New Delhi: Delhi Police has installed 120 additional CCTV cameras in and around Red Fort to boost security following the Nov 10 blast in Old Delhi. It has also started training parking attendants to identify unattended or unusual vehicles and promptly alert police.According to police, 100 of the new cameras have been positioned in and…
Pune: The Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) has submitted a Rs16,000-crore plan to the state govt to widen Mumbai–Pune Expressway into a 10-lane superhighway by 2029-30. It is now aiming for state govt clearance in time to initiate the tendering process before the current financial year ends on March 31. The detailed project report…
Mumbai: Sameer C (not his real name) discovered his HIV-positive status almost 30 years ago, a time when the virus was largely seen as a death sentence. His then 19-year-old pregnant wife, Chanda, developed a viral infection called shingles, prompting doctors to test her for the then relatively new human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).The HIV-positive diagnosis…
New Delhi: Invoking the right to be forgotten, a Delhi court has directed major media organisations and online search engines to remove and de-index news reports against a banker exonerated in the Moser Baer money-laundering case. “The permanence of digital information and easily accessible online records are causing potential harm to the plaintiff despite his…
Pune: The state education department will conduct training about positive discipline in classrooms for all teachers of govt schools in Maharashtra from this week.The intervention comes amid recurring incidents of physical punishment in classrooms, despite a clear prohibition under the Right to Education (RTE) Act.Officials at the education department said the aim of conducting the…
Mumbai: The BMC has issued a show-cause notice to contractors of the bullet train project at Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC), but has claimed significant improvement in city’s Air Quality Index (AQI) in the last few days due to measures implemented by it, including action against private construction sites and government projects violating pollution guidelines. City’s…
New Delhi: Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has installed 76 AI-enabled X-BIS baggage scanners equipped with cameras at key stations. All 84 stations being built under the Phase IV expansion will also feature these upgraded systems. The next-generation scanners come with high-resolution cameras at entry and exit points to monitor baggage handling and have built-in…
Pune: When 15-year-old Vaishnavi Gaikwad stepped onto the TEDx-Kharadi stage on last month, the bright lights felt like a world away from the dim lanes of Burma Shell Basti in Lohegaon where she lives. Her words, however, carried that world with her. She recited two poems titled “Biryani” and “Soch”, written with friends from her…
Mumbai: A man was arrested for allegedly molesting a 22-year-old social media influencer while she was walking towards a mall in Goregaon in north Mumbai, a police official said on Monday.Kuldeep Budhiram Kanojia (27) had touched the victim inappropriately on the back and chest, the Goregaon police station official said, adding the incident took place…
New Delhi: DU’s Jesus and Mary College is partnering with universities across the country to explore the science of living longer, healthier lives with a focus on indigenous knowledge systems.From cutting-edge experiments in Silicon Valley labs to centuries-old practices in Himalayan monasteries, the pursuit of longevity has always drawn from science, environment, and human wisdom….
