Migrants: home not so sweet home
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Migrants: home not so sweet home
P. Sainath
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At 734: 1000, sex ratio in Vapi India’s lowest
Ahmedabad: Two cities of Gujarat, both industrial hubs, top the list of cities with lowest sex ratio in India. Vapi, the industrial town in south Gujarat, has got the lowest sex ratio in the country with
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Almost 50% HIV affected are under 30, study reveals
AHMEDABAD: An all-India survey conducted ahead of 'World AIDS Day' on Thursday indicates that maximum incidence of HIV in both men and women was reported in age group of under 30 years. A total 9,18,277
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Ahmedabad losing fight against malaria
AHMEDABAD: The high rate of malaria cases in the state is a grim sign of the fight lost out to mosquitoes. Ahmedabad city has recorded 596 malaria cases in the latest weekly disease assessment of the state, the highest and has even overtaken Surat city which has recorded 543. Ahmedabad has the second highest number of falciparum cases in the state. A major reason, according to health practitioners is the relapse of malaria and falciparum cases in patients.
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Urban climate resilience: a review of the methodologies adopted under the ACCCRN initiative in Indian cities
Cities across the world have started recognising the need to address urban climate vulnerabilities. In Asia, the role of the Asian Cities Climate Change Resilience Network (ACCCRN), a nine-year initiative
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Gujarat has 9% of India's urban slums: NSSO report
Gujarat accounts for 9% of all slums in urban areas across the country, findings related to key indicators of urban slums released by the National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) on Tuesday show. The survey
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Minutes of the 14th meeting of the Gujarat Coastal Zone Management Authority held on 27/02/2012
Minutes of the 14th meeting of the Gujarat Coastal Zone Management Authority held on 27/02/2012.
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75, 000 affordable houses to be built
To prove that it is serious about implementing its poll promise of affordable urban housing, Gujarat government plans to start construction of around 75,000 houses by its para institutions across the state
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Vadodara, surat bag key jnnurm awards
Vadodara/Surat: Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) stormed the annual awards for implementation of the JnNURM scheme by winning three key awards. The city got awards for project implementation, improvement in water supply and waste water sector, and implementation of pro-poor reforms. Surat was the another city from the state to get an award for best services to the urban poor.
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Gujarat Pollution Control Board takes civic bodies to task
Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) has issued notices to eight municipal corporations and 159 municipalities for not following guidelines on solid waste disposal. The corporations given notices are
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Nippon, Sony to turn Surat into eco-city
<p>Japanese majors like Nippon Magnetic Dressing and Sony will develop Surat into an eco-town by recycling waste which is likely to be used in township construction in the city.
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Gujarat to replicate rooftop solar power model in 5 more cities
Conference discusses impediments that prevent solar energy from taking off in a big way in the country. Gujarat has taken the lead in solar energy. Now, it is planning to generate 5MW energy each from
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Over 30,000 houses to generate solar power in state
In the second phase of development of solar power projects in Gujarat, the state government plans to generate 60 MW power from rooftops by bringing in 30,000 houses under the project within the next three
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Call for reforms to boost solar power sector
Stake holders, experts and state level policy makers are seeking reforms must to facilitate growth of solar energy sector up to its potential. At a time when India's total installed capacity in solar power
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Mumbai oil spill danger reaches Surat coast
Surat: Fish, prawns and other sea food eaters beware. The ghost of oil spill following collision of two cargo ships in the Arabian Sea near Mumbai port on August 7 this year has now reached Surat. The district collectorate has issued a warning asking people to stay away from seafood and advised fishermen to refrain from going to the sea till the ship wreckage is salvaged.
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Leopard killing creates furore
Yagnesh Mehta | TNN Surat: With the killing of the leopard landing into controversy, forest department officials are in a spot over declaring the animal a man-eater.
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Back to Raj era: Prince shoots man-eater leopard
Yagnesh Mehta | TNN Surat: Photographs of royalty posing with a gun in hand and a dead leopard at his feet belonged to the black-and-white era of the Raj. Hunting has been banned for nearly half a century in India. But a similar scene was played out near a hamlet in south Gujarat on Monday night.
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UP set to be the smartest; TN, Maharashtra, MP, Gujarat to follow
In a race between 100 cities picked up from states and union territories across the country, only 20 will start their 'smart' journey this financial year. The remaining 80, in the proposed 100 smart city
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Uchhal taluka panchayat head surrenders before forest officials
Uchhal taluka panchayat head Jayanti Vasava allegedly involved in trafficking of forest produce, surrendered before district forest officials in Surat, Gujarat.
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Surat takes steps to prevent flood
Plans On To Build 10m High Embankment Wall Along Tapi Surat: The irrigation department will be building a nine-km long embankment on the right side of Tapi river. It will be based on a study conducted