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Shubhlakshmi Shukla The Indian Express Group

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Mosquito menace: AMC educates society guards

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.
Sugar cooperatives may become powerhouses for rural Gujarat

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.
Govt to increase cattle biomass in Kutch

Tuesday 17 November '09

The 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.
72 per cent women workers at Veraval fishing industry suffer from back problems: study

Tuesday 17 November '09

At 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.
GPCB issues closure notice to 21 dye, chemical units

Tuesday 17 November '09

The Gujarat Pollution Control Board has recently served closure notices to 21 dye and chemical companies at Vapi and Ahmedabad for flouting its norms.
Toys across India to be tested for toxicity

Monday 16 November '09

In a major exercise, all toys — whether manufactured in India or abroad — available in the domestic market will be screened for toxicity under...
NIOH to test Chinese, Indian toys for toxicity levels soon

Friday 13 November '09

Experts from the National Institute of Occupational Health, Ahmedabad; National Institute of Nutrition, Hyderabad and the All India Institute of Medical Sciences...
Urea shortage: Agri dept raids reveal fertiliser is diverted for industrial use

Wednesday 11 November '09

80,000 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.
GCRI to maintain register of cancer cases in state

Monday 9 November '09

Gujarat Cancer and Research Institute will prepare Gujarat Cancer Atlas, said institute officials who celebrated the National Cancer Awareness Day on Saturday.
Mehsana-based angadia workers more prone to HIV/AIDS: study

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.
Airport lacks cold-storage facility for pharma reagents

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.
Affordable prosthetic silicon fingers for factory workers

Wednesday 28 October '09

Factory 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.
Human attacks possibly an indication of climate-induced behavioural change in langurs, say experts

Tuesday 27 October '09

The 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.
Centre approves working plan for Banni grassland

Thursday 22 October '09

Finally, 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.
‘Effluent contaminating fish at Mahi estuary’

Tuesday 13 October '09

Fishermen 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.
Sagar Rakshak Dal to monitor fishing vessel movement

Monday 12 October '09

For 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.
Vadodara family recalls Venki’s discipline, liking for ‘orange’ food

Friday 9 October '09

Nobel 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.
Son of Biochemistry teachers, he graduated in Physics from Baroda

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...
Pilot project on instant weather updates for CMO, babus

Wednesday 30 September '09

Gujarat 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.
Rare tomb bats roost in MSU lab corridors

Tuesday 29 September '09

Very few in M S University would probably know that rare Tomb Bats (Taphozous nudiventris) are roosting in the corridors of the Chemistry laboratory.
‘Poacher of marmosets from Kolkata zoo had stolen macaws from Kankaria’

Monday 28 September '09

The mastermind behind the theft of marmosets from the Alipore Zoological Gardens in Kolkata is responsible for the theft of a pair of Military Macaws...
Villagers sell cow dung manure under trademark

Friday 25 September '09

Use 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.
At the push of a button: IT project offers instant solutions in Gujarat village

Friday 25 September '09

After championing a number of innovations in plant breeding and crop research, the Anand Agricultural University (AAU) in Gujarat...
Modi woos diplomats with Navratri treat, hardsells state

Tuesday 22 September '09

Chief 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...
State takes 54 years to prepare working plan for Banni grasslands

Monday 21 September '09

The 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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