Mumbai Smart News

In District Palghar, Maharashtra, around 100% booster doses have been given where as in Mumbai around 97% booster doses have been shot but the over all Maharashtra vaccination response is not upto to the expectations. According to the latest data only 23% children of the age group of 12-15 have been vaccinated with the booster dose. Tune in with Sachin Kalbag and RJ Rohini to know more!

Maharashtra on Saturday reported 194 fresh Covid-19 cases, the highest rise in one day after March 25, and one fatality, taking the tally to 78,76,697 and the death toll to 1,47,832, said the state health department. Tune in with Sachin Kalbag and RJ Rohini to know more!

Even as the city woke up to an overcast sky with the first pre-monsoon drizzle being reported in isolated places, Thursday turned out to be the hottest April day in eight years. India Meteorological Department’s (IMD) Santacruz monitoring station – representative for Mumbai – put the maximum daytime temperature at 38.9 degrees Celsius. The city had on April 22, 2014, recorded a daytime temperature of 39 degrees Celsius. The hottest April day recorded in Mumbai was on April 14, 1952, when the mercury soared to 42.2 degrees Celsius. Tune in with HT's Sachin Kalbag and RJ Rohini to know more!

As the city return to normalcy, the crowds inside local trains are rising day by day. Mumbai's public transport is carrying approx. 1 Crore people on a daily average. Tune in as RJ Rohini & Sachin Kalbag talk about how public transport can be affected again by rising covid cases.

In view of the rising number of covid cases in other states, it's advisable for Mumbaikars to start wearing masks again and get both doses of covid vaccine plus the booster, to limit the spread of covid cases. Tune in with HT's Sachin Kalbag and RJ Rohini to know more.

Less than 12,000 adults in the 18-59 age group have taken the Covid-19 vaccine's booster dose by Saturday night ever since the programme started on April 10. Tune in as RJ Rohini & Sachin Kalbag try to understand the ground situation of why people are not going to the vaccination centre.

The Mumbai Fire Brigade has recently inducted 12 firefighting motorcycles into its fleet. This is the first lot of the 24 firefighting bikes that have been ordered by BMC and they will be used as first responders. Tune in as Rohini & Sachin discuss why this introduction took place!

Maharashtra Housing Minister, Dr. Jitendra Awhad, announced that from today owners who want to rent out or sell their flats will no longer need prior permission or no objection certificate (NOC) from a cooperative housing society. Tune in with HT's Sachin Kalbag and RJ Rohini to know more!

Mumbai has added yet another feather in its cap by winning the global title of 'Tree City Of The World' by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations jointly with Arbor Day Foundation. Mumbai received this recognition for its "commitment to growing and maintaining urban trees and greenery in order to create healthy, resilient, and happy cities" says BMC's garden department. Tune in with Sachin Kalbag - executive editor of the Hindustan Times and RJ Rohini to know more about this news.

In a bid to ensure that two-wheeler riders in the city do not flout the helmet rule while riding, the traffic police department has come up with an agonising solution to teach violators a lesson. What will happen to you if you are caught without a helmet? RJ Rohini & Sachin Kalbag tells you in this episode.