Pune News Live: Pune sees 271 new Covid-19 cases; 100% of eligible population vaccinated – The Indian Express
Pune live news: Pune district has reached the target of vaccinating 100 per cent of its eligible population with the first dose of a Covid-19 vaccine, becoming the second district in Maharashtra to do so after Mumbai.
According to district health officials, the first dose has been administered to 83,44,544, or 100 per cent of beneficiaries eligible for the vaccine in the district.
Pune division on Wednesday reported 271 new Covid-19 cases. Maharashtra reported 893 new cases and 10 deaths, but did not record any new Omicron variant case in the last 24 hours, the health department said.
Two days after the Supreme Court stayed 27 per cent reservation for Other Backward Classes (OBC) in local body elections in Maharashtra, political parties have started levelling allegations at each other of working against the OBC community.
Pimpri-Chinchwad, the famous industrial city in Maharashtra, is now getting ready to emerge as a prominent sports hub too. The Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) has prepared a plan to overhaul existing sports facilities as well as set up new ones to promote various sports. Though belated, sports enthusiasts have welcomed the move but want the PCMC to speed up the process.
For starters, PCMC has overhauled the Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium at Nehrunagar. The stadium, which was set up two decades back, will hold its first national hockey tournament from December 11. The facility has been infamous for its poor facilities and sometimes the turf was seen chewed by rats. Read more
Pune division on Wednesday reported 271 new Covid-19 cases. Maharashtra reported 893 new cases and 10 deaths, but did not record any new Omicron variant case in the last 24 hours, the health department said.
A joint director in the state Health Department has been detained by Pune City Police in connection with the ongoing probe into the question paper leak of the department’s recruitment exam. Police have identified the officer as Mahesh Botle, who is the joint director in a state Health Department office in Mumbai.
An officer from Pune City Police’s Cyber Crime Cell said Botle will be put under arrest in the question paper leak case. Read more
Six branded bicycles were allegedly stolen from a residential society on the NDA–Pashan road in Bavdhan, on Wednesday morning.
Uday Vishnu Bhalerao (49), a businessman residing at Suvarna Park Society on the NDA-Pashan road, complained to the Hinjewadi police station. Read more
The Southern Command, headquartered in Pune, would be an ideal theatre where a joint services command could be set up, General Bipin Rawat had said in 2016, when he led the Southern Command.
General Rawat, who was instrumental in laying down the foundation for joint theatre commands in India as the country’s first Chief of Defence Staff, was General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Pune-headquartered Southern Command between January 1 and July 31, 2016. At an Idea Exchange with The Indian Express in April 2016, General Rawat had spoken at length about tri-services integration, ties with China, the role of women in the Armed Forces and military-media relations. Read more
The Pune administration has reached the target of administering the first dose of the vaccine against Covid-19 to 100 per cent of the eligible population in the district on December 8.
According to district health officials, the first dose has been administered to 83,44,544, or 100 per cent of beneficiaries eligible for the vaccine.
Meanwhile, a total of 5,48,2018 (65.7%) residents have got both doses. Read more
Dr Suresh Jadhav, one of the executive directors of Serum Institute of India, passed away late Tuesday night at Sahyadri Hospital due to renal failure and related complications. He was 72.
Dr Cyrus Poonawalla, chairman and managing director of Serum Institute of India, expressed sadness at the loss and said Jadhav was the international face of SII. Jadhav is survived by his wife and two children. Adar Poonawalla, CEO of SII and other officials, visited Jadhav’s residence to pay their last respects. Read more
The Southern Command, headquartered in Pune, would be an ideal theatre where a joint services command could be set up, General Bipin Rawat had said in 2016, when he led the Southern Command.
General Rawat, who was instrumental in laying down the foundation for joint theatre commands in India as the country’s first Chief of Defence Staff, was General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Pune-headquartered Southern Command between January 1 and July 31, 2016. At an Idea Exchange with The Indian Express in April 2016, General Rawat had spoken at length about tri-services integration, ties with China, the role of women in the Armed Forces and military-media relations.
A joint director in the state Health Department has been detained by Pune City Police in connection with the ongoing probe into the question paper leak of the department’s recruitment exam. Police have identified the officer as Mahesh Botle, who is the joint director in a state Health Department office in Mumbai.
An officer from Pune City Police’s Cyber Crime Cell said Botle will be put under arrest in the question paper leak case.
The Maharashtra cabinet in all likelihood will suggest postponing of elections to 23 municipal corporations in the state during its weekly meeting on Wednesday, said sources. Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, who underwent a surgery last month, is likely to preside over the meeting.
The demand for postponing the polls has been made by parties like the Congress and the NCP, after the Supreme Court stayed OBC reservation in Maharashtra local body elections.
