Pune
Pune rains update: Schools shut today, daily life affected due to Monsoon
Tue, Aug 06, 2019
Currently, Heavy Monsoon rains wreaked havoc in Pune, with severe waterlogging in many areas. Due to very heavy rains in Pune, the District Collector, Nawal Kishore Ram has declared a holiday for all schools and colleges in the district today.
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Five dead after wall collapses in Pune
Tue, Jul 02, 2019
At least five died and four injured after a wall in Maharashtra’s Pune Sinhgad College, Ambegaon collapsed at around 1:15 am today. National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) had reached the spot to rescue those trapped under the debris. The wall collapsed due to heavy downpour. Those injured have been admitted to the hospital.
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15 Dead After Pune Apartment Complex Wall Crashes, Many Cars Stuck
Sat, Jun 29, 2019
Fifteen people have died in Pune after a portion of the wall of a residential building collapsed early this morning after heavy rain. Among the dead four children and a woman. Visuals showed several cars stuck in debris in Pune's Kondhwa area. The wall crashed down into tin sheds next to the apartment complex, taking down the parked cars as the ground caved in. The sheds were built for labourers working at a construction site nearby.
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Researchers of Savitribai Phule Pune University say to invent natural process to degrade polythene
Tue, May 14, 2019
The researchers from the Botany department of Savitribai Phule Pune University said to invent a process of degradation. They have invented a natural process to degrade polythene & other plastic material. Currently, it is being done on an experimental basis. Dr Avinash B Ade, professor at the University says, "This is currently being done on an experimental basis. If polythene strip is inserted into food material medium of microbes or plastic material is inoculated into it, microbes' enzymes will release into that compound and help in degradation.”
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This 79-year-old retired professor from Pune has spent her life without electricity
Wed, May 08, 2019
Dr Hema Sane, a 79 years old botanist based in Pune, does not believe in electronic appliances or even electricity. The reason behind not using electricity is her love for nature and environment. Dr Sane is a PHD holder in botany from Savitribai Phule University and she was even professor at Garware College for years. She lives in a small house in Budhwar Peth area of city. Her house is surrounded with different types of trees and bird nests. Chirping of birds is the natural alarm clock and fresh air surrounds her home.
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Student housing startup Your-Space opens 7 properties with 1,000 beds; to clock Rs 20cr revenue in FY'19
Fri, Jul 27, 2018
Startup Your-Space, which is into student housing segment, has started 7 new facilities comprising 1,000 beds to cater to the rising demand for accommodation around colleges and will achieve four-fold jump in revenue to Rs 20 crore during 2018-19.
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Housing sales witness steep fall in 2017; demand in this region drops most
Sun, Mar 18, 2018
Housing sales dropped significantly during the 2015-2016 period and only an average 2.7 lakh units were sold annually, a drop of 17 per cent from the average sales of 2013-14. In 2017 calendar year, housing sales stood at 2,02,800 units. During the period under consideration, larger cities such as NCR and MMR, which were heavily driven by investor activity, recorded a massive drop of 68 per cent and 27 per cent , respectively, in average sales. In Delhi-NCR, sales fell to 37,600 in 2017 from average annual sales of 1,16,250 units during 2013-14
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Pune best, you won't believe where Bengaluru ranks in top cities list
Wed, Mar 14, 2018
Delhi, which ranked sixth among 23 Indian cities surveyed, improved its position this year, with a score of 4.4 out of 10 in the annual city governance rankings. Pune (5.1) ranked first, followed by Kolkata, Thiruvananthapuram, Bhubaneswar and Surat, said the Annual Survey of India's City-System (ASICS) undertaken for 2017 by non-profit organisation Janaagraha Centre for Citizenship and Democracy (JCCD)
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