Metro set to speed into Poonamallee
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| Feb 3, 2018, 00:01 IST

Chennai: If everything goes as planned, residents from the western suburbs will be able to take metro rides in and out of the city in a few years time. 

The Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) is conducting a feasibility study to extend the metro rail network up to Poonamallee under the ambitious 107.55km phase-II project. Once the project takes off, commuters from Poonamallee will be able to reach the city in less than 45 minutes.

Officials said a detailed project report (DPR) to connect Poonamallee from Koyambedu CMBT via Porur, Virugambakkam and Valasarvakkam covering around 15km will be ready by the first quarter of this year. The extension of the line was planned at an additional cost of Rs 3,850 crore.

CMRL officials said a field study is being conducted. "We are expecting the DPR to be ready in three or four months," the official said. Work to study the localities began after chief minister K Palaniswamy announced at the state assembly last year that the 17-km corridor 4 from CMBT to Light House will extend up to Poonamallee with an idea to ease traffic congestion in the localities on the way. It includes Virugambakkam, Valsarvakkam, Porur, Kattupakkam, Kumananchavadi up to Poonamallee bus depot.

The phase-II has three corridors — Madhavaram-SIPCOT covering 46.1km with 50 stations in corridor 3, Madhavaram-Sholinganallur covering 45.2km with 46 stations in corridor 5 and 17.1km from CMBT to Light House in corridor 4. Officials said corridor 4 will be an orbital line connecting all arterial roads including Anna Salai, Arcot Road and Poonamallee High Road through both phase-I and II. The project, awaiting approval from the Centre, with 104 stations is estimated to cost Rs 85, 047 crore.

"The DPR will be sent separately for approvals and depending on that it will be decided if the extended line will be part of phase-II or as a separate extension project," a metro official said.

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AIIMS EXAZMINATIONS 2018

HC calls for all files as govt picks new DME

Madurai: The Madurai bench of the Madras high court on Friday raised questions over the government’s proposed appointment of Edwin Joe as director of medical education (DME) and called for all files relating to the appointments of DMEs since 2014.

The court’s observations came on a contempt case filed by the dean-cum-special officer of Karur Government Medical College, S Revwathy, who has been fighting for her right to the promotional post of DME for two years. The additional advocate general told the division bench of Justices N Kirubakaran and R Tharani that the state’s health and family welfare department had prepared a panel of names for the appointment of the new DME, from which it had chosen Edwin Joe.

The post of DME had fallen vacant on December 28, 2015, after the then DME S Geethalakshmi became vice-chancellor of TN Dr MGR Medical University. As per the norms framed by the government, Revwathy should have been appointed as DME. But the government appointed Madras Medical College dean R Vimala as DME on March 18, 2016, by relaxing the rule under the Special Rules for Tamiil Nadu Medical Service. Thereafter, it appointed Coimbatore government medical college dean Edwin Joe on April 25, 2017. TNN

Jio tops chart with peak 4G speed of 25.6 mbps in Nov: Trai 


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PTI Updated: Feb 2, 2018, 03:47 PM IST

Reliance Jio topped the chart of 4G broadband service providers for the 11th straight month by recording a peak download speed of 25.6 mbps for November 2017, data published by telecom regulator Trai showed today. Vodafone, the closest competitor to Jio, registered a top download speed of 10 megabit per second (mbps) followed by Bharti Airtel 9.8 mbps and Idea Cellular 7 mbps in November 2017, as per Trai data.

In October, Jio had registered a top speed of 21.8 mbps. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) collects and computes data download speed with the help of its 'MySpeed' application on a real-time basis.

In terms of upload speed, Vodafone overtook Idea Cellular in November by registering a speed of 6.9 mbps. Idea logged a peak upload speed of 6.6 mbps, followed by Jio which registered a speed of 4.9 mbps. Airtel recorded an upload speed of 4 mbps. In October, Idea had topped the chart by registering the highest upload speed of 7.1 mbps.

BDS MIGRATION

Government of India  Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

PUBLIC NOTICE

The Medical Professionals/Students and  General Public are hereby informed that the Medical Education in the country is governed by the Indian Medical Council (IMC) Act, 1956 and various rules and regulations made thereunder which are mandatory and binding in nature.

It is brought to the notice that migration of students from one medical college  to another medical college in India is regulated under Clause 6 of Regulations on Graduate Medical Education (GME), 1997.

 Sub-Clause 4 of Clause 6 of GME Regulations states that:

“6(4) For the purpose of migration an applicant candidate shall first obtain ‘No Objection Certificate’ from the college where he is studying for the present and the university to which that college is affiliated and also from the college to which the migration is sought and the university to it that college is affiliated. He/She
shall submit his application for migration within a period of 1 month of passing (Declaration of result of the 1st Professional MBBS examination) alongwith the above cited four ‘No Objection Certificates’ to: 

(a) the Director of Medical Education of the State, if migration is sought from one college to another within the same State, or 

(b) the Medical Council of India, if the migration is sought from one college to another located outside the State.”

Forthwith the request for migration of a medical student may be sent to the respective authorities and no such application shall be sent to Ministry of Health & 

Family Welfare directly. 

(Ali R.Rizvi)Joint Secretary, Medical Education