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MUMBAI: Almost 93% of 18-19 year-olds in Maharashtra are not registered as voters according to the latest draft revision of the state’s electoral roll published on Friday. Even more worrying, the figure is lower than it was on January 5, when the last final electoral roll was published. At that time, 84.5% of 18-19 year olds were not in the voters list.The number of voters in the 18-19 years age group...

LONDON: Rishi Sunak on Wednesday completed a year as Britain's first Indian-origin Prime Minister, having taken charge at 10 Downing Street amid the turmoil of predecessor Liz Truss' short-lived premiership and several domestic and global challenges. The 43-year-old faced off with Opposition Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer in the House of Commons as his office was keen to portray it as just another...

MUMBAI: Measures adopted by the BMC to curb air pollution leave much to be desired, according to climate experts.Those measuring air quality have seen a "phenomenal jump" in particulate matter and other pollutants over Mumbai between October 2022 and 2023. In fact, the average concentration of particulate matter over the city of Mumbai has increased by 100%. Terming the situation as "grave" and...

NEW DELHI: Rohit Sharma continues to showcase his batting prowess in the World Cup with the Indian skipper becoming the first batter from the country to hit 50 sixes in a calendar year in ODIs.Rohit achieved the milestone during the World Cup match against New Zealand in Dharamsala when he clobbered Matt Henry over cow corner for a huge six.India star pacer Mohammed Shami breaks Anil Kumble's record,...

BENGALURU: A 20-year-old college student has alleged that she was harassed by an off-duty pilot on an Akasa Air flight from Bengaluru to Pune and her complaint to the flight attendant and the airline failed to elicit any action. The flyer alleged that the pilot forced her into switching seats and moving close to him and offered her the 'alcoholic drink' he was consuming.Akasa Air said it investigated...

NEW DELHI: Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan has said appearing for Class X and XII board exams twice a year won't be mandatory as the system is being introduced in a bid to reduce stress on students caused by the fear of getting just one opportunity.In an interview to PTI, Pradhan also said the issue of 'dummy schools' cannot be ignored and the time has come to have a serious discussion about...

NEW DELHI: The United States mission to India has reached and surpassed its goal to process one million non-immigrant visa applications in 2023, according to a press release by the US Embassy in New Delhi. The mission has already surpassed the total number of cases processed in 2022 and is processing almost 20% more applications than in pre-pandemic 2019. The mission has also implemented strategies to...

NEW DELHI: More than 3,000 cases of dengue and one death due to the vector-borne disease have been recorded in the national capital Delhi in the past six months, according to official data shared by the MCD in the House on Tuesday. In the data shared in a written response, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) also said the number of cases recorded in September was the "highest" in the last four...

THANE: Thane residents seem to have given thumbs up to eco-friendly visarjan as a majority of the Bappa idols immersed on the fifth day of Ganeshotsav were done in artificial ponds, civic data reveals. As many as 11,536 or around 64% of the total 17,836 Ganpati and Gauri idols including 171 sarvajanik idols immersions were done at the 15 designated artificial ponds while 42 special tanks in the city saw...

MUMBAI: There's a 13% jump in the number of Ganpati mandals receiving permission to erect pandals on city roads this year, according to data received from BMC on Monday. In fact, this Ganeshotsav will see the highest number of pandals with BMC granting approvals to 2,729 mandals so far. Last year, 2,417 mandals had got approvals.This year, BMC received 3,767 applications, of which 1,038 were rejected...