Mumbai News Live Updates: All systems down at Terminal 2 of Mumbai airport; airline services hit – The Indian Express

With 7,751 gram panchayats set to go to polls on December 18, several political leaders have sought the Election Commission’s intervention after multiple candidates claimed that they were unable to file their nomination forms as servers were down. State BJP president Chandrashekhar Bawankule has written to the EC, requesting an extension in the last date to file the forms. NCP leader and former minister Dhananjay Munde also wrote to the EC, demanding permission for offline form filing.

Meanwhile, days after recording Good Air Quality, Mumbai’s overall AQI again fell down to the Moderate category on Thursday morning. The city’s AQI readings in SAFAR app shows 183, which is levelled as Moderate. Experts have said that the low Air speed and humidity in Mumbai is the primary reason why AQI is poor and the Air Quality will oscillate between Moderate and Poor category till January end.

After Mumbai and surrounding areas, Aurangabad, Buldhana and Pune are also reporting cases of measles, said officials. With this, the state health department is anticipating a surge in cases till March next year. Across the state, 82 outbreaks of measles have been reported, of which 34 are from Mumbai, 12 in Malegaon, 10 in Bhiwandi, six in Thane, four in Navi Mumbai, three in Vasai-Virar, two each in Aurangabad and Buldhana and one in Pimpri-Chinchwad.

After glitches in EC server, candidates struggle to file nomination for gram panchayat polls; RBI to launch pilot of digital rupee; AQI dips in city. Follow this space for the latest from Mumbai.