சென்னை மெட்ரோ ரயில் கட்டணத்தில் 50 % தள்ளுபடி

Updated : ஜன 12, 2020 09:44

சென்னை : பொங்கல் பண்டிகையை முன்னிட்டு சென்னை மெட்ரோ ரயில் பயணச்சீட்டில் 50 சதவீதம் கட்டண தள்ளுபடி வழங்கப்பட உள்ளதாக சென்னை மெட்ரோ நிர்வாகம் அறிவித்துள்ளது.

ஜன.,15,16,17 ஆகிய தேதிகளில் சென்னை மெட்ரோ ரயில் பயணச்சீட்டுகளில் 50 சதவீதம் கட்டண தள்ளுபடி வழங்கப்பட உள்ளது. அரசு பொது விடுமுறை நாள் என்பதால் கட்டண சலுகை வழங்கப்படுவதாக மெட்ரோ நிர்வாகம் தெரிவித்துள்ளது.



ஜன.,17 அன்று காணும் பொங்கலை முன்னிட்டு மெரினா கடற்கரையிலிருந்து மெட்ரோ ரயில் நிலையம் வரை பயணிகளுக்கு கேப் (CAB) இயக்கப்படும். அரசினர் தோட்டம், டிஎம்எஸ் ரயில் நிலையங்களில் இருந்து மெரினா கடற்கரைக்கு கேப் இயக்கப்படும் எனவும், காணும் பொங்கல் அன்று மெரினாவுக்கு அதிக அளவில் மக்கள் வருவார்கள் என்பதால் கேப் இயக்கப்படுவதாக மெட்ரோ நிர்வாகம் தெரிவித்துள்ளது.

Namakkal doctor fined Rs 9 lakh for wrong cure

On March 31, 2012, the hospital has also issued a medical certificate clarifying the same, before Shanmugam’s demise.

Published: 12th January 2020 05:13 AM

By Express News Service

NAMAKKAL: District Consumer Redressal Forum slapped Rs 9.75 lakh fine on a doctor for providing wrong treatment to a 72-year-old man, which resulted in his death. Sources identified the victim as P Shanmugam (72). On May 18, 2011, Shanmugam’s son S Ilavarasan took him to Dr L R Balasubramani, working in a private hospital, to treat a wound on his face.

After receiving treatment for four days, Shanmugam had an anaphylactic shock, a life-threatening allergic reaction, and later slipped into a coma. When Ilavarasan approached a private hospital in Erode for the second opinion, his father was told to have died of medical negligence.

On March 31, 2012, the hospital has also issued a medical certificate clarifying the same, before Shanmugam’s demise.

Months after FASTag rolled out, writ petition against it

A writ petition has been filed in Madras High Court to quash a notification dated December 30 of Reserve Bank of India, which introduced collection of fees at toll gates through FASTag.

Published: 12th January 2020 05:20 AM

By Siva Sekaran

Express News Service

CHENNAI: A writ petition has been filed in Madras High Court to quash a notification dated December 30 of Reserve Bank of India, which introduced collection of fees at toll gates through FASTag.

The RBI has authorised fee payment system developed by National Electronic Toll Collection (NETC) that uses a radio frequency identification tag called FASTag that is mapped to a vehicle registration number and linked to the customer’s bank account for deduction of toll payment.

Petitioner Kabilan Manoharan, an advocate, challenged the notification on the ground that it violated the existing directions of RBI, issued under Sec. 18 of Payment and Settlement Systems Act, 2007, which mandated an additional factor of authentication. In the absence of any such authentication, implementation of the system would be an arbitrary exercise of executive power affecting Article 14 of the Constitution. It violated the existing directions of RBI, which mandated additional factor of authentication by customer at the point of transaction. Even for online transactions, banks concerned would issue one time pass-word (OTP) to authenticate the same. No such facility is available in this system, petitioner contended.

He also narrated an incident in which he had to part with `55. There was an unauthorised deduction from his bank account which stands linked to the FASTag purchased by him.Whereas, the petitioner never crossed the plaza.

Don’t take these words with a pinch of salt

Awareness on kidney ailments and promoting kidney health has been Sapiens Health Foundation’s mission since its establishment.

Published: 11th January 2020 06:56 AM |

Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan’s director KN Ramaswamy presented prizes to the students  Kumararaja

By Veena Mani

Express News Service

CHENNAI: Awareness on kidney ailments and promoting kidney health has been Sapiens Health Foundation’s mission since its establishment. Keeping in line with their vision, the prize distribution ceremony — organised to award winners of the essay writing competition on the topic ‘Salt in health & diet’ held by the Foundation in schools of Chennai — on Friday at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan kick-started with a skit. It was presented by Nalamdana Troupe and the topic was akin to the essay writing competition — using less salt to avoid kidney ailments.

After an eye-opening performance, which spoke of a family’s troubles when the head of the family falls victim to kidney disease, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan’s director KN Ramaswamy presented prizes to the students. A total of five awards were given — the first prize to Anisha Shabnam from Alagappa Matriculation, second prize to Athreya Venkatesh from Sri Sankara Senior Secondary School, third prize to K Keerthiga from Vidyodaya Girls Higher Secondary School, and consolation prizes to SK Anirudhh from PSBB, Siruseri, and PB Steven Nishanthan from Alagappa Matriculation, Purusawalkam.

Ramaswamy, who celebrated his 80th birthday on Friday, said, “My daughters are organising a lavish birthday party for me. Half of the money would be spent on sweets. I do not know why we spend so much on sugar which is not good for health. Even in my office people give sweets on birthdays. Salt and sugar are commodities that should be rationalised by people. The government could intervene by tweaking taxes.” Dr Rajan Ravichandran, chairman of Sapiens Health Foundation, said, “We are not targeting only those who suffer from kidney disease, but also those without the disease. Salt is a preservative because it can kill bacteria. If it can kill bacteria, it can kill us too. We need to limit our salt intake.” Earlier this month, the Sapiens Health Foundation also started a campaign to get people to reduce their salt intake.

Winners

The first prize was given to Anisha Shabnam from Alagappa Matriculation, second prize to Athreya Venkatesh from Sri Sankara Senior Secondary School and third prize to K Keerthiga from Vidyodaya Girls Higher Secondary School.

Chennai: Police hand over lost phones to owners

The lost phones were sold in second-hand market by miscreants, said the police.

Published: 12th January 2020 06:38 AM

By Sahaya Novinston Lobo

Express News Service

CHENNAI: Around 160 mobile phones that were lost in Mylapore police jurisdiction were handed over to the owners by Deputy Commissioner of Police on Saturday. The phones lost in 2019 were traced by a special team.

"The ones lost in robbery and snatching are not included. Only those missed while travelling, at shopping complexes or public places are handed over. Many snatched mobiles were traced too but will be handed over after producing in court," said Deshmukh Sekhar Sanjay, DCP (Mylapore). The lost phones were sold in second-hand market by miscreants, said the police.

Search on for leopard in Telangana University

12/01/2020,NIZAMABAD

Search for catching the leopard that strayed into the Telangana University campus at Dichpally continued on the second day on Saturday. Forest officials and university security guards in a jeep and an ambulance criss-crossed the campus searching every place and bushes. They set up a makeshift shelter and installed CC cameras at Koppugutta, which is covered with bushes. However, they found no signs of the animal’s fur or pug marks, according to authorities.

Myeloma app launched

12/01/2020, STAFF REPORTER,HYDERABAD

To help multiple myeloma patients know about government schemes for free treatment, options of treatment and other information, a mobile application titled ‘Care4Myeloma’ was launched on sidelines of The Indian Myeloma Congress-2020, held at Nizams Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS), on Saturday.

Dr Uday Yanamandra, professor at Army Hospital Research and Referral, who conceived the idea of the app said that it has information on NGOs which are trying to help myeloma patients, government run schemes for free treatment, FAQ on the blood cancer, various insurance schemes (including private) for it, and other details will be available in it.

They can get general queries cleared by doctors. It has separate chat box for patient-to-patient interaction to share treatment experience.

The web application has ‘National Myeloma Registry’. Major cancer centres feed data on patients into the application. This helps to know number of people in the hospitals suffering from the blood cancer.

Dr Uday said that hospitals can feed data investigation reports, date of consultation, and other details into the app. Patients can access the data using secure log in.