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Topic: Gujarat

Gujarat to hold 3-day World Sanskrit Day celebrations starting 6 August

Aligned with the National Education Policy 2020, the Gujarat State Sanskrit Board will organise a 3-day celebration from 6 to 8 August, announced the chief minister's office Monday.

Gujarat sees highest coverage under PM’s rooftop solar installations scheme; Bengal, Jharkhand lag

Data shared by Ministry of New and Renewable Energy in Parliament shows the implementation of policy since February 2024 has been inconsistent across states.

The weight of poll promises & pulling a hat out of a rabbit

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Gujarat govt sanctions new Rs 212 cr bridge parallel to collapsed structure in Vadodara

The new structure is set to be built in 18 months. Meanwhile, search for a missing person continues after the collapse last week. Death toll at 20.

Gujarat to Bihar to Pune, India’s bridges are collapsing. Cutting corners on safety

Twelve people died in the Gambhira bridge collapse on Thursday. But incidents like this have been happening for years, pointing to a larger problem plaguing our infrastructure projects.

18 dead, 2 still missing after Gujarat bridge collapse, search operations ongoing

Patel has ordered a high-level inquiry into the bridge collapse on the Mujpur-Gambhira bridge connecting Vadodara and Anand.

Vadodara bridge collapse: Four more bodies recovered, death toll rises to 15

Several vehicles plunged into the Mahisagar river after a portion of the four-decade-old bridge collapsed near to Padra town of Vadodara Wednesday morning.

3 killed as vehicles plunge after 4-decade-old Gambhira bridge collapses in Gujarat’s Vadodara

5-6 vehicles fell into the Mahisagar river after a slab of the bridge, located on the river which connects central Gujarat and Saurashtra regions of the state, collapsed.

In Gujarat, nobody is forcing Dalits to embrace Buddhism. ‘They read Ambedkar and decide to convert’

Facing systemic exclusion, scores of Dalit families in Gujarat are turning to Buddhism. But official recognition of these conversions has been slow on account of bureaucratic hurdles.

India to host 2029 World Police & Fire Games in Gujarat, first South Asian country to win bid

The athletes will represent police, fire, customs and correctional services departments from 70 countries. India is also bidding to host Olympic Games for the first time in 2036.

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How mining, manufacturing & power sectors weighed on India’s industrial output since January 2024

India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.

Legacy of Air Chief Marshal LM Katre, the man who flew Spitfires & ushered IAF into a modern era

ACM Katre was 2nd IAF chief to die in harness. It was at a memorial lecture in his honour where IAF chief AP Singh revealed that India shot down 6 Pakistani aircraft in Op Sindoor.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.