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The city Surat is located in the western area of India. The city of Surat is a headquarter in the Indian state of Gujarat and is also an administrative unit of the state. The city is second most advanced and progressive city of the state. The city is surrounded by other different districts that include Michael Thomas Black Jersey , Bharuch, Narmada, Navsari, and Dang districts. The city is existing since ages and it dates back to the Vedic age. The city is one of the populated cities of the state and has ever since been the trading center of the zone. Initially the city was named as Suryapur and today the city is called Surat which literally means 'beautiful port'.

The city has a sound literacy rate of 86.65%.The Surat city has some of the known tourist spots worth a visit. According to a global study by the City Mayors Foundation, the city of Surat is in top four cities of the world that have fastest developing economy in the world. The Ecological Sequestration Trust (TEST) has decided to name the city as the one of the Global Cities. The city is world renowned for its diamond and textile businesses. The city has the highest number of embroidery machines than any other city in the country, therefore the city is also known as the 'Embroidery City of India. An it's an amazing fact to know that the city of Surat is the only city of this entire world where 92% of the worlds diamond is cut and polished .The city is also home to some of the known industrial firms, such as KRIBO, Reliance Petrochemical Plant, ESSAR's ten million ton steel plant & T's heavy engineering unit, GSEG, gas processing plant of ONGC, and GAIL (Gas Authority India Ltd.).

The Surat city has schools under the administration of the city municipal authority and they are affiliated with Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board (GSHEB) and the National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS).The medium of instruction in the schools is Gujarati and English. In this city various type of schools found in which Nursery Schools, Public Schools, International Schools, World Schools, CBSE Board Schools, ICSE Board Schools, Play Schools, Boarding Schools, Day Boarding Schools, Residential Boarding Schools, English Medium Schools, Coeducational Schools are main type of schools. Some of the known educational institutes of the city are as follows, Dr. S & SS Gandhy Government Engineering College, Sarvajanik College of Engineering and Technology, Sri K Pithawala College of Engineering and Technology, Bhagwan Mahavir College of Engineering and Technology, and the Indian Diamond Institute.

The schools in the city are located near the residential locations and have lush green surroundings. The schools here have a firm belief in giving equal opportunity to each and every child. The schools here are built according to the modern day needs of the education. The schools here give proper attention and importance to the academic as well as co curricular activities. The schools have a large school library provided for the students with a plethora of books for different subjects and other interesting reads. The schools in the city envision creating world class leaders of tomorrow and better citizens of future.
SEOUL, Sept. 14 (Xinhua) -- South Korean stocks gained ground on Thursday though the futures and options of the main index and individual stocks matured simultaneously.


The simultaneous maturities are called a quadruple witching day when volatility tends to increase.


The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) gained 17.48 points, or 0.74 percent, to settle at 2,377.66. Trading volume stood at 283 million shares worth 6.3 trillion won (5.8 billion U.S. dollars).


The KOSPI, which stayed flat in early trading, picked up in late trading as institutional investors reduced their sales of stocks on the quadruple witching day.


Foreign and institutional investors sold stocks worth 204 billion won and 8 billion won respectively.


Local and foreign financial institutions usually sell, or buy, stocks on the quadruple witching day as their positions on stock futures and options, linked to shares on spot, mature.


Individual investors bolstered the KOSPI by purchasing a net 191 billion won worth of stocks. U.S. stocks picked up overnight which also helped boost market sentiment, market watchers said.


Most of large-cap shares gained ground. Market bellwether Samsung Electronics gained 1.4 percent, and the most-used search engine Naver advanced 4.9 percent. Memory chip giant SK Hynix climbed 1.5 percent, and top carmaker Hyundai Motor rose 2.2 percent.


The state-run power supplier Korea Electric Power Corp. added 0.5 percent, but the No.1 steelmaker POSCO declined 2.9 percent. Leading chemical firm LG Chem lost 0.1 percent.