Mundra waterfront project recommended for Coastal Regulation Zone clearance

Saturday 3 January '09

The proposed Water Front Development Project (WFDP) of the Mundra Port and Special Economic Zone Limited (MPSEZL) at Mundra will soon be a reality.

UN norms for chemical companies: Council to act as watchdog

Thursday 1 January '09

Sanctions by the US on two chemical industries in Gujarat –Sabero Organics Gujarat Limited and Sandhya Organic Chemicals Pvt Limited...

Govt to moot health protection programme for Alang ship-breaking industry workers

Thursday 25 December '08

The ship-breaking industry at Alang is undergoing a major makeover as far as health hazards to workers engaged in this business are concerned.

‘Failure of corporate governance has led to the global economic crisis’

Sunday 21 December '08

Prof Hasung Jang, Dean, Korea University Business School, one of the foremost proponents of improving corporate governance across the world, was in Ahmedabad on Friday.

Half of Vibrant Gujarat goes to sleep empty stomach

Sunday 21 December '08

“It is with the core value of the Right to Food that the Gujarat government’s Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Department sets its mandate”...

AMC demolishes hutments to lay a garden

Wednesday 10 December '08

Even as the world celebrates the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on December 10, human rights of the poor are being continuously put to test in Gujarat.

Mundra waterfront project at the cost of 10,000 families?

Sunday 7 December '08

It seems the concerned authorities had turned a blind eye while formalising the proposal of Water Front Development Plan (WFDP) promoted by the Mundra Port and Special Economic Zone Limited (MPSEZL).

Schools where children love to come in early and leave late... become a reality

Saturday 6 December '08

Imagine a drab government school being turned into every child’s dream, where the children come early and leave late.

‘Methodology to measure participation in higher education might be flawed’

Friday 5 December '08

The widely used methodology to measure participation in higher education and the deficits experienced by different groups...

HC to decide fate of NGO plea to cut silicosis count in industries

Monday 1 December '08

It seems Gujarat is among the worst performers in industrial health and hygiene, particularly when it comes to dealing with cases of silicosis.

Social stereotypes ‘caste’ a shadow… even at IIM-A

Tuesday 25 November '08

Graduates belonging to scheduled castes and scheduled tribes are getting significantly lower wages...

Three highway projects get Centre’s nod

Monday 24 November '08

In a major boost to the infrastructure development in Gujarat, the Centre has granted in-principle approval for availing the Viability Gap Funding (VGF) scheme for three highway projects.

Poor security at Ahmedabad airport; AAI, CISF point fingers at each other

Monday 17 November '08

At a time when increased threat perceptions are calling for a major upgradation of security across all major airports in the country...

Who’s to be blamed for rise in asbestos-related deaths?

Friday 14 November '08

It has been a life of agony, pain and compromise for Hemalata, daughter of Kishan Goplani, an ex-worker of the erstwhile Ahmedabad Electricity Corporation...

Asbestos-related diseases give tough time to Gujaratis

Thursday 13 November '08

“It has been a disgusting life,” says Manga N Patel, sitting on the lone bench at a tea stall in Parshavnath Nagar locality of Chandkheda in Ahmedabad. With tears rolling down his face, Patel walks away saying he is in no mood to talk further.

WoW is now: AMC, ITC join hands to revamp solid waste management

Sunday 9 November '08

The solid waste management in the city is set to witness a major revamp in the coming months, thanks to the highly ambitious and well intended project of the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation called ‘WoW’ or ‘Wealth out of Waste’.

ISRO set to launch country’s first indigenous geomatics software

Saturday 8 November '08

This is an initiative that could spell a huge technological leap for the country besides saving hundreds of crores in foreign exchange.

Adopting a holistic approach to tribal welfare

Sunday 2 November '08

Giving a major fillip to tribal welfare in the state, the Gujarat government has formulated a comprehensive 'Conservation-cum-Development (CCD) Plan for Primitive Tribe Groups...

Next D-day for Chandrayaan-1: Nov 8

Wednesday 22 October '08

If the weather god permits then by the time you read this report, India’s first lunar mission would have taken off from Sriharikota and scientists at ISRO’s Space Applications Centre...

Lunar links: Moon mission owes a lot to Ahmedabad

Sunday 19 October '08

When PSLV-C11 blasts off on October 22 from Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh with Chandrayaan-1, India’s first lunar mission...

129 industrial units to become pollution-free by March next

Saturday 27 September '08

To make the city pollution free, about 129 industrial units of the city have decided to comply with the norms set up by the Air Action Plan — launched in the city on World Environment Day in 2004 — by March next year.

Now, objections against proposed power tariff can be filed till Oct 13

Wednesday 24 September '08

The Gujarat Electricity Regulatory Commission has extended the last date of filing objections/suggestions on the Multi-Year Tariff petition filed by the Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Ltd.

Space exploration exhibit to be installed in Science City

Monday 8 September '08

The Gujarat Council of Science City has announced its plan to install an exhibit on space exploration in the State Level Energy Park...

Privileges to STs being flouted at Gujarat Vidhyapith’s Tribal institute

Monday 8 September '08

The norms and policies of the system of the Protective Discrimination, which grants special privileges to the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in India...