PUNE: GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE ORDERS ADITYA BIRLA HOSPITAL TO REFUND RS 5 LAKH EACH TO 25 PATIENTS

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• According to the government-committee, Aditya Birla Hospital had overcharged the patients

• A spokesperson of Aditya Birla Hospital said that would reply to the letter sent by the committee

The state government's committee has asked Pune-ba...

MAHARASHTRA STATE GOVERNMENT GIVES GREEN SIGNAL TO INTRA-STATE BUS SERVICES

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• The Maharashtra state government took this decision in wake of Ganesh Utsav that will start from August 22

• The state of Maharashtra on Thursday reported its biggest single-day spike of 14,647 new cases of COVID-19

• Maharashtra has 162,8...

WITH OVER 1.32 LAKH CASES, PUNE BECOMES THE NEW COVID-19 CAPITAL OF INDIA

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• According to Dr. Subhash Salunkhe, after restrictions were relaxed, people started travelling a lot and this has resulted into rise in number of new COVID-19 cases in rural areas

• The health officials have been conducting COVID-19 tests aggressively in ...

PUNE: SERO SURVEY RESULTS STATE 51.5 PERCENT PEOPLE HAVE ANTIBODIES AGAINST CORONAVIRUS

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• According to the results of sero-survey carried out in Mumbai, 40 percent of sampled group had got infected from COVID-19

• 23 percent of the sampled people in Delhi had traces of COVID-19-specific anti-bodies

• This survey was carried out...

PUNE: BJ MEDICAL COLLEGE TO START SECOND COVID-19 SERO SURVEILLANCE

As per the reports, the BJ Medical College Pune is set to start the second COVID-19 sero-surveillance study in the city of Pune to check for herd immunity among health workers and general public.
According to the announcement made by Pune divisional commissioner Saurabh Rao, the new study ...

PUNE MAYOR ALLEGES 400 COVID-19 DEATHS GONE UNREPORTED: COLLECTOR ISSUES INQUIRY

Few days back the Chief Minister of Maharashtra Uddhav Thackeray visited the city of Pune to take stock of the COVID-19 situation. During his visit, CM Thackeray met various officials and elected representatives including the Mayor of Pune city, Murlidhar Mohol. Mohol in this meeting had claimed ...

PUNE WOMAN FLIES TO DUBAI DESPITE BEING COVID POSITIVE, LOCAL POLICE TO INVESTIGATE

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• The woman got herself tested for coronavirus on July 11 at the Aditya Birla Hospital

• The doctors directed her to stay in isolation at her home, while the PCMC officials had asked the society to provide her all the essential services

• Hi...

PUNE REPORTS ITS BIGGEST SINGLE-DAY SPIKE OF 2,601 NEW CASES OF COVID-19

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• The number of COVID-19 cases in Pune is 54,013, while 1,387 people have lost their lives from this dreadful virus

• The doubling time of coronavirus cases in Pune at present is less than 15 days

• According to the data published by the dis...

PUNE: 3.65 LAKH INDUSTRIAL WORKERS WORKED REGULARLY IN PRESENT DAY LOCKDOWN; MIDC OFFICER

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• All the HR managers submitted the list of employees to their respective police stations and got it certified

• As per the new guidelines, the employees will compulsorily have to carry their company’s identity card and the vehicle pass provided by t...

INDIA’S FIRST EVER SELF-SERVICE PETROL PUMP LAUNCHED IN PUNE

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• This new self-service petrol pump is set up by Bharat Petroleum near the Regional Transport Office (RTO) Pune

• The customers will be given three options to refill their vehicles at the station

• This fuel station will be equipped with san...

PUNE’S KOREGAON PARK REPORTS 470 POSITIVE ASYMPTOMATIC CASES

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• According to Deputy commissioner of Police, Shirish Sardeshpande, a team of 20 policemen have been deployed and this area is declared as micro containment zone

• Majority of the residents in this slum are employed with hospitals in Kalyaninagar, Koregaon...

PUNE RECORDS 27 COVID-19 DEATHS IN LAST 24 HOURS, HIGHEST IN A DAY

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• The total number of coronavirus cases reported in the district of Pune is 8,134

• Till date, total 372 people have lost their lives from the dreadful coronavirus, while 4,895 people have recovered and discharged from the hospitals

According to ...

CHEMICAL TANKER ACCIDENT AT PUNE, RESIDENTS REPORT BREATHING PROBLEM, EYE IRRITATION

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• The acid that leaked in the accident was reportedly acetic acid
• Residents of Bhusari Colony off Paud road and Chandani chowk reported breathing problem 

A truck carrying acid leaked and spread along the road in Pune c...

PUNE REPORTS 459 NEW CASES OF COVID-19 IN LAST 24 HOURS, CITY’S TALLY AT 6,153

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• Of the newly reported COVID-19 cases, 388 were reported from PMC limits, 38 from Pimpri-Chinchwad, 14 from rural region and 19 from civil surgeon’s and cantonment board

• Pimpri-Chinchwad recorded spike in number of coronavirus cases for third cons...