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Parth Shastri AU, Covid-19, PDPU

Gujarat: Covid-19 scare gives biometric attendance thumbs down

Published on March 14, 2020 The hi-tech biometric attendance system appears to have failed the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) hygiene test.  With health guidelines insisting on avoiding touching oft-handled surfaces, many institutions have dusted out their attendance registers for staff to sign and mark their attendance instead of risk of picking up virus from the … Continue reading Gujarat: Covid-19 scare gives biometric attendance thumbs down

Parth Shastri Covid-19, IIM Ahmedabad

Coronavirus scare: IIM-Ahmedabad cancels annual convocation

Published on March 12, 2020 AHMEDABAD: India’s premier B-school IIM Ahmedabad (IIM-A) on Thursday announced cancellation of annual convocation. The official press release cited advisory issued by the central ministry of health and family welfare and WHO for the move.‘In view of the advisories issued by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and the … Continue reading Coronavirus scare: IIM-Ahmedabad cancels annual convocation

Parth Shastri Health

Hope-plus: These women boost positivity in HIV patients

Publication date: December 1, 2019 AHMEDABAD: Asha Patel (name changed), a coordinator for Gujarat state network of people living with HIV/AIDS (GSNP+) in Mehsana, visits the antiretroviral treatment (ART) centre in Mehsana and takes the names of the patients. She notes down the names of those who could not make it for regular treatment and … Continue reading Hope-plus: These women boost positivity in HIV patients

Parth Shastri Global Gujaratis

Amdavadi woman is Tory candidate in UK elections

Publication date: December 1, 2019 AHMEDABAD: Born and brought up in Ahmedabad, Tamkeen Shaikh, 40, is all set to fight her first parliamentary election in the poll to be held on December 12. Busy with canvassing in Barking constituency, Shaikh said that compared to Indian elections, the candidates have to be very hands-on and interact much … Continue reading Amdavadi woman is Tory candidate in UK elections

Parth Shastri Culture and Religion

Making Renaissance Man relevant for 21st century

Publication date: January 21, 2020 Ahmedabad: An entire generation of Gujarati medium students know him for his poem ‘Unt kahe aa sabha ma...’ included in textbooks and those studying sociology by his Gyati Nibandh (an essay on caste) on evils of casteism written 17 years before Mahatma Gandhi’s birth. But Kavi Dalpatram (1820-1898) was not … Continue reading Making Renaissance Man relevant for 21st century

Parth Shastri Organ donation

Online repository of donors up & running

Publication date: March 3, 2020 Ahmedabad: From March 1, Gujarat joined the handful of Indian states having online system of updating the brain stem dead patients across hospitals. The move is aimed to promote cadaver organ donation. Senior state health department officials had announced during the third roundtable on organ donation organized by The Times … Continue reading Online repository of donors up & running

Parth Shastri History and Archaeology

Glacial river fed Dholavira in Greater Rann of Kutch: Study

Publication date: January 3, 2020 AHMEDABAD: A study of archaeological evidences dating back to 3,800-5,500 years before present era at Dholavira, India's biggest excavated Harappan site, has presented a classic case of how climate change can increase future drought risks as predicted by Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), says a team of top researchers … Continue reading Glacial river fed Dholavira in Greater Rann of Kutch: Study