Amid prevalent chaos and uncertainty over access to the essential services and commodities during the
lockdown, we bring you the latest updates from Ahmedabad.
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Update at 11.20am: Gujarat: Krishnanagar police station head constable succumbs to Covid-19
*Doors unlocked for business outside containment zones in Gujarat
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Update at 9.30am: Death toll due to Covid-19 rises to 3,029; number of cases climb to 96,169, reports PTI quoting Union health ministry
*The Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board (GSHSEB) on Sunday declared HSC science stream result with a pass percentage of 71.34%. This is the lowest result declared by the state board in past eight years.
*The decision to allow the resumption of a slew of economic activities across non-containment zones of the state came as a major relief to Gujarat Inc. Industry players believe that the state’s economy will get a big boost with most economic activities
*Citing increasing pendency and relaxation in lockdown-4, the principal district judge of the tribal district of Chhota Udepur has decided to start courtroom functioning from Monday with the strict norm of 5-foot physical distance between two persons on court campus.
*At a time when the diamantaires in the world’s largest diamond cutting and polishing centre in Surat are staring at huge losses due to extended nationwide lockdown, the industry has suffered a bloodbath with the 22% decline in the export of cut and polished diamonds in 2019-20.