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MPCB issues directions to MIDC for alleged pollution at Hinjewadi IT Park

India, March 7 -- The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) on Tuesday issued directions to the Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) for allegedly causing pollution by releasing ... Read More


No GBS death, fresh cases since February 18 in cluster area

India, March 7 -- The Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS), a rare nerve disorder outbreak in the Sinhagad Road area of Pune city, has finally come under control with not a single fresh suspected case or dea... Read More


Maharashtra to launch 10-day active TB detection campaign

India, March 6 -- Starting March 10, the Maharashtra government will launch a 10-day active case finding (ACF) campaign focussing on enhancing tuberculosis (TB) case detection, reducing diagnostic del... Read More


TB elimination drive: Pune civic body ties up with three NGOs

India, March 6 -- The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has roped in three private organisations to expand the anti-tuberculosis (TB) drive across the city, officials said on Wednesday. Started as a p... Read More


Maha to make biometric attendance mandatory for healthcare staff

India, March 6 -- Amid complaints about the unavailability of doctors and hospital staff during duty hours, the Maharashtra public health department has announced that biometric attendance will be mad... Read More


Doctors voice their concerns to health minister Abitkar

India, March 4 -- In a move to strengthen the healthcare sector and ensure medical professionals do not face hurdles, Health Minister Prakash Abitkar engaged in a dialogue with private doctors and hos... Read More


Experts from BJMC & SGH begin whole genome sequencing of CHIKV

India, March 4 -- In February this year, experts from B J Medical College (BJMC) and Sassoon General Hospital (SGH) started whole genome sequencing of the Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) in an effort to rul... Read More


PCMC to implement action plan to ease traffic congestion at 25 busy junctions

India, March 4 -- Even as Pimpri-Chinchwad is growing by leaps and bounds, major junctions and arterial roads in the twin city have turned into chokepoints, increasing travel times and raising road sa... Read More


MP asks PCMC to make alternative arrangement to avoid tree felling for RFD project

India, March 2 -- Environmentalists, green activists and citizens have submitted their responses to the suggestions and objections invited by the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) on tree ... Read More


PMC vaccinates 742 children on day one of JE vaccination

India, March 2 -- After a delay of one year, the pilot vaccination drive against Japanese Encephalitis (JE) started in the city on Saturday. Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) vaccinated 742 children ag... Read More