PUNE: The Indian Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS) has conferred its distinguished KISS Lifetime Achievement Award upon Yves Padrines, chief executive officer of the Nemetschek Group, an honour deeply connected with the souls of millions of poor indigenous children of KISS, said a statement issued by the Institute.The award recognises outstanding leadership defined by…
PUNE: Pune is fast emerging as one of India’s key biotechnology hubs, with private research laboratories increasingly serving as a bridge between academic talent and industry requirements. Pune students from biology and chemistry streams are showing growing interest in research fellowships offered by private research labs, which aim to provide training beyond conventional academic research.“These…
Chartered Accountants are poised to be crucial in India’s rise as a Global Capability Center (GCC) powerhouse, according to Accenture’s Nirmal Jain PUNE: Chartered Accountants will be central to India’s emergence as a powerhouse for Global Capability Centers (GCCs), Accenture Managing Director Nirmal Jain said at the inaugural ceremony of the 4th Edition of the…
Pune: Why are the leopards of Maharashtra gravitating to sugar cane fields in droves? This is the question being explored by experts, who say that hundreds of acres of densely cultivated sugar cane fields have become safer and more ‘resource-rich’ habitats for leopards than the state’s fragmented forest pockets. Key factors to the advantage of…
Pune: Two elderly people from Pune collectively lost Rs 1.1 crore in separate cases of digital arrest that occurred between Oct and Nov, police said. The crooks, posing as officers from Mumbai police and CBI, claimed that their bank accounts were misused for money laundering and made them transfer money to bank accounts under the…
Pune: City-based urologists used a novel robotic surgical technique in a complex urological problem when a laparoscopic pyelolithotomy, a procedure to remove kidney stones, was performed on a patient with a buccal mucosal graft, which was used to repair the damaged kidney junction.This combination of techniques has now been recorded in an international peer-reviewed journal…
Pune: A sense of caution has swept across the city following the leopard sighting near Sindh Society in Aundh in the early hours of Sunday. The unsettled feeling is not just restricted to Aundh and its environs. Now, residents across neighbourhoods — even far-flung ones — are keeping an eye out for leopards. Much of…
Pune: Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha received a major fillip to his doubles career on Friday when he won the Asia-Pacific Wildcard Playoff for the 2026 Australian Open with Thailand’s Pruchya Isaro in Chengdu, China.Poonacha and Isaro, the second seeds, beat the Japanese combination of Yusuke Kusuhara and Shunsuke Nakagawa 6-4, 6-3 in the final to book…
Pune: Private hotels in the state are reporting a significant drop in holiday-season bookings with Christmas (Thursday) and New Year’s Day (Wednesday) falling mid-week this year — a trend the stakeholders say has dampened travel plans for many. MTDC, however, said it was not witnessing any slowdown. Vijay Shewakramani, owner of Brightland Resort in Mahabaleshwar,…
Pune: Satish Khot remembers the early days when he had to practically drag people to the Poona Club to talk about books. Today, The Book Club started by him and his wife Mohini in 2001, has blossomed into one of the city’s most cherished institutions. This month, the club completed 25 years — a milestone…
