Burlington [US], Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], October 3 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Labcorp (NYSE: LH), a leading global life sciences company, today announced the appointment of Dr Deepa Desai as senior vice president and country head of Labcorp Drug Development India.

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], September 26 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Alkem Foundation and the Mumbai Chapter of Alzheimer's & Related Disorders Society of India (ARDSI) organized an Alzheimer's awareness campaign on September 25, 2022, at the Mumbai University Campus, Kalina. The event saw more than 500 people participate, including citizens from all strata of society, medical practitioners, caregivers, corporate people, and non-governmental organizations.

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], August 23 (ANI): A prominent hotel in Mumbai received a hoax bomb threat from an unknown person, the Mumbai Police said today.

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 20 (ANI/PNN): Sanskar Bharti, one of the well-known organisation working towards the promotion of Indian art and culture worldwide along with the Academy of Theatre Arts, Mumbai University, and IGNCA are celebrating the 75 years of Independence and the contribution of Indian cinema towards it. On the 2nd day of the seminar, Cine Talkies, Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav concluded with many visionary discussions and freedom stories of the unsung heroes.

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], March 11 (ANI): A man has been arrested for allegedly making a false bomb blast threat on the campus of Mumbai University, informed Police on Thursday.

Mumbai Oct 20 PTI Colleges and universities across Maharashtra resumed physical classes on Wednesday after being closed for over one-and-a-half years due to the COVID-19 pandemic As per the state governments directive only fully vaccinated students are being allowed to attend the classroom sessions For those who cannot attend the physical classes in the wake of the fully vaccinated criteria most colleges have made the provision of broadcasting live lectures or continuing with the online lectures facility Last week Maharashtra Higher and Technical Education Minister Uday Samant said all the colleges and universities in the state can conduct physical classes from October 20 and students must be fully vaccinated in order to attend the classroom sessions The decision comes in the wake of schools across the state resuming physical sessions for classes 5 to 12 on October 4 after being shut for more than one-and-a-half years due to the pandemic The state government has allowed all non-agricultural colleges state-run universities deemed universities self-financed universities and colleges affiliated to them to hold physical classes with effect from Wednesday Minister Samant last week said every university should issue the standard operating procedures SOPs to the colleges affiliated to it Acting on the governments directive the Mumbai University on Sunday issued SOPs for all colleges affiliated to it As per its SOPs the classrooms can have only 50 per cent students of the total capacity Also colleges should give the students an option for online or offline sessions The institutes should keep a record of the COVID-19 vaccination certificates of every student and staff attending the physical sessions according to the Mumbai Universitys SOPs On Tuesday Maharashtra reported 1638 new coronavirus cases and 49 fatalities taking the tally of infections to 6594820 and the toll to 139865 while 2791 patients recovered a health department official earlier said The total number of recoveries in Maharashtra rose to 6424547 leaving the state with 26805 active cases the official said Maharashtras COVID-19 recovery rate stood at 9742 per cent while the fatality rate was 212 per cent PTI KK GK GK

Mumbai Sep 27 PTI Iconic Bombay High Court and Mumbai University buildings will now be open for tourists as part of Heritage Walks during weekends as the Maharashtra Tourism Department on Monday inked an agreement with respective authorities The Maharashtra Tourism Department signed a heritage tour memorandum of understanding MoU with the Bombay High Court and Mumbai University to allow tourists to visit these iconic buildings on non-working days -- Saturdays and Sundays MTDC said on the occasion of the World Tourism Day While Mumbai University will be open for tourists on Sundays and public holidays and the tour will be conducted by TOGA Tourist Guide Association guides it added Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has launched a revamped multilingual website on Maharashtra tourism It is available in 9 languages including English Hindi Marathi Bengali Gujarati Telugu French Japanese and SpanishSpeaking on the occasion state Tourism Environment and Protocol Minister Aaditya Thackeray said the emphasis on policy reforms and infrastructure development will put Maharashtra at the forefront of the world tourism map in the next few years We have focussed on policy reform during the past year It is believed that in the next few years Maharashtra will be at the forefront of the world tourism map due to the efforts taken by the tourism department Thackeray said at a function to mark World Tourism Day 2021 To boost the sector the Maharashtra government has brought down the number of applications and licences needed for setting up a tourism-related business to just 10 from the earlier 70-80 he added Similarly the no-objection certificates NOCs required were brought down to 9 self-certifications from the earlier 15 NOCs and 3-month timelines for issuance of different licences among others were introduced that will benefit the sector The government has also granted industry status to the tourism and hospitality sector which was pending since 1999 the minister said Basic tourism infrastructure is now on the fast track Today several major international five and seven-star hotels were interested in setting shop in various parts of Maharashtra We will be holding several meetings to listen to stakeholders on improving Maharashtra tourism in the coming days Thackeray said The minister added that the opening of the Chippi airport in October will give a major boost to tourism in the Konkan region PTI SM BAL BAL