Mumbai News Live Updates: 8 more services for Metro 7, 2A; total now 253

Saturday’s festival of Akshay Tritiya could bring mixed fortunes for the gem and jewellery industry. Gold stands at Rs 60,000 per 10 gm and rates are expected to rise further. Meanwhile, fewer weddings are scheduled this day because planet Jupiter remains ‘ast’ or combust till the end of the month.Akshay Tritiya is one of the most auspicious three-and-a-half mahurats of the Hindu almanac for performing religious rites and making purchases. Pandit Bharat Bhushan Mishra of Malad said, “The Akshay Tritiya mahurat starts at 7. 50am on Saturday April 22, and ends at 7. 47amSunday April 23. But the festival will be celebrated on Saturday alone. This time, fewer weddings will be performed because planet Jupiter (Guru) iscombust ('ast'). It will rise on April 29, after which there are big wedding mahurats on May 1, 2 and 10. ”

In a relief to commuters, Maha Mumbai Metro Operation Corporation Ltd (MMOCL) will have eight more services on Metro 7 and 2A (Gundavali-Dahisar-Andheri west) corridor from Monday. MMOCL chairman SVR Srinivas said, “The services will now touch 253 from 245. We have taken this decision due to increase in passenger load. ” The frequency will improve to 7. 29 minutes instead of 8 minutes during peak hours.

The state’s higher education department has finally set things in motion for the implementation of the four-year undergraduate degree programme with multiple entry-exit options as recommended in the National Education Policy 2020 by issuing a government resolution (GR) late on Thursday.The four-year programme with honours or honours with research will be implemented from 2023-24 to all undergraduate and postgraduate programmes other than those regulated by the AICTE, the Bar Council of India, and the National Council for Teacher’s Education. The fourth year will be effective from 2026-27. The state has set a deadline of April 30 for all autonomous colleges and universities to set up an NEP implementation cell and adopt government regulations. Colleges are to submit an action taken report within 10 days of the deadline.

The state crossed 50 Covid-19 deaths for April on Thursday, after adding three fatalities from Mumbai, Satara and Wardha. Fresh detections in state remained over 1,100 for the second day in a row, while for Mumbai the daily tally continued to hover at more than 200 (207).The deceased from Mumwoman with multiple comorbidities, including, diabetes, hypertension, chronic kidney disease, ischemic heart disease and interstitial lung disease. State authorities have confirmed 75 Covid-19 deaths since January. Of them, 73% have occurred in individuals above 60 years of age. Importantly, 71% of the deceased had comorbidities, health authorities added. recorded death of an 86-yearold man, who died of heart attack a day after being discharged from Koparde hospital where he was being treated for suspected Covid. The patient died due to cardio respiratory arrest on Thursday.

Observing that the accused had knowledge that a single blow to his 88-year-old mother who was on oxygen support, was dangerous and in all probability would cause her death, a sessions court convicted and sentenced a 50-yearold man to life imprisonment for hitting his ailing mother in 2016 at their Goregaon flat over a property dispute. The woman died a day later.“The intention and knowledge on the part of accused can be ascertained from the very fact that though accused knew the fact that the deceased was 88 years old andwas suffering from various diseases, he assaulted the deceased on various parts of body,” Judge S N Salve said.