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A special Covid-19 vaccination campaign organized at Saint Patrick’s Cathedral on the occasion of the birthday of beloved Mother Mary on Wednesday. (Express / Arul Horizon)
Pune is one of three districts whose Covid positivity rate in the week of September 1-7 is over 5%, according to a new report from the state health department on Wednesday. Pune’s rate is 6.3%, while the other two districts are Sangli with 5.6% and Ahmednagar with 5.3%. Among the policies the government decided upon when removing Covid restrictions was that district authorities should ensure that weekly positivity rates remain below five percent. But the Pune district has shown a steady increase in the rate.
A 33-year-old deputy inspector stationed at Vimantal Police Station and his assistant were arrested by the Anti-Corruption Bureau for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 1 lakh to help a man accused of cheating obtain a bail. A 22-year-old approached ACB with a complaint on Tuesday. The youngster’s father is currently facing cheating charges in a case registered at Vimantal Police Station. The youngster said in his complaint that an officer at the police station was demanding a bribe of Rs 5 lakh to help his father secure bail in the case.
Crops on 1.98 lakh hectares may have been damaged by relentless heavy rains in parts of Maharashtra in recent days, according to early estimates. Several district governments have reported mid-season adversity notifications due to the rain. Farmers have now called on the state government to take action to help farmers in areas where heavy crop losses have been reported. Over the past few days, the monsoon has resumed in almost all parts of the state. Heavy rains were reported in Nanded, Parbhani, Raigad, Palghar, Akola, Dhule, Hingoli, Pune, Sangli, Kolhapur, Buldhana, Jalgaon Solapur, Nashik Osmanabad, Latur and Beed.
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