Mumbai: Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has appealed establishments and its employers to complete registration under the Pradhan Mantri Viksit Bharat Rozgar Yojana or PMVBRY. New employees earning up to Rs 1 lakh per month, registered with EPFO for the first time, are eligible for a cash incentive of up to Rs 15,000 (disbursed in…
New Delhi: Long-term exposure to even ‘satisfactory’ air quality levels can heighten anaemia risk among adult women in the country, a new IIT-Delhi study has found, highlighting the need for stronger integration of air quality and health metrics.The study, titled ‘Association between long-term exposure to multiple air pollutants and anaemia prevalence among women of reproductive…
Pune: A 34-year-old engineer working with a prominent software company in Hinjewadi died after his scooter was hit by another two-wheeler in Khadki on Tuesday morning. The victim, Shahid Shaikh of Yerawada, was on his way to Hinjewadi, the Khadki police said. The motorcycle driver, who collided with Shaikh’s motorcycle, suffered injuries in the accident….
Mumbai: The BJP on Friday will observe 150 years of ‘Vande Mataram‘ as a national song by holding programmes at 150 locations across the country. In Maharashtra, the state BJP has organised functions at 15 places, including five in Mumbai: Colaba, Sion, Andheri, Malad East, and Mankhurd.Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis will lead the programme in…
New Delhi: Arjun and ashoka are good for Delhi’s foul air, but mango isn’t. Teak and banyan are perfect for our neighbourhood parks, but not seesam and mahua. Sounds paradoxical? Scientists at Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Mohali have the answer: a recent study conducted by them found that while all these…
Pune: Fear refused to leave the residents of Pimparkhed in Shirur tehsil even after the forest department put down the leopard which killed 13-year-old Rohan Vilas Bombe on Sunday.Forest officials said that the leopard they killed on Tuesday night was the same one that took the boy’s life. Their conclusion is based on matching the…
Mumbai: The immigration officials at the Mumbai International Airport stopped 18-year-old Jorawar Singh of Ludhiana, Punjab, from boarding a flight to Fiji via Singapore on Wednesday after finding discrepancies in the visa on page six of his passport. They uncovered a counterfeit Greece visa that Singh had obtained in May.Immigration officer MA Ansari and other…
New Delhi: In a week-long crackdown, Delhi Police has arrested six cybercriminals involved in a series of online frauds across the city. In the first case, two men were held in west Delhi for defrauding an 82-year-old woman from Hari Nagar of Rs 11 lakh through a “digital arrest” scam. The accused — identified as…
Pune: The three assailants, aged 16-17, arrested in Tuesday’s daylight murder of a 17-year-old youth on the ever-busy Bajirao Road, told police that constant abuse and beating up by the victim, Mayank Kharare, pushed them to hatch a plot to eliminate him. Deputy commissioner of police (Zone I) Krushikesh Rawale said the trio told the…
Thane: A Marathi medium school in Thane has launched an innovative initiative to introduce its students to farming and environmental awareness through practical, field-based lessons.Saraswati Secondary High School, Naupada, on Wednesday took 80 students from its English and Marathi sections to a farmland in nearby Yeoor, where the students harvested paddy crops sown by their…
