Santosh tops UPSC in StateSantosh Vaidya who appeared for the Union Public Services Commission (UPSC) 1997 examination from Pune's Jnana Prabodhini competitive examination centre has stood first in Maharashtra and the 12th in the country. He has been selected for the Indian Administrative Service (IAS).Vaidya is a former student of Bhave School and S P College.YWCA stand on nuclear testThe Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) of India has expressed the hope that that the Indian nuclear tests will compel a review of the current acquiescence of the world community in the retention of nuclear weapons by some nations and will lead to step by step universal disarmament.A statement adopted by the YWCA of India has said that the association which abhors war nevertheless believes that India has legitimate security concerns and that the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) do little to stop Proliferation while in fact legitimising nuclear weapons in the hands of a few nuclear powers. The YWCA has also welcomed India's declaration of moratorium on the nuclear tests and hoped that the country will sign the NPT and CTBT with mutual acceptable amendments. The statement of YWCA of India was issued here by the YWCA of Poona.Seminar on puranasThe Ved Vidnyana Mandal will organise a seminar on the `Puranas' at S P College on June 6 and 7. Scholars from all over Maharashtra and from different parts of the country will present their papers in Marathi, English and Hindi. Dr G K Pai, director of the Mumbai-based Ananthacharya Indological Research Institute, will preside over the seminar.Talk on cartoonsCartoonist Mangesh Tendulkar will deliver a lecture on his cartoons at a function organised by University Women's Association, Pune, at the association's hall, Gokhalenagar, at 6 p.m. on June 10.Health campD S Homeopathic Medical College and its attached Sanjeevan Hospital recently conducted a free homeopathic medical camp in connection with gynaec complaints. Dr Dhananjay Kelkar, medical director of Jnana Prabodhini Medical Trust, inaugurated the camp. In all, 131 women were examined during the camp. Top
