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IndianExpress: TROUBLE seems to be brewing at the Department of Chest and TB, BJ Medical College and Sassoon General Hospital with its post-graduate students threatening a hunger strike if the TB ward in the Aundh General Hospital is not relocated to the SGH campus. Presently, the TB ward is 12 km away from Sassoon Hospital and poses problems for patients and students alike.

Moreover, it is mandatory according to Medical Council of India that all teaching beds be located in a single campus or at least within a 5 km distance from the parent institute. These norms have been flouted as the teaching beds of the Department of Chest and TB, BJ Medical College are situated 12 km off the main campus.

IndianExpress:   JUDICIAL Magistrate First Class P L Aamle of the PCMC court, Akurdi, has decided to himself inspect the condition of roads in Pimpri-Chinchwad on September 9, following a complaint filed by civic activist Domnic Lobo of the Common People’s Front.

The court has also asked Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Commissioner Dilip Band and his representative to remain present in the court on that day at 10 am for spot inspection.

Lobo had filed the complaint before the court under Section 431 of the Bombay Provincial Municipal Corporation Act, highlighting the nuisance and danger posed by the potholed condition of the roads across the twin industrial township. The Indian Express reporter Manoj More, who had written articles on the potholed-ridden roads in Pimpri-Chinchwad, was made a witness alongwith BJP activist Ramkrishna Rane of Sangvi.

IndianExpress: AT a time when the Centre and the State claim to be making all-out attempts to provide education to all, students from a remote village in Bhor taluka were suffered due to the absence of their teacher. The teacher was dismissed on Wednesday.

The incident came to light when some villagers came to Pune and complained to the Chief Executive Office of Pune Zilla Parishad.

Located at Rayreshwar village in hilly areas of Bhor taluka, the school has some 45 students in various classes. Since the number of students is less and since not many teachers show willingness to work at such remote places, the Pune Zilla Parishad — which runs the school — has deployed only one teacher. The teacher, Satish Pawar, is also a resident of a nearby village.

IndianExpress: CLAD in olive greens, yellows, oranges and deep reds—the colours of autumn— 35 ladies came together at the Poona Club Golf Course on August 24 for an All Ladies Golf Tournament presented in the theme of ‘Autumn Colours’.
“The golf season has been quite dull these past few weeks, so we thought that this event with awards, lunch and a theme would perk things up, plus it would bring women on to the golf course for a tournament, something that isn’t very common this side,” says Meher Nicholson, one of the event organisers.
 
Making the rules of the game slightly flexible, the ladies were allowed to choose their own partners for the game.

TechTree: ATI has announced its new flagship graphics card family, the Radeon X1950 series.

According to ATI, the new Radeon X1950 XTX and Radeon X1950 CrossFire Edition work together or individually to deliver the ultimate gaming performance. Even in extreme high definition resolutions, the Radeon X1950 series beats competing single or dual-slot solutions using only half the processors.

In addition, the Radeon X1950 uses the latest memory technology of GDDR4 with an effective data rate of 2 GHz is easily capable of rendering fast frame rates at high resolutions, or maximizing image quality settings for gamers running at more mainstream resolutions. In addition, the Radeon X1950 also introduces a new fansink that results in cooler and quieter operation

News.com: Speaking at a blogger’s breakfast before the opening of Microsoft’s Tech Ed conference in Sydney on Tuesday, Microsoft Australia technical specialist John Hodgson said that the basic Live Drive was likely to include around 2 gigabytes of storage for free. Additional storage capacity will be available for purchase, he said, though pricing and final release dates haven’t been announced.

While there have been rumors about Live Drive service in the blogosphere, to date Microsoft has been cagey about officially confirming those plans. What is known is that the service can be mapped directly from PCs running the upcoming Windows Vista operating system.

News.com: Scheduled for resurrection this October, the popular mouse will enjoy new life as the IntelliMouse Explorer 3.0, which Microsoft says will have the tracking and responsiveness gamers have pined for. No longer will devotees of the device have to trawl eBay for the discontinued devices or preserve old versions in protective cases.

Logitech on Thursday also announced new mice, but the pair of fast-scrolling wireless devices is targeted at those who do daily battle with spreadsheets rather than computer-generated warlords or enemy armies.

The main upgrade is the Teflon feet that allow the mouse to glide smoothly on a desk or mouse pad. CNET Reviews liked the customized settings and ergonomic support, but wasn’t too keen on the response of the thumb-side button.