Pune: Awareness of critical cyber safety concepts among school and college students has risen sharply following focused training programmes, a survey conducted by the Quick Heal Foundation between Aug and Nov last year showed.The findings, released on March 26, showed a dramatic improvement across all age groups. Awareness levels increased from 43% to 89% among…
Pune: Three people collectively lost Rs 88.2 lakh in online share-trading frauds between Nov last year and this March.Separate complaints have been registered with the Lohegaon police and Baramati Rural police.A cooperative sugar factory officer (57) from Baramati taluka and his friend together lost Rs 68.2 lakh to cybercrooks between Feb and March.The victim, in…
Pune: More than a month after terminating the contract for the Bhama Askhed water pipeline project due to persistent delays, the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) has invited bids to appoint a new agency for the remaining work.Civic officials confirmed that the tendering process is currently underway. A fresh 10-month deadline has been set, with…
Pune: Recruited for a four-year period into the armed forces under the Agnipath scheme in 2022, the Agniveers are on the verge of completing their tenure later this year. But they are not looking into the future with optimism in their eyes.With the Agnipath scheme designed to retain only 25% of recruits in the armed…
Image Used For Representational Purpose Only PUNE: A sessions court convicted and sentenced an application development team leader (41) with a prominent IT company in Hinjewadi to 25 years of rigorous imprisonment for repeatedly raping his 12-year-old niece over a period of three years before May 11, 2021.The minor rape survivor was living with her…
Pune: Two new vaccines have shown promising results amid India’s struggle with the world’s highest burden of tuberculosis (TB) at 27%.A study was published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) on April 9 regarding the efficacy of the two new vaccines — VPM1002 developed by the Serum Institute of India in Pune and Immuvac manufactured…
Pune: Maha Metro is mulling over longer rakes and more frequent service on its existing routes before trains start chugging on the PMRDA’s Shivajinagar-Hinjewadi Metro line.The work of the 23-km-long Shivajinagar-Hinjewadi Metro line has reached the last stage. Around 13 stations are expected to be ready in the next two months. This line will meet…
Pune: A 39-year-old software engineer from Hinjewadi lost Rs 35 lakh to three unknown men, who assured him good returns on investing in stock market between July and Aug last year.The techie filed an complaint with the Pimpri Chinchwad police and after preliminary investigations, a case was registered with the Hinjewadi police on Thursday.An officer…
Pune: A 29-year-old woman died after a scooter she was driving crashed into a road divider at Chandni Chowk on Wednesday night. The Bavdhan police said that the accident happened when the victim, Sharada Tupsangve of Karvenagar, was returning home.Police sub-inspector Sarang Thakare of the Bavdhan police said that the accident happened around 11.30pm at…
Pune: State govt has decided to transfer the power to grant mining permits for volumes between 500 and 2,000 brass directly to district collectors, removing the authority from tehsil and sub-divisional offices. The move aims to check illegal excavation and stone-crusher operations, besides enhancing transparency and ensuring greater accountability in the mining permission process.Revenue minister…
