Briefly State : MoU inked with CSC Taiwan for steel plant

PDPU inks MoU with Trinidad university

Ahmedabad: Gandhinagar-based Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University (PDPU) signed an MoU with the University of Trinidad & Tobago (UTT) on Tuesday. A delegation comprising Fazal Karim,the Minister of Science & Technology,Tertiary Education – Trinidad & Tobago,Curtis Manchoon,Chairman,Board of Governors,UTT and other faculties visited PDPU as a part of their official visit to India. The MoU will help both the institutes to exchange information on research and educational programmes.

Brick kiln workers continue protest

AHMEDABAD: Hundreds of brick kiln workers in Mehsana continued their strike demanding better wages for the second day,labour union members said. “Nearly 1,000 brick kiln workers in Chatiyada village of Mehsana district have gone on a strike demanding better wages,” Int Bhatta Majdoor Union members said in a statement,adding,workers want Rs 500 per 1,000 bricks.

Students up against GTU policies

AHMEDABAD: Members of Gujarat Technological University Students’ Union on Wednesday held a demonstration outside LD College of engineering office against “anti-student’s” policies of the varsity. On Thursday,they will again hold demonstrations before GTU chancellor and state Governor Kamla Beniwal when she comes to address GTU’s first convocation at LDCE’s grounds. Coordinator of the students’ union Ravi Ahir said the grading system for awarding marks to the students in semester performance index (SPI) and cumulative performance index (CPI) was “illegal” and “unjustifiable” and it affected students.

German delegates meet AMC officials

Ahmedabad: A 15-member delegation led by Stuttgart Mayor Wolfgang Schuster from Germany called on civic authorities including Mayor Asit Vora and municipal commissioner Guruprasad Mohapatra here on Wednesday. The delegation was impressed with the city projects,said an AMC release.