Union Home Minister Amit Shah inaugurated and laid foundation stones for projects of the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation worth 1,024 crore rupees.
The centrepiece is an elevated corridor on the Sarkhej-Gandhinagar Highway, linking the ISKCON crossroads to Sanand.
That corridor was built by the National Highways Authority of India at a cost of 464 crore rupees, on a stretch that carries more than two lakh vehicles a day.
The other works named are the Jodhpur Knowledge Hub and an urban health centre at Gota.
The Corporation has built about 7,800 houses for Economically Weaker Section beneficiaries at eleven locations and received more than 97,000 applications; a computerised lottery was held to allot them.
About a thousand finished units at Ramapir No Tekro were handed over.
Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel was present at the function.
Value of projects:Rs 1,024 croreCost of the elevated corridor:Rs 464 croreEWS houses built:About 7,800
Why it matters for exams: NHAI, the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation and the EWS category are all named bodies and categories that exam papers ask about directly.
The Gujarat High Court has ordered the Collector of Ahmedabad to deposit one lakh rupees in the court's registry from his own salary, for disobeying an earlier order of the Court.
Justice M K Thakker passed the order on a petition by a woman whose land conversion application the Collector had rejected.
The underlying dispute was over permission to convert agricultural land to non-agricultural use under Section 65 of the Bombay Land Revenue Code.
The Court quashed the Collector's rejection order, restored the application and directed a fresh decision.
If the Collector does not deposit the money within a month, the State is to deposit it and recover it from his salary, and the sum is to be paid to the petitioner.
The Court added that an officer who faces a genuine difficulty in carrying out an order should come back to the court promptly rather than ignore it.
A personal cost of this kind is the courts' way of enforcing obedience without starting contempt proceedings.
Cost imposed:Rs 1 lakhPaid from:The Collector's own salary
Why it matters for exams: The Bombay Land Revenue Code and its Section 65 conversion power, and the office of District Collector, are standard Polity and revenue administration questions.
The Supreme Court has declined to stay an order that bans non-vegetarian food within 500 metres of the Somnath temple in Gujarat.
A Bench of Justice M M Sundresh and Justice P B Varale asked the Gujarat High Court to decide the pending appeals within about two months.
The ban came from a notification of the District Magistrate of Gir Somnath, issued under Sections 33(1)(w)(ii) and 33(6) of the Gujarat Police Act, 1951, covering the area around Prabhas Patan in Veraval taluka.
A single judge of the High Court had struck the notification down as violating Article 19(1)(g), the right to practise any profession or carry on any trade.
A Division Bench then stayed that judgment and kept the notification in force until the appeals are heard.
Senior Advocate Huzefa Ahmadi appeared for the eateries and Solicitor General Tushar Mehta for the State.
The Bench noted that a pending nine-judge reference on Article 25 would bear on the question.
Radius of the ban:500 metresLaw used:Gujarat Police Act, 1951Right invoked:Article 19(1)(g)
Why it matters for exams: Article 19(1)(g), Article 25 and the powers of a District Magistrate under a State Police Act are core Polity questions.
Article 19(1)(g)the right to practise any profession or to carry on any occupation, trade or business — A fundamental right, subject to reasonable restrictions.
Bharat Parv, the Union Ministry of Tourism's cultural festival, is running at Ekta Nagar in Gujarat under the theme Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat.
The Ministry is holding it in partnership with Gujarat Tourism and with support from the States and Union Territories.
The Prime Minister inaugurated it as part of the Rashtriya Ekta Diwas celebrations, and it continues until 15 November.
Its theme pavilion carries 29 States and Union Territories along with Incredible India and Central Cottage Industries, and more than 100 One District One Product items are on show.
The food court serves regional cuisines from 23 States and Union Territories, with artists from ten States performing there each evening.
A studio kitchen at the festival is managed by the National Council for Hotel Management and Catering Technology.
Live craft demonstrations include Gujarat's Rogan art, Bihar's Madhubani painting, Odisha's Pattachitra and Kashmir's Sozni work.
Venue:Ekta Nagar, GujaratStates and UTs in the theme pavilion:29Cuisines in the food court:23 States and Union Territories
Why it matters for exams: Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat, One District One Product and the Ministry of Tourism's festivals are named programmes that appear directly in exam papers.
The Prime Minister's Office has announced that the Prime Minister will visit Karnataka and Gujarat on 13 and 14 November.
The Gujarat leg falls on 14 November, when he will perform darshan and pooja at the Ambaji temple in Banaskantha district.
The release describes the Ambaji temple as one of the fifty-one revered Shakti Peethas.
Shakti Peethas are shrines of the goddess that are spread across the subcontinent and are counted together as a single pilgrimage tradition.
Banaskantha lies in north Gujarat, close to the Rajasthan border, and the temple stands near the Aravalli range.
On the Karnataka leg the Prime Minister will dedicate and lay foundation stones for projects worth over fifteen thousand six hundred crore rupees at Bengaluru.
Announcements of this kind come from the Prime Minister's Office through the Press Information Bureau.
Why it matters for exams: The count of fifty-one Shakti Peethas and the location of Ambaji in Banaskantha are the kind of place-and-tradition facts both Kerala PSC and UPSC ask.
Gujarat Energy has signed a sales and purchase agreement with the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company for the supply of up to four million tonnes of liquefied natural gas.
The agreement runs for ten years and supply begins in 2028.
The gas will come from XRG, ADNOC's wholly owned investment arm, and the company described it as XRG's first LNG sale from its international portfolio.
LNG is natural gas cooled to a liquid so that it can be carried by ship; it is turned back into gas at a regasification terminal before it goes into a pipeline.
Gujarat is the natural landing point for such cargoes because India's LNG import terminals are concentrated on its coast.
ADNOC is the national oil company of the United Arab Emirates, whose capital is Abu Dhabi.
Volume:Up to 4 million tonnesTerm:10 yearsSupply begins:2028
Why it matters for exams: LNG, what regasification means, and ADNOC as the UAE's national oil company are repeat questions in economy and international sections.
This is the background to Bharat Parv, the Ministry of Tourism's festival now running at Ekta Nagar in Gujarat.
Ekta Nagar is the township that grew around the Statue of Unity, and the statue is why the place draws visitors at all.
At a height of 182 metres it honours Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, who was India's first Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister.
It stands at Kevadia in Gujarat, on the Narmada river, close to the Sardar Sarovar Dam.
It was inaugurated on 31 October 2018, the anniversary of Patel's birth, which is also observed as the day of national unity.
Patel is remembered chiefly for persuading the princely states to join the Indian Union after independence.
An aspirant should hold three facts together: the height, the man, and the river and dam beside which it stands.
Why it matters for exams: The Statue of Unity's height of 182 metres, Sardar Patel as first Deputy Prime Minister, and the Narmada and Sardar Sarovar Dam are repeat questions across exams.
This is the background to the Prime Minister's announced visit to Gujarat and to the Bharat Parv festival running at Ekta Nagar.
Gujarat has the longest coastline in India, stretching over 1600 kilometres, which is why so much of the country's sea trade and gas import capacity sits there.
The State is the only habitat of Asiatic lions in the world, and the lions of Gir National Park are described as a symbol of conservation success.
The world's tallest statue, the Statue of Unity, is also in Gujarat.
In the north-west the Kutch Rann Utsav is held in the white desert, with folk music and handicrafts, while the Little Rann is a sanctuary for migratory birds.
Put together, these are the four Gujarat facts an exam is most likely to ask: the coastline, the lions, the statue and the Rann.
Each is a permanent fact, not a news item, and each is worth holding with its number where it has one.
Coastline:Over 1600 km, the longest in IndiaAsiatic lions:Gir National Park, the only habitat in the world
Why it matters for exams: Gujarat's 1600 km coastline, the longest in India, and Gir as the world's only Asiatic lion habitat are among the most frequently asked state facts.