With the availability of quality food for COVID warriors being a major issue, the World Central Kitchen in association with famous chef Sanjeev Kapoor has started delivering sumptuous meals to healthcare workers on COVID duty at the Ahmedabad Civil Hospital. The organisation is providing three meals—breakfast, lunch and dinner—to COVID warriors free of cost. The...

Gujarat has reported 14,605 fresh cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours ending 5 pm on Friday. The addition of the fresh cases has taken Gujarat’s total tally past 5.67 lakh. 7,183 COVID-19 related deaths in Gujarat 173 deaths were reported in the state in the past 24 hours. The fresh fatalities have taken...

Several states including Gujarat, Maharashtra, Karnataka, West Bengal, Delhi, Goa, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Telangana and Uttar Pradesh are unlikely to start vaccinating people in the age group of 18-45 years from May 1. The development comes as the country is struggling to keep up the pace of immunisation due to vaccine shortage. Gujarat Chief Minister...

Vadgam MLA Jignesh Mevani has approached the Gujarat High Court seeking directions to the Gujarat government to permit him to spend his MLA fund to set-up an oxygen plant, COVID testing facility, purchase ventilators and ensure Remdesivir and Tocilizumab injections for the people of his constituency. The MLA has said that his constituency has primary...

After the Gujarat government received flak from the high court for its mishandling of the COVID-19 pandemic, Chief Minister Vijay Rupani on Tuesday urged citizens not to step out of their homes unless it is essential. He said the fight against the pandemic has turned into a war and the state will win it by...

Gujarat has reported 14,296 fresh cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours ending 5 pm on Sunday. The addition of the fresh cases has taken Gujarat’s total tally past 4.96 lakh. It is the second-highest single-day surge in cases since the pandemic began last year. 6,328 COVID-19 related deaths in Gujarat 157 deaths were...

The Gujarat High Court on Monday expressed its displeasure on the Gujarat government for its handling of the COVID-19 crisis. Notably, the high court had on Sunday took suo motu cognizance of the difficulties faced by virus-infected patients and their relatives based on media reports. During the hearing on Monday, the state government represented by...

In an important administrative move, the Gujarat government has deputed IAS as well senior government officials to oversee the efforts to combat the spread of COVID-19 in eight major municipal corporations in the state. The move comes at a time when COVID-19 infections and deaths are rising rapidly with each passing day. These officers will...

Farmer leader Rakesh Tikait, who is on a two-day visit to Gujarat, has said that farmers have not left the protest sites on the outskirts of Delhi. Tikait, while addressing a gathering in Palanpur, said farmers had gone to the fields to work and would return again when the Union government is free from the...

In a bid to raise support against the three contentious farm laws passed by the BJP government in the Centre, farmer leader Rakesh Tikait on Sunday arrived in Gujarat on a two-day visit. Tikait, who is best known for the months-long farmers’ protest on the outskirts of Delhi, will meet several farmer leaders in Gujarat...

At a time when COVID-19 cases are rising rapidly in Gujarat, Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel on Monday urged citizens above 45 years to get themselves vaccinated free of cost at government facilities when vaccination for the category begins on April 1. Patel also said that people should take both doses of the vaccine to...

Gujarat has reported 2,270 fresh cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours ending 5 pm on Sunday. The addition of the fresh cases has taken Gujarat’s total tally beyond 3 lakh. It is the second-highest single-day surge in cases in 2021. 4,492 COVID-19 related deaths in Gujarat Eight deaths were reported in the state...