Mumbai: A police officer Sachin Vaze has been arrested in connection with the case of an explosive device found near Mukesh Ambani’s house. The Vaze was arrested after a 12 – hour interrogation.

He was arrested on charges in connection with conspiracy in the case. A team led by NIA Inspector General Anil Shukla was called to the NIA Mumbai office to record the arrest of Sachin Vaze.

Initially, he has investigated the case of a car laid with explosives near Ambani’s house. Then the case referred to the Anti – Terrorism Squad and the NIA.

New Delhi: Passengers have been directed to wear proper masks while traveling. Ordered by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA). The new proposal comes amid a sharp rise in Covid’s second outbreak in the country.

Those who arrive without a proper mask will be dropped off. The mask is also not allowed to be worn under the nose. Airports will not allow passengers to arrive without wearing the mask.

Security officials can take legal action against passengers who behave irresponsibly. The order issued by the DGCA also states that those who do not wear the mask properly can be included in the list of misbehaving passengers.

New Delhi: Disposable plastics will be banned in the country. The ban will be implemented in two phases. The first phase will start on January 1. The special committee headed by the central government has decided to ban single-use plastic waste in the wake of rising plastic pollution in the country.

It was also decided to stop the production of disposable plastic waste. The minimum quality of single-use polythene bags will be increased from 50 microns to 100 microns. This will be implemented by September 30.

Chennai: Gold worth Rs 36 crore seized from Salem in Tamil Nadu. A total of 234 kg of gold was seized from a mini lorry while trying to smuggle it to Coimbatore. The illegal gold was seized by the Flying Squad of the Election Commission.
Three people have been taken into police custody in connection with the incident. They are being questioned. An investigation is underway into whether the gold was taken for distribution. Earlier in the day, a flying squad of the Election Commission seized about Rs 18 lakh and six kilos of silver from the Chennai railway station.

New Delhi: The banking sector in the country will be paralyzed for four days from today. Today is the second Saturday and tomorrow is Sunday, which is a bank holiday. The strike, called by the United Forum of Bank Unions (UFBU) against the central government’s decision to privatize public sector banks, will be held on May 15 and 16.

One million employees and officers across the country will join the strike on May 15, 16 against the move to privatize public sector banks. The banking sector will come to a complete standstill during the 48-hour nationwide strike. Public sector, private, foreign, and rural banks will fully participate in the strike called by the National Unity Forum of the nine bank unions. Ahead of the strike, workers wearing masks marched on banks yesterday. Apart from district and town level dharnas, rallies were also held at various centers. Public sector privatization day will be observed on the 15th.

New Delhi: The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has said that physics, chemistry, and mathematics will continue to be the major subjects in engineering courses, but it is not mandatory to have studied these subjects at the plus two levels. AICTE has made this clear in its Approval Handbook for the 2021-22 academic year.

Physics, mathematics, and chemistry will continue to be the main subjects for things like mechanical engineering. However, it is said that students studying subjects like textile engineering, agriculture or biotechnology will have an option.

Until now, only students who have studied Chemistry / Biotechnology / Biology / Technical Vocational subjects along with Maths and Physics at Plus Two level are eligible for admission to BE / B.Tech courses.

The AICTE Handbook also states that the respective universities will offer bridge courses to students who have not studied Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics and are eligible for the course.

Bhopal: Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan says night curfew will be imposed in Indore and Bhopal due to covid cases increases in the state. The curfew will be imposed on Sunday or Monday night. The passengers coming via air, rail, the road will be screened, he added. The Chief Minister instructed the authorities to make sure people are obeying the rules.