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Friday, December 19, 2025
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Topic: Ahmedabad

Gujarat, once a model healthcare system, is struggling with India’s worst Covid death rate

Gujarat has registered over 50,000 Covid-19 cases, and despite a dip in the mortality rate since June, the infection seems to be peaking again.

Yoga, meditation & bhajans — life inside the Covid wards of Ahmedabad Civil Hospital

Doctors at the civil hospital in Ahmedabad say more and more people are getting discharged than before. ThePrint's Praveen Jain & Kairvy Grewal document its Covid-19 wards.

Experience what taking a flight from Delhi to Ahmedabad is like during Covid, in photos

ThePrint documented their journey from the airport at Delhi to Ahmedabad, encountering thermal scanners, flight crew in PPE kits and social distancing at all times.

Private schools must not cancel admission of students unable to pay fees by 30 June: HC

The Gujarat High Court also issued guidelines on Covid testing prices by private labs and asked if online classes for nursery school kids was healthy.

Gujarat HC refuses to recall order barring Jagannath Rath Yatra in Ahmedabad

HC bench headed by Chief Justice Vikram Nath said the coronavirus situation in Ahmedabad cannot be compared to that in Puri or Odisha.

Ahmedabad’s high fatality rate, ‘ruthless quarantine’ in Assam & AP’s mobile testing centres

A recap of some of the best on-ground reporting of the Covid-19 pandemic from ThePrint’s reporters & photojournalists.

‘More people with diabetes’, late diagnosis — why Ahmedabad has highest Covid fatality rate

Ahmedabad has a case fatality rate of 7.1%, over twice the national rate of 2.8% and its 128 deaths per million is the worst in the country. 

2 members of Ahmedabad family ‘die of breathlessness’, but hospital doesn’t give Covid reports

Vishnu Chavan died within 7 days of his mother at the same hospital, with both exhibiting Covid-like symptoms. But their family was never screened or tested.

Masks, temperature checks & long wait outside hospitals — Ahmedabad limping back to normal

Shops have opened and people can be seen on the roads in Ahmedabad while the number of patients being brought to hospitals is still on the rise. 

Punishment or scapegoats? Transferred IAS officers end up sharing blame for Covid management

There has been a spate of transfers of IAS officers despite the logistical challenges of Covid-19. The bureaucracy says this is the nature of the game. Politicians consider it good governance.

On Camera

What the key political events of 2025 tell us about Narendra Modi and India’s future

From Operation Sindoor to India-US tensions to the EC controversies, a clear understanding has emerged about where the politics is headed now.

Antitrust watchdog Competition Commission to probe IndiGo flight disruptions

While the commission didn’t mention provisions under which IndiGo's market domination would be examined, Competition Act 2002 prohibits abuse of dominant position by any enterprise.

Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.