Pune:A cool chopper ride to Mumbai or a dash to Delhi on a chartered flight has become dearer by 30-40% in April — T S Eliot’s “the cruellest month”.Reason: The West Asia conflict-induced price hike of aviation turbine fuel (ATF). End-result: Decline in customer base of operators.Ishwarchandra Gulgule, the managing director of Kaigu Aviation, toldTOI,…
Pune: A 43-year-old resident of Rasta Peth was killed on Thursday afternoon after a water tanker ran over him in Hadapsar. Following the incident, the Hadapsar police registered a case of culpable homicide not amounting to murder against both the tanker owner and the driver.The victim, identified as Pratik Sheth, was riding his scooter towards…
Pune: Images shot by French documentary photographer Frédéric Noy with a smartphone camera over three years in India are on display at Ravi Paranjpe Studio in Model Colony from April 17-19. Titled An Unselfed Visual Journal, the exhibition has been organised by Alliance Française de Pune.Noy is a veteran of long-form, slow visual storytelling and…
Pune: The Army has initiated construction of a new polyclinic under the Ex-Servicemen Contributory Health Scheme (ECHS) in Buldhana district, about 400 km from Pune, with the facility expected to benefit over 22,000 former servicemen and their families.Army officials said the groundbreaking ceremony for the polyclinic was held at Sagwan village recently. The land was…
Pune: The Chandannagar police on Friday arrested a lawyer, his wife and daughter on the charge of bludgeoning the lawyer’s secretary to death.The wife had suspected that the lawyer was in an illicit relationship with his secretary. When the secretary did not return home and her number was not reachable, her husband began searching for…
Pune: The practice of learning from nature’s designs and processes to solve human problems — from energy and architecture to healthcare and technology — biomimicry offers real-world applications at a time when sustainability conversations often remain surface-level.Educator and biomimicry practitioner Prashant Dhawan mentioned innovations emerging from students’ projects — such as safer electrical switches inspired…
Pune: Four people collectively lost Rs 1.32 crore after cybercrooks lured them to share-trading for handsome returns between Jan and March.Separate complaints were registered with the Vishrambaug, Baner, Kalepadal and Talegaon Dabhade police on Thursday.Fraudsters contacted a retired resident (69) of Sadashiv Peth on a social media platform and offered good returns if the latter…
Pune: The PMC’s amnesty scheme to regularise illegal water connections has found only 300 takers, over a year after its announcement.According to the civic officials, the scheme was intended to reduce illegal water connections, bring down leakage and improve overall supply management. Under it, property owners could get a water connection regularised by paying a…
Pune: A 24-year-old man drowned in the Indrayani river at Kund Mala near Talegaon Dabhade on Friday afternoon. The victim, identified as Prathamesh Lonari, a resident of Phugewadi, had visited the area for an outing with his friends.According to police, Lonari entered the river for a swim but soon began to struggle and disappeared underwater….
Pune: National Health Authority (NHA) CEO Dr Sunil Kumar Barnwal on Friday said the govt was developing a national policy for AI in healthcare.“Emerging technologies like AI can address critical health challenges, and this upcoming policy will provide a roadmap for its comprehensive application in health services,” he said while speaking at a two-day national…
