Surat: In a bid to prevent suicides, the Surat city police have started a programme of counselling individuals who were rescued while attempting to en.
Surat: Veer Narmad South Gujarat University (VNSGU) will hold pending exams of postgraduate and undergraduate courses from June in an online format. The varsity has started preparation by conducting test runs to hold the exam in a hassle-free manner.
Before the second wave of Covid-19 started, VNSGU conducted a majority of the exams for the previous semester in offline mode. However, with sudden rise in cases, colleges and universities were closed in midst of the ongoing exams.
In the current situation the university syndicate has decided to conduct exam through online mode. “All the exams will be conducted for the previous semester and the current semester. Once we finish the pending exam, schedule for the current semester exam will be announced later,” said K N Chavda, vice-chancellor, VNSGU.
SMIMER administration, however, has called it an unlawful strike
Surat: Around 170 intern doctors at the Surat Municipal Institute of Medical Education and Research (SMIMER) went on flash strike on Tuesday, demanding that they should be provided air-conditioned accommodation in hotels so that they can keep a safe distance from their family members and prevent them from getting infected.
The medical students have been given duties in Covid-19 hospital of SMC-run SMIMER. They were given separate accommodation in hostels of Veer Narmad South Gujarat University (VNSGU), Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology (SVNIT) and SMIMER on Monday. But they complained of poor facilities.
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File photo of the accident site
Surat: Atul Vekariya, accused in the drunken driving case, has surrendered in Umra police station on Wednesday after being on the run for over a week. Police are yet to arrest him since he tested Covid-19 positive and was admitted to New Civil Hospital (NCH) for treatment. He will be arrested after discharge.
Vekariya’s vehicle had knocked down a 29-year-old clerk in Veer Narmad South Gujarat University (VNSGU) to death on March 26. Deceased Urvashi Chaudhary was sitting on her moped parked on the side of the road while her brother had gone to a roadside eatery to buy eatables.