Bhavnagar and Rajkot — to make the mega […]

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Dropout rate at secondary level higher than national average in over dozen states

Dropout rate at secondary level higher than national average in over dozen states

As per official data, West Bengal, Gujarat, Bihar and Tripura are among more than a dozen states where the school dropout rate at secondary level was higher than the national average of 14.6 per cent. The central government has suggested these states to take special steps to reduce the dropout rate. This information has been […]

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Activist Sandeep Pandey, 3 others detained in Gujarat ahead of foot march planned in support of Bilkis Bano

Activist Sandeep Pandey, 3 others detained in Gujarat ahead of foot march planned in support of Bilkis Bano

Ramon Magsaysay award recipient Pandey and other activists were scheduled to participate in the foot march, titled ‘Apologising to Bilkis Bano’ Ramon Magsaysay award recipient Pandey and other activists were scheduled to participate in the foot march, titled ‘Apologising to Bilkis Bano’ Police have detained social activist Sandeep Pandey and three others ahead of a […]

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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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Maharashtra Government made effort to outbid other States, but our decision was independent: Vedanta chairman Anil Agarwal

Maharashtra Government made effort to outbid other States, but our decision was independent: Vedanta chairman Anil Agarwal

Vedanta chairman Anil Agarwal says that they had decided on Gujarat a few months ago as the State Government met their expectations Vedanta chairman Anil Agarwal says that they had decided on Gujarat a few months ago as the State Government met their expectations The Maharashtra leadership has made a huge effort to outbid other […]

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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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