Gujarat
or Gu·je·rat
a region in W India, N of the Narmada River.
a state in W India, on the Arabian Sea. 75,685 sq. mi. (196,024 sq. km). Capital: Gandhinagar.
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Among other companies, in May, Maruti Suzuki tied up with three firms for producing oxygen generators, and MG Motors partnered with a Gujarat-based firm to help with oxygen production.
Why car production in India suffered during its Covid oxygen crisis | Niharika Sharma | July 5, 2021 | QuartzThe company’s spiritual heart is now the town of Jamnagar, in the state of Gujarat—home to Reliance’s oil refinery complex, the largest in the world.
If Reliance is serious about renewables, the era of oil is truly ending | Samanth Subramanian | June 24, 2021 | QuartzSome states—Kerala, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat—have agreed to give such students a priority, and two major cities, Mumbai and Bengaluru, have also started similar drives.
India’s poorly planned vaccination drive is toying with students’ dreams to study abroad | Ananya Bhattacharya | June 2, 2021 | QuartzTwo patients in a Gujarat hospital died because of oxygen shortages on Wednesday.
'This Is Hell.' Prime Minister Modi's Failure to Lead Is Deepening India's COVID-19 Crisis | Rana Ayyub | April 23, 2021 | TimeOn April 1, the government in the western state of Gujarat shut down a couple of labs after it found that they were selling fake Covid-19 negative test results.
The Covid-19 jugaad: Indians are using fake reports to travel and skip exams | Niharika Sharma | April 8, 2021 | Quartz
A week after “donating” several old shirts, I was in a tiny Gujarat village called Vamka with a relief team.
The Pointlessness of Some Disaster Charity After the Indian Floods | Dilip D’Souza | June 26, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTI've seen fluorescent pants that women in Gujarat who wear only saris stare bemusedly at.
The Pointlessness of Some Disaster Charity After the Indian Floods | Dilip D’Souza | June 26, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTAfter the 2001 quake in Gujarat, I spent a week working there and losing count of the piles of discarded old clothes.
The Pointlessness of Some Disaster Charity After the Indian Floods | Dilip D’Souza | June 26, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe BJP and friends have enough that taints them, in the killings in Mumbai in 1992–93 and Gujarat in 2002.
Like now, when the state of Gujarat is gearing up to vote in December.
The Gujarat Senate therefore counted the cost when it refused to bend before the storm.
Freedom's Battle | Mahatma GandhiIn Gujarat about half the grain area is under millets or maize in ordinary years.
In Gujarat and the arid plains of the south-east Punjab the renowned herds almost disappeared.
Mahmud, the last of the Tughlak dynasty, being defeated in a battle outside the walls of Delhi, fled into Gujarat.
The Tapti drains about 250 m. of country, and is, in a commercial point of view, the most useful of the Gujarat rivers.
British Dictionary definitions for Gujarat
Gujerat
/ (ˌɡʊdʒəˈrɑːt) /
a state of W India: formed in 1960 from the N and W parts of the former Bombay State; one of India's most industrialized states. Capital: Gandhinagar. Pop: 50 596 992 (2001). Area: 196 024 sq km (75 268 sq miles)
a region of W India, north of the Narmada River: generally includes the areas north of Mumbai city where Gujarati is spoken
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