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IndianExpress: Apart from a state-of-the-art botanical garden, Pune University will now also house a full-fledged ayurvedic garden. Replete with over 350 medicinal plants and herbs including adulsa, rudraksh, ashvagandha, and bramhi, the 1.5-acre land has been developed especially on the occasion of the 2nd World Ayurveda Congress to be hosted at the University from November 5 to12.

”The plants have been cultivated using greenhouse, tissue culture and wild techniques, and the work began in June,” said Vaidya Parshuram Vaidya Khadiwale, whose institute Vaidya Khadiwale Vaidyak Sanshodhan Sanstha’s Gurukul has worked on the project along with the Department of Ayurveda, UoP

IndianExpress: Pune will once again come on the global map, this time for its healthcare. Perhaps for the first time in the country, a super specialty hospital dedicated to women and children will be set up in the city.

The 250-bed, Rs 80-crore project is modeled on the lines of the London-based Great Ormond Street Children’s Hospital and Queen Charlotte’s Hospital for women and Sydney Westmead Children’s Hospital of Australia. The super specialty hospital will be set up in technical and medical collaboration with the UK-based healthcare consultants Health Systems Ltd.

IndianExpress:  In a blatant misuse of official machinery, the elected representatives of the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) who have used their official vehicles outside the city limits, have failed to pay the fine imposed on them. In fact, even after two notices were sent to nine persons, only four of them have even responded to the notices.

The first notice was sent on August 28 and the second notice asking them — mayor Rajani Tribhuvan, deputy mayor Nilesh Magar, leader of the house Ramesh Bagve, opposition leader Mahadeo Babar, standing committee chairperson Sangeeta Deokar, BJP leader Ujjwal Keskar, former mayor Deepti Chaudhary, former deputy mayor Dilip Barate and former chairman of standing committee Rashid Shaikh — to pay the fine was sent again on October 6. Municipal secretary Sharad Samel, who had sent the notices, had also informed them that if they failed to pay the fines, then he would have to pay up.

IndianExpress: Apart from a state-of-the-art botanical garden, Pune University will now also house a full-fledged ayurvedic garden. Replete with over 350 medicinal plants and herbs including adulsa, rudraksh, ashvagandha, and bramhi, the 1.5-acre land has been developed especially on the occasion of the 2nd World Ayurveda Congress to be hosted at the University from November 5 to12.

”The plants have been cultivated using greenhouse, tissue culture and wild techniques, and the work began in June,” said Vaidya Parshuram Vaidya Khadiwale, whose institute Vaidya Khadiwale Vaidyak Sanshodhan Sanstha’s Gurukul has worked on the project along with the Department of Ayurveda, UoP

IndianExpress: The city police on Saturday night arrested four foreigners from Sindh Society in connection with violation of the late night loudspeaker deadline and causing disturbance to residents of the society.

Those arrested have been identified as Momol Alexon (25) of France, Shamu Joseph Ladao (29) of Israel, Ladao Venigo (22) of France and Arash Achashi (26) of Iran. The four were later released on bail on Sunday evening.