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Mumbai News Live Updates: Union Minister Narayan Rane admitted to Lilavati hospital for X-ray ahead of angioplasty

Mumbai News Live Updates: The incident occurred around 6 am when the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) bus was travelling from Bhusawal in north Maharashtra's Jalgaon district to Boisar in Palghar, a police official said.

By: Express Web Desk | Mumbai |
Updated: May 27, 2022 12:01:13 pm
Narayan RaneUnion Minister Narayan Rane (File)

Mumbai News Live Updates: Union Minister Narayan Rane on Friday morning was admitted to Mumbai’s Lilavati hospital for a coronary angiography, or an X-ray of the heart’s blood vessels, ahead of an angioplasty operation.

At least 15 persons were injured, five of them seriously, when the bus they were travelling in plunged into a 25-feet deep gorge at Wagobha Khind in Palghar district of Maharashtra on Mumbai-Ahmedabad highway early on Friday, police told PTI. The incident occurred around 6 am when the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) bus was travelling from Bhusawal in north Maharashtra’s Jalgaon district to Boisar in Palghar, a police official said.

Mumbai on Thursday recorded 350 new coronavirus positive cases, its highest single-day count since February 11 this year, although nobody died due to the infection during the day, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said. This is for the 10th day in a row that the metropolis has witnessed more than 150 Covid-19 cases. Except four days, the city has recorded daily infection cases in three digits so far this month. With this addition, Mumbai’s infection tally climbed to 10, 63,921, but the death toll remained unchanged at 19,566, the civic body said in its bulletin.

 

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Mumbai News Live Updates: 15 injured as bus falls into gorge in Palghar

09:47 (IST)27 May 2022
15 injured as bus falls into gorge in Palghar

At least 15 persons were injured, five of them seriously, when the bus they were travelling in plunged into a 25-feet deep gorge at Wagobha Khind in Palghar district of Maharashtra on Mumbai-Ahmedabad highway early on Friday, police told PTI. The incident occurred around 6 am when the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) bus was travelling from Bhusawal in north Maharashtra’s Jalgaon district to Boisar in Palghar, a police official said.

The overall state performance of Maharashtra was ranked higher in language, Mathematics and EVS subjects, than the national average in most cases. (File photo)

Learning outcomes get worse in higher classes for Maharashtra students; Mumbai worst in state

The learning outcome among high school children in Mumbai suburban area is the worst in Maharashtra, revealed the results of the National Achievement Survey (NAS) 2021 released Wednesday evening. Even when it comes to primary school children, Mumbai fared only slightly better than the remote, insurgency-hit Gadchiroli, the report showed.

Conducted on November 12, 2021, NAS assessed over 34 lakh students in 1.8 lakh schools in 720 districts across India. The purpose of NAS is to gauge the health of the school education system and assess learning outcomes in students by conducting an evaluation of their learning competency at Class III, V, VIII and X, officials said. The NAS was last held in 2017.

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