Highrises to add to Ahmedabad’s carbon burden Ahmedabad: By 2050, five out of every six homes in Ahmedabad will be highrise flats, according to a study. Ahmedabad needs 3.1 million new homes in the next 25 years.Building them — at the height, density, and pace the city is currently planning — will consume 30.2 million…
Vadodara/Ahmedabad: After making global headlines for slowing ships in the Persian Gulf during the Strait of Hormuz crisis, barnacles—tiny shell-covered marine creatures that cling to rocks and ship hulls—are now exposing alarming levels of microplastic pollution along Gujarat’s coastline.A study by researchers from Hemchandracharya North Gujarat University (HNGU) and the Maharaja Sayajirao University (MSU) has…
I-T department had wronglyinvoked Section 55A, said HC Ahmedabad: In a case that sounds stranger than fiction, Gujarat High Court has quashed income tax department’s attempt to reopen the assessment of a woman who died five years before a demand notice landed in her name.The case involves Padmaben Trivedi from Bhimpore village in Nani Daman,…
Gandhinagar: Gujarat govt on Wednesday announced a rehabilitation package for businesses, commercial establishments and service units affected by the recent floods in Surat district and Surat Municipal Corporation areas. As part of the relief measures, govt will also waive property tax for one year in flood-affected residential and commercial areas of Surat city.Heavy rain had…
Ahmedabad: A truck driver was killed and another injured after their vehicles collided on the Sarkhej-Dholka Road near Bakrol village on Wednesday morning. The accident occurred around 7.30am when an Eicher truck loaded with bricks collided with another truck. The impact crushed the cabin of the Eicher truck, trapping the driver inside. He died before…
Ahmedabad: Gujarat University completed the first round of postgraduate admissions, with a total of 4,118 seats allotted across various programmes. The data reflects a strong response from students seeking admission to diverse academic streams, including commerce, arts, science, law and education.Among the major courses, MA recorded the highest number of allotments, with 896 seats, followed…
Ahmedabad: Two separate road rage incidents in the city left two people injured and a car damaged, with three FIRs registered at Sarkhej and Vadaj police stations.In the complaints filed at Sarkhej police station, a minor traffic dispute between a motorcyclist and an autorickshaw driver escalated into an assault involving sticks and fists near Janpath…
Gujarat chief minister Bhupendra Patel offers prayers to the Shivling during his visit to Adalaj Trimandir on his birthday, in Ahmedabad on Wednesday Gandhinagar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union home minister Amit Shah and a number of leaders greeted chief minister Bhupendra Patel on his birthday on Thursday. Patel visited Trimandir in Adalaj on Thursday…
Grey hornbill in Gir forests Ahmedabad: More than six decades after the Indian grey hornbill disappeared from Gujarat’s Gir forests, the state’s ambitious reintroduction programme has completed four years with encouraging conservation outcomes, as the birds have survived, bred and gradually established a self-sustaining population in the wild.The findings have been documented in the international…
The project, located in Serenje Province, will involve engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning of the solar plant Ahmedabad: Gujarat-based solar module manufacturer Navitas Solar’s EPC arm, Navitas Planet, has secured a $20 million contract to develop a 54MW utility-scale solar power project in Zambia, marking its entry into Africa’s utility-scale EPC market.The project, located in…
