Maharashtra reports 121 new Covid-19 cases, no fresh fatality; Mumbai logs 68 fresh infections

19% in 12-15 years age group double vaccinated against Covid in Navi Mumbai

In Navi Mumbai, around 78% of those in the 12-15 years age group have got their first dose while 19% have received their second as well. Till now, 37,104 students in the age group of 12-15 years have got their first dose while 9,097 have got the second dose. In the age group of 15-18 years, a total of 80,175 students have got their first dose and 62,195 got their second.

Share question banks, paper patterns with students, MU tells colleges

Colleges have also been asked to help with temporary accommodation for students during exams, especially for the outstation ones. “Teachers are already busy with exam work and preparing question banks now will be very time consuming,” said a senior professor. She added that instead of colleges, universities should be sharing question banks with final-year students, because the question papers will be set by the varsity.

Tamil Nadu makes wearing masks mandatory, violators to pay ₹500 fine

Tamil Nadu on Friday re-introduced ₹500 fines for those not wearing masks at public places, news agency PTI reported. The southern state is the latest to make masks mandatory after Punjab, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh in wake of rising covid-19 cases. The decision to collect a ₹500 fine was taken after laxity among people in following Covid appropriate behaviour in public places.

During pandemic, chatbot delivered recipes, bedtime stories to anganwadi beneficiaries

A 25-year-old resident of Pandharpur’s Bhalawani village, Mumbai Mamta Mhaske, was worried when Mhaske’s three-year-old daughter became an erratic eater. When she was racking her brain for ideas, she came across an AI-based chatbot developed by the state’s Women and Child Development (WCD) department, where she found nutritious recipes for children, bedtime stories to keep them engaged and other interventions for early childhood development.

Kalyan Dombivli civic body to tackle water woes in its 27 villages

To address the water woes in 27 villages in Kalyan and Dombivli, the Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation has planned to install GPS in water tankers, set up water tanks, tanker-filling points and increase the frequency of tankers. Since the 27 villages were merged with KDMC in June 2015, the villagers have been protesting against the lack of water supply. Despite several promises by the civic body, there is water shortage in these villages even this year.