Published on August 2, 2022 Ahmedabad: The delicate hands of a 26-year old woman who worked as an office executive in Ahmedabad have been transplanted in an diploma engineer in Tamil Nadu who used to run a fabrication workshop where he lost both his limbs to electric burns. This is one of the handful of … Continue reading Gujarat woman’s hands transplanted in Tamil Nadu man
At 60%, Gujarat third in rain surplus
Published on August 6, 2022 Ahmedabad: A data tabled in Rajya Sabha recently indicated that Gujarat in an unusual instance got 60% excess rainfall in the first one and a half months of monsoon in June and July which was the third highest in terms of percentage among Indian states. According to the data, Telangana … Continue reading At 60%, Gujarat third in rain surplus
One child abandoned every month since January, says EMRI data
Published on August 6, 2022 Ahmedabad: The data of EMRI 108 emergency services has revealed that one child, mostly a girl, has been abandoned in the state every month since January. While in some cases, even fetuses are found, in others children are dumped on the roadside side or public places from where they are … Continue reading One child abandoned every month since January, says EMRI data
Stirrings of Struggle That Empowered Bapu
Published on August 14, 2022 Gujarat is synonymous with Gandhi when it comes to India’s freedom struggle, but historians point out that the roots of the crusade for independence ran much deeper than that association. The state was unique in the way that many of the movements initiated here – be it in the British-ruled … Continue reading Stirrings of Struggle That Empowered Bapu
When furniture tells stories of the land, its people
Published on May 03, 2021 DholioTakhtSarpozSandookKothlioBasni Ahmedabad: What can a piece of furniture tell? A lot, if you have ears to listen to them. And that’s exactly what a team of researchers did when they embarked on the six-year long journey traversing Gujarat, Rajasthan, Haryana and Punjab to document ‘vernacular’ furniture of north-west India. The … Continue reading When furniture tells stories of the land, its people
Gujarat: Covid cases jump 23% in a week; third wave high in severity too?
Published on April 2, 2021 AHMEDABAD: As the state climbed yet another high at 2,410 new Covid-19 cases in 24 hours, the hospital beds are fast filling up – Ahmedabad-based private hospitals recorded 64% occupancy, whereas two major hospitals – Civil Hospital and Sola Civil Hospital – reached 50% of their capacity with surge in … Continue reading Gujarat: Covid cases jump 23% in a week; third wave high in severity too?
Gujarat Covid count crosses 3 lakh mark
Published on March 29, 2021 AHMEDABAD: Gujarat on Sunday became the 13th Indian state to record 3 lakh cumulative Covid-19 positive cases. As the daily cases surge in the state, the analysis of every 1 lakh cases reveals an interesting pattern. It took 168 days for the state to record the first 1 lakh cases. … Continue reading Gujarat Covid count crosses 3 lakh mark
33% of Gujarat’s Covid-19 cases this year in past 10 days
Published on March 28, 2021 AHMEDABAD: While Gujarat recorded yet another highest daily Covid case tally of 2,276 in 24 hours, it also made another record of sorts. In the past 10 days, the state recorded 17,423 new Covid cases. The figure is 33% of the total of 53,558 cases recorded in the state in … Continue reading 33% of Gujarat’s Covid-19 cases this year in past 10 days
‘Genetic factors in Gujarat behind high morbidity’
Published on March 2, 2021 Ahmedabad: Gujaratis may want to blame the ‘foreign gene variants’ behind the high morbidity and mortality among the Covid-19 patients in Gujarat, but it could be their own specific genetic makeup, revealed a study carried out by state government-run Gujarat Biotechnology Research Centre (GBRC). A paper titled ‘Host genetic factors … Continue reading ‘Genetic factors in Gujarat behind high morbidity’
Active cases in Gujarat now 1% of total cases
Published on February 6, 2021 AHMEDABAD: On Friday, Gujarat had 2,641 active cases of Covid-19, which was a bit more than 1% of 2,62,948 total cases of Covid-19 recorded in the state. India on February 5 had 1.4% of total Covid-19 cases reported as active. Two districts in Gujarat had zero active cases on Friday, … Continue reading Active cases in Gujarat now 1% of total cases
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