Weather forecast for Thursday (1.6.2023)
The maximum and minimum temperatures on Thursday are likely to be around 38°C and 29°C, respectively.
Humid weather very likely
Sunset: 6.17pm
Sunrise: 4.52am
Yesterday’s weather update (31.5.2023)
Temperature
Maximum: 37.4°C (+2)
Minimum: 29.7°C (+2)
Rainfall: Nil
Humidity
Maximum: 90%
Minimum: 47%
4-year UG from 2023-24: Bratya
The West Bengal education department has clar-ified that it will introduce a four-year undergraduate programme from the 2023-24 academic year, replacing the three-year one, in compliance with the National Curriculum and Credit Framework recommended by the UGC.
Kolkata Traffic Police posted a list of programmes that might affect the city traffic on Thursday (1.6.2023)
- 12.30/1pm: Programme at Biswa Bangla Mela Prangan, JBS Haldane Avenue
- 2pm: Procession near from Esplanade tram depot towards West Bengal Transport Department via KC Das crossing, Bentinck Street
- 4pm: Procession near from Aliah University towards Y-Channel via Rafi Ahmed Kidwai Road, SN Banerjee Road and Dorina crossing
- 4.30/5pm: Procession from Goshtho Pal statue to Mahatma Gandhi statue on Mayo Road via Bangabasi ground, Red Road, Mayo Road
- 5pm: Procession near from Lenin statue, Esplanade, towards Mahajati Sadan via Chittaranjan Avenue
Suranjan Das retires as Jadavpur University vice-chancellor
Suranjan Das ended his nine-year stint as the vice-chancellor of Jadavpur University on Wednesday. Das, who turned 65 on June 23, 2019, was reappointed the same year after the Assembly passed a bill raising the retirement age of vice-chancellors from 65 to 70.
He could not serve the entire five-year period because Governor C.V. Ananda Bose, the chancellor of state universities, did not extend his tenure beyond May 31. Das, a former VC of Calcutta University, will take over as VC of a private University on June 1.
Summer break in schools till June 15
Chief minister MamataBanerjee on Wednesday extended the summer vacation in all schools — government, government-aided and private — till June 15 citing a “heatwave”.
Cheat cuffs
A man, who police said was a film director and producer, was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly cheating a person out of Rs 20 lakh by making him invest in a film promising him the lead role.
Following a complaint by Akshay Gupta, a resident of Birbhum, the police arrested Piyush Chandra Saha. The movie for which Gupta is said to have invested money did not get made and the money was allegedly not returned