PUNE: Residents of the Pimparkhed village in Pune, Maharashtra, wear spiked collars while working in the fields to protect themselves from fatal leopard attacks.With leopards still at large, villagers continue to face daily disruptions due to repeated attacks in the area.Villager Vitthal Rangnath Jadhav described the farmers’ plight, noting that leopards can enter the fields…
Cummins India’s ‘REDEFINE 2025’ case study competition concluded with IIM Ranchi’s Team Crow clinching the top spot. PUNE: Cummins in India successfully concluded ‘REDEFINE 2025’, the eighth edition of its prestigious annual B-school case study competition. Team Crow from Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Ranchi emerged as champions, winning the coveted winner’s trophy and cash…
PUNE: Healthcare is now going through a phase where digital trust is equally critical as clinical expertise,” says Kiran Randhi, Principal Solutions Architect at Amazon Web Services (AWS). He was speaking at a recent industry gathering where he explained how Generative AI is subtly becoming the backbone of patient engagement.Randhi, who has had more than…
Pune: A Pune sessions court acquitted two construction workers from Jharkhand in an eight-year-old murder and rioting case, giving them the benefit of the doubt over the prosecution’s inability to establish whether it was a case of homicidal or accidental death.The victim’s decomposed body was found in the duct of an under-construction site on July…
Pune: A software engineer from Dattawadi and a housewife from Wagholi collectively lost Rs 26 lakh in online share trading frauds between July and Nov, following which separate cases were registered with the Parvati and the Wagholi police on Thursday.A 49-year-old techie from Dattawadi stated in his complaint that in July this year, he joined…
Pune: A day after PMC published the draft voters’ list for 41 wards for the civic poll, aspirants and political parties from various areas raised concern about the shifting of names from one ward to neighbouring wards which could hamper their prospects. Aspirants are conducting detailed studies of the lists to identify instances where names…
Pune: The Maharashtra Teacher Eligibility Test (Maha TET) for 2025 will be conducted across the state on Sunday, Nov 23. The exam is being organised by the Maharashtra State Council of Examinations (MSCE). Clearing this eligibility test is compulsory for candidates seeking a job as a teacher for Stds I to V for Paper I,…
Pune: India had been undergoing faster and more uneven climate shifts than earlier estimated and the country had warmed by 0.89°C (2015–2024) compared to the early 1900s (1901-1930), revealed a new peer reviewed study.The hottest day of the year had been warming by 1.5-2°C in western and northeast India since the 1950s, the assessment published…
Pune: A 19-year-old commerce student from Vimannagar died, and her friend suffered severe injuries after the scooter they were riding on was hit by a cement mixer truck at Marunji near Hinjewadi on Friday afternoon. The accident occurred around 2pm when the duo and their college friends were returning from Kasarsai Dam. The Hinjewadi police…
Pune: Residents of Ambegaon and surrounding areas expressed frustration on Friday over the severe water shortage plaguing the area for the past eight years, despite their inclusion within the PMC limits since 2017.Unhappy with the slow progress of infrastructure projects, the residents urged the civic body to expedite the works of pending pipelines and overhead…
