Priyanka Sahoo

Arvind Singh, Principal Secretary, state energy department, talks to The Indian Express about the shortage and the state’s plans for stepping up its production from renewables.

The lenders of the project, primarily, Power Finance Corporation (PFC), had written to the energy department, proposing that the state generation company take over the project.

The Maharashtra government collected 33 per cent more taxes from petrol consumers in the first five months of this year compared to last year.

The institutes can apply to the University Grants Commission (UGC) and if granted the status, they will be eligible to get Rs 5 crore each under the Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA).

Sources said distressed load shedding continued for one to four hours in the high loss zones or areas where pending bills and losses are higher than 58 per cent.

Kripa Fernandes, a 2016-batch Xavierite, detailed her experience with the WDC in a Facebook post on Tuesday while joining the #metoo movement, sharing her experiences of sexual harassment through social media posts like many woman across the country.

A senior official of the Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company (MSEDCL) said “high-loss zones” — areas where pending bills and losses are more than 58 per cent — saw load-shedding on Monday and Tuesday.

Struggling to achieve the target of building 19 lash affordable homes by 2022, the government has proposed the formation of the new corporation, which would be led by CM Devendra Fadnavis.

The Society for Innovation & Entrepreneurship (SINE) at IIT-B has joined hands with WEE to launch a ‘Women Entrepreneurship and Empowerment Mentorship Program’, with support from Department of Science and Technology and NITI Aayog.

The student union has, in a statement, expressed its disappointment and called it an ‘exclusionary treatment’ meted to union members in the Academic Council.

On an average, the institute earns around Rs 41 lakh from foreign students annually and as part of its plan, estimates to earn Rs1 crore annually in the next five years.

Weeks after taking charge as the full-time director of Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai, Shalini Bharat speaks to The Indian Express about the declining financial health of the institute and the plans ahead.

The letter refers to Thackeray’s protest against the inclusion of Rohinton Mistry’s book, Such a Long Journey, in the syllabus of the University of Mumbai in 2010.

With most power plants running on less than 10 days’ stock, the state energy department is staring at a possibility of load shedding, much like last year.

The AICTE has been drawing flak for endorsing the book, Bharatiya Vidya Saar, for its new elective course, Ancient Indian Knowledge Traditions, to be introduced in at least 3,000 engineering colleges across the country

Aniket Sule from Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education, who had started the petition, said: “We don’t have a problem with the course but the way it is designed... the curriculum and the textbooks are not scientific.”

Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize — often cited as the highest honour for scientists in India — entails a reward of Rs 5 lakh for exemplary work in the fields of biological sciences, engineering sciences, chemical sciences, earth, atmosphere, ocean and planetary sciences, mathematical sciences, medical sciences and physical sciences. 

The complainant said that he had not complained about the incident last year, when it happened, for fear of being implicated under Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, which was still in force during the time.

As per the complaint, the incident took place in February 2017 during a conference when an invitee (not a student of TISS) allegedly “sexually assaulted and stripped naked” the complainant.

The Maharashtra CET cell had earlier found that several applicants had erroneously entered their marks in the application forms. Since the admission process was already underway, the CET cell had asked colleges to grant provisional admissions to these students.

In August last year, Abrahim approached the Bombay High Court, seeking directions to give admission to his son at St Xavier’s College, without having to furnish his Aadhaar details. The High Court, however, did not grant him any relief.

Over the last five years, the institute has filed 109 patents on an average every year, the highest being 143 in 2015-16.

The university has proposed to set up a college for skill development courses in each of its eight administrative districts — Mumbai City, Suburban Mumbai, Thane, Palghar, Raigad, Sindhudurg, Ratnagiri and Navi Mumbai.

Around 60 new colleges will be set up under the University of Mumbai, according to sources in the higher and technical education department.