Parth Shastri is a senior correspondent at The Times of India, Ahmedabad. He reports on crime and traffic issues in the city, while also delving into topics such as forensic investigation, archaeology, and emergency medical services. Parth's work has been featured in The Economic Times.
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By: Parth Shastri
Ahmedabad: Dry Gujarat processed 1.89 lakh samples in the past year in cases linked to illegal liquor consumption under the Gujarat Prohibition Act, 1949, according to home department figures. That averages 518 samples a day—about one sample every three minutes!
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By: Parth Shastri
Ahmedabad: Monsoon in Gujarat started with abundant rainfall, but the bounty from heavens has clearly not been enough. Aug ends today and monsoon too is nearing its end, but Gujarat’s rain gauge has some worrisome data to share.
Ahmedabad: International offers powered a new milestone in IIM Ahmedabad’s 2026 final placements for its flagship PGP, with the Indian Placement Reporting Standards (IPRS) report pegging the maximum earning potential (MEP) at $243,000—about Rs 2.31 crore—its highest international MEP since IPRS was introduced in 2011.
Ahmedabad’s landmark Heat Action Plan (HAP), born out of tragedy in the summer of 2010, is now being studied as a possible template for European cities grappling with intensifying heatwaves. The plan—credited with saving thousands of lives through early warnings and coordinated interventions—will be showcased this week at the CLARA Summer School on Climate Change and Health at the Czech University of Life Sciences (CZU), Prague, from Sept 3 to 9.
By: Parth Shastri
Ahmedabad: The Sun Temple of Modhera has no shortage of stories to tell. Legend has it that its main idol of Lord Surya was crafted from pure gold, with a large diamond set in its forehead that caught the sun’s first rays during the equinox and illuminated the entire shrine.
Ahmedabad: Dedicated teachers invested in making mathematics less intimidating for students are using games, home visits and low-cost science kits to improve learning outcomes. At Amargadh Primary School in Shihor, Bhavnagar, the playground doubles as a mathematics classroom.
By: Parth Shastri
Ahmedabad: For a long time, Modhera has been defined in the public imagination by the Sun Temple—its sculpted grandeur and the Surya Kund that anchors the complex. A new GIS-based study argues the monument is only the most visible layer of a far older and more complex settlement: a fortified, planned town in north Gujarat with an elaborate system for storing and moving water in a semi-arid landscape.
Ahmedabad: For Jayrajsinh Sarvaiya, a professor in the School of Pharmacy at the National Forensic Sciences University (NFSU), his innovations began with a basic question: Could kits be developed at a very low cost that yield the same results as high-tech labs for end users?
Ahmedabad: Twin cities of Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar will need to add 22,000 rooms to the existing infrastructure to host mega-sporting events namely World Police and Fire Games in 2029 and Commonwealth Games (CWG) in 2030.
