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It was an early April day in 2019 – before the past present times of the pandemic – that I went out fishing with Mangesh Sakre and his crew in the waters off Worli Koliwada, a settlement of fishers off Mumbai’s western coast.
The time between December and March is generally peak fishing season. April was still a good time to fish in Mumbai, though Koli fishers were now anxious about getting good catches on the few fishing days that remained before the monsoon arrived.
The water was a beautiful green-blue and very calm. Sakre wasn’t happy seeing it like this. “The water has changed,” Sakre told me when I asked him what he thought of his prospects that day. This colour is not so great for catching pomfret, he said.
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MUMBAI: Dengue cases have been rising sharply across the city, said doctors, even though the BMC has officially stated that only eight patients were diagnosed between July 1 and 11.
An added complication this monsoon, said doctors, was that several dengue patients have been coming in with symptoms of cold, cough and low oxygen levels that are now synonymous with Covid-19.
Infectious diseases specialist Dr Om Srivastava said people associated dengue with a drop in white blood cells and platelets, but “we now have dengue patients with cough, cold and lower respiratory ailments”.
It isn’t as if dengue’s symptoms have changed but Covid has changed us, said Dr Gautam Bhansali from Bombay Hospital near New Marine Lines. “People have become very observant, especially with cough, cough and blood oxygen levels. All these symptoms are part of most viral fever, be it Covid or dengue,” he said.
Mumbai: 80-year-old punished 38 years after lie about bank lockers
ByRebecca SamervelRebecca Samervel / Updated: May 5, 2021, 08:16 IST
(This story was first published in the Times of India on May 5, 2021)
Mumbai: In a case the
court termed “unique”, 38 years after a now 80-year-old Nepean Sea road resident was booked for lying to
Income Tax officers by claiming that his family had no bank lockers when in fact he had one in his name and two in his wife’s name, a
magistrate court recently convicted and sentenced him to imprisonment until the rising of the court.
In such a sentence, the convicted accused has to sit in court until the day’s proceedings conclude. The court rejected the defence submissions that bank lockers are usually looked after by wives and they are aware of the transactions.
Mumbai News Updates: Will meet PM Modi over Maratha reservation row if needed, says CM Uddhav Thackeray
Mumbai News Updates: Will meet PM Modi over Maratha reservation row if needed, says CM Uddhav Thackeray
Mumbaikars over 45 years of age will be allowed to get the vaccine today on the spot, without prior registration. However, the walk-in facility is permitted only for 20 per cent of the centre s capacity, and the remaining have been asked to book their slot on Cowin. Mumbai on Tuesday reported 2,554 new cases of coronavirus, the lowest one-day rise since mid-march. With 62 patients succumbing to the virus, the fatality count in the city climbed to 13,470. So far, the metropolis has recorded 6,61,420 including 5,94,859 recoveries, and now has 51,380 active cases. In other news, the Maharashtra government has set up a special cell for children orphaned due to COVID-19. Catch all the latest updates from Mumbai here:
The Coastal Road project consists of a tunnel, road, and an interchange.
MUMBAI: The BMC’s ‘Mavala’ Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) completed digging 100 meters of the Coastal Road tunnel on Tuesday. According to BMC officials, the TBM digs around 3 meters per day. Mavala is India’s biggest TBM and has been at work 20 metres under the ground since January 11 when it was commissioned by chief minister Uddhav Thackeray.
Officials said that the TBM is placed around 20 meters below the ground under Priyadarshini Park at Nepean Sea Road. The tunnel that begins from Priyadarshini Park will pass through Malabar Hill and ends at Choti Chowpatty along Marine Drive.