Senior citizens in Niwara old age home face SIR mapping challenge Pune: Suman Govekar, an 84-year-old member of Niwara old-age home, was very excited when she exercised her voting rights in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, after getting her name enrolled in the electoral list. Two years on, she is struggling in relative-mapping or progeny…
Pune: Covid-19 infections — largely mild initially — are increasingly triggering moderate to moderately severe illness, while H1N1 influenza has emerged as the more serious respiratory infection this season.Doctors reported an increase in ICU admissions, ventilator support and flu-related acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) because of H1N1 influenza. They warned that complacency towards annual influenza…
Picture for representation Pune: The future of proposed town planning (TP) schemes in Pune is in the dark after the state govt has decided to put the brakes on them after chief minister Devendra Fadnavis, in a recent meeting, told authorities to scrap them.“Processes like arbitration for land acquisition were carried out in some cases….
A booth for SIR exercise at Salunke Vihar Pune: Verification of “mobile population” of the NIBM-Kondhwa-Undri area and linking them to the 2002 voters’ list under the SIR exercise are posing practical challenges to BLOs.A section of residents, including ex-servicemen or defence personnel transferred over the years and residents living abroad for years, can’t even…
. Rain continued to drench the city for another day on Wednesday, bringing intermittent showers since morning. TOI photo by Ashish Gupta Pune. 05-08-2026 Pune: The city is likely to see a gradual rise in daytime temperatures and a reduction in rainfall activity over the next few days as monsoon conditions weaken across most of…
Pune: Consumer durable companies are witnessing growing interest in smart kitchen appliances, such as air fryers, induction cooktops, multi-cookers, OTGs, dishwashers and microwaves during the monsoon sale and ahead of the festive season.“We are upgrading our kitchen and are looking for energy-efficient alternatives. We will also be using induction cooktops in a big way now,”…
An AI-generated image shows engineers and data specialists working at an engineering firm Pune: A growing pool of professionals from tier-2 cities with knowledge in the artificial intelligence domain is being attracted to Pune, especially due to its position as a technology and engineering hub.According to ‘India AI Workforce Report 2026’, released by Scaler, nearly…
Flyers alleged they were neither served refreshments nor given clear information about the repeated rescheduling. Pune: More than 100 passengers were left stranded for nearly five hours without any food or beverages on Thursday evening after a Delhi-Pune SpiceJet flight was delayed following multiple reschedulings.Anand Dubey, who was travelling with his wife, told TOI the…
Black kites are difficult to disperse as they do not easily respond to conventional sound-based bird-scaring mechanisms Pune: Black kites, along with nearly 20 other species of birds, have emerged as a persistent threat to flying operations at the Pune Air Force Station, with bird activity in and around the runway forcing authorities to adopt…
Walmik Karad (File Photo) BEED: Vigilance teams of the Maharashtra Prison Department have launched separate inquiries into allegations that Walmik Karad, a key accused in the murder of sarpanch Santosh Deshmukh, received preferential treatment inside Beed District Jail, officials said on Friday.Teams from the department’s Pune and Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar units inspected CCTV cameras installed near…
