Lakshmi Ajay
Articles By Lakshmi Ajay
Japan’s PM Shinzo Abe may visit Vadnagar: Workers scurry to give hometown of PM Modi a facelift
PM Narendra Modi is likely to visit the town in September along with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation’s museum suffers from low footfall
Designed by French-Swiss architect Le Corbusier in 1954, Sanskar Kendra has been likened to “a museum of man, popular tradition and scientific research”. Today, it has more than Rs 2 crore worth of donations in the form of artefacts and objects.
Special ode to Ahmedabad’s heritage at NID film festival
The illustrations of Ahmedabad will be published by NID, which is hosting Vyner at its bi-annual Chitrakatha International Students’ Animation Festival to be held between October 22 and 28.
GST: No protest slogans, satire takes centrestage in Ahmedabad
As the kavi sammelan wrapped up, traders geared up for another protest event — a ‘musical night’ to sing songs against GST— before they hold a protest march on Saturday.
No ‘Swachh Bharat’ at global textiles event
Dirty toilets, poor logistics, improper lighting, incessant rainfall leave both exhibitors and buyers exasperated.
Textiles India 2017: Industry leaders raise concerns over impact of GST on exports
Rakesh Mohan Joshi, faculty at Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, said that GST implementation remained a concern for the industry at large.
Textiles India 2017: Textiles represent ‘cultural diversity’ of India, says PM Narendra Modi
The PM Narendra Modi made the statement while inaugurating a three-day global textile and handicrafts event, Textiles India 2017, at Mahatma Mandir in Gandhinagar.
GST rollout: Textile leaders meet CM Vijay Rupani, few threaten to boycott trade event
Over three lakh traders from the state, including 50,000 Ahmedabad-based traders, have decided to join in the nationwide strike of textile industry on June 27, 28 and 29 to oppose the GST.
IIM-A honours its IAS alumni, five other achievers
Two such alumni — Kartikeya Misra, Collector of East Godavari, Andhra Pradesh, and Rohan Chand Thakur, Deputy Commissioner of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh — were honoured at the third IIM-A Young Alumni Achiever’s Award on the campus on Thursday along with five others.
100 years of Sabarmati Ashram: Gandhi Darshan tourist train flagged off with 623 onboard
Besides places related to Mahatma Gandhi’s freedom struggle, the train will connect cities such as Varanasi, Gaya and Allahabad — popular pilgrimage destinations.
With GST days away, discount sales of gadgets, footwear flood markets
GST rollout: This week, online marketplace Paytm Mall announced a three-day Pre-GST Clearance Sale from June 13-15, in which over 6,000 retailers sold more than 500 brands.
LGBTQ clubs of IIMs, IITs to start online gender issue series
Aimed at spreading awareness around the LGBTQ community, it will be done in collaboration with similar groups from BITS Pilani, IIT-Bombay, IIT-Kanpur, IIT-Kharagpur, IIT-Gandhinagar and IISc Bangalore.
Building a narrative
Spanning 60 years of his career, architect BV Doshi’s retrospective in Shanghai will share stories behind his landmark projects.
Students told to remove analog watches at AIJEE centre
In Gujarat, the exam is being held at Ahmedabad, Bhavnagar, Bhuj, Rajkot, Surat and Vadodara.
National Institute of Design’s first batch of PhD aspirants select part-time course
NID is offering PhD in both full-time format of three years and part-time format of five years.
Sanand unit clocks just 2.56 lakh Nanos in 7 years
Over eight years have passed since Tata Motors shifted its Nano plant from Singur in West Bengal to Sanand, Gujarat. Between 2010-16, the car manufacturing unit has produced a little more than 2.56 lakh cars. Survival for the ‘people’s car’ seems an uphill task, with only 167 Nanos rolling out of the facility this April. […]
IIM-Ahmedabad Director Ashish Nanda resigns
In addition to his administrative responsibilities, Nanda also teaches the executive education, PGP, and PGPX programmes at the institute.
Don’t let this opportunity go, uproot Congress: Amit Shah in Gujarat
Amit Shah said the BJP has come a long way from being seen as representing only the urban middle class.
Modi architect of Advani’s Rath Yatra: Gujarat minister
Pradeepsinh Jadeja also lauded the Gujarat government under Vijay Rupani for recent decisions of bringing tighter prohibition norms and cow slaughter laws in the state.
Travel agencies expect 20% increase in foreign bookings
This year, Gujaratis have trained sights on Europe and South Africa, and not the USA.