January 30, 2011 04:40 IST
In coming months,students from hundreds of technical colleges in Gujarat would troop into industry clusters to find out the problems they face and help solve them.
Sun, Jan 30, 2011January 20, 2011 04:17 IST
A recently completed map of the shoreline of Gujarat is expected to be utilised as a major tool in scrutinising proposed projects along the 1,600 km long state coastline.
Thu, Jan 20, 2011January 19, 2011 04:27 IST
Mangrove restoration along Gujarats coastline has helped coastal communities gain employment.
Wed, Jan 19, 2011January 18, 2011 06:32 IST
AMID concerns about the shortage of well-rounded students passing out from technical institutions,the Indian Institute of Technology,Gandhinagar is set to introduce a new curriculum that will devote 25 per cent of academics to humanities.
Tue, Jan 18, 2011January 17, 2011 04:39 IST
Many students of the second batch of Gujarat National Law University,who passed out on Sunday have opted for stints at courts.
Mon, Jan 17, 2011January 16, 2011 05:11 IST
Indias polytechnics are never considered the hubs of innovation,but a list strung together by the moderators of an open-source website where lakhs of student techies upload their final projects presents a different picture.
Sun, Jan 16, 2011
January 11, 2011 05:59 IST
About 30 couples from Chhattisgarh working at a brick kiln near here left for home with their 15 children on Saturday citing forced and bonded labour and violent treatment by their employers.
Tue, Jan 11, 2011January 10, 2011 04:38 IST
The Indian Institute of Management,Ahmedabad will from February offer an elective course on theatre to understand oppression using participatory theatre,for which several thespians have already been arranged to conduct classes.
Mon, Jan 10, 2011January 10, 2011 03:31 IST
The Indian Institute of Management,Ahmedabad (IIM-A) will from February offer an elective course on theatre to understand oppression using participatory theatre
Mon, Jan 10, 2011December 16, 2010 03:21 IST
A session on security issues in electronic voting machines was cancelled at the last minute at a seminar in Gandhinagar on Wednesday morning.
Thu, Dec 16, 2010December 15, 2010 06:09 IST
In Gujrat,the problem of food scarcity may have been controlled to a great extent but malnutrition among children,and anaemia among both women and children,persist.
Wed, Dec 15, 2010December 04, 2010 00:00 IST
Even as the Supreme Court had,in 2004,ordered to abolish the use of contractors in the Integrated Child Development Scheme,the state government continues to implement the central scheme through contractors.
Sat, Dec 04, 2010December 02, 2010 04:17 IST
Union Minister for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh has taken cognisance of the letters sent by the fishermen of Kutch in connection with the setting up of a power plant in the area.
Thu, Dec 02, 2010December 01, 2010 04:36 IST
In a signal that the Right to Education Act may be operational in Gujarat by next year,the Primary Education Department has decided to form School Management Committees a basic requirement under RTE and a government resolution on the same is expected soon.
Wed, Dec 01, 2010November 30, 2010 03:55 IST
Gujrat Primary Education Secretary R P Gupta on Monday said that the state needs nearly 25,000 teachers more for primary schools and that his department hopes to recruit them over the next two years.
Tue, Nov 30, 2010November 27, 2010 05:58 IST
The export of Indian cotton technology and expertise to Africa and the import of different types of African cotton by India were the main points of trade discussed on the last day of an African delegations two-week tour of India.
Sat, Nov 27, 2010November 22, 2010 05:22 IST
Six years after a Human Development Report on Gujarat was published,the state government has embarked on another survey for a similar report,albeit district-wise,whose publication date is yet to be decided.
Mon, Nov 22, 2010
November 21, 2010 02:31 IST
The 35 lakh-or-so BPL families in the state have been forced to buy about half of foodgrains from the Public Distribution System at higher prices than they are entitled to.
Sun, Nov 21, 2010November 20, 2010 06:44 IST
The state government has begun distributing the allotted 19 kgs of atta to the beneficiaries of the Antodaya Awas Yojana.
Sat, Nov 20, 2010
November 18, 2010 03:42 IST
Does poverty shame people? If it does,can poverty alleviation schemes be designed to address this? This is the topic researchers from eight countries are discussing at a study supported by the UK-based Economic and Social Research Council and Department of International Development.
Thu, Nov 18, 2010November 02, 2010 06:11 IST
Pagadiya fishermen dont use boats but do their fishing on foot,on the coast,with nets on sticks dug into the mud
Tue, Nov 02, 2010October 31, 2010 06:24 IST
The pair of jeans you wear costs much more than what you paid the shopkeeper if you consider the amount of water.
Sun, Oct 31, 2010October 30, 2010 05:34 IST
The global exports in denim fabrics fell from $4,344 million in 2005 to $3,827 million in 2009.
Sat, Oct 30, 2010October 24, 2010 06:02 IST
In its much-hyped six-hour-long campaign on United Against Hunger,held in Ahmedabad.
Sun, Oct 24, 2010October 18, 2010 03:48 IST
Most of Rajkots over 30,000 small-scale industries whose clients include many Fortune 500 companies are owned and run by people without any formal technical know-how
Mon, Oct 18, 2010

