Ahmedabad: The Ahmedabad city traffic police on Wednesday arrested a 28-year-old man hailing from Kotada Sangani in Rajkot in connection with a hit-and-run case that occurred on Science City Road in the city on September 15. Accused Jaydeep Vaghasia surrendered to the police on Wednesday. According to the police, during questioning, Vaghasia stated that he had brought his brother-in-law, who is battling cancer, to a private hospital in Sola from Rajkot. He revealed that he was sleep-deprived ...Read More

Gandhinagar: The Gujarat Council on Science and Technology (GUJCOST) today launched a program offering free visits to Science City and Regional Science Centers (RSCs) for school students across the state. These visits will be available from Tuesday to Friday over the next two months. School students will have the opportunity to explore nearby science centers and learn about science. GUJCOST has arranged a total of 2,113 buses through GSRTC, at a cost of Rs. 5.42 crore, to facilitate these vis...Read More

Ahmedabad: A fire broke out in the basement of Planet Earth in the Science City on Tuesday evening. Smoke from the fire engulfed the surroundings, and around 40 people were evacuated by the Science City administration. The fire department was informed and dispatched three fire tenders to the scene. The team from Thaltej Fire Station extinguished the fire in around half an hour by pouring water. During the preliminary investigation, it was revealed that a short circuit in the air conditioner l...Read More

Gandhinagar: The Gujarat government has proposed to set up a Regional Digital Financial Services Security Lab at GIFT City, Gandhinagar for the Asia-Pacific region of the International Telecommunication Union. The budget presented today by Finance Minister Kanubhai Patel has made a provision of Rs. 2.24 crore for this purpose. The State government also plans to introduce the Gujarat IT/ITES Startup policy for 2024-29 for which Rs. 10 crore provision has been made in the State budget. The g...Read More

Gandhinagar: The Gujarat Council on Science & Technology (GUJCOST), in collaboration with the Department of Science & Technology, Government of Gujarat, announced today the 31st edition of the State Level Program of the National Children's Science Congress (NCSC). The event is scheduled to take place from November 30th to December 2nd, 2023, at the Gujarat Science City in Ahmedabad. The NCSC, initiated by the National Council for Science & Technology Communication (NCSTC), DST Govt of India i...Read More

Gandhinagar: Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel will inaugurate a multimedia laser fountain show at Gujarat Science City today evening. The duration of this show will be 25 minutes. It is themed on rocket launching and space. Science City had launched a musical fountain show in 2003 which was 20 minutes long and the largest of its kind in India. Later, with technological improvements, it was decided to launch a multimedia laser fountain show.   View this p...Read More

Gandhinagar: Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel reviewed plans to introduce new galleries in Science City here in Ahmedabad. These new attractions include the Astronomy and Space Science Gallery, whose construction is in an advanced stage, along with upgrades to make the existing Musical Fountain even more attractive. The construction of the Human and Biological Sciences Gallery and Aviation and Defense Gallery, with an estimated total cost of Rs. 750 crores, is also in progress. Additionally, th...Read More

Amdavad: The Ahmedabad Urban Development Authority (AUDA) approved the design theme for the area beneath the Bhadaj-Science City Junction flyover on SP Ring Road on Tuesday. The design will showcase the latest additions at Science City. According to the proposal, the Gujarat Council of Science City (GCSC) is planning to decorate the space with depictions of the aquatic gallery, robotic gallery, astronomy, and space science gallery. The flyover was inaugurated in September last year by Home Mi...Read More

Gandhinagar: Speaking in the State Assembly on Science & Technology department plans in Gujarat, minister Praful Panseria said Gujarat Science City will have a new gallery of Aviation and Defense. It will also have an IT (Information Technology) park. The minister said that an IT park will be developed at Science City at a cost of Rs. 54 crore as per the provision made in the State budget 2023-24. He said the IT park will be developed to give a further boost to the new IT policy (2022-27). ...Read More