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Moon to eclipse Saturn next week; here’s how you can watch | Pune News

Moon to eclipse Saturn next week; here’s how you can watch | Pune News

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On the night of October 14, the Moon will come directly between the Earth and the ringed planet Saturn, Arvind Paranjpye, Director, Nehru Planetarium, Nehru Centre said on Friday. “This occultation of Saturn by the Moon will be visible from India. It can be seen with the naked eye, but a pair of binoculars or a small telescope will be most helpful. If you have a good telescope, the event will be most enjoyable. The event will take place about half an hour after midnight on October 14,” Paranjpye said in a statement issued on Friday. In astronomical terminology, occultation occurs when one astronomical object hides the other. One is advised to observe the Moon and Saturn from about 11.30 pm on October 14. Saturn will be to the East of the Moon. As time progresses, the separation between the two will be seen reducing. Then, at some point, Saturn will start disappearing behind the Moon. After about an hour, Saturn can be seen coming out from behind the Moon. Click here to join Express …

CM Eknath Shinde to inaugurate multiple BMC projects on Sunday | Mumbai News

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Chief Minister Eknath Shinde is set to inaugurate a slew of civic infrastructure projects on October 7. The CM’s move to inaugurate these projects comes in the wake of Assembly polls, which is likely to take place in November. Most of these projects include beautification and restoration work of some of the key heritage and tourist places in Mumbai. According to Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) officials, CM Shinde along with deputy chief ministers Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar will conduct the ground-breaking (bhoomi poojan) ceremony of the proposed beautification work in Mumbadevi temple, Food Park facility at Badhwar Park (Cuffe Parade), proposed promenade at Mahim beach, Fashion Street beautification plan and installation of ‘pink toilets’ in multiple locations in the city. The said projects were announced in multiple phases by guardian ministers–Mangal Prabhat Lodha and Deepak Kesarkar–and civic officials said the construction work for these projects will begin immediately after the Bhoomi poojan ceremony. Click here to join The Indian Express on WhatsApp and get latest news and updates Source link

Govt asks states to identify facilities, trained human resources to handle mpox cases

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The Centre on Thursday asked all states to identify facilities and trained human resources for taking care of both suspected and confirmed mpox cases after India reported its first case of the strain that had last month prompted WHO to declare a public health emergency. In a letter to states and Union territories, Union Health Secretary Apurva Chandra said samples from skin lesions of any patient with suspected mpox symptoms should be immediately sent to designated labs. Samples testing positive will be sent to the Indian Council of Medical Research-National Institute of Virology (ICMR-NIV) for genome sequencing to determine the clade. Chandra said the World Health Organization (WHO) on August 14 announced that the current outbreak of mpox (previously known as Monkeypox) disease was a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). This is the second time such mpox disease-associated PHEIC has been declared by WHO under the International Health Regulations, 2005, to which India is a signatory. The previous outbreak in 2022 was caused by the Clade 2 strain of the virus, the letter …

43 die, 3 missing while taking holy dip during ‘Jivitputrika’ festival in 15 Bihar districts

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Altogether 43 people, including 37 children, drowned and three others went missing while taking holy dips in rivers and ponds in separate incidents during the ‘Jivitputrika’ festival in Bihar, the state government said on Thursday. The incidents occurred in 15 districts of the state during the festival held on Wednesday. During the ‘Jivitputrika’ festival, women fast for the well-being of their children and both take holy dips. “A total of 43 bodies have been recovered so far. Further search operation is on,” a statement issued by the Disaster Management Department (DMD) said. Chief Minister Nitish Kumar announced an exgratia of Rs 4 lakh for the next of kin of the deceased. The process of providing the exgratia has begun and family members of eight deceased have already received it, the statement said. “The incidents of drowning were reported from East and West Champaran, Nalanda, Aurangabad, Kaimur, Buxar, Siwan, Rohtas, Saran, Patna, Vaishali, Muzaffarpur, Samastipur, Gopalganj and Arwal districts. Click here to join The Indian Express on WhatsApp and get latest news and updates Source link

Western Railway over 100-hour block for sixth line project, 74 hours’ work pending | Mumbai News

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The Western Railway’s Mumbai division has completed 105.08 hours of the scheduled 180-hour block required for the ongoing construction of the sixth railway line between Goregaon and Kandivali. With 74 hours of work still remaining, Chief Public Relations Officer Vineet Abhisheek emphasised that the project has progressed with minimal disruption to commuters as major blocks have been planned during weekends for this work. According to WR officials, significant progress has been made in non-interlocking work on both the up and down lines, as well as the carshed line at Kandivali. Additionally, cut and connection work on the up and down lines at Malad station has been completed. However, critical tasks such as the non-interlocking work at Goregaon Yard, Malad and Kandivali, along with cut and connection work on the up through line, the fifth and sixth lines, and point insertion work at Kandivali, are still pending. These will be addressed during the remaining block hours, officials said. The project involves laying a 4.5-km stretch of the sixth line between Goregaon and Kandivali stations. The line …

‘V-C, his aides from UP calling us, our parents’: At RGNUL Patiala, protesting students allege expulsion threats | Chandigarh News

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The students of Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law (RGNUL) in Punjab’s Patiala continued their sit-in protest for the fourth consecutive day on Wednesday, demanding the resignation of Vice-Chancellor Professor Jai Shankar Singh. On day four, the protesting students alleged that V-C Singh and “his aides from Uttar Pradesh who are politically influential” made several calls to them and their parents “to stifle the protest”. Students also alleged that their parents were told that their child “would be expelled from the university if he/she continues to participate in the protest”. Singh, who hails from Prayagraj, was earlier the dean of the department of law at the University of Allahabad. Speaking to The Indian Express, a protesting student who hails from Uttar Pradesh, said, “Today, the V-C called me and my parents. Later, my parents received another call from a politically influential person from UP. The V-C told me to come and meet him and asked why I was protesting against him despite being from UP. Later, he called my parents and said, ‘Your child is …

Teenager dies of electrocution at Prophet Mohammad’s birth anniversary procession in Pune | Pune News

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A teenager died due to electrocution during a procession to mark the birth anniversary of Prophet Mohammad in the Wadgaon Sheri area of Pune city on Sunday morning. The Pune city police identified the deceased as Abhay Waghmare, 17. A senior police officer said the incident took place around 10.30 am when the procession was passing through the vegetable market in Wadgaon Sheri. The police said Waghmare and a couple of others were waving a flag affixed to an iron rod during the procession. While waving the flag, they were standing on the music system installed over a vehicle. They received a major electric shock after coming into contact with an overhead cable. “Waghmare died in the incident and at least one more person identified as Zaki Shaikh was left critically injured and is currently being treated at a private hospital,” said the senior police officer. Meanwhile, Waghmare’s body was sent for postmortem. Click here to join Express Pune WhatsApp channel and get a curated list of our stories Source link