Author: Karunamay Gidh

Singh said the ripple effect of this loss extended to the wider supply chain, negatively impacting businesses across the board Over 2,500 trucks stranded and a loss of Rs 1 crore are approximate losses suffered by the transport industry due to Friday’s strike by Mathadi workers at the wholesale markets in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region in support of the ongoing Maratha reservation stir. The strike, which led to the complete halt of unloading operations at the Agricultural Produce Market Committee (APMC) wholesale markets of onion, potato, food grains, masala, and dry fruits, at Navi Mumbai, has severe repercussions on the transport industry…

A meeting between officials from the Taloja Industrial Association (TIA) and MSEDCL was held in Taloja MIDC to discuss various issues regarding power supply and shutdowns taken for maintenance. A meeting between officials from the Taloja Industrial Association (TIA) and MSEDCL was held in Taloja MIDC to discuss various issues regarding power supply and shutdowns taken for maintenance. Sunil Kakade, Chief Engineer at MSEDCL Bhandup, led the MSEDCL team in the discussion. The primary agenda of the meeting was to explore ways to eliminate power outages at Taloja MIDC. TIA and its members were particularly interested in discussing the possibility…

Toronto, Atlanta (22/10 – 66) A recent, and eminently reasonable, proposal to pause the military confrontation between Russia and Ukraine was presented by Indonesian Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto during the 20th IISS Shangri-La Dialogue, held in Singapore on June 3, 2023. Minister Prabowo, a retired and much-decorated General, suggested the two sides declare a ceasefire, to be followed by the creation of a demilitarized zone on the battlefield. The proposed truce would be monitored by United Nations peacekeeping forces, followed by a UN-monitored referendum to determine which country the disputed territories should join. Most third-world participants – and those from…

A British expat who has made Mumbai her new home recounts her journey of navigating a pandemic and a military coup in Myanmar in her new book Of all things that writer Milla Chaplin Rae loves about Mumbai, it is the city’s weather. “I am British,” she tells us, when we join her at a pool café below her Worli residence, “We are used to experiencing grey conditions for most part of the year. So, I love living in some place that’s hot.” The city’s extreme weather suits her, she confesses.  Rae, who is originally from Jersey in the Channel Islands,…

The world we live in is a carnival of change, now more than ever. Every now and then the world witnesses frequent new waves of innovation which becomes the talk of the town. To drive this innovation the participation of the engineering force is imperative. Engineers are like the unsung heroes behind a nation’s tech evolution. They’re not just important; they’re the folks who bring innovation to life, solve the trickiest puzzles, and build the world we live in, which is undergoing continuous changes. Think of engineers as the creators of cutting-edge tech; the ones that turn cool ideas into…

Frankfurt (22/09 – 58.33) Since May 2022, the Tajikistani authorities have stepped up their ongoing crackdown on Pamiris, an ethnic, linguistic and religious minority originating from the Pamir mountains in Gorno Badakhshan Autonomous Oblast of Tajikistan. They have arbitrarily detained hundreds of Pamiris, including civil society activists and human rights defenders, and imprisoned over 200 of them after convictions in unfair trials, in a campaign aimed at stripping the local communities of their leadership and dismantling their civil society. The authorities must immediately and unconditionally release Pamiri civil society activists, journalists and human rights defenders who have been detained solely…

A second airport will soon serve Mumbai alongside the existing Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (BOM). An airport is currently under construction in the neighboring city of Navi Mumbai. Navi Mumbai International Airport aims to serve the rapidly growing population of the Mumbai region. As Mumbai grows in global importance, two airports are necessary for the city to achieve its economic potential. The project is taking place in multiple phases, with the first runway launching in late 2024 and the entire project slated for completion in 2032. Navi Mumbai International Airport will have a capacity of 20 million annual passengers…

Preeti Jhangiani wowed the audience with her mesmerising performance in the romantic film Mohabbatein. The second edition of the Mumbai Schools Survey 2023 will be published by the Free Press Journal soon. While our back end crew is busy compiling the figures, we decided to record some celebrity reminiscences about their time in school as a part of The FPJ’s interview series #StarsSchoolsAndStories. Actress Preeti Jhangiani wowed the audience with her mesmerising performance in the romantic film Mohabbatein. Over the years, she has worked in films like Awara Paagal Deewana, LOC Kargil, Aan: Men at Work, and the recent web…

Incidentally, MLA Jitendra Awhad on Friday tweeted allegations against API Borse in a MHADA-MMRDA housing scam. Thane: A controversy has broken out in the police circles over an alleged phone thief from Bandra found with assistant police inspector Krupali Borse of Mumbra police station in a hotel in Powai in the early hours of August 8 when she was on leave. As this is an act unbecoming of a police officer, everyone is paying attention to what action the senior officers will take against her. Incidentally, MLA Jitendra Awhad on Friday tweeted allegations against API Borse in a MHADA-MMRDA housing scam. He has alleged that the scam…

The MXGP championship continues this weekend in Sweden but the preparation for Tim Gajser who, faced with the current weather conditions in Slovenia, hadn’t much opportunity to train. The current world champion recalled the difficulties he had in Vantaa, and addressed the current flooding disaster that is hitting his home country and that didn’t allowed him to train as much: – Solid, if not spectacular results in Finland, but another step on the ladder to getting back to the front of the field. Unfortunately we’ve had a lot of rain here in Slovenia this past week or so, and there…