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Mumbai News: 49% MU Students Fail BCom Exam Even After Second Attempt

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Mumbai: It appears that a number of college students in the city are still reeling from the learning loss caused during Covid-19 pandemic, as almost half the University of Mumbai (MU) BCom students who repeated their Sem V exam failed yet again.

As many as 36,105 final year BCom students had registered for the Sem V repeat exam in April-May this year, after failing the regular test in November-December last year. Of these only 16,782 manage to clear all the papers, registering a success rate of 51.36%. The students’ performance was even worse in the regular Sem V test, with only a third of them, 34.25% to be precise, passing the exam.

The BCom students form the largest cohort of students enrolled at colleges affiliated to MU. The last batch of final year students, who were supposed to have graduated in 2022-23, hadn’t faced the conventional physical semester-end exams during their first and second years of the course, as the teaching and evaluation process had shifted online due to the pandemic. 

“The students are struggling to write papers, as we have switched back to the subjective question pattern of exams. But the results indicate that they have improved over time,” said a university official.

The impact of Covid isn’t limited to Commerce stream. Similar results were recorded for Sem V exams of the two other major courses, BA and BSc, where only 33.45% and 36.27% had passed the exam. The varsity is yet to declare the results of repeat exams for these programmes.

There are little signs of improvement as the passing rates for the regular Sem VI exams for all three courses, also held in April-May, are still below 40% and are only slightly better than the regular Sem V exam. 

On the other hand, students enrolled in self-financed courses have fared much better. For example, the success rate in the regular Bachelor of Management Studies (BMS) Sem V exam was 70.28%, which rose to 71% in Sem VI.

Arvind Luhar, a Commerce Professor at Ismail Yusuf College in Jogeshwari and a Member of MU’s Academic Council, said that the students are facing trouble with practical-oriented subjects such as Financial Accountancy, Cost Accountancy and Taxation.

“The students lost touch with practical subjects as there were no physical classes during the pandemic. Besides, many students had lost their focus on education as they were more concerned about meeting the financial needs of their families. While we are conducting remedial coaching, the aftershocks of Covid-19 are still felt. Hopefully, the results will be back to the normal level,” he said.

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Bandra Garib Nagar demolition drive: Case registered against account holder for spreading rumours on X account, accused of spreading religious hatred

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Mumbai: Cyber ​​Police has claimed to have registered a case against an X account holder for spreading rumours about demolition work in Mumbai’s Bandra Garib Nagar. According to details, a rumour was spread on an X account yesterday afternoon that there would be riots and violence during the demolition work in Bandra the next day as well. Cyber ​​Bandra has registered a case and started an investigation after the X account holder is accused of spreading hatred and unrest between two communities. The police are investigating the matter further.

Mumbai Police has appealed to citizens not to share any controversial and objectionable content on social media. Action will be taken against those who spread misleading propaganda and baseless rumors on social media. Along with this, the police have also requested to be careful in using social media. The police have asked citizens not to spread unverified information on social media without any verification. If anyone publishes such content or spreads it on social media, action will be taken against him. After this action by Mumbai Police, monitoring has also been started on social media. A rumor was spread on X that the situation in Bandra once again deteriorated after Friday prayers and the police had resorted to lathicharge. The police have taken action on this and a case has been registered on this X account.

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Mumbai: Three gangsters arrested for selling weapons, major operation by Crime Branch, who is investigating the criminal activities of the three

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Mumbai: The Mumbai Crime Branch’s Anti-Money Laundering Squad has claimed to have arrested three criminals who were coming to sell weapons in Mumbai. Mumbai Crime Branch received information that three people were going to sell weapons near the public toilet on P. D. Mello Road near St. George’s Hospital in Mumbai. On this basis, the Crime Branch laid a trap here and claimed to have arrested the three and recovered three country-made pistol magazines and 45 live cartridges from their possession. All three have criminal cases registered against them. A murder case is also registered against them. Along with this, it is being investigated where these three got this pistol from and to whom they were going to sell it. Which gang do they belong to and who was their target. Along with this, it is also being investigated whether these miscreants are related to Lawrence Bishnoi or any other gang. Mumbai Police has registered a case against them under the Arms Act and the Mumbai Police Act for illegal sale of weapons. The three have been identified as 24-year-old Ghola Arbaaz Jhalawar, 34-year-old Jashanpreet Mangal Singh and 24-year-old Sukhwinder. The police have started further investigation in this case. Accused number one Arbaaz Jhalawar and Sukhwinder are absconding in a murder case since 2022. In this case, the police have arrested the accused and started investigation. This information was given by DCP Detection Raj Tilak Roshan at a press conference here. He said that this action has been taken on the instructions of Mumbai Police Commissioner Devin Bharti. Meanwhile, further investigation is underway in this matter.

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Correction made by the Municipal Corporation in the application form for fire safety approval, important decision of the Additional Municipal Commissioner

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Necessary amendments have been made regarding Mumbai Fire Safety. Necessary amendments have been made in the relevant forms to clarify that “Temporary Fire Safety Approval” is a recommendation given at the stage of approval of building plan under the Maharashtra Fire Prevention and Life Safety Measures Act, 2006 (Amendment 2026) and is not a “Fire Safety Certificate”. Accordingly, revised application forms have been prepared for new/altered construction, construction of additions/conversions, repair matters, final approval of fire safety as well as temporary constructions, this was informed by Additional Municipal Commissioner (City) Dr. Ashwani Joshi.

Under the Maharashtra Fire Prevention and Life Safety Measures Act, 2006 (Amendment 2026), “Temporary Fire Safety Approval” is a recommendation given at the time of approval of the design of a building and before the actual construction commences, regarding compliance with fire prevention and life safety measures required under the Act. However, it has been found that “Temporary Fire Safety Approval” is in fact only a recommendation in nature, but is being treated as a “Fire Safety Certificate”. Therefore, necessary amendments have been made in the relevant form to clearly state the nature, purpose and its statutory limits and scope of the Temporary Fire Safety Approval. As per the said amendment, the above Fire Safety Approval shall be granted in accordance with the points and terms and conditions mentioned therein. Revised forms have been prepared in this regard. Changes have been made in the provisions of Provisional Fire Safety Approval for New/Altered Construction (N.C.O.), Provisional Fire Safety Approval for Additional/Alternate Construction (A.A.O.), Provisional Fire Safety Approval for Repairs in Additional/Alternate Construction, Fire Safety Approval for Fire AMP. Repairs in New/Modified Construction (N.C.A.), Final Fire Safety Approval and Provisional Fire Safety Approval for Temporary Constructions (T.C.) etc. Architects, Licensed Surveyors, Developers may take note of this, Additional Municipal Commissioner (City) Dr. Ashwini has appealed. Besides, Joshi has directed that the revised application forms be made available on the Municipal Corporation’s website https://www.mcgm.gov.in/irj/portal/anonymous immediately.

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