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TOI : PUNE: International School of Business and Media (ISB&M) in association with The Times of India will hold its annual International Supply Chain & Operations Management Conference Chain Act ‘09′ on November 8 at the ISB&M Auditorium, Nande Campus, Pune.

Juzar Mustan, CEO AFL India, Shakeel Ahmed, Principal Manager ETISALAT Dubai, Marco Weinstock, GM Logistics Volkswagen, India and other speakers from leading companies across the globe have been invited to share their experience and address current issues on Supply Chain & Operations Management’.

During the conference, recent research on the most critical supply chain issues and solutions adopted by industry leaders will be outlined and discussed. There will also be presentations and a panel discussion by experts who will provide their input to contemporary issues and the main theme, Supply Chain Integration-The Future?’ .

For further information kindly contact Shantanu Das on 9503821968, Arjun Khandelwal on 8055728229 or email chainact09@gmail.com. More Stories from this section City likely to face 20% water cut H1N1 toll rises to 100, fears of 2nd wave loom MSEDCL proposes 37 paise ASC for Pune Two held for youth’s murder PCMC residents to receive…More

TOI : Prerna Hall’, a recreation centre for cancer patients, was inaugurated at the Command hospital on Thursday.

The hall is well-equipped with ultramodern audio-visual aids and several activities, like celebration of festivals and interactive sessions, will be organised to motivate the patients to participate actively in them. Such informal interactions make a patient more forthcoming with his or her problems and the support group then tries to solve them.

The Command Hospital, Southern Command, started the Prerna movement to provide emotional and psychological support to cancer patients, said a press release. Prerna is a voluntary cancer support group that was set up by Maj Anamika Sinha. More Stories from this section Snag in supply, power cuts up by 30 minutes It’s time for sustainable technologies in air-conditioning Lessons in climate change for school principals Supp…More

TOI : PUNE: The Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) has invited suggestions from citizens about projects to be included in the municipal budget early next year. Municipal commissioner Ashish Sharma has appealed to citizens to send their suggestions regarding projects that needed to be taken up in their respective areas to the zonal offices concerned till November 13.

Preparations for the PCMC annual budget for 2010-11 is in progress. Sharma stressed on the importance of public participation during the planning of the budget and said that a decision has been taken by all zonal committees that projects suggested by the citizens will be considered for inclusion in the budget.

Citizens are requested to suggest developmental projects they want to be implemented in their wards or zones. The zonal officer and the executive engineer will verify the suggestions and the projects and if it is found reasonable, it will be included in the municipal budget.

The PCMC has made available suggestion forms at all zonal offices free of cost. The forms will be accepted at the zonal offices till 5 pm on November 13.

For the civic budget for 2007-08, 18 citizens had sent their suggestions. In 2008-09, there were 34 citizen suggestions while in 2009-10, 66 citizens voiced their suggestions.

For the coming budget, the zonal offices have so far received 139 suggestions. More Stories from this section Snag in supply, power cuts up by 30 minutes It’s time for sustainable technologies in air-conditioning Lessons in climate change for school principals Supply Chain Conference “Chain Act 09″ Rec…More

TOI : The Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA) has produced a unique diary as part of the International Year of Astronomy (IYA).

The diary, the brainchild of eminent scientists JV Naralikar and T Padmanabhan, has 53 weekly pages of well-researched information. It has a strong Indian flavour and mentions Indian discoveries, Indian scientists and other important astro-facts.

According to T Padmanabhan, “We wanted to do something on account of IYA and wanted to package lots of information in a single go.”

The weekly pages of the diary have information on what happened in that particular week at some point of history. The information is supported by graphics and pictures, useful sky maps prepared by Arvind Paranjpye, the scientific officer at IUCAA, and a list of important events at the beginning of every quarter of the year, to promote interest in sky-watching amongst readers.

“It is a desktop calendar which can be used for instant information on astronomy,” says Paranjpye.

The scientists took a month to list out the topics and gather information on the topics. “We have made it very India-centric and tried to incorporate things that Indians are not aware of. Pages have been devoted to Indian scientists who have had an impact on Indian astronomy. The Raman effect is also part of the diary,” Padmanabhan says.

Astronomical phenomena such as phases of the moon, total solar eclipse, partial lunar eclipse, Galileo’s observations, famous comets, astronomical use of telescopes and the dawn of radio astronomy are among the topics mentioned in the diary. More Stories from this section Snag in supply, power cuts up by 30 minutes It’s time for sustainable technologies in air-conditioning Lessons in climate change for school principals Supply Chain Conference “Chain Act 09″ Rec…More

TOI : PUNE: Two students, one each from Gendibai Tarachand Chopra School and Yashwantrao Chavan primary schools in Pimpri were among 18 people who tested positive for the H1N1 influenza on Friday.

“Both students have been quarantined at the YCM hospital in Pimpri and other students of the school will be screened as a preventive measure,” said Pandit Chavan, joint director of state health services.

Around 5,400 people were screened across the district, of which 411 suspected patients were administered Tamiflu tablets. Nearly 37,768 people have been given Tamiflu so far, Chavan added.

As many as 16 patients are being treated at isolation ICUs of various private and government-run hospitals in PMC and PCMC limits. Of them, four patients are critical and have been put on ventilator, Chavan said. “Seventy-seven patients were discharged on Friday. Around 6.75 lakh people have been screened across the district so far,” Chavan said. More Stories from this section Snag in supply, power cuts up by 30 minutes It’s time for sustainable technologies in air-conditioning Lessons in climate change for school principals Supply Chain Conference “Chain Act 09″ Rec…More

TOI : PUNE: The bridge on the river Pavana in Pimpri, which was lying unused for the past five years, has finally been opened to vehicular traffic. The construction work was completed by the Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) in October 2004. However, due to the lack of approach road at one end of the bridge had rendered the structure useless for all these years.

With the opening of the bridge, which connects Pimprigaon with Tapkirnagar in Kalewadi, vehicular congestion on the parallel bridge at Kalewadi is expected to reduce significantly.

The approach road on the Pimpri side of the bridge was completed earlier. However, the road work on the Kalewadi side was still incomplete due to problems regarding land acquisition.

Opposition leader at the PCMC, Macchindra Tapkir, who had been agitating for the completion of the approach road for all these years, congratulated municipal commissioner Ashish Sharma for starting the bridge. Commuters have started using the bridge although it is yet to be formally inaugurated, Tapkir said. More Stories from this section Snag in supply, power cuts up by 30 minutes It’s time for sustainable technologies in air-conditioning Lessons in climate change for school principals Supply Chain Conference “Chain Act 09″ Rec…More

TOI : PUNE: The Pune police have begun installing GPS (global positioning system) equipment on its vehicles which are used for patrolling purposes. The system is being introduced as part of its mordernisation programme.

Joint commissioner of police (law and order) Rajendra Sonawane on Friday said, with the installation of the GPS, it would become easier to locate the patrolling team which is nearest to the scene of a crime and thus direct it accordingly. “Once the installation is completed, the movement of police vehicles can be monitored from the police control room,” Sonawane said.

The Mumbai police has successfully implemented the GPS project. The state government has given the Pune police Rs 1.75 crore to implement the project on a pilot basis. A similar project will also be taken up in Navi Mumbai and Nagpur.

Sonawane said, “At present, citizens call on the multiple lines of the emergency number 100′. The automated voice response system connects the caller to the police control room, where a policeman takes down details such as the caller’s name, location and the nature of emergency. He then directs the nearest police vehicle to the scene of the crime after locating the positions of the vehicles making use of the GPS technology.

“The use of GIS (geographic information system) and GPS will enable us to cut down the response time. The system saves vital time which would have been lost in tracing the nearest vehicle,” Sonawane said.

The GPS equipment have already been installed on 45 of the 160 vehicles like jeeps, mobiles and motorcycles which are used for patrolling purpose. The installation, commissioning and maintenance of the project will be looked after by a private firm for three years. Sixty-four officials posted at the control room will be given training on handling the technical, operational and maintenance aspect of the GPS, sub-inspector Rajendra Purkar of the wireless department said. Purkar…More

TOI : PUNE: Sleuths from the local crime branch of Pune rural police on Thursday seized 2.50 kgs of gold, suspected to have been be smuggled from Switzerland, 330 gms of silver and Rs 28 lakh in cash, from the car of a city-based jeweller. They have arrested the jeweller and his driver in this regard.

The police have identified the suspects as Mahesh Balasaheb Mali (28) and his driver Sadashiv Balwant Jangam (28). Mali owns a jewellery shop Mahesh Jewellers at Raviwar Peth.

Acting on a tip-off, a police team led by senior inspector Bhausaheb Andhalkar of the local crime branch laid a trap on the Pune-Bangalore highway on Thursday night and caught the duo.

Speaking to media, superintendent of police (Pune rural) Pratap Dighavkar said, “We had received a tip-off that some people are carrying illegal gold and would be passing through the Pune-Bangalore highway. The duo came in the car on Thursday at around 9 pm. When we searched the car, we found gold biscuits, silver chains and cash kept in specially created pits in the car. We arrested the duo as they failed to produce the receipts.”

Dighavkar added that both the suspects were going from Pune from Kolhapur. Embossed on the gold biscuits was the logo of a Swiss company. “We are suspecting that they might have been smuggled. We have informed the customs department and have also handed over the gold, silver, cash and the car to them for further investigations,” Dighavkar said.

The Income Tax department and Directorate of Revenue Intelligence have been also been informed.

Assistant Commissioner S B Shinde of customs department said that they have registered an offence against the suspect as per the provisions of Customs Act and would ask for their custody in the court. “Prima facie it is the case of smuggling,” he said.

The investigating team comprising of assistant inspector…More

TOI : PUNE: Power cuts have increased by 30 minutes in the city as a tower supply line has collapsed due to a landslide at Borgaon in Yevatmal district. The cuts will continue until the repair work is completed.

The 400-KV Chandrapur-Parali tower supply line crash has resulted in 1,000 MW shortfall, necessitating the additional load-shedding with effect from Friday, the MSEDCL said in a statement.

Although repair work has started, the time-frame for completion of the same cannot be given because the landslide has not stopped, an official of the MSEDCL said.

At present, Pune city has fixed load-shedding for 2.45 to 3.30 hours, which get reduced or cancelled if 171 MW of additional power required is procured under the existing Pune model of zero load-shedding.

Agriculture areas in Pune zone of the MSEDCL will have additional load-shedding for one hour while villages with single phasing will face reduction of one hour in power supply time.

Meanwhile the Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission (Merc) has invited suggestions from people about the road map that the commission is preparing for gradual reduction in cross subsidy for all distribution licensees in the state. The step is in accordance with the Electricity Act 2003, national electricity policy and tariff policy issued by the Union ministry for power.

The suggestions should be submitted in English or Marathi in six copies by November 25 and should carry the full name, postal address and email address of the sender. It should be indicated whether the suggestions are being filed on behalf of an organisation or by a consumer.

The suggestions should be sent to Merc, 13th floor, Centre no 1, World Trade Centre, Cuffe Parade, Mumbai4000005 or to mercindia@mercindia.org.in Topics: power cuts yevatmal More Stories from this section City likely to face 20% water cut H1N1 toll rises to 100, fears of 2nd wave loom MSEDCL proposes 37 paise ASC…More

TOI : PUNE: Power cuts have increased by 30 minutes in the city as a tower supply line has collapsed due to a landslide at Borgaon in Yevatmal district. The cuts will continue until the repair work is completed.

The 400-KV Chandrapur-Parali tower supply line crash has resulted in 1,000 MW shortfall, necessitating the additional load-shedding with effect from Friday, the MSEDCL said in a statement.

Although repair work has started, the time-frame for completion of the same cannot be given because the landslide has not stopped, an official of the MSEDCL said.

At present, Pune city has fixed load-shedding for 2.45 to 3.30 hours, which get reduced or cancelled if 171 MW of additional power required is procured under the existing Pune model of zero load-shedding.

Agriculture areas in Pune zone of the MSEDCL will have additional load-shedding for one hour while villages with single phasing will face reduction of one hour in power supply time.

Meanwhile the Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission (Merc) has invited suggestions from people about the road map that the commission is preparing for gradual reduction in cross subsidy for all distribution licensees in the state. The step is in accordance with the Electricity Act 2003, national electricity policy and tariff policy issued by the Union ministry for power.

The suggestions should be submitted in English or Marathi in six copies by November 25 and should carry the full name, postal address and email address of the sender. It should be indicated whether the suggestions are being filed on behalf of an organisation or by a consumer.

The suggestions should be sent to Merc, 13th floor, Centre no 1, World Trade Centre, Cuffe Parade, Mumbai4000005 or to mercindia@mercindia.org.in Topics: power cuts yevatmal More Stories from this section City likely to face 20% water cut H1N1 toll rises to 100, fears of 2nd wave loom MSEDCL proposes 37 paise ASC…More