Monday 9 November '09
No more pelting stones, blackening faces or violent methods, members of the National Students Union of India (NSUI) are being groomed for better behaviour....Saturday 7 November '09
A unique folk art of story telling, Patta Chitra, practiced by a handlful landless labourers in West Bengal and Orissa made its way to the three-day animation festival Chitrakatha hosted by the National Institute of Design recently.Friday
6 November '09While the state is trying to address the problem of dropout rate in schools, a report revealed that primary teachers across the state spend only one third of their work days in classrooms.Friday
6 November '09With the ever-changing dimensions of mental health treatment and the need felt to attend to two virus outbreaks (Hepatitis B and H1N1), the government is now planning to set premier institutes for virology and mental health in the state.Friday
30 October '09The posts lying vacant for clerks and other school administrative staff across the state for years have been cut short by 90 per cent after a circular was issued to schools across the state to bring down the student-administrative staff ratio.Tuesday
27 October '09Two weeks after the state Health Department decided to set up an umbrella organisation and convert government and government-aided medical...Monday
26 October '09With the beginning of the market slump, advertising strategies were moulded to suit immediate demands and alternate media looked more of an option.Monday
26 October '09Almost four months after a spate of attacks on Indian students in Australia, universities Down Under have started reaching out to Indian students with specially designed attractive packages along with assurances of safety.Saturday
24 October '09The state Health department has proposed to allow the teachers who have retired and resigned to take up full-time contracts and do private practice.Thursday
15 October '09Even as the sale of firecrackers has gone down, the licensing of firecracker stalls has been made stricter as a safety measure.Wednesday
14 October '09While central government-sponsored Sanskrit Scholarship Scheme was introduced for encouraging the use of Sanskrit language by giving incentive to students...Monday
12 October '09With a few disability rights groups working across the country as an unorganised sector, the Blind People’s Association (BPA) in Ahmedabad (country’s largest umbrella organisation for the differently-abled) has taken an initiative to create an organised platform for advocacy to the differently-abled.Wednesday
7 October '09A 30 per cent jump in the use of permanent sterilisation methods in the last 10 years has brought about a downswing in the Total Fertility Rate (TFR), according to data revealed by the state health department.Thursday
1 October '09In an introductory system of accountability in the government setup, the state Education Department has launched an Education Assessment and Evaluation programme...Monday
28 September '09Days after the hooch tragedy in Ahmedabad, a group of like-minded people — opposed to prohibition — joined hands to create a Facebook group “we do not need prohibition in Gujarat”.Sunday
27 September '09In light of the recent spate of racist attacks, Indian students Down Under are now looking at a shift in locations, seeking transfers within universities to cities perceived relatively safe.Friday
25 September '09A booming clinical research industry with an estimated 25,000 jobs by 2012 across India has led Saurashtra University (SU) to look at the business perspective of the industry.Thursday
24 September '09In a severe indictment of the functioning of the panchayat system here, gram panchayats in at least 62 villages in the...Wednesday
23 September '09In what may be indication of a serious problem at the grassroots level in the state, the residents of 62 villages in Sihor taluka of Bhavnagar have threatened to boycott the panchayats saying they have lost their faith in the system.Tuesday
22 September '09A school teacher from Ahmedabad – Neetu Shukla – will represent India at the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation at the three-day international conference in Bangkok from September 26.Tuesday
22 September '09With the start of the longest dance festival in the world, Gujarat has NRIs flocking in to enjoy the nine nights of revelry.Tuesday
22 September '09Among the benefits extended to the disabled in Gujarat, the most neglected area has been in the field of higher education for disabled children.Tuesday
22 September '09Stressing on the fact that HIV/AIDS is penetrating deeper into the rural set-up, the Health department has now sounded an alert at the taluka level for prioritisation of talukas for Targeted Intervention programmes.Monday
21 September '09A Specially-tailored course to instil the spirit of non-violence and truth in convicts has hardly found any takers in Gandhi’s Gujarat, even as inmates of several jails in neighbouring Maharashtra are eagerly opting for it.Sunday
13 September '09Taking a cue from the policy change announced by the National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO), the Gujarat State Council for Blood Transfusion (GSCBT) has directed all the 145 licensed blood banks in the state to refer ELISA positive donors for subsequent testing to referral centres.
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