Weather forecast for Tuesday (25.7.2023)
The maximum and minimum temperatures on Tuesday are likely to be around 33°C and 28°C, respectively.
Partly cloudy sky
Sunset: 6.21pm
Sunrise: 5.05am
Yesterday’s weather update (24.7.2023)
Temperature
Maximum: 33.2°C (+1.2)
Minimum: 28.1°C (+1.6)
Rainfall: 3.2mm
Humidity
Maximum: 88%
Minimum: 66%
Kolkata Traffic Police have posted a list of programmes that might affect the city traffic on Tuesday (25.7.2023)
- 5pm: Procession near from Sankharitola Street and will move along Sankharitola Street – AJC Bose Road and will finally terminate near Moulali crossing
- 5pm: Procession near from Lenin statue, Esplanade, to Mahajati Sadan via Chittaranjan Avenue
- 6pm: A meeting in front of Jatin Das Park near Hazra crossing
Religious processions
- 11.30am: Procession near from 35 Rabindra Sarani and terminate at the place of origin
- 1pm: Procession near from Tiljala Shibtala Lane and terminate at its place of origin via Tiljala Shibtala Lane, Kusthia Road, Kohinoor Market, Kusthia Maidan
- 2pm: Procession from Prince Rahimuddin Lane and proceed towards Rashbehari Avenue crossing and back to the place of origin via Deshapran Sashmal Road – SP Mukherjee Road
Esplanade traffic alert
Traffic will be regulated for a couple of minutes on Chowringhee Road on Tuesday afternoon, police said. Anytime between 2.30pm and 3.30pm on Tuesday, two retired officers of the armed forces will jump from the roof of The 42 in Chowringhee, the tallest building in the city.
With the help of parachutes, they are expected to land on the Maidan. The jump, expected to be over in around a minute, is part of a promotional campaign in the run-up to Durand Cup, a football tournament organised by the army. A slice of the Maidan is being dressed up for the programme, which is open to all.
ICSE fate hinges on Centre
The head of the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE), which conducts the ICSE (Class X) and ISC (Class XII) exams, has said the fate of the Class X board exams from 2025 will depend on the Centre s decision.
“As of today, till `24 we will have normal examinations, Class X and Class XII. But in `25, as soon as the ministry decides we will change,” Gerry Arathoon, chief executive and secretary of the CISCE, said on Monday.
More MBBS seats as one more college opens doors
A private medical college at Howrah s Santragachhi, which will start admitting MBBS students this academic year, was inaugurated by chief minister Mamata Banerjee from Alipore on Monday.
The JIS School of Medical Science, Research Centre and Hospital will admit 150 students. The number of undergraduate medical seats will go up to 5,000 once the college in Howrah starts enrolling students.
Convention
A platform of university teachers and former vice-chancellors of state-aided universities in Bengal will organise a national convention on “Higher Education: Crisis and Challenges” on August 2. The convention will focus on the issue of parallel administration unleashed in higher education by the governor in his capacity as chancellor of state universities.
They said the chancellor, by appointing a retired chief justice and a retired police officer as officiating VCs, has “jeopardised the credibility of the university management”. The convention will be held at the University Institute Hall in central Kolkata.