Gujarat confidential: Ancient Wisdom

He said: “Crores of Indians perform the Surya namaskar and recite the Gayatri mantra every morning, which is dedicated to Savitri, a solar god…Similarly, Rishi Agastya wrote about the method of producing hydrogen in his book Agastya Samhita, written thousands of years ago, it explains how to construct an electric battery to split water into hydrogen and oxygen.”

Credit Where Due

Gujarat Home Minister Harsh Sanghavi on Monday took to X to heap praises on the Dahod district police, which deployed thermal image night vision drones to track down a temple thief. The case pertains to a theft at the Somnath Mahadev Temple in Jhalod town.

The accused had pelted stones at the police and escaped towards a maize field but the district police deployed the night vision drones and nabbed the accused after a five-hour operation from 2am to 7am on Sunday.

Sanghavi, in his appreciation post on X, said, “Excellent work by Dahod SP and team. Have you ever thought about it? Tribal District Police using thermal image night vision drones to crack cases, setting new standards for rural policing!… a temple thief fled into a dense forest, but DSP Dahod and team didn’t let him escape!” Sanghavi also posted the video of the incident.