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Over experiencing a snag in carrying out business due to the payment norms under the micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) Act, a few business owners have declared a hunger strike on Feb 20 to have their plea heard.

The Gujarat government’s annual income numbers portray the financial year 2023-24 as significantly fruitful, as the numbers released by the finance department state the income in this tenure to be ₹1.34 lakh cr.

In a reply to a query posed in the state assembly, finance minister Kanu Desai notified that Gujarat asks for more than ₹1,500 cr in Goods and Services Tax (GST) returns from the central government. The finance department has contacted the union finance ministry for the same.

In a move to teach the children the principles of ‘Shrimad Bhagavad Gita,’ the state government is set to introduce the religious text into the academic curriculum for Classes 6 to 12.

The Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Ltd (GUVNL), operational under the Gujarat government, sabotaged a project deal of 2,500 megawatts (MW), with around 4,000 investors installing solar power plants, bound to supply electricity at ₹2.83 per unit.

Many studies have demonstrated that higher levels of education are associated with longer life expectancy, but none has been able to determine the extent to which education can reduce mortality.

Perpetrators have yet again got the better of innocent people, as two individuals defrauded a Surat-based businessman of ₹88.10 lakh under the guise of a contract being offered by a semi-government company.

As finance minister Kanu Desai presented Gujarat’s yearly budget on Feb 2, several aspects surfaced portraying the current situation of the state’s finances.

PARIS: Exposure to content featuring junk food on social networks could affect mood, promote cravings and influence users’ food choices, according to a recent study that highlights the importance of improving media education, particularly among the younger generations, and of “promoting mindful social media use”.

PETALING JAYA: A psychologist has shed light on why people may fall for scams, after figures from the national scam response centre (NSRC) showed losses of more than RM1 billion recorded from tens of thousands of online scams over the past year alone.