Pune: The Maharashtra Teacher Eligibility Test (Maha TET) for 2025 will be conducted across the state on Sunday, Nov 23. The exam is being organised by the Maharashtra State Council of Examinations (MSCE). Clearing this eligibility test is compulsory for candidates seeking a job as a teacher for Stds I to V for Paper I,…
New Delhi: Chief minister Rekha Gupta laid the foundation stone of the first Atal Canteen in Timarpur on Friday, marking the fulfilment of a key election promise of the BJP. Gupta said her govt’s resolve was that no person should have to go to bed hungry. Hundred canteens will start serving meals twice a day…
Thane: Thane police have formed three investigation teams to probe the death of 19-year-old Arnav Khaire, who allegedly died by suicide after being harassed and assaulted in a local train for speaking in Hindi instead of Marathi. The case has triggered concerns about linguistic tensions rising in Mumbai and adjoining cities.Police team have traced the…
Pune: India had been undergoing faster and more uneven climate shifts than earlier estimated and the country had warmed by 0.89°C (2015–2024) compared to the early 1900s (1901-1930), revealed a new peer reviewed study.The hottest day of the year had been warming by 1.5-2°C in western and northeast India since the 1950s, the assessment published…
New Delhi: The city recorded the 16th very poor day in Nov as the air quality index (AQI) settled at 364 on Friday. It was 391 a day earlier.Though the earlier forecast suggested that AQI might turn severe on Saturday, the latest one says that the air quality is likely to remain in the very…
Thane: In a major accident in Ambernath on Friday evening, four people lost their lives while four others were left injured after the driver of a car ferrying a Shiv Sena candidate rammed into around five oncoming vehicles after the car jumped over the divider on a bridge. Police said the driver is suspected of…
Pune: A 19-year-old commerce student from Vimannagar died, and her friend suffered severe injuries after the scooter they were riding on was hit by a cement mixer truck at Marunji near Hinjewadi on Friday afternoon. The accident occurred around 2pm when the duo and their college friends were returning from Kasarsai Dam. The Hinjewadi police…
New Delhi: The city is preparing for a large-scale infrastructure exercise for govt schools. Centred on a new digital mapping system, it will capture the real-time condition of more than 1,000 govt school buildings.At the heart of this initiative is an AI-enabled profiling mechanism that will create detailed digital records for every campus, setting the…
Mumbai: After trimming course credits and modifying teaching practices, the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay is set to overhaul syllabi and assessment methods to reduce stress — and it’s not stopping at classroom reforms. Alumni are being trained as campus mentors, and wellbeing no longer sits on the margins of college life.This August, the institute…
Pune: Residents of Ambegaon and surrounding areas expressed frustration on Friday over the severe water shortage plaguing the area for the past eight years, despite their inclusion within the PMC limits since 2017.Unhappy with the slow progress of infrastructure projects, the residents urged the civic body to expedite the works of pending pipelines and overhead…
