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Advantage not taken: Guj loses 2,000 seats under Central fee waiver scheme

Sunday 12 April '09

Gujarat has failed to grab an opportunity provided by the Union government’s Tuition Fee Waiver (TFW) scheme, which targets the economically backward classes...
Health dept to set up state-level committee for human drug trials

Saturday 11 April '09

The state health department has decided to come up with an umbrella committee of all ‘Human Research Ethics Committees’ operating at individual colleges at present.
WHO guidelines a failure in Indian context

Monday 6 April '09

WHO guidelines for the treatment of CNS tuberculosis have turned out to be a complete failure in the Indian context.
Finally, doctors visit Sabarmati jail to attend to inmates after two months

Friday 3 April '09

For the first time in the last two months, an orthopaedic surgeon visited the Sabarmati Central Jail last Friday for the treatment of those arrested in connection with the July 26 Ahmedabad blasts case.
GU’s IAS Centre, shut for 10 years now, still gets grant from state

Thursday 2 April '09

The Gujarat University’s IAS Centre has been lying closed for last many years. Incidentally, the centre which has not produced a single IAS cadre officer till date has continued to get a grant in the range of Rs 5 lakh to Rs 6 lakh per year in every budget.
State follows policy of ‘robbing Peter to pay Paul’

Thursday 26 March '09

Faux pas or worse, the Gujarat government had taken away over 50,000 tonnes of wheat meant as ration for 21.20 lakh below poverty line (BPL) families holding Antyodaya Anna Yojana cards and given them to private flour mills in the last two years.
Typhoid ground zero: A Sujalam scourge?

Wednesday 18 March '09

Barely two months after the water pipelines laid down under the Sujalam Sufalam Yojana started supplying drinking water in Keirala, Bhayla and Kalyangadh villages in Bavla taluka, the villages are reeling under a typhoid epidemic.
Recurrent damage to pipeline leads to typhoid epidemic in Bavla

Monday 16 March '09

Officials of the Water Supply Department lodged an FIR with the Bavla police station on Saturday evening after the Narmada water distribution line from Bavla to Kalyangadh was recurrently damaged by the villagers to draw water...
Teachers no more a part of flying squad

Sunday 15 March '09

The Gujarat Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examinations are scheduled to start from March 17.
Health dept seals clinic of Dr Patel in Modasa

Wednesday 25 February '09

The Health Department, on Tuesday, sealed the clinic of Dr Govind Patel, located opposite the Public Health Centre in Modasa.
Hepatitis scare: Gujarat rules out special syringes

Wednesday 25 February '09

The Gujarat Government has not placed a single order for auto-disabled (AD) syringes till date, despite several attempts by the Association of Indian Medical Devices Industries....
Even letter from Union Health Ministry fails to cut much ice

Tuesday 24 February '09

The Gujarat government has not placed a single order for Auto-Disabled syringes till date, it has been learnt.
World’s largest Hepatitis B vaccination drive in Modasa

Monday 23 February '09

Following the deadly Hepatitis B outbreak in Modasa, the state Health Department is going to launch a massive vaccination drive.
‘Central alert was incidental’

Friday 20 February '09

Barely nine days before the outbreak of Hepatitis B in Modasa, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, had sent a ‘routine’ letter to state Health Minister Jay Narayan Vyas.
Inmates of mental health institute suffer monetary loss due to government apathy

Sunday 15 February '09

The inmates of B M Institute of Mental Health had been earning nearly Rs 2 lakh per annum by selling furniture and other handicrafts.
Recruiters see a beam of light at the end of meltdown tunnel

Tuesday 10 February '09

Notwithstanding the impact of the global economic slump on Indian industry, registrations at the District Employment Exchange hardly reflect the unstable market conditions.
State to fuse mental healthcare with primary healthcare system

Sunday 8 February '09

The state Health Department plans to integrate mental healthcare into the primary healthcare system in the state.
University asks colleges to defer exam to welcome Modi

Saturday 7 February '09

In a bid to welcome Chief Minister Narendra Modi, Gujarat University has postponed the preliminary exams of all affiliated colleges. The examinations were scheduled from February 12.
Open book exam system loses steam

Thursday 5 February '09

With the hype over ‘Open book exam’ finally settling down, the scheme has now been reduced to a proposal for a pilot study to be conducted at lower class levels.
Gandhian activists look forward to replicate models discussed in Hind Swaraj

Wednesday 4 February '09

With the three-day meet to mark the centenary year of the writing of ‘Hind Swaraj’ concluding on Sunday...
‘A rare conviction for procedural default’

Wednesday 4 February '09

The conviction of Dr Paresh Sheth by the lower court happens to be a first-ever instance of holding a doctor guilty by a court in Gujarat for procedural default, believe Health Department officials.
30 per cent surge in Indian students studying Down Under

Tuesday 3 February '09

The impact of the downturn and the tightening of immigration laws notwithstanding, there has been a 30 per cent surge in the number of Indian students heading Down Under for higher education.
Health sector attracts MoUs worth over Rs 7,000 cr at Vibrant Gujarat summit

Tuesday 3 February '09

The health sector, which was rather ignored at the last Vibrant Gujarat Global Investors’ Summit...
India to sign nuclear safeguards agreement in Vienna today

Monday 2 February '09

India will sign the India-specific safeguards agreement with the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna on Monday.
Gujarat has its first exclusive marriage bureau for Scheduled Castes

Monday 26 January '09

The opening of a marriage bureau exclusively for the scheduled castes has offered a sneak peek to the deep-rooted caste divide in the Gujarati society.
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