scorecardresearch
Tuesday, March 19, 2024
TopicMUMBAI

Topic: MUMBAI

Look for Amitav Ghosh, Rohinton Mistry novels not just on bookshelves, but on a map now

Indian authors have imagined Mumbai, Kolkata, Delhi in fiction. This archive maps it.

Mumbai plans ‘pod taxi’ network in prime business hub BKC on public-private model

Pod taxis can carry a limited number of passengers at a time and run on electricity, typically on an elevated track.

Former Lok Sabha Speaker Manohar Joshi passes away at 86

The former Maharashtra chief minister was admitted after suffering a cardiac arrest in the ICU of PD Hinduja Hospital in Mumbai on Wednesday.

Aspiring politician, rape accused — who was Mauris Noronha, the man who ‘killed’ Shiv Sena UBT leader  

For the last 3 years, Mauris Noronha had been branding himself as a politician. It was this political ambition that’s believed to be at the root of Thursday’s shooting.

‘One-upmanship contest, old grudge’ — why Shiv Sena (UBT) politician was shot on Facebook Live

Mauris Noronha shot former Mumbai corporator Abhishek Ghosalkar, with whom he had a running feud, dead on Facebook Live Thursday. Incident has led to political row in Maharashtra. 

Tata Trusts to open India’s 1st state-of-the-art small animal hospital in Mumbai

The hospital will have diagnostic services, treatment facilities, and an emergency room. It will also have a dedicated training centre for pet parents and veterinarians.

Bengaluru, Mumbai among top 10 Asia-Pacific cities which saw highest rise in home prices in 2023

The report noted that 21 cities in APAC region recorded either positive or stable growth in the second half of 2023. Singapore topped the list with a y-o-y growth of 13.7 percent.

Posters, discounts, free blood tests — how Dongri celebrated homeboy Munawar Faruqui’s Bigg Boss win

Sea of people greeted stand-up comic who's seen many high & lows with big success in reality tv, cancelled shows & an arrest over allegedly controversial remarks.

On Camera

Indian shipping sector is vulnerable to geopolitical unrest. Build local, invest in air cargo

With the ongoing conflict at the Red Sea, India needs to take a long-term view of the PLI scheme and its ambition to emerge as a hub of shipping containers.

Complaints to RBI ombudsman up 68% in FY23, banks biggest cause for customer grievances

Data shows large public sector banks received highest number of complaints in absolute terms, but fared better than several private banks when looked at on complaints-per-branch basis.

Tiger Triumph-24 — India-US tri-services exercise to boost coordination begins

The exercise will be simulated to undertake HADR operations in a ‘friendly island nation’, where troops will execute amphibious landing ops.

CAA comes not with a bang, but with a whimper. Without NRC, it will fade into academic debate

For BJP, CAA was strategic move that did not quite work out because those it would benefit could’ve been accommodated under existing laws, and new entrants would remain excluded.