தொலைநிலை கல்வி: யு.ஜி.சி., நெருக்கடி

Added : செப் 25, 2019 00:09


சென்னை 'தொலைநிலை கல்வியில் செப். 30க்குள் மாணவர் சேர்க்கையை முடிக்க வேண்டும்' என யு.ஜி.சி. உத்தரவிட்டுள்ளது.நாடு முழுவதும் உள்ள பல்கலைகள் மற்றும் கல்லுாரிகளில் தொலைநிலையில் படிப்புகளை நடத்த பல்கலை கழக மானிய குழுவான யு.ஜி.சி. அங்கீகாரம் வழங்குகிறது. யு.ஜி.சி.யின் விதிகள் மற்றும் அங்கீகாரத்தின் படி அதற்கான பாடப் பிரிவுகளில் மாணவர்கள் சேர்க்கப்படுகின்றனர்.இதன்படி அனைத்து பல்கலைகளுக்கும் யு.ஜி.சி. அனுப்பியுள்ள சுற்றறிக்கை:ஜூலையில் அங்கீகாரம் பெற்று மாணவர் சேர்க்கையை துவங்கிய அனைத்து கல்வி நிறுவனங்களும் தொலைநிலையில் மாணவர் சேர்க்கை நடவடிக்கைகளை செப். 30க்குள் முடிக்க வேண்டும். அதுதொடர்பான அறிக்கையை அக். முதல் வாரத்திற்குள் யு.ஜி.சி.க்கு தாக்கல் செய்ய வேண்டும்.இவ்வாறு அதில் கூறப்பட்டுள்ளது.

Madras University clock tower to get a facelift

The historic clock tower of University of Madras, which was built during the British era, has been in a dilapidated condition for years.

Published: 25th September 2019 06:27 AM |

The heritage wing of PWD will take over the renovation  D Sampathkumar

By Express News Service

CHENNAI: The historic clock tower of University of Madras, which was built during the British era, has been in a dilapidated condition for years.But officials seem to have finally woken up. It is all set to be restored to its original beauty as the state government has sanctioned `5 crore for renovation of the clock tower. The Public Works Department (PWD) is likely to start the work within a month, said vice-chancellor of the university P Duraisamy.

“The renovation work of the clock tower is likely to start within a month. We have received the funds for the renovation from state government and will transfer the amount to the PWD soon,” said the vice-chancellor.

He said that as the structure is over 100 years old, it needs expertise to ensure proper repair and renovation work. So the heritage wing of PWD, which specialises in restoration of heritage buildings, will be carrying out the project.

On a priority basis, the roof of the entire structure will be repaired and refurbished as it leaks when it rains. Varsity officials said cracks have developed in the roof due to which severe leakage and seepage occurs during monsoon. Alongside, the dome of the structure has also developed cracks and some damages which need to be taken care of. Patches of plaster and paint are also peeling off from the walls, which will be rectified.

“It will take not less than seven months for renovating the clock tower,” said Duraisamy. According to varsity officials, the senate building of the university was repaired in 2006-2007 and since then the proposal was made to carry out repair work of the clock tower. “It was a long-standing demand to carry out the repair and renovation work of the clock tower and finally the work will start soon. Like the senate building, the clock tower is also a landmark for Chennai,” said a varsity official.

Doctor accused of filming patients acquitted after woman turns hostile
The woman turned hostile before court. XVIII Metropolitan Magistrate, Saidapet, acquitted the doctor.

Published: 25th September 2019 06:20 AM |

By Express News Service

CHENNAI: A 64-year-old doctor accused of filming women patients was acquitted after one of them filed a compromise affidavit in court. Sivagurunathan, who runs a clinic at Mylapore, was arrested in April last year for sexual harassment based on a complaint from a woman.

According to the complaint, the doctor who had allegedly captured 30 videos of women in his clinic, was caught red-handed by the woman’s husband who visited the clinic after she had chest pain. The family alerted police, who in turn booked the doctor.

Police said the doctor’s mobile phone had over 30 videos at the time of arrest. During trial, the woman filed a compromise plea stating that she found that examination for chest pain is done by closely inspecting the body and her husband had acted out of emotion. The woman turned hostile before court. XVIII Metropolitan Magistrate, Saidapet, acquitted the doctor.

Surfers, swimmers barred from beaches around Mamallapuram

25/09/2019, SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT,CHENNAI

Surfers have petitioned the authorities against the ban on surfing activities much ahead of the summit. File Photo

Police have banned surfing activities around Mamallapuram in view of the high-level summit between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping next month.

On Sunday, the members of a surfing school, free surfers and ocean swimmers were stopped from entering the Kovalam Muttukadu beach by the Coastal Security Group DSP.

“We have many students, children and groups coming to learn surfing.

We understand if we have to stay away from the beach a few days before the PM’s visit.

But 20 days ahead, if we stop our work, it will hit us hard and we will find it difficult to pay rent and salaries,” said Showkath Jamal R., a surfing school owner, claiming that the police action was selective.

However, DSP Balamurugan said, “We have told surfing schools which do not have the necessary NOC to suspend their activities in view of VIP visit to the area.”

Meanwhile, surfers have petitioned the authorities against the ban on surfing activities much ahead of the summ

Direct morning flight from Coimbatore to Delhi likely

25/09/2019, STAFF REPORTER ,COIMBATORE

Members of Kongu Global Forum (KGF), an association of representatives from the industrial houses of the seven western districts, have sought Ashwani Lohani, chairman and managing director of Air India Limited, for a direct morning flight to New Delhi for onward connectivity to Europe.

A representation of KGF signed by its chairman A. Sakthivel and vice-chairperson Vanitha Mohan was handed over to Mr. Lohani, who gave them assurance on the direct morning flight to Delhi.

International destinations

“This flight will help connect passengers to 10 international destinations especially Europe and two in Australia and will significantly reduce the travel time to Europe and Australia (most of the flights leave in the afternoon from Delhi). We also appraised him about the huge cargo potential from this region. He has assured us that the morning flight will be allotted,” said Ms. Mohan.

Representation letters from KGF, Coimbatore District Small Industries Association, Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry Chamber, and Southern India Engineering Manufacturers’ Association were also submitted to Mr. Lohani.

It has been a long-standing demand to have a direct flight from Coimbatore to New Delhi in the morning to reach the capital city by 11 a.m., as it would facilitate the passengers to opt for connecting flights to European destinations without wasting time on transit.

“With a good number of international and domestic travellers from Coimbatore, the lack of a direct flight to Delhi as a connecting flight to the West is an impediment to those who visit Coimbatore both for business as well as on holiday to travel to tourist destinations like the Nilgiris and Kodaikanal,” said KGF’s letter to Mr. Lohani.

Flight change

International travellers boarding from Coimbatore international airport, which serves Coimbatore, Tirupur, Erode, Namakkal, Karur, Salem and the Nilgiris, are currently forced to opt for a flight change over from Bangalore, Chennai, Kochi or Tiruchi.


AI introduces 'Discover India Scheme'

Air India has introduced Discover India Scheme for travel in economy class within India valid till March 31, 2020.

Under scheme I, passenger can buy five economy class tickets for ₹ 40,000 for travel in five domestic sectors namely Coimbatore/Mumbai/Delhi/Thiruvananthapuram/Mumbai/Coimbatore to be availed within 15 days of the first leg of travel.

Scheme II offers ten economy class tickets for ₹ 75,000 for travel in ten domestic sectors which will be valid for 30 days.

Police has no power to seize assets, says SC

25/09/2019, LEGAL CORRESPONDENT,NEW DELHI

The Supreme Court on Tuesday made clear that a police officer is not empowered to seize immovable property under Section 102 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

Section 102 deals with the power of an investigating officer to seize any property suspected to be part of a crime.

The question of law regarded by a three-judge Bench of Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, Justices Deepak Gupta and Sanjeev Khanna was whether landed property comes within the ambit of ‘property’ mentioned in the legal provision.

“Given the nature of criminal litigation, seizure of an immovable property by the police officer in the form of an attachment and dispossession would not facilitate investigation to collect evidence to be produced during inquiry and trial,” Justice Khanna observed.

Justice Gupta said seizure of land by a police officer during a probe would lead to an “absolutely chaotic situation”.

Ramanujan prize for U.K. mathematician

Harper’s brilliant work recognised

25/09/2019, SHUBASHREE DESIKAN,CHENNAI

Recognising talent: Adam Harper was awarded the prize for his contributions to analytic & probabilistic number theory.

The SASTRA Ramanujan prize for 2019 will be awarded to mathematician Adam Harper, Assistant Professor with the University of Warwick, England.

The prize carries a citation and an award of $10,000 and is conferred annually on mathematicians from across the world who are less than 32 years of age, working in an area influenced by the genius Srinivasa Ramanujan.

“The SASTRA-Ramanujan Award has gained global repute ever since it was instituted in 2005 and today is easily amongst the top five awards of this type for mathematics. Many previous winners, including Manjul Bhargava and Akshay Venkatesh, went on to win the Fields Medal later,” said Dr. S. Vaidhyasubramaniam, Vice-Chancellor of SASTRA University, in a press release.

Four mathematicians who were awarded this prize have gone on to win the Fields Medal later.

Noted number theorist and former director of the Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai, Prof. R. Balasubramanian observed that the problems on which Mr. Harper works are interesting. “He has improved earlier results obtained by Kannan Soundararajan and Andrew Granville. His paper with Ben Green on large sieve is also worth mentioning,” he said.

The citation said Mr. Harper was awarded the prize “for several outstanding contributions to analytic and probabilistic number theory.”

“The prize recognizes his marvellous 2012 PhD thesis at Cambridge University, and his paper of 2013 in Crelle’s Journal …Harper’s recent brilliant proof of a conjecture of Helson…and a related paper… to appear in Algebra and Number Theory. The prize also recognizes Harper’s seminal work using the Riemann Hypothesis to determine the correct order upper bound for the higher moments of the Riemann zeta function on the critical line…”

The age limit is 32 years to commemorate the fact that Srinivasa Ramanujan accomplished a phenomenal body of work in this short span.

Every year, this prize is awarded by SASTRA University on its campus near Kumbakonam in Tamil Nadu, on Ramanujan’s birth anniversary, December 22.