Pulkit Vasudha
Ahmedabad, November 30 The next time you enroll your child to a new school, please make sure the teacher knows his alphabets.
According to data released by the state’s education department in reply to a Right to Information (RTI) application filed by academician Deepak Patel, over 60 per cent of Ahmedabad’s primary school teachers have [...]
Express News Services, Pulkit Vasudha
Ahmedabad, June 6:A Philanthropic idea that germinated during the Gujarat riots has now taken shape in the form of a swanky school for the Muslim children in Salam area of the city.
Fearing that the children of the community may face discrimination in other schools and could miss out on posh [...]
Pulkit Vasudha
Ahmedabad, October 04 If you thought withdrawing money from your nearest ATM is not rocket science, think again. At the World Space Week exhibition organised at the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) campus, scientists are busy explaining to children and adults how technology, which we often take for granted, uses space science.
“When a person [...]
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Ahmedabad, September 25 Sunita Williams could not contain her emotions while speaking of her friend and fellow astronaut, the late Kalpana Chawla, at an event organised at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad on Tuesday. “Kalpana was a great friend and also my greatest role model,” said Sunita stifling sobs.
“I consider myself a citizen [...]
Pulkit Vasudha
Ahmedabad, September 25 Sunita Williams could not contain her emotions while speaking of her friend and fellow astronaut, the late Kalpana Chawla, at an event organised at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad on Tuesday. “Kalpana was a great friend and also my greatest role model,” said Sunita stifling sobs.
She recounted an incident when [...]
Pulkit Vasudha
Ahmedabad, September 1: The findings of the third National Family Health Survey (NFHS) 2005-06 has turned out to be an eye-opener for Community Food and Nutrition Extension Unit (CFNEU) of the Health and Family Welfare department of the state government.
The survey found that over 80 per cent children belonging to the age group of [...]
Pulkit Vasudha
Ahmedabad, August 26: Yogesh Mer’s (13) face lights up as Amardeep Rana (16) hands him a shining black toy radio. Yogesh, a patient in the paediatric ward of M P Shah Cancer Hospital, was paralysed 25 days ago. Amardeep (16) visited Yogesh in the antiseptic ward on Saturday afternoon and asked him if [...]
Pulkit Vasudha
Ahmedabad, August 3:Unlike many other children who are forced to fend for themselves or left to die, an infant found a poor, haggard woman and a community of autorickshaw drivers rallying to take care for her. For four days before the police and NGOs came to take away the baby, the poor woman [...]
Pulkit Vasudha
Ahmedabad, July 28: TULSI Ram (15) unscrews a stabilizer and removes the battery, the circuit board from its plastic casing. His brother, Gehri Lal (12), uses hammer, chisel, his bare hands and teeth to disassemble clumps of copper wiring from a brass frame. Tulsi and Gehri are kabadiwallahs, who disassemble electrical goods and sell them [...]