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அக்னி நட்சத்திரம் நாளை தொடங்குகிறது



அக்னி நட்சத்திரம் நாளை தொடங்கி 28-ந் தேதி வரை சுட்டெரிக்க உள்ளது. இந்த காலகட்டத்தில் கோடை மழைக்கு வாய்ப்பு இருப்பதாக வானிலை ஆய்வு மைய அதிகாரிகள் தெரிவித்தனர்.

மே 03, 2018, 05:26 AM
சென்னை,

தமிழகத்தில் இந்த ஆண்டு கோடை காலம் தொடங்கும் முன்பே வெயில் சுட்டெரிக்க தொடங்கியது. ஏப்ரல் மாத தொடக்கத்திலேயே பல மாவட்டங்களில் வெயில் 100 டிகிரியை தாண்டியது. அனல்காற்றும் வீசியது. இரவு நேரங்களில் கூட வெப்பம் குறையாமல் இருந்தது.

இந்நிலையில் கத்திரி வெயில் எனப்படும் அக்னி நட்சத்திரம் நாளை (வெள்ளிக்கிழமை) தொடங்கி 28-ந் தேதி வரை நீடிக்கிறது. ஏற்கனவே வெயில் சுட்டெரித்து வரும் நிலையில் அக்னி நட்சத்திரத்தை எப்படி சமாளிப்பது என பொதுமக்கள் அச்சம் அடைந்துள்ளனர்.

ஒவ்வொரு ஆண்டும் கோடை காலம் தொடங்கிய உடன் வெப்பத்தின் தாக்கத்தை சற்று தணிக்கும் வகையில் கோடைமழை பெய்வது வழக்கம். அந்தவகையில் தற்போது வெப்பம் அதிகரித்து காணப்படும் நிலையில் கோடைமழை எப்போது வரும்? வெப்பத்தின் தாக்கம் எப்போது குறையும்? என்பது குறித்து சென்னை வானிலை ஆய்வு மைய அதிகாரிகளிடம் கேட்டபோது அவர்கள் கூறியதாவது:-

கத்திரி வெயில் நாளை(வெள்ளிக்கிழமை) தொடங்கி 28-ந் தேதி வரை இருக்கும். அடுத்த 3 மாதத்துக்கு வழக்கத்தை விட 0.5 முதல் 1 டிகிரி வரை வெப்பம் அதிகம் பதிவாக வாய்ப்பு உள்ளது. இந்த காலக்கட்டத்தில் மேற்கு மற்றும் தென்மேற்கு பகுதிகளில் இருந்து அனல்காற்று வீச வாய்ப்பு இருக்கிறது. ஈரப்பதம் குறைந்து வறண்ட வானிலை காணப்படுவதால் தமிழகம், புதுச்சேரியில் வெப்பம் மேலும் அதிகரிக்கும். சென்னையை பொறுத்தவரை அனல் காற்று வீசுவதுடன் வெப்பத்தின் தாக்கம் அதிகமாக இருக்கும். வெப்பசலனம் காரணமாக தமிழகத்தின் மற்ற பகுதிகளில் கோடை மழைக்கு வாய்ப்பு உள்ளது. கடலோர மாவட்டத்தில் காற்றின் திசையை பொறுத்து வெப்பநிலை மாறும்.

பரவலாக தமிழகத்தில் பெரும்பாலான நகரங்களில் 107 டிகிரி வரை வெயில் பதிவாக வாய்ப்பு உள்ளது. தற்போது கடல் பகுதியில் இருந்து நிலப்பகுதிக்குள் கடல் காற்று புகுவதால் வெப்பத்தின் தாக்கம் சற்று குறைவாக இருக்கிறது.

ஆனால் அக்னி நட்சத்திரம் தொடங்கிய பிறகு நிலப்பரப்பில் வீசும் காற்று, கடல் காற்றை நிலப்பரப்புக்குள் புகாமல் தடுத்து விடும். இதனால் அனல் காற்று வீசும்.

இவ்வாறு அதிகாரிகள் கூறினர்.

அக்னி நட்சத்திர பாதிப்பை தவிர்க்க இயற்கை மருத்துவர்கள், ஜோதிடர்கள் ஆலோசனை கூறியதாவது:-

அக்னி நட்சத்திர காலத்தில் தொடர்ந்து 25 நாட்கள் வெப்பத்தால் நம் உடல் பாதிக்கப்படாமல் இருக்க குளிர்ச்சி தரும் உணவுகளை எடுத்துக்கொள்ள வேண்டும். வெயிலில் அலைவதை முடிந்த அளவுக்கு மக்கள் தவிர்க்க வேண்டும். இதன் மூலம் கோடைகால வெப்ப நோயில் இருந்து பாதுகாத்து கொள்ளலாம். கோடைகாலத்தில் அதிக தண்ணீர் குடிப்பது, காய்கறி, பழங்கள் போன்றவற்றை அதிகளவில் உணவில் சேர்த்து கொள்வது நலம்.

வெயில் காலத்தில் திட உணவை காட்டிலும் திரவ வகை உணவுகளை அதிகளவில் சேர்க்க வேண்டும். இயற்கை பழரசங்களை அதிகம் குடிக்க வேண்டும். இளநீர், நுங்கு, பதநீர் பருக வேண்டும். அதிக கார உணவு வகைகளையும், மாமிச உணவுகளையும் தவிர்க்க வேண்டும். வசதி உள்ளவர்கள் இலவச தண்ணீர், மோர் பந்தல்களை அமைத்து எளியவர்களுக்கு வழங்குவதன் மூலம் கோடி புண்ணியம் பெறலாம்.

இவ்வாறு அவர்கள் கூறினர்.

J P Nadda promised DNB MD equivalence
by Admin | May 1, 2018 | DNB, MCI, NBE

Medical Reporters  Today
Union health minister in the latest meeting with the officials of ANBAI (Association of National Board accredited Institutions) verbally promised that they have taken necessary action for DNB equivalence as per 2012 Gazette notification of government of India overruling MCI TEQ on June 2017.

J P Nadda said DNB from 500 beded hospital will be equivalent to MD for all purpose including teaching in Medical colleges while DNB from less than 500 bedded hospital will require one extra year of SR ship at medical college.This is sync with the 2012 notification of Government of India. However, Association of DNB doctors (ADD) is not satisfied with this step. We want nothing less than absolute equivalence irrespective of the type of hospital and bed strength and we won’t settle for any less” said one of the officials of ADD. The number of bed criteria is arbitrary and challengable in the court of law.

Plea to increase retirement age to 70

A Group of principals of self-financing colleges affiliated to the Bharathiar University have moved the Madras High Court, praying that the retirement age of principals should be raised to 70 years, a

Published: 02nd May 2018 05:06 AM | Last Updated: 02nd May 2018 05:07 AM

By S Mannar Mannan

Express News Service

COIMBATORE: A Group of principals of self-financing colleges affiliated to the Bharathiar University have moved the Madras High Court, praying that the retirement age of principals should be raised to 70 years, as per the University Grants Commission’s 2010 regulation for teachers.
The Higher Education Department has fixed the retirement age of college principals at 62 years. Recently, Bharathiar University, where 65 years was the norm, reduced it to 62 years in compliance with the government order.

Now, principals of six affiliated colleges, led by K M Chinnadorai, who is also a member of the University Syndicate, have moved the High Court seeking an increase in retirement age.

“The UGC’s 2010 regulation has fixed the retirement age for teachers as 70 years. It does not mention a separate age for principals. In 2003, the State government fixed 62 years as the retirement age for principals. There has been no change since then. However, for 11 years since 2007, Bharathiar University has followed 65 years as the retirement age for principals. So, we have approached the High Court praying for a direction to the State government to raise the retirement age for principals to 70 years,” said Chinnadorai.

“When a vice chancellor can administer a university at the age of 70 years, why can’t a principal administer a college at 70 years?” he asked.

Reacting to it, Association of University Teachers (AUT) vice president N Pasupathy said, “AUT has been demanding an increase in retirement age for long. But the UGC regulation can be implemented only if the State government decides to adopt these regulations. Courts have also ruled along these lines.”

Bharathiar University had raised the retirement age of principals to 65 years without consulting the State government, though this was against the government order fixing it at 62 years, he added.

Transfer of principals

Bharathiar University has decided to transfer the principals of its constituent colleges to the places where they were originally posted. T Palanisamy, now the principal of Bharathiar University Arts and Science College in Gudalur, will be transferred to its constituent college in Modakurichi and C Vadivel, now working in Modakurichi, will be transferred to the Gudalur college

Notice on PIL to retrieve land

A division bench of the Madras High Court has issued notices to the officials including the Commissioner of Chennai Corporation and the Kancheepuram District Collector on a PIL petition seeking to retrieve land worth crores of rupees in Ullagaram village in Sholinganallur taluk in Kanchipuram district from the encroachers. The bench issued the notices, when a PIL petition came up before it last week

NEET aspirants in TN worried as CBSE yet to reallot centres

NEET candidates who have been allotted exam centres in other States like Kerala are distressed over CBSE’s delay in announcing new centres within Tamil Nadu as directed by Madras High Court on April 2

Published: 02nd May 2018 02:59 AM | Last Updated: 02nd May 2018 05:59 AM |
 

File Photo of candidates who appeared for the NEET examination in Chennai. | PTI File Photo

By Lalitha Ranjani, Deepak Sathish

Express News Service

MADURAI/ TIRUCHY: NEET candidates who have been allotted exam centres in other States like Kerala are distressed over CBSE’s delay in announcing new centres within Tamil Nadu as directed by Madras High Court on April 26. With only a few days left for the exam, Sanyam Bhardwaj, Director of NEET, New Delhi, said they were yet to receive the court order.

Believing the CBSE would act promptly on the court’s direction, many candidates have already cancelled their train tickets to Kerala. NEET examinees have been frequently checking the CBSE-NEET website for updates, with no result. Express, in its recent editions, highlighted the plight of the candidates allotted exam centres in Kerala and their demands for a centre in adjoining districts as per their choice.

Express contacted Bhardwaj over the phone to find out reasons for the delay. He said, “Let us receive the order. We are taking advice from our legal advisor and then we will take action.” Several questions were asked by Express on new centre allocation, allotment of exam centres not listed among candidates’ choices and even if there would be any announcements in the upcoming days. Bhardwaj did not reply to any of the questions and refrained from comment.

The director’s public notice after allotting centres to candidates and hall tickets made available on the website, said, “There is no human intervention in allotment of the centres as the same is being done with the help of computer. No change in the centre or centre city could be done in any case because all the arrangements for the examination have been made by the CBSE. A centre or city cannot be changed.”

As far as candidates from Tamil Nadu are concerned, there are many who hail from rural areas and would have to travel a long distance, which would have financial implications. M Kumar, who is from an underprivileged background, lamented, “There is a lot of confusion and anxiety over this issue. As I was given a centre in Ernakulam district in Kerala, my father somehow booked to-and-fro train tickets. Hearing of the High Court’s direction, we cancelled the tickets and now, we do not know what to do.”

Sethuram, founder of a city-based coaching centre, said, “Students are very confused. They do not know whether the exam centre would be changed or left as it is. A public notice from the CBSE on this issue would help lessen exam anxiety.” Educationist Prince Gajendra Babu said the CBSE must take immediate steps to update NEET candidates on whether exam centres would be changed or not.

Panel to probe harassment complaint
The Madras Medical College has formed a five-member committee to probe an anonymous sexual harassment complaint filed against a few teaching doctors at Government KasturbaGandhi General 
Hospital, 

 Published: 02nd May 2018 02:51 AM | Last Updated: 02nd May 2018 04:59 AM

By Express News Service

CHENNAI: The Madras Medical College has formed a five-member committee to probe an anonymous sexual harassment complaint filed against a few teaching doctors at Government KasturbaGandhi General Hospital, where students of the college frequent for training sessions. Reliable sources privy to the issue said the complaint filed with the Chief Minister's cell, read almost similar to the allegations made against Aruppukottai Devanga College lecturer Nirmala Devi.

The complaint alleges that a woman professor tried to convince a few students to extend sexual favours to a few male professors, said a health department official. He said in the last two weeks the Directorate of Medical Education received the same complaint twice and they had already conducted enquiries with all students. None of the students came forward to file a complaint. We suspected the role of outsiders who might have differences with the accused professors, said the official.

But since the same complaint, this time also anonymous, has been filed again with the Chief Minister's cell, R Jayanthi, Dean, Madras Medical College, on Monday constituted the five- member committee. The action was taken on instructions of Health secretary J Radhakrishnan. The committee is said to have begun the probe on Monday and continued iton Tuesday also.A few departments of the Government Kasturba Gandhi General Hospital function under Madras Medical College and the rest under Multi- Super Speciality Hospital, Omandurar Estate.

Students hack college website 

Staff reporter 
 
Hyderabad, May 02, 2018 00:00 IST

As the college kept a backup in separate drive, the discrepancy was noticed

Over a dozen students of a reputed engineering college near Shamshabad hacked the official website of the college and manipulated the examination results.

The incident which left the college management red-faced, reportedly, took place hours ahead of declaration of the results of the third-year Computer Science course.

According to a top Cyberabad police official, the incident took place a few weeks ago. The students who had failed the examination allegedly hacked the website and altered their results. Suspicion was aroused by the faculty that it was difficult for some students to have passed the examination. Surprisingly, the students did not realise that the college had kept a backup of the results in a separate drive.

Backup drive

“The faculty compared the data of the results from the official website and backup drive and found the glaring discrepancy. They then understood that the results were tampered with,” the official said.

As the engineering college enjoyed the autonomous status, it conducted its own examinations and published the results, the official said.

“It was a preplanned act. They tampered with the results, showing the backlog as cleared. Some of them also scored high marks in some subjects, which were difficult for them. This raised doubts among the faculty,” said the official.

Officials who refuse to join election duty to be arrested 

Special Correspondent 
 
Bengaluru, May 02, 2018 00:00 IST

The Election Commission, which is struggling to bring together the number of employees required for election duty, on Tuesday said that those officials who refuse to join duty would be arrested and action taken against them.

The threat came after it found several officials, especially in urban areas, showing reluctance to join electoral work. In Bengaluru alone, 1,500 cases of officials skipping election duty has been reported and they have been warned.

‘Mostly in Bengaluru’

“We will take strict action against those who refuse to work on election duty. The problem is more in Bengaluru,” Chief Electoral Officer Sanjiv Kumar told reporters here on Tuesday.

The Election Commission is trying to rope in about 3.5 lakh people for election duty across the 224 constituencies. Failure to report for election training, mustering and election duty is an offence as per the Representation of People Act, 1951, a release said.