Pune: The 2025 Vetal Tekdi Birding Marathon (November 5–12) recorded 164 bird species, nearing the 180–200 typically seen in winter at Sultanpur National Park near Delhi. The citizen-science event covering entire tekdi area across ridges, quarry slopes, forest edges and grasslands, with birders uploading extensive checklists to eBird. Notable sightings included a Rusty-tailed Flycatcher, Western…
NEW DELHI: A 16-year-old Class 10 student allegedly committed suicide at Rajendra Place Metro Station, leaving behind a note that accusing school teachers of forcing him to take the extreme step. According to the FIR, the student’s father stated that his son was under severe mental stress due to continuous harassment by several teachers. The…
Mumbai, November 20, 2025, begins with a sunny and pleasant Wednesday, featuring temperatures expected to range between 22.6°C and 29.3°C, creating ideal conditions for outdoor activities. This follows yesterday’s ‘poor‘ air quality, with an AQI-IN of 162, which may still affect traffic-heavy areas today, prompting recommendations for masks and caution for sensitive groups, while the…
Pune: The Pune Zilla Parishad (ZP) will be setting up two science parks in Pune district.In the first phase of the project, two parks is estimated to cost Rs 20 crore. The initiative aims to offer students from the ZP as well as private schools opportunities to explore innovation and scientific thinking. For the parks,…
Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) encompasses the practices, expressions, knowledge and skills that communities, groups and sometimes individuals recognise as part of their cultural heritage At a recent event, UN India, UNESCO and Royal Enfield came together to celebrate the living heritage of the Indian Himalayan region through the screening of some snippets from The Great…
MUMBAI: A section of functionaries in the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)’s Ajit Pawar faction have alleged rift within the party and discrimination in the list of its 2025 Star Campaigners released recently.They have alleged that the party state president and MP Sunil Tatkare is “consciously sidelining” leaders who have consistently upheld secular principles and spoken…
Pune: The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) on Wednesday temporarily suspended the permission given to a private engineering firm that is laying optical fiber cables in the city for “not following the guidelines” of the trenching policy. “The permission granted is being temporarily suspended, considering the large number of complaints received from people as well as…
NEW DELHI: A massive protest erupted after a 16-year-old Class 10 student, who died after allegedly jumping from a platform at Rajendra Place Metro Station in Delhi, left behind a handwritten suicide note calling for action against his teacher.The boy, who left home for school on 18 November while his father was away, was found…
Mumbai: The IIT-B’s Techfest at Powai between Dec 22 and 24 will witness a historic convergence of India’s military chiefs. Aditya Khandegar, one of the Techfest organisers, said that at the forefront of this session will be the Chief of Defence Staff, General Anil Chauhan, who is the architect of the nation’s integrated theatre commands….
Pune: A nine-year-old girl with an end-stage kidney disease received the organ from her 69-year-old grandmother at Manipal Hospital, Kharadi, in what doctors described as a rare, but successful paediatric transplant.The girl was admitted to the hospital with fever, weakness and cough. She was found to have a haemoglobin level of just 3 g/dl (critically…
