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Vadodara: The budget booklet of the Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) sparked a major debate regarding Covid-19 data. In the booklet, to highlight the work done by the fire department it has been stated that 1,600 calls of Covid-19 body disposals were handled by the department a figure much higher than the official data. The same booklet, however, while mentioning work done by the health department states that 236 persons had died due to Covid-19 including 99 Covid deaths and 137 non-Covid deaths. The figures of both departments are part of the draft of the commissioner’s statement on the budget. The VMC budget was presented on March 15 and the budget speech, as well as other material, is typically prepared a few days in advance and usually finalised on the budget eve. On March 31, the death toll as per official figures had climbed up to 250. This was still much lesser than the figures of bodies handled by the fire department as per the budget. ....
This Dagri cow breed is pure white in colour while in some cases the rear legs are brownish VADODARA/ ANAND: ‘Dagri cow’ which is found in the tribal heartland of Central Gujarat has got national recognition paving way for conservation and preservation of its genes. After Gir, Kankrej and Dangi, Dagri is the fourth indigenous breed of cow from Gujarat to get national recognition from the National Bureau of Animal Genetic Resources (NBAGR), the nodal agency of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) that registers the new breeds. “We had prepared the report and submitted it to NBAGR in 2019. This breed has distinct characteristics because of which it has received national recognition,” said Dr K B Kathiria, vicechancellor of Anand Agricultural University (AAU). Kathiria, who is also director of research at AAU, had first noticed this distinct breed during field visits to Dahod a couple of years ago. ....
Door-to-door survey being carried out in Vadodara Vadodara: As state-run SSG Hospital has started witnessing a rise in infants and children getting infected with Covid-19, Central Gujarat’s biggest government hospital has set up an emergency room for such patients. Sources said that the paediatric department of SSG Hospital has started getting six to eight paediatric cases a day in the last couple of days. In most of these cases, samples of such paediatric patients tested positive of Covid-19 in RT-PCR tests. Of these cases, some of them had severe pneumonia while in one or two cases, infants born just fortnight ago have developed Covid-19 infection. “Everybody including those who were critically have been saved,” said Dr Minoo Patel, advisor to officer on special duty at SSG Hospital. ....
The students registered in the department come from different states like Jammu & Kashmir, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Gujarat Vadodara: M S University’s Department of English has made a history of sorts by recommending 34 students for Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in this academic year, the highest across all the faculties of the university. Out of the 34 students, 27 have already paid their fees while the rest are about to finish the procedures for final registration. The students registered in the department come from different states like Jammu & Kashmir, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Gujarat. There are international students from Bangladesh too. “Research in Indian languages, Indic knowledge systems, folk lore, folk narratives of Jhaverchand Meghani, Charan literature of Gujarat and Rajasthan, to the sparingly explored graphic novels, to exploring the idea of the nation in the 21st century, many new avenues of interdisciplinary research have come up ....
Vadodara: A married woman committed suicide in Manjalpur area of the city on Monday. Cops said that the deceased, identified as Sheetal Parmar, has not left behind any suicide note. According to the police, Parmar hung herself at her friend Yogita Kanojiya’s house in Manjalpur. The duo came in contact three months ago and had become good friends. On March 14, Parmar told Kanojia that she is coming to her home with her husband Rahul. The couple stayed at Kanojia’s place on March 14 and the next morning Kanojia left home for work. When she returned home in the evening, Kanojia saw the door of her room closed and after opening it, got a shock of her life seeing Parmar hanging from the ceiling. She immediately called up Parmar’s husband who too rushed to the spot. ....