240 chemical units flouting norms
Ahmedabad: The state government has admitted that 240 complaints of irregularities have been reported about chemical units in Ahmedabad city and district. The state government was replying to the question
Times Of India (Ahmedabad)
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Teak absorbs max CO2 from air, helps check global warming
Teak has the highest capacity for carbon sequestration among trees in India. This is the finding of a study conducted by the Gujarat Ecological Education and Research (GEER) to prepare a hierarchy of local
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Sarpanch not liable for energy theft in office: HC
Ahmedabad: Nobody is at fault if electricity theft takes place at a public place. Gujarat high court acquitted a sarpanch from charges of energy theft, after a water pump was found running illegally in
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Smart city technology should be simple: Experts
Ahmedabad: A central aspect of smart cities is to create value for any services by integrating different technological systems in a city-which may link payment, civic services and the service industry.
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Alarm over rapid rise of killer fungal infection
Ahmedabad: Heena Patel (38) is in shock. The doctors recently removed almost half of her face, including the right eye, in a surgery to save her life. Heena has seen many oral cancer patients undergo
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Mithi Virdi N-plant costly, risky: Study
Ahmedabad: At a time when Prime Minister Narendra Modi is attending the two-day Nuclear Security Summit in Washington DC (US), to discuss nuclear security with the world leaders, a study on two proposed
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Watering holes: Lion's share for king
While the state's 523 lions have been provided around 500 cement-concrete watering troughs, the 5,000-odd blackbuck in and around Velavadar and the 4,451 wild asses in the Little Rann of Kutch (LRK) have
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Groundwater quality at risk in half of district
Ahmedabad: Industrial activities, coupled with unchecked pollution, would seriously affect the groundwater quality in Ahmedabad district, states a study by Mona Khakhar, an associate professor with CEPT
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State's water table unsettled: Study
Random drilling of bore wells in the state's water-scarce areas for both drinking and irrigation has led to a drop of up to 4 metres (13.12 ft) in 40% (13 out of 33 districts) in Gujarat, a study conducted
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In rural health, Gujarat among BIMARU states
Though the Gujarat government claims to be giving incentives to doctors working in remote areas, the state is facing a shortage of specialists like gynecologists and paediatricians, to the extent that
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Gujarat spends Rs 1161 crore to fight malnourished
The State Government to fight malnourished has spent over Rs 1161.26 crore in two years from 2014-15. Of these Rs485 crore were given as reimbursement grant by the central government. The state government