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Topic: Rajkot

With 131 new institutions in 4 years, it’s boom time for private universities in India

Number of private universities in India jumps 47%, from 276 in 2015-16 to 407 in 2019-20, the latest AISHE data shows. 

Rajkot says 94 Covid deaths in 3 months but crematorium & burial ground data puts it at 1,247

The Rajkot municipal corporation says there hasn't been any under-reporting of deaths, but added that several deaths get reported the following day and data is accordingly updated.

Lack of public discipline behind Rajkot Covid spike and no mask, distancing at Golden Temple

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

Rajkot Civil Hospital has other problems amid Covid — patient ‘assault’, recalling dead body

Apart from rising cases in Rajkot, the Civil Hospital is also dealing with controversies over its handling of a 'mentally unstable' patient, and why a body was called back after being released.

BJP rally, social gatherings during Janmashtami & unlock — Why Rajkot is seeing a Covid spike

Rajkot has recorded 7,643 Covid cases and 123 deaths, just behind Ahmedabad & Surat. Over half of the city’s caseload was reported since 16 August.

In Rajkot, first-time voters split between BJP and Congress

While a section of youngsters throws weight behind BJP for its ‘good work’ in education and infrastructure, Patidars prefer Congress.

On Camera

Watch CutTheClutter: Flattening INR-USD rate, and debate on pros and cons of a ‘strong’ rupee

In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.

As IDF unveils robotic combat task force, Israeli maker says open to working with India

Using this technology, IDF carried out fully robotic combat missions, drastically reducing risk to Israeli troops. The robotic combat task force also enhanced situational awareness.

Xi wanted to teach India about imbalance of power. We should take a budgetary lesson from it

While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.