இரவு நேர விமான சேவை தூத்துக்குடியில் துவங்கியது

இரவு நேர விமான சேவை தூத்துக்குடியில் துவங்கியது

தூத்துக்குடி:துாத்துக்குடியில் இன்று முதல் இரவு நேர விமான சேவை துவங்கியது.துாத்துக்குடி, வாகைகுளம் விமானநிலையத்தில் இருந்து சென்னை, பெங்களூருவிற்கு இதுவரையிலும் பகல் நேர விமானங்கள் இயக்கப்பட்டன. அண்மையில் 600 ஏக்கர் நிலம் கையகப்படுத்தப்பட்டு ரூ 380கோடி மதிப்பில் விரிவாக்கப்பணிகள் நடந்தது. இரவு நேர சேவைக்காக ஓடுதளம் விரிவாக்கப்பட்டு, மின்விளக்குகள் அமைக்கும் பணி நடந்தது.இன்று முதல் இரவு விமான சேவை துவக்கப்பட்டது. விமானநிலைய இயக்குநர் சுப்பிரமணியன் கூறுகையில், இரவு நேர விமானத்தை இயக்க இண்டிகோ நிறுவனம் முன்வந்தது. சென்னையிலிருந்து 42 பயணிகளுடன் புறப்பட்ட விமானம் மாலை 6.23 மணிக்கு தூத்துக்குடி வந்தது. இரவு 7 மணிக்கு 31 பயணிகளுடன் மீண்டும் சென்னை புறப்பட்டு சென்றது. இரவு சேவை மூலம் தென்மாவட்ட மக்கள் பயன்பெறுவார்கள் என்றார்.

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மதுரையில் எய்ம்ஸ் மருத்துவமனை: அரசிதழில் வெளியீடு

மதுரையில் எய்ம்ஸ் மருத்துவமனை: அரசிதழில் வெளியீடு

தமிழ்நாட்டின் மதுரை மாவட்டத்தில் எய்ம்ஸ் மருத்துவமனை அமைப்பது குறித்த அரசாணை அரசிதழில் வெளியிடப்பட்டுள்ளது.

மதுரையில் ஜப்பான் கூட்டுறவு நிதி நிறுவனம் (ஜைக்கா) உதவியுடன் தோப்பூரில் 263 ஏக்கரில் ரூ.1,264 கோடியில் எய்ம்ஸ் மருத்துவமனை அமைக்கப்பட உள்ளது. இதற்கான அரசாணையை அரசிதழில் வெளியிட்டுள்ளது மத்திய அரசு.

எய்ம்ஸ் கட்டுமானப் பணிக்கு ரூ.1,264 கோடி நிதியை மத்திய அரசு, ஜப்பான் நாட்டு நிதி நிறுவனத்திடம் (ஜிக்கா) இருந்து கடனாக பெற்று மருத்துவமனை கட்ட உள்ளது. ஏற்கெனவே கடந்த ஆண்டு ஜூன் மாதம் ஜப்பான் நாட்டு நிதிக் குழுவினா் எய்ம்ஸ் மருத்துவமனை அமைய உள்ள இடத்தை நேரில் வந்து பாா்வையிட்டுச் சென்ற நிலையில், இந்த ஆண்டு பிப்ரவரி மாதத்தில் இரண்டாவது முறையாக மீண்டும் ஆய்வு செய்திருந்தது குறிப்பிடத்தக்கது.

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Doctor booked, 500 contacts being traced

Doctor booked, 500 contacts being traced

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Kolhapur  04.06.2020

The Gadhinglaj police have registered various offences against a doctor for operating his two clinics and attending to patients for three days even after he had shown Covid-19 symptoms.

The doctor’s swab test returned positive on Wednesday, sending the administration on a tracing exercise of 500 people who had come in contact with him.

The doctor, who runs clinics in Gadhinglaj and Kadgaon, showed Covid-19 symptoms on June 21 and he got himself tested at a private laboratory on June 28.

However, instead of quarantining himself, he continued to attend to patients on June 29 and 30 in both clinics.

The administration is now tracing those who came in contact with the doctor from June 21 as well as the secondary contacts.

So far, they have identified more than 500 people from 28 neighbouring villages during the exercise.

Meanwhile, police have taken to social media and appealed to people to contact them in case they have visited the doctor in the last few days.

The Gadhinglaj police have registered offences against the doctor under various sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and even the Disaster Management Act.

Diana Award to city medical student for fundraising work

Diana Award to city medical student for fundraising work

Vinamrata.Borwankar @timesgroup.com

Mumbai:  04.06.2020

A 21-year-old medical student from the city, Meera Mehta, has received the Diana Award, established in memory of Diana, princess of Wales, for her fundraising and volunteering work. During the pandemic, Mehta raised over Rs 33 lakh and aims to reach Rs50 lakh. She is currently a volunteer at the NGO Shrimad Rajchandra Love and Care in Gujarat.

The award is given to a person aged between nine and 25 years for their social action and humanitarian work by a charity named after the late princess. It is supported by her sons, princes William and Harry.

A third-year MBBS student of MGM College in Navi Mumbai, Mehta began her volunteering journey at the age of six. “When I was eight years old, we sold chocolates and raised Rs 1 lakh to rehabilitate animals. I then started regularly raising funds through the Mumbai Marathon and have raised over Rs 1.5 crore since,” she said.

Meera Mehta (21) has raised over Rs 1.5 cr till now

Stop conducting final-yr e-exams, says state, but ICT digs its heels in

Stop conducting final-yr e-exams, says state, but ICT digs its heels in

Hemali.Chhapia@timesgroup.com

Mumbai:  04.06.2020

After conducting three e-exams for its final-year students, the Institute of Chemical Technology (ICT) was asked by the state to stall its examination process on Thursday evening. The technical institute, however, has decided to continue with the exams for about 300 undergraduate and master’s students and after a week, also hold e-exams for junior students.

The institute had decided to hold the e-exams after a meeting with class representatives and branch representatives. However, after three papers, the authorities were hounded by calls from Yuva Sena and the directorate of technical education (DTE) questioned the move.

“We have two more papers to go and an elective exam. Apart from two or three students, almost everyone wanted an exam. They want transcripts to fly out for higher education, many want to submit results to prospective employers,” said ICT vice-chancellor Aniruddha Pandit. The ICT is the first institute of the city to conduct e-exams and the efforts to stonewall the process reflects the political will of the state.

“All state universities have to follow the government resolution issued. Not only is the ICT holding final-year exams, its plans to hold them for the students of secondand third-year too,” said Yuva Sena’s core committee members Sainath Durge. He added that students sent an anonymous email to Aaditya Thackeray, following which Yuva Sena complained to the higher and technical education minister, who within hours had the DTE higher-ups ring vice chancellor Pandit.

“We had to explain the rationale of holding the e-exams to the DTE officers. Though our junior students were a part of entire process wherein we asked them how they’d like to be assessed, we will again conduct a survey in case they have a change of heart and conduct exams if they still want,” said a senior ICT faculty.

The e-exams require students to download question paper and upload the answer book using email or even WhatsApp to a secured website.For students who cannot take this version, another exam is planned in August without any drop in the grade or any other academic penalty.

LU defers exams following spike in Covid-19 cases

LU defers exams following spike in Covid-19 cases

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

04.06.2020

The Lucknow University has on Friday postponed the examinations scheduled from July 7 till further orders.

Over 1.4 lakh students of LU and its 170 associated colleges were to take the examinations.

The move came after the UP government decided to review the situation due to a spike in Covid-19 cases before taking a call on conducting examinations.

LU students feel relieved, say protest against exam paid off

The order issued by the University’s controller of examination AM Saxena said, “The government is reviewing the decision regarding the conduct of examination at the time of the pandemic. LU will wait for the government’s decision and direction hence the university examination scheduled to begin from July 7 has been postponed.”

Earlier, the then ongoing annual undergraduate examinations of LU held in March had to be postponed as lockdown was announced. Also, semester examinations scheduled in May could not be held as the lockdown continued. As the phased unlock was announced in June, the government directed universities to conduct examination after which LU released the schedule on June 19.

Soon after the dates were declared, the university’s decision faced protests from students and teachers who demanded postponement of examinations considering the novel coronavirus pandemic situation.

A group of students had challenged the university’s decision in the high court, while others staged a protest on the campus and on social media with #BoycottLUexam figuring among the top 16 most trending tweets in the country.

The teachers too joined in the protest, with Lucknow University Associated College Teachers’ Association threatening to boycott the examinations and the Lucknow University Teacher’s Association meeting the deputy chief minister Dinesh Sharma with an appeal to postpone the examinations considering the rise in Covid-19 cases.

The news regarding postponement of examinations on LU’s website was a relief for university students who were concerned about writing the examination.

Antibody tests to help KGMU study herd immunity

Antibody tests to help KGMU study herd immunity

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Lucknow:  04.06.2020

King George’s Medical University (KGMU) has started conducting antibody tests in communities to check if herd immunity is getting developed against coronavirus.

Prof Tulika Chandra, head of transfusion medicine, who is also heading the research, said: “Tests are being done on health workers and voluntary blood donors who do not have Covid-19 symptoms or have never suffered from the disease.”

“If antibodies are found in most subjects, it would reflect herd immunity in that community. The target is to conduct 5,000 tests in three months. The first report based on the data will be released after completion of 1,000 tests,” she said.

The drive started on Thursday with the staff of the department.

Antibodies are developed by the immune system to fight against a virus. Presence of antibodies in blood shows the person has been infected earlier and developed immunity against it.

If antibodies are found in a substantial number of people in a community, it is termed as herd immunity, which has the potential to stop further spread of the virus.

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Many Covid-19 cases which surfaced in the past month have been from offices and call centres. The fact indicates employees are not following the safety protocol at their workplace. As a result, several buildings have had to be shut for sanitization, disrupting the workflow in a crisis. Responsible behaviour like wearing a mask and maintaining social distancing is the need of the hour.