Pune: Over 10.7 lakh students across Maharashtra are at risk of being excluded from official school records and marked as ‘out of school’ due to missing or invalid Aadhaar details in the state’s Unified District Information System for Education (UDISE)-Plus portal.The glitch has exposed serious flaws in the Aadhaar-linked registration system, where school enrolment, teacher…
Mumbai: Following an appeal from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals India (PETA India), Wellness Forever, India’s third-largest pharmacy and lifestyle retail chain, stopped selling glue traps. These traps are trays coated with a sticky adhesive that ensnares small animals, who can suffer for days before dying. The decision affects more than 400 stores…
New Delhi: The Union health ministry has issued its fourth circular since last year for the selection of heads of department (HoDs) at three major central govt hospitals and their associated medical colleges in Delhi — Safdarjung, Dr Ram Manohar Lohia and Lady Hardinge Medical College.Despite repeated circulars by Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS),…
Pune: PMPML is set to significantly expand its fleet, with 2,200 new buses expected to be fully owned and operated by the transport body by April next year.This marks a first for Pune Mahanagar Parivahan Mahamandal Limited (PMPML), which currently relies heavily on private contractors. “Under the PM E-Drive scheme, 1,000 e-buses have been approved,…
Mumbai: Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) on Monday announced it will become financially self-reliant by establishing solar energy projects on open spaces as well as on rooftops of workshops and bus stations, targeting electricity generation of approximately 300 MW annually.“We have prepared a roadmap to generate electricity worth Rs 1,000 crore per year,” said…
New Delhi: The high court has summoned the Delhi chief secretary and other senior govt officials over the “appalling condition” of the city’s 27 notified industrial areas, which lack basic infrastructure like sewage lines and stormwater drains.Last week, a bench of Justices Prathiba M Singh and Manmeet P S Arora noted that despite a cabinet…
Pune: Outpatient department (OPD) services were severely disrupted at govt hospitals and medical colleges across the state on Monday as 35,000 resident doctors, affiliated with the Maharashtra Association of Resident Doctors (MARD), staged a protest to seek justice for the deceased Phaltan doctor and urge govt to implement robust safety measures for medical professionals. The…
Mumbai: The trial of LeT suspect Zabiuddin Ansari, alias Abu Jundal, accused of coordinating the 26/11 terror attacks from Karachi, is likely to resume after seven years. Bombay HC on Monday set aside as “wholly unsustainable” and “misdirected” a 2018 trial court order to hand him certain “sensitive documents” following his claim that he was…
New Delhi: Nine years after an Amity Law School student died by suicide after being barred from taking semester exams because of attendance shortage, Delhi High Court ruled that no law college or university can stop students from sitting for tests on this ground.Referring to the death of Sushant Rohilla and the “stark realities that…
Pune: India’s burgeoning economic and technological prowess is poised to establish it as an indispensable “third pole” in an increasingly multipolar global order, asserted former foreign secretary and Rajya Sabha member Harsh Vardhan Shringla.Speaking at the Pune International Centre on Monday, Shringla cautioned against India ceding its strategic space, particularly as the global order appears…
