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83 Anganwadi centres across the district are also being upgraded Noida: The district administration identified 288 severely malnourished and 2,155 moderately malnourished children in June, officials said during a district review meeting on Wednesday. The review also found that growth monitoring covered 84,557 of the district’s 85,174 registered children — over 99%.The figures were reviewed during a district nutrition committee meeting, where officials assessed the implementation of nutrition-related schemes, including Poshan Tracker, Sambhav Abhiyan 6.0, supplementary nutrition distribution and Anganwadi infrastructure.The number of severely acute malnourished (SAM) children in Gautam Budh Nagar fluctuated in the first half of the year,…

Move aimed at bringing uniformity in operations of autonomous colleges, particularly regarding fee structures and course implementation Pune: The Maharashtra higher education and technical department has tasked the Maharashtra State Academic and Research Council (MahaSARC) with framing uniform state-level guidelines for autonomous colleges by Aug 15. The move is intended to bring uniformity in the operations of autonomous colleges, particularly regarding fee structures and course implementation.As a precursor to the new policy, a special session will be held this Friday during a meeting of vice-chancellors and pro-vice-chancellors of state public universities at the Maharashtra State Faculty Development Academy (MSFDA) in…

Panaji: Credai-Goa has pushed for reforms to the state’s town and country planning (TCP) rules to encourage planned development and green buildings, while also lobbying for faster project approvals and simpler environmental clearances. It said that it has initiated preliminary discussions with state authorities to launch a Goa-specific version of its national tree-plantation initiative.The apex body of the state’s organised real estate developers has submitted a series of policy recommendations to Goa govt over the past year aimed at reforming the TCP framework and simplifying project approval timelines and environmental clearance processes.Credai-Goa president Rajesh Sheth also called on real estate…

A retired veterinary doctor has taken upon himself the task of filling potholes on roads. The Sector 25 resident has been filling potholes as the MC failed to do in this area. He has also been cleaning road gullies Panchkula: Every morning, while most residents of Sector 25 go about their routine, 74-year-old retired veterinary doctor Dr Ram Kumar can often be seen on the streets with a broom, a metal rod or a cement pan in hand.For the past four years, the senior citizen has quietly taken upon himself a responsibility he believes the municipal corporation has failed to…

Lucknow: More than a dozen municipal dustbins are missing along the 2 km Heritage Zone stretch from the Bada Imambara to the Chhota Imambara in Husainabad, revealed a TOI reality check.With bins gone, visitors have been discarding garbage in corners of the monuments, including umbrella domes (locally called chattris). Rainwater carries the waste into drains, leading to blockages and waterlogging in several parts of the area.In front of the Bada Imambara, the green dustbin was missing from its frame, while the blue bin was filled. Near the Rumi Gate, several bins had disappeared, leaving only empty frames, and the remaining…

Patna: In a bid to eliminate tuberculosis (TB), the state detected 8,537 TB patients during an intensive statewide screening campaign conducted between July 2 and July 19. The state health department on Thursday said it screened over 95.32 lakh people against a target of one crore, with all 95,32,242 individuals registered on the central Nikshay portal.To improve diagnostic accuracy, health authorities conducted 3,14,764 digital X-rays among vulnerable groups and carried out 58,255 Nucleic Acid Amplification Tests (NAATs).Highlighting the state’s efforts, health minister Nishant Kumar said, “A TB-Free Bihar is our resolute pledge. Our goal extends beyond identification—we are committed to…

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Nagpur: Three armed miscreants on a motorcycle intercepted a jeweller at Pipla Phata under Khaparkheda police station limits on Thursday night, shot him in the leg and fled with gold and silver ornaments along with cash, totalling around Rs 12 lakh. The incident has created fear among local traders and jewellery shop owners in the area.The victim, Mangesh Marotkar, 35, a resident of Walni Vasti, runs a bullion shop at Dehgaon Rangari. Preliminary probe indicates that the robbers were tailing the jeweller right from his shop, raising strong suspicion of a tip-off leading to the targeted attack.As per police, Marotkar…

Ranchi: The Jharkhand Flying Institute (JFI) has launched certificate and diploma programmes for air hostesses, flight stewards, and ground handlers to enhance skills of state youths, enabling them to secure employability in the aviation sector, authorities said.“The application process for the courses started from July 6 and it will end on July 31. Candidates will be selected based on their merits, personal interview, and spoken English test, followed by their document verification and medical fitness test. The classes will start soon after,” Captain S P Sinha, managing director of JFI, said.The institute will run four programmes: six-month certificate courses in…

Devaswom minister K Muraleedharan Thiruvananthapuram: The state govt is dissatisfied with the slow pace of the Special Investigation Team’s (SIT) probe into the Sabarimala gold loss case and wants the final chargesheet filed without further delay, Devaswom minister K Muraleedharan said on Thursday.Speaking to reporters after former TDB president P S Prasanth was taken into custody in the case, Muraleedharan said arrests alone were not enough and the investigation could not continue indefinitely without a final report.“We cannot remain mere spectators to the slow pace of the investigation. Arrests alone do not complete the probe,” he said. If the chargesheet…