Pune: On the main day of Diwali celebrations on Tuesday, the city’s air quality remained in the moderate category in the evening with an AQI 135 at 7pm, slightly better than Monday’s AQI 170, according to IITM’s air quality early warning and decision support system.However, scientists have warned that air quality is expected to deteriorate…
Mumbai: Textbooks printed by Balbharati will now be issued to students on lower-quality paper. In a recent tender released by the Maharashtra State Bureau of Textbook Production and Curriculum Research (Balbharati), the bureau has reduced several technical standards for paper used in school textbooks.The brightness index — which measures the percentage of light a sheet…
New Delhi: Chief minister Rekha Gupta said in a statement on Tuesday that, unlike previous years, people celebrated Diwali with enthusiasm and pollution was under control before the festival because the administration used 1,000 water sprinklers and 140 anti-smog guns to combat the dust and various other measures to check pollution. She added that 70…
Pune: The marshy, salt-crusted expanse of the Sir Creek region — a narrow 96-km strip dividing India and Pakistan in Kutch of Gujarat — is set to become the focal point of India’s next major tri-service military drill, Exercise Trishul.Involving the Indian Army, Navy and Air Force, the exercise aims to validate India’s growing capacity…
Residents of a building are living in fear for a decade without an Occupancy Certificate (OC) and crucial firefighting equipment MUMBAI: Bombay high court has taken a serious view of a wing in a 16-storey Kandivli (W) building not having a fire clearance certificate (FCC) or an occupancy certificate (OC) for the past 10 years.Justices…
In a bold statement, former NITI Aayog head Amitabh Kant took aim at the Supreme Court’s decision regarding firecracker burning, insisting that it favors festive cheer over the dire need for public health protection. Given the hazardous air pollution prevailing in Delhi, where a majority of air quality monitors report ‘red zone’ statuses, Kant champions…
Pune: Last week, Hadapsar resident Jaykant Urve was taken aback when an autorickshaw driver asked him to pay Rs360 for an 8km ride from Magarpatta to Wanowrie. When asked about the high fare, the auto driver told Urve about ‘new rule’, wherein commuters must pay according to fares decided on the ‘OnlyMeter.in’ website. Urve’s is…
Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar: The local BJP unit in Sillod taluka of Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar has been protesting against Shiv Sena MLA Abdul Sattar over alleged large-scale irregularities in electoral rolls.BJP district general secretary Kamlesh Kataria said many BLOs and other workers associated with the preparation and upgradation of electoral rolls were affiliated with educational institutions run by…
IndiGo is returning to Delhi Airport’s Terminal 2 starting October 26, following a temporary relocation. This strategic shift aims to improve passenger experience and operational efficiency. The airline will now utilize all three terminals with a new flight distribution: T2 for flights 6E 2000-2999, T3 for 6E 5000-5999 and international routes, and T1 for remaining…
Pune: A larger number of rainy days were witnessed in 2025 than in many previous years, and yet the dependence of city residents on water tankers does not seem to have reduced.Residents of areas like Undri, NIBM Road, Kharadi, Baner and Mundhwa, to name a few, have told TOI repeatedly that dependence on water tankers…
