Niyati Rana Dna

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  Wall Street Opens Higher Ahead of Fed Statement

  Investors will scour the statement for any signs of when the Fed is likely to begin raising interest rates and the pace of any subsequent hikes.

• Ahmedabad to get a kilometre long garden soon

  Eastern Ahmedabad's green lung will get healthier soon. The Sabarmati Riverfront Development Corporation Limited (SRFDCL) has chosen Sabarmati river's eastern bank between Subhash bridge to Wadaj Dudheshwar bridge to develop a kilometer long garden. The work will start on the longest garden of the city next month. The proposed garden will be develo...

• Commuters give thumbs up to AC BRTS buses

  Amdavadi commuters have given a thumbs up to the air-conditioned (AC) buses on the Bus Rapid Transit System, (BRTS) route. Ahmedabad Janmarg Ltd (AJL), a special-purpose vehicle of Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) for BRTS, had put an AC bus on the road on a pilot basis. A survey carried out by Center for Environmental Planning and Technology ...

• US keen on taking Sewa's agri story to Africa

  They have done much more than uplift their own lives. Members of the city-based  Self-Employed Women's Association (Sewa), it appears, will now be playing an instrumental role in the empowerment of women farmers in Africa!It seems likely that India and the US will together replicate Sewa's agriculture model in Africa, for the betterment of the...

• In Ahmedabad city, dog-citizen ratio is 1:24

  Ahmedabad is certainly going to the dogs! There is one stray dog for every 24 to 30 Amdavadis if estimated figures of the first ever dog census and city's population at 60 lakh are to be believed.According to reliable sources, the dog census conducted by the Humane Society International (HSI) - a rigorous exercise that took three months - revealed ...

• IIMA will felicitate the best of its alumni

  It will be the selection of the better than the best at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIMA). The institute will acknowledge and felicitate the best of the alumni in its grand alumni function to be held on December 25 and 26. The function will be organised as part of its golden jubilee year celebration. The institute has also chalke...

• You may have to pay to park along BRTS route

  There is good news for Ahmedabad Janmarg Limited (AJL). It has finally found bidders to manage the pay and park facilities along the Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) after four unsuccessful attempts. But the AJL's respite will come as a bad news for commuters, who might have to loosen their purse strings to park their vehicles along the BRTS corrido...

• Ahmedabad: Bus drivers who ensure passenger safety to get incentives

  Finally, the Ahmedabad Janmarg Limited (AJL) has woken up to the issue of passengers' safety. The AJL contractor has begun a system to provide its drivers with incentives and increments.The development comes following a report in DNA that the Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) was turning into a nightmarish experience for commuters because of rash dri...

• Soon, six-lane flyover at Gota to take care of traffic woes

  If everything goes according to plan, work on the six-lane split flyover at the Gota crossroads on the Sarkhej-Gandhinagar highway will start after Diwali. The state's roads and buildings department has already invited tenders from interested parties for the contract to build the flyover. Senior officials in the National Highways division of the R&...