Author: Achalapati Pulkit

The Maharashtra government has declared December 6 a local holiday for Mumbai and suburban areas on the Mahaparinirvan Diwas 2024. The state government issued a notification which said that a local holiday has been declared for the state government and semi-government offices in Mumbai and suburban areas. This is the third such local holiday given by the government after Dahi Handi and Ganesh Visarjan. On December 6, people in large numbers are expected to come to pay homage to Dr BR Ambedkar on his 68th death anniversary at Chaityabhoomi, where Ambedkar was cremated. It is located at Shivaji Park, less than 2 km from the Dadar station.…

Mumbai experienced a significant temperature drop, with the Santacruz observatory recording 16.5°C on Thursday night. This is the lowest November temperature in eight years, as confirmed by the India Meteorological Department (IMD). Previously, the Santacruz observatory reported a record low of 16.3°C on November 11, 2016. This observatory primarily tracks weather conditions in Mumbai’s suburban areas. In contrast, the Colaba observatory, which monitors the island city, recorded a minimum temperature of 21.4°C during the same period. This highlights the varying weather conditions across Mumbai. Despite the notable drop, IMD scientist Sushma Nair clarified that no cold wave alerts are in…

Yashasvi Jaiswal ended a string of poor scores by posting his second century in the Indian Premier League as Rajasthan Royals thrashed Mumbai Indians by nine wickets on Monday. Jaiswal scored an unbeaten 104 off 60 balls, including nine fours and seven sixes, to lead Rajasthan to 183-1 after Mumbai struggled to 179-9. Medium-pacer Sandeep Sharma collected 5-18 in four overs for Rajasthan while leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal took one but became the first bowler to reach 200 IPL wickets. Jaiswal’s previous highest score this season was 39. He and opening partner Jos Buttler combined for 61 in the power play…

New DelhiCNN — Just a few pieces of debris stood between Munna Qureshi and dozens of laborers who his team had been tasked with rescuing from deep inside a Himalayan tunnel after all previous attempts to free them had failed. New DelhiCNN — Just a few pieces of debris stood between Munna Qureshi and dozens of laborers who his team had been tasked with rescuing from deep inside a Himalayan tunnel after all previous attempts to free them had failed. For nearly three weeks the construction workers were cut off from the world, some 60 meters inside the mountain, receiving food and air through a thin…

Apple’s one of the biggest Chinese component manufacturers, Luxshare, has reportedly decided to invest in Vietnam instead of India, citing the political tensions between the two countries.  According to a report by Business Standard, after three years, Luxshare’s move to make investments in Vietnam is a result of many failed attempts to expand its operations in India. Those who do not know, Luxshare is Apple’s primary supplier for AirPods and could be an upcoming supplier for iPhones. As per the reports from the publication, the company now aims to shift their investment worth $330 million to Vietnam’s northern province of Bac Giang.…

The invite includes a horseshoe is expected to symbolize a tale of love & cultural fusion. Newly married Randeep Hooda and Lin Laishram recently captured hearts with their Mumbai reception invite as a testament to their beautiful relationship. Crafted by Puneet Gupta, the sophisticated invite is all about the couple embracing their intertwined journey. After their cross-cultural wedding ceremony in Manipur, which looked like, a harmonious blend of traditions and it even resonated profoundly with admirers worldwide, the couple is now all set to host a reception in the city of dreams Mumbai for their close friends and colleagues. #Randeep…

Veteran investor David Roche said India “is a slow trundling elephant” that still has many hurdles, but is now a viable alternative to China.  “I think India stands to benefit from the decline in terms of the attractiveness of foreign direct investment and portfolio flows of China,” Roche told CNBC’s “Street Signs Asia” on Friday. India has been aligning itself with the “democratic alliances” of the “richest and most vibrant economies” in the world, he said. After overtaking China to become the world’s most populous nation, India could also leapfrog its neighbor to also become the world’s second-largest economy by 2075. “So…

Dharavi Redevelopment Project Pvt Ltd (DRPPL) in a statement said it believes some people are manufacturing a controversy “at the deliberate behest of certain vested interests who hope to derail or, at least delay, the long-cherished dreams of Dharavi’s people for a better future” Mumbai: The Dharavi Redevelopment Project Pvt Ltd (DRPPL) has slammed “some people” who are trying to cook up a controversy around the transferable development rights (TDR) generation from the Mumbai’s Dharavi Redevelopment Project (DRP). DRPPL in a statement said it believes some people are “attempting to manufacture a controversy at the deliberate behest of certain vested…

In the early hours of June 23, 1985, a bomb planted in the cargo hold of Air India flight 182 traveling from Montreal to New Delhi exploded off the coast of Ireland, killing all 329 people on board. The people arrested and charged for the bomb attack were Indian-born Sikh Canadians, alleged by prosecutors to be radical separatists seeking revenge for the Indian army’s deadly storming of the Golden Temple in Punjab state the previous year. Only one was convicted; two were acquitted in 2005, and in 2016, Canada released the only person ever found guilty of the bombing. Nearly…

According to the civic body’s official bulletin, the supply chain will be suspended during the repair work between 8 am and 11 pm on Tuesday. Several pockets in Andheri, Jogeshwari, and Goregaon in the western suburbs will face a water cut for nearly 15 hours on Tuesday (October 31) as a newly laid mains water line will be connected to the Versova outlet that day, said the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC). According to the civic body’s official bulletin, the supply chain will be suspended during the repair work between 8 am and 11 pm on Tuesday. A structural audit will…