Saturday 21 November '09
The state Health Department has sanctioned Rs 6 crore for the vector-borne disease control programme, particularly in the urban areas of the state.Friday 20 November '09
Sugar cooperatives in the state might soon turn into powerhouses for rural areas if their recent proposal is accepted by the Gujarat Electricity Regulatory Commission.Tuesday
17 November '09The Gujarat Institute of Desert Ecology and the Forest department in Kutch have teamed up to increase cattle biomass with an aim to prevent the migration of Maldharis (pastoral farmers) and to compensate for the 79 per cent fodder deficit in Kutch.Tuesday
17 November '09At least 72 per cent woman workers in the Veraval fishing industry suffer from pain and discomfort in the upper back, knee and shoulders, according to a study conducted by the National Institute of Occupational Health in Ahmedabad.Tuesday
17 November '09The Gujarat Pollution Control Board has recently served closure notices to 21 dye and chemical companies at Vapi and Ahmedabad for flouting its norms.Monday
16 November '09In a major exercise, all toys — whether manufactured in India or abroad — available in the domestic market will be screened for toxicity under...Friday
13 November '09Experts from the National Institute of Occupational Health, Ahmedabad; National Institute of Nutrition, Hyderabad and the All India Institute of Medical Sciences...Wednesday
11 November '0980,000 tonnes seized, companies given eight days to show purchase records Chemical industries were surreptitiously buying urea from the farmers’ societies in a bid to extract a vital component at cheaper rates.Monday
9 November '09Gujarat Cancer and Research Institute will prepare Gujarat Cancer Atlas, said institute officials who celebrated the National Cancer Awareness Day on Saturday.Saturday
7 November '09Those 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 '09Gujarat 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.
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