Denied passport twice, surrogate baby finally flies to Japan with mum

Following lack of clarity on the baby's nationality in the surrogacy certificate, the case was referred to MEA; passport officials later issued the child an identity certificate

A middle-aged Japanese couple who became parents of a child born to a surrogate mother through IVF (in-vitro fertilisation) had to face bureaucratic hurdles to procure a passport for their newborn.

Reason: According to the surrogacy certificate submitted to the passport office, the couple's embryo was transferred into the surrogate mother in September 2014, she tested positive for pregnancy in June 2014 and the baby was delivered in February this year.

If the conception took place before the embryo transfer, as the document issued by Anand-based Dr Nayna Patel stated, the child was clearly not theirs and therefore the nationality of the newborn was questionable.So, the officials at Regional Passport Office sought clarity on the matter from the commissioning parents.

Rs 95L microscope kept locked at Civil

The Cryo Em, an electron microscopeworth Rs 95 lakh that can study Ebola and other highly pathogenic viruses, isgathering dust in a locked laboratory

The most advanced electron microscope that can study Ebola and mutated viruses has been put under lock and key at the E-1 ward on the ground floor of Civil Hospital.

US visa glitch - Students cancel tickets, worry getting late for first sem in US varsities

Several students who have securedadmission in US universities, have cancelled the tickets as their visa interviewshave been rescheduled

A technical glitch that has brought down the computer system for issuing visas and passports at US embassies worldwide will not be fixed until at least next week, according to reports. The issue has left hundreds of visa applicants in the city worried. Several students, who have enrolled in the US varsities that will soon begin their sessions, have been left in the lurch.

GANDHI LOST IN MODI'S MODEL

Ahmedabad'shallmark of consensual politics inherited from Gandhi is being replaced bytop-down private sector approach to urban development that has no room for thepoor. This is the conclusion of a study funded by Bill and Melinda GatesFoundation

SUSHILABEN MANIBHAI NAIDU, 44

The government did not provide any financial assistance while displacing us. We have created these huts with our savings. The place is very unsafe for girls and being a mother of four girls I am always concerned about their safety. My husband had written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi that our entire family would commit suicide if we weren't provided with houses but we never got a response.

Nothing juvenile about Facebook crime cases

Cyber-crime related to the networking website has gone up by 40 per cent and majority of these crimes are being committed by adolescents

**Hemant Mehta, is a bright student studying in a private school. In October, this 14-year old created a fake Facebook account of one of his male classmates who used to bully him. Tech-savvy Hemant who couldn't win a physical fight with the bully used social media to get even.

**Last April, Kushal Shah, a 17-year-old science student of a reputed school received a call from the police for committing a cyber-crime. Kushal liked a girl in his coaching class but she rejected his proposal. In a bout of rage, he created her fake account and posted an edited picture of them posing as a couple.»

**Aditya Rawal was known to be studious and a math lover. At the age of 16, he could solve math problems of class XII. But in his 2014 annual examination; he unexpectedly received low marks. Angry, Aditya hacked in to his math teacher's Facebook account and posted slangs.

Here in our city… GODS UNITE ALL

A day after Somnath Temple banned the entry of non-Hindus without permission,Mirror's Kuldeep Tiwari and Rupsa Chakraborty visited the temples in the cityposing as a Muslim couple. To their surprise, they were warmly welcomed notonly by the temple staff and the security guards but also by the devotees.This, in a city that saw one of the worst communal riots in the country in 2002and earned itself the ignominy of being religiously intolerant

BHADRAKALI TEMPLE

LAL DARWAZA

When the reporters arrived at the temple posing as a Muslim couple who had come to seek the goddess's blessings, a group of women cops got up and welcomed them. The reporters found it quite surprising. The cops took them inside the temple, and requested the priest to offer them the prasad. Citing security reasons, a woman cop asked our reporter to lift her veil. “This is just part of routine check. Please do not take any offence. Everyone is welcome here. Do come again,“ said the cop. She also familiarised the duo with the temple's rich heritage before seeing them off with a smile.

Body blow

While more and more Amdavadis aredonating their bodies for advancement of science, medical colleges refuse toaccept them citing lack of facility to preserve bodies or reluctance to workafter office hours

While medical colleges across the country are struggling to meet shortage of cadavers, city colleges are turning away donors' bodies. Lack of infrastructure to preserve the bodies is the reason that colleges like NHL and Sola give while refusing to accept the donations. LG and BJ medical colleges accept bodies, provided it is brought during office hours.

Ushmaben Shah, a 79-year-old cancer patient who breathed her last on May 22, 2015, wanted to donate her body to benefit medical students.But this noble approach hit a roadblock when medical colleges refused to take her body citing several excuses.

Detecting narcotics from skeleton gets easier now

Researcher at forensic sciencedept at GU has developed nanotechnology sensor which can detect narcotics fromskeletons through smart phone

You must have seen several Hollywood crime serials where detectives find out the cause of death from skel eton within seconds. But this is no more a fiction as a researcher from Forensic Science Department of Gujarat University has developed nanotechnology based-sensor that find out the cause of death by detecting narcotics from skelegujarat university, tal remains through smart phones. And all this just in seconds.“Nanotechnology has been used in almost all aspects of science but hasn't been used efficiently in forensic science. At a time when drug related crime is on the rise this advanced technology can solve crime mysteries faster,“ said Anand Rajput who has developed the technology.

Watch out! Your car can catch fire

Don't blame it on the heat. Poormaintenance and negligence on part of drivers is leading to an increase innumber of cars catching fire

The sweltering heat has taken a toll on cars in the city. Cases of cars catching fire have witnessed a rise with the increasing heat in April.

As per data provided by the control room of Ahmedabad Fire and Emergency Services (AFES), with the rising temperature, there has been an increase in the number of cars catching fire. Twelve such cases have been recorded so far this month, while 34 car fire cases have been recorded since April. In the past, the fire department has recorded more than 100 car burning cases in summer.