Weather forecast for Wednesday (2.8.2023)
The maximum and minimum temperatures on Tuesday are likely to be around 32°C and 27°C, respectively.
Partly cloudy sky
Sunset: 6.17pm
Sunrise: 5.09am
Yesterday’s weather update (1.8.2023)
Temperature
Maximum: 34.2°C (+1.7)
Minimum: 26.8°C (+0.2)
Rainfall: 26.7mm
Humidity
Maximum: 94%
Minimum: 70%
Till 10.15am, Kolkata Traffic Police did not post any list of programmes that might affect the city traffic on Wednesday (2.8.2023)
Market checks
Officers from the enforcement branch of the Bidhannagar commissionerate have started visiting markets to keep an eye on prices of various commodities, including vegetables. On Tuesday, they visited Salt Lake s AE Block market, Old Baguiati Market and VIP Market in Baguiati.
University teachers seek full-term VCs
The absence of full-term vice-chancellors is hurting state-aided universities because campuses do not have persons at the helm of affairs who can provide academic leadership, said a platform of university teachers associations that held a protest rally in Salt Lake on Tuesday.
None of the 31 state-aided universities in Bengal has a full-term VC. Some are being helmed by officiating VCs who have been allegedly unilaterally appointed by the governor, who is the chancellor of state universities.
We’ve accepted only 4-year-UG part of NEP: Bratya
Education minister Bratya Basu on Tuesday said the introduction of the four-year undergraduate programme does not mean the state government has accepted the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020. The state has only accepted one component of the NEP, the four-year programme, Basu said in the Assembly.