Pagis have helped the Indian Army during 1965 and 1971 wars with Pakistan. They have since been working not just as police personnel but also as guides to BSF in border areas.
Bhuj residents Thakkar and Biglani have lived through both wars. In 1965, Biglani got his first job at collector’s office; Thakkar recalled patrolling the streets as a home guard.
Locals, mostly women, repairing runway damaged by Pakistan were told to hide at first siren, resume work at second. They wore green sarees to avoid being spotted by enemy planes.
The unseasonal rain across most of the state was driven by a cyclonic circulation in the neighbouring parts of Pakistan and India's Rajasthan state, said IMD.
Despite prohibition, Gujarat sees a steady rise in alcohol-fuelled crashes. Luxury SUVs are mowing down families while survivors are pushed into perpetual nightmares.
World’s 1st pollution market for PM emissions was set up in Gujarat industrial hub as part of University of Chicago's EPIC India study, gave better results than conventional regulations.
Gujarat, often seen as a peripheral outpost to Harappa and Mohenjo-daro, emerged instead as a vibrant zone of cultural negotiation, innovation, and survival.
Today, the land of Sardar Patel, K.M. Munshi and Mahatma Gandhi will host a session of the All Indian Congress Committee. The last one in Gujarat was held 64 years ago, in Bhavnagar.
Many 'independent' reports, intended to shape policies, are sponsored by industry groups or entities with deep pockets and vested interests. This process must become transparent.
While the move could free up grid capacity struggling to keep up with rapid renewable rollout, it would be a major setback for green ambitions. India aims to double clean power capacity to 500 gigawatts by the end of the decade.
Agreement signed during 17th Joint Working Group (JWG) on defence cooperation. Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh met Director General in Israeli Ministry of Defence Amir Baram Tuesday.
This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.
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