PIMPRI CHINCHWAD: The bus services will commence on the 12-km-long BRTS corridor from Nigdi to Dapodi on the Pune- Mumbai highway after six months. Read more at: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/bus-services-on-nigdi-dapodi-brts-corridor-in-six-months/articleshow/64420894.cms
Pune: The state forest department, in association with the state reserve police force, non-government organisations and citizens, on the occasion of World Environment Day (June 5), will organise programmes to drive home the message to stop the use of plastics and look after the Western Ghats. Read more at: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/state-bodies-ngos-to-focus-on-plastic-menace-on-world-environment-day/articleshow/64420985.cms
PUNE: Students appearing for the Masters in Commerce (MCom) second year examination earlier this week were stunned to see ‘out of syllabus’ questions in the Advanced Accounting paper. The students also raised the issue with the invigilator after the questions papers were distributed but they were asked to continue with the same paper. Read more at: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/out-of-syllabus-wringer-stumps-mcom-students/articleshow/64406640.cms
PUNE: The scorching summer has left two dams from which the city draws water — Panshetand Khadakwasla — with a collective stock of just 5.2 TMC, which is roughly 18% of their combined storage capacity. Temghar and Varasgaon, the two other dams that supply water to the city, have already gone dry. Read more at: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/panshet-khadakwasla-water-drop-to-5-tmc/articleshow/64406650.cms
A state government communication stating that development charges on new constructions can be doubled to raise funds for transport projects only after it notifies it as a ‘Vital Urban Transport Project’ has put the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) in a fix. The civic body has already doubled the development charges to raise funds for variousContinue reading
PUT:A Jet Airways flight from Delhi to Pune was diverted to Hyderabad on Thursday afternoon due to traffic congestion at the city airport. The flight (9W 975) took off at 1.45pm. Paresh, travelling with his family to Pune via Delhi from London, told TOI on Twitter, “Looks like there was an announcement that they (the flight) wereContinue reading
Anjali Deshpande, Nirmala Thormote, and others in a Warje neighbourhood have made their intent clear with the very name of their NGO – the ‘Do Save Foundation‘.They have established something of a cooperative of housing societies; it’s an ever-expanding list. Their work is almost game-changing: the collection and disposal of garbage with minimal impact to the environment,Continue reading
PUNE: The Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU) has signed an agreement with the National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research (NCAOR), Goa. As a part of this agreement, experts from NCAOR will visit SPPU to teach Antarctic and oceanic research to interested students from departments such as environment science, geology, climate change, among others. Read more at: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/now-ocean-research-on-sppu-course-list/articleshow/64406716.cms
PUNE: Schools in the city registered 100% success rate in the recently announced Class X results of the Central Board of secondary Education (CBSE). Urmica Agrawal of Indira National School stood first with 97.8%, followed by Dyuti Bobby and Harrithha Balasubramanyam with 97.6% each. As many as 20 students from Sanskriti School (Bhukum campus) got 90% and above 51 students receivedContinue reading
PUNE: During her recent trip to Dubai, working professional Bhawna Mishra, was bowled over by the world-class “theme park experience” the popular tourist destination has to offer. “I visited Bollywood Parks and the Dubai Aquarium and Underwater Zoo. Being surrounded by beautiful aquatic creatures, including sharks, was an experience of a lifetime,” she said. ReadContinue reading
