Alifiya Khan

Educationists were instructed that students and researchers who have travelled abroad but are asymptomatic should be told to isolate themselves at their residence for 15 days. 

The move came as most offices asked their staff not to use fingerprints to record attendance, owing to the coronavirus scare. The SPPU administration also cancelled an event, scheduled to take place from March 13-15, in wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Coronavirus update March 11: According to the Union Health Ministry, the number of positive cases in India are 60. Across the globe, over 4,000 deaths due to the virus have been reported.

Following the scare, at least two schools in the Dhayari Phata area have announced a shutdown till March 14, saying they would review their decision to open later.

Taking to Twitter on Thursday, Gandhi said, "Modern College Pune was forced to cancel a program scheduled for tomorrow celebrating the 150th anniversary of Bapu because they invited me, Patitpavan Sanstha threatened to disrupt the program if I was present. The Goli Maro Gang in Action."

A community initiative, Happy Threads, brings hope for a better future to hundreds of women by using needle and yarn as agents of change

A full Imperial original watercolour painting will be on display. Prints on sale at the day-long watercolour exhibition, which follows a three-day workshop where nine international artists will interact with over 50 participants to create watercolours that will be sold. Proceeds will go to the Ashok Kumar Foundation set up by his daughter Bharati Jaffery.

Khoj is an international artists organisation that plays a central role in the development of experimental, interdisciplinary and critical contemporary art practice in India and South Asia.

Under the unique concept, currently in its fourth year, the Art Mandai will be set up by artistes at the Mahatma Phule Mandai in Shukrawar Peth, where artistes and vegetable vendors will set up wares alongside each other.

The move follows an instruction from Shivaji Daundkar, chief education officer, Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC), to all municipal-run schools.

SPPU has already signed an MoU with the Melbourne University for a ‘blended’ BSc in the Environmental Science course this year. The next year is likely to see three new ‘blended’ courses in Physics, Chemistry and Earth and Atmospheric Sciences that start at the undergraduate level, said Karmalkar.

It was a rather pleasant year for the connoisseurs of culture. Here are the highlights of 2018

Difficult People (Kashmakash), by 29-year-old Sohil Vaidya, focuses on graffiti artists in Mumbai and examines the dilemma faced by urban youth today.

The numbers reveal that for students, the promise of new careers in business and industry may be more appealing than those in traditional research, medicine and engineering.

A tribute to her artist grandfather, Michelle Poonawalla’s exhibition at Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai, blends the strength of the old masters with the digital advances of the 21st century

This year, the number of divisions had gone up considerably with many new self-financed colleges being given approvals. As compared to 2017 when 92,530 seats were available for admissions, the number rose to above 97,000 seats this year.

Radhika Apte has had a busy year. Here, she talks about trolls and harassment, on becoming an actor and doing world cinema.

While the Senate members want the university to be more approachable for students, they want more discipline and have even suggested starting bio-metric attendance for students.

On October 21, SIU took the decision to send Siddhartha on leave pending inquiry following a recommendation received from an internal complaint committee (ICC), which was set up to look into the complaints made by students.