Security personnel escort Gujarat natives deported from the United States after they were brought to the Ahmedabad airport, Thursday, February 6, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI A plane carrying 33 persons from Gujarat, who were among 104 Indians deported from the United States for illegal immigration, landed at Ahmedabad airport from Amritsar on Thursday (February…
Semiconductor equipment. Image used for representative purpose only. | Photo Credit: REUTERS The Union Cabinet on Monday (September 2, 2024) approved a semiconductor unit in Sanand, Gujarat to be set up by Kaynes Semicon Pvt Ltd. The approval flows from the India Semiconductor Mission’s modified scheme for setting up semiconductor fabs, which provides for 50%…
Army personnel conduct rescue-and-relief operations in the flood-affected area in Amra and Shapar villages of Jamnagar following heavy rainfall, on August 29, 2024. | Photo Credit: ANI The authorities in Gujarat’s Kutch district have asked people living in huts and makeshift houses to take shelter in schools, temples or other buildings after the India Meteorological…
Following a request from the Gujarat government, six columns of the Indian Army are conducting rescue operations in the worst-affected areas as the flood-like situation continues in parts of the State due to incessant rainfall. The Army has been deployed to support the ongoing relief efforts. “In response to the severe flooding in multiple districts,…
Updated – August 27, 2024 09:59 am IST Published – August 27, 2024 09:58 am IST With the State witnessing heavy rainfall over the past two days, leading inundation in certain districts and displacing hundreds of residents in Gujarat, the govt. has announced a holiday for all primary schools on Tuesday (August 24, 2024) due…
Vehicles pass through a waterlogged road after heavy rains, in Rajkot on August 25, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI Several people were shifted to safe places after torrential rains caused severe flooding in South Gujarat’s Valsad and Navsari districts over the weekend. The continuous downpour since Saturday led to rivers swelling, and dams overflowing in…
A health worker fumigates a slum area to prevent the spread of the Chandipura virus, named after a small town in the western state of Maharashtra where it was first discovered, in Ahmedabad, on July 31, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters Chandipura virus has claimed the lives of 28 children under the age of 14…
A health team conducts inspection in an area that reported cases of Chandipura virus in Sabarkantha district of Gujarat on July 17. | Photo Credit: PTI The Health Ministry on Friday reviewed the situation in Gujarat, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh after the States reported cases of Chandipura virus and Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) that resulted…
