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COVID killed droves of Indian health workers. Their families must fight for recompense

PUNE, India — Amanjit Singh’s father, a family doctor, was ordered to reopen his clinic as early cases of COVID-19 were spreading in Mumbai. Within days, his father — gasping for oxygen at home — was dead. Two days later, so was his mother.

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Rail track deaths in Pune division in 2021 highest in 6 years

PUNE: The deaths on the railway tracks in the Pune division was the highest last year since 2015 despite the number of trains operating being low compared to the pre-pandemic times.

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Now, primary response teams of local volunteers to help in wildlife rescue ops in Pune

PUNE: Several local primary response teams featuring resident-volunteers and wildlife enthusiasts from villages in and around Pune and other districts would now be trained to assist with rescue operations and to help reduce the animal-human conflicts, besides the rapid response team comprising forest rangers and other employees of the Pune…

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Pune: One arrested, five booked for damaging 8 vehicles

PUNE: The Kondhwa police arrested an unemployed youth (20) on Monday evening and are searching for his five accomplices on the charge of damaging three motorcycles and five four-wheelers at Shivnerinagar around 10pm on Saturday.

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Central funds of Rs 80 lakh for facelift to Pune zilla parishad schools

PUNE: The Pune zilla parishad (ZP) schools are all set for a facelift in infrastructure and academics with a boost of Rs 80 lakh funding as part of the STARS project by the Union government.

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Maharashtra: Education minister-led panel’s report in two months on policy for night institutes

PUNE: Night schools in the state will soon get a new policy to take care of their issues like lack of subject teachers, inadequate staffing and confusing duty rules that plague the system now.

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Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation staffers envy temporary drivers’ salary

PUNE: Ravindra Sanap (name changed on request), a driver with the MSRTC participating in the ongoing strike, used to get a monthly salary of around Rs14,000.

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Daily Covid-19 cases climb above 11,000 in Pune Metropolitan Region; eight more dead

PUNE: The number of daily Covid-19 cases increased to 11,748 in the Pune Metropolitan Region (PMR) on Tuesday, its highest single-day patient tally since April 29 last year when 11,872 people had tested positive.

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Hesitancy for 3rd dose more among paramedics: Indian Medical Association

PUNE: The hesitancy for the precaution dose was mainly among paramedics in the healthcare workers’ category, office-bearers of the Indian Medical Association (IMA) said on Tuesday.

The Times of India

Two years on, excuses for not wearing masks mutate

PUNE: Some say masks are too uncomfortable to wear after a satisfying meal, while some try to flaunt their double-vaccinated tag as reason for not wearing the protective gear. Then there’s another group of the maskless lot who simply say “Covid is gone”, pooh-poohing the fact that the pandemic is…

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Bopanna-Ramkumar pair handed direct entry into Tata Open doubles main draw

PUNE: The Indian duo of Rohan Bopanna and Ramkumar Ramanathan were on Tuesday handed a direct entry into the doubles main draw of the fourth edition of Tata Open Maharashtra tennis tournament, beginning on January 31.

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Maharashtra: Excess arrival in large quantities leads to sharp decline in potato, brinjal prices

PUNE: The rates of some of the vegetables, which were high in the last few weeks, have reduced by almost 50% in the wholesale markets in the past two days, said Agriculture Produce Market Committee (APMC) officials on Monday.

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Pune: 500 teaching posts may be created in merged areas

PUNE: Schools from the 34 merged villages in Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) limits that will be run by the civic body in the next few months will create jobs for 500 teachers.

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Pune among 4 Maharashtra cities to take lead in ‘Streets4People’ contest

PUNE: Maharashtra has dominated the ‘Streets4People Challenge’, a competition organised under the Smart City mission which aims at recognising innovative efforts for creating “walking-friendly streets”.

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Pune: After driver suffers seizure, woman steers bus to safety

PUNE: A 41-year-old mother of two showed grit and great composure as she took controls of the steering of a bus she was travelling in with 32 other women and children after the driver of the vehicle suffered a seizure.

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Duo steal Rs 23 lakh from Yavat ATM

PUNE: Two men used a gas cutter to break open the cash dispensing unit of an unmanned ATM of a public sector bank in Yavat and stole Rs23.81 lakh between 2.30am and 3am on Monday.

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Pune: Sharad Pawar inspects Metro work, travels on PCMC route

PUNE: NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Monday reviewed the ongoing Metro work of the PCMC-Phugewadi section and also travelled in the Metro.

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Pune: 5% adult population yet to get first shot in PCMC limits

PUNE: The Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation is yet to cover 5% adult beneficiaries with the first dose of Covid vaccines though it has administered the second shot to at least 79% of the target population in this category.

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Jabs have likely prevented millions of deaths, experts say

PUNE: Infectious diseases expert Dr Sanjay Pujari, a member of the national Covid task force, said, "Among all interventions to reduce Covid-19 deaths, full vaccination has the greatest efficacy. Modelling studies suggest that vaccines may have prevented millions of deaths globally."

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Pune’s oxygen demand rises slightly; FDA claims readiness

PUNE: The daily oxygen demand across Pune district has grown slightly to 90-95 metric tonnes (MT) as compared to the 85-90 MT in a week-ago period, with Food and Drug Administration officials (FDA) claiming preparedness to meet any jump in oxygen demand.

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Miscued idea of ‘mild’ Omicron hits third dose drive in Pune, say doctors

PUNE: Only 6% of the total beneficiaries for the precaution dose of Covid vaccines have availed it eight days into the drive in the district and the health officials attributed the low response to the miscued idea that the Omicron strain caused mild illness, besides many citizens not completing the…

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How 3 Pune colleges helped Pune Police accomplish a ‘secret mission’ against ‘Urban Naxals’

On a cold December morning in 2018, a strange event occurred on the grounds of D.E.S. Navalmal Firodia Law College in Pune. The staff was gingerly led into their staff room for an unexpected meeting. The room was crowded with extra chairs and the doors were closed. Inside the room…

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Who is shielding saffron leaders accused of inciting #BhimaKoregaonViolence?

Maharashtra saw sporadic incidents of violence, road and rail blockages, torching of vehicles, rallies and shutdown of markets during a bandh called by Dalit groups on Wednesday. They are protesting over the death of a 28-year-old man, who was killed in riots between Dalit and Maratha groups that erupted at the bicentenary celebration…

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Ground report: What sparked #BhimaKoregaonViolence

Huge protests by Dalit groups erupted in Mumbai and other parts of Maharashtra on Tuesday, a day after members of the community were attacked on their way to Bhima-Koregaon in Pune district. One person died and five were injured in Monday’s violence during an event to celebrate the historic “Battle of Bhima…

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