Updated Dec 30, 2020 | 10:39 IST
When India was under the complete lockdown, the teachers were given duties to work during Covid. Some of them were asked to carry out field surveys. Pimpri municipality staff unhappy over Covid pay, yet to receive the money promised | Photo Credit: AP
Pune: Teachers taken in by the Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation are upset with the administration of the towns. They have not been provided their due recognition for their work as Covid warriors.
When India was under the complete lockdown, the teachers were given duties to work during Covid. One of the teachers told the Pune Mirror, “Some of us were asked to carry out field surveys while some were working at the call centres for the helpline numbers. Some teachers worked in different hospitals to help health staff. While we were working as corona warriors, the civic administration had taken a decision of giving an allowance of Rs 150 per day for the days
Updated Dec 27, 2020 | 08:28 IST
The mango plantations in Konkan would have recorded several batches of flowering by this month, giving the businessmen a rough idea about the quality and the amount of the mango to be expected in the summer. April will see a delayed arrival of Hapus mangoes to Pune, farmers unsure of quality. | Photo Credit: IANS
Pune: The city would have to wait a bit more this time around to have a bite of Hapus mangoes, a variety from the Konkan area. A long monsoon and delayed onset of winter have meant a late flowering of the mango variety.
Updated Dec 25, 2020 | 10:06 IST
The man s samples would be sent to the National Institute of Virology in Pune for genetic sequencing. The test could take two to three days. Pune man who returned from UK to be tested for mutated strain, samples to be sent to NIV | Photo Credit: AP
Pune: A Covid-positive man from the city will be tested for the mutated strain from UK. The person is asymptomatic and would be shifted to Naidu Hospital for more tests.
His samples would be sent to the National Institute of Virology in the city for genetic sequencing. The test could take two to three days. Dr Pradeep Awate, head of Maharashtra’s epidemiology cell said that while the Maharashtra public health department has got 3,000 names of people travelling from the UK since November 25, till yesterday, municipalities had tracked 116 people, 52 of whom have already taken RT-PCR tests.