Built at a cost of Rs 1,405 crore, the international airport has a 3.04 km-long and 45-meter-wide runway where 14 planes can be parked at any given point.
Per capita income of Gujarat is about double that of West Bengal, but both states are at comparable levels of multidimensional poverty. West Bengal also showed more progress in 5 yrs.
Six Rajya Sabha seats from West Bengal will go to polls on 24 July, along with 3 in Gujarat and 1 in Goa. Bypoll to be held in one more RS seat in Bengal.
Minister of State for Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar tweets that it is not for govt 'to get into why or how two private companies choose to partner or not'.
The new facility spanning over 50,000 sq meters in Sanand, Gujarat, will be used to manufacture digestive products that are part of parent P&G's global healthcare product portfolio.
The Union Home Minister will meet Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel and visit the Swami Narayan Temple in Bhuj to examine food distribution among the those affected by the cyclone.
For generations, women in this traditionally nomadic tribe village have been forced into sex trade while men acted as pimps. But thanks to social workers, change is slowly creeping in.
In Gujarat's Vadia village, girls have for generations been forced into prostitution, often by the men of their families. Many a time, these girls are as young as 12.
After exuberance, India must now not only take difficult and costly steps toward industrialisation, but also convert growth into geo-economic leverage and military modernisation.
WEF report flags growing erosion of multilateralism, long considered stabilising force. 'Declining trust, heightened protectionism are threatening trade, investment.'
Pakistan lacks capacity to deliver aircraft at pace suggested by its claimed contracts as it depends on China for avionics, electronic warfare, weapons, and on Russia for engines.
UK, EFTA already in the bag and EU on the way, many members of RCEP except China signed up, and even restrictions on China being lifted, India has changed its mind on trade.
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