

Saturday 7 November '09
Those employed in angadia services (local courier network) from Mehsana district have come under the radar of high-risk behaviour for HIV/AIDS, district health department officials claimed.Thursday 5 November '09
Gujarat boasts of a total 4,196 units engaged in the manufacture, research and development of allopathic, ayurvedic and homeopathic medicines.Wednesday
28 October '09Factory workers who have lost the digits of their hands in mishaps can now hope for a new lease of life, with cosmetic surgery all set to become affordable.Tuesday
27 October '09The recent attack on four people by Hanuman Langurs (Presbytis entellus) at Kadi in Mehsana district on Saturday could be an indication of behavioural change in simians, say wildlife experts.Thursday
22 October '09Finally, a high-level committee comprising representatives of the Government of India (GoI) have approved the working plan for the restoration of Banni grasslands in Kutch district.Tuesday
13 October '09Fishermen of Bharuch district are a worried lot as Effluent Channel Project (ECP) chemical discharges from Vadodara-based industries have been contaminating fish at Mahi estuary in the district for a decade now, say activists.Monday
12 October '09For the first time in Gujarat, the state Fisheries Department is to collaborate with the Home Department by pressing Sagar Rakshak Dal personnel into service to monitor the movement of fishing vessels in the deep sea.Friday
9 October '09Nobel laureate Venkatraman Ramakrishnan was ‘Venki’ to his friends in M S University during his graduation days. But there is another group of his “friends” living in the servant quarter No. 20 of MSU behind the Jivraj Mehta Hall, who called him Ambi.Thursday
8 October '09“It is not my son, it is a man from Baroda who has won the Nobel.” This is what C V Ramakrishnan said when Maharaja Sayajirao University...Wednesday
30 September '09Gujarat Agriculture Department babus and the Chief Minister’s Office might soon receive instant weather forecasts if the Anand Agriculture University’s pilot project on instant weather forecast display is successful.Tuesday
29 September '09Very few in M S University would probably know that rare Tomb Bats (Taphozous nudiventris) are roosting in the corridors of the Chemistry laboratory.Monday
28 September '09The mastermind behind the theft of marmosets from the Alipore Zoological Gardens in Kolkata is responsible for the theft of a pair of Military Macaws...Friday
25 September '09Use of cow dung as manure is nothing new, but a pair of enterprising farmers in Navli village of Anand in central Gujarat are now selling the same under brands like ‘hiranyam’ or ‘Krushi Ami’, which have become extremely popular with farmers in Saurashtra.Friday
25 September '09After championing a number of innovations in plant breeding and crop research, the Anand Agricultural University (AAU) in Gujarat...Tuesday
22 September '09Chief Minister Narendra Modi turned the Navratri celebrations into a massive diplomatic-business development exercise this weekend as the state government got a delegation of Delhi-based diplomats from 35 countries...Monday
21 September '09The state Forest Department will submit a working plan for the restoration of Banni grasslands in Kutch district, 54 years after it was declared a ‘protected’ forest.Friday
18 September '09It would have been a matter of pride for the Maharaja Sayajirao University (MSU), if those at the helm of the affairs had implemented the recommendations suggested by the university’s PhD Committee.Thursday
17 September '09The Faculty of Fine Arts of the Maharaja Sayajirao University , known for producing outstanding artists in India , is currently without heads of department and permanent teaching staff.Monday
14 September '09According to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), arsenic is not naturally present in Gujarat. But in a startling revelation...Thursday
10 September '09The newly-formed Central University in Gujarat has an interesting address. The university with 30 students began its first academic session on Wednesday from Government Primary School, Sector 30, near Bhavsinh Institute of Co-operative Management, Gandhinagar.Tuesday
8 September '09For a state that prides itself on its indigenous livestock and dairy co-operatives this data can be a shocker.Tuesday
8 September '09Universities in Gujarat can be the first in the western part of the country to offer choice-based credit system.Monday
7 September '09In what could be termed as a unique model to ‘de-stress’ birds listed in Schedule I of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972...Saturday
29 August '09The Traffic Police might soon heave a sigh of relief. M S University’s Department of Clothing and Textile and the Department of Textile Chemistry are in the final stages of their research on a new clothing for the traffic police personnel.Monday
24 August '09The police are on their toes in the tribal-dominated districts of central Gujarat because the rain-bearing clouds are keeping away.