Pink City turning into a coaching hub for CLAT

Pink City turning into a coaching hub for CLAT

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Jaipur:  07.10.2020

The Pink City is fast developing into a coaching hub for Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) because of superb result by candidates. This has attracted many students from different parts of the country to make the city a gateway to their success.

Like Kota city which is synonymous for IIT coaching, Jaipur will become the magnet for CLAT preparation.

Gunjan Modi, a student from Bengaluru who secured 23 rank in India, said despite belonging to the city where first National Law University was established, there are no good coaching institutes.

“I couldn’t get good marks in my first attempt due to lack of guidance. Good rankers from Jaipur motivated my family members to send me to Jaipur for preparation. The teachers are good and students are able to learn basics and clear their doubts here,” said Gunjan.

Navneet Singh Rajpurohit, director of Law Prep tutorial, said that in last three years this trend has increased. “Jaipur city got AIR 1two times in 2017 and 2018 that helped us show our potential to others. Students from Odisha, Karnataka, UP, Bihar are flocking to the city and we can expect this number to rise further,” said Rajpurohit.

The number of applications has also risen in CLAT from Rajasthan. Last year, around 4,500 applicants were from Rajasthan which has now increased to more than 5,600. Students from Humanities and Commerce background are preferring to study for CLAT.

Earlier, litigation in courts was the only option for lawyers which requires lot of patience. But now, lawyer can earn well by doing work other than litigation – drafting, research or in mergers or acquisitions in corporations. In litigation as well, a law graduate does not have to work for a decade in courts to establish himself/herself in the profession with meagre payment as new law firms are coming up for that.

Abhishek Chaturvedi, director of CLAT Prep coaching institute, said that it’s not just chartered accountancy for Commerce students anymore. “Students from different background are studying for law exams looking at the lucrative career opportunities. Even, science students are opting it as a career option. For CLAT preparation many students have started to shift their base to Jaipur. They take admission in some school here to prepare for CLAT. We can say that in coming times, Jaipur will become a hub for CLAT preparation,” said Chaturvedi.

MU distance edu exams hit by ‘cyber attack’ on server

MU distance edu exams hit by ‘cyber attack’ on server

Hemali Chhapia & Yogita Rao TNN

Mumbai:07.10.2020

Exams of the Institute of Open and Distance Learning (IDOL) of the University of Mumbai had to be called off after a “cyber attack” on the exam server on Tuesday. The fiasco on the second day of examinations by the distance education provider caused exams slated for Wednesday, too, to be called off.

IDOL postponed the final year arts, commerce and science exams with no new dates for the conduct of the exams.

On Tuesday, many candidates complained that when they clicked on the exam link sent to them, a message saying ‘No exams scheduled’ flashed. Around 8,000 TYBA and TYBCom students were scheduled to take their second exam on Tuesday.

The university, which held a review meeting, concluded it was a case of cyber attack. A complaint was lodged with the cyber cell.

Several IDOL officials said they felt the crash was a result of a coordination failure between two edtech agencies handling the IDOL account.

For years, IDOL and all Mumbai University work has been with the Maharashtra Knowledge Corporation Ltd, which registers students and carries out other IT-related services like issuing hall tickets. This time the university selected a Singapore-based edtech firm, Littlemore Innovation Labs (LMI), to conduct the exams for IDOL.

“We cannot rule out cyber attack,” Deepak Mukadam, a long-serving former senate member and current management council member of the university, said.

He said the company claimed the server crashed and so exams could not be conducted. “This default by our third-party exam conducting partner has caused embarrassment to a prestigious university like ours. The company should be blacklisted by our technical team and the failure to conduct the exam also reflects poorly on us for choosing such a partner,” he said.

Another senate member, Supriya Karande said: “If there would have been coordination between the two companies this exam would not have been a fiasco.”

LMI is the most expensive among the firms employed by other state universities and MU-affiliated colleges to conduct online exams and charges Rs 20 per student per paper, claimed sources.

Phone calls to LMI met with no response.

A MU press note said: “A technical problem has arisen due to a cyber attack on the server responsible for conducting the final year exams on Tuesday. As a result, the University has also postponed the exams scheduled on October 7. The new dates for these exams will be decided soon and will be displayed on the university’s website. The university will file a formal complaint in the matter.”

Exams for BSc-IT, BSccomputer science, MCA and backlog exams for BA and BCom had been scheduled on Wednesday.

Mumbai University College Teachers’ Association demanded a high-level inquiry against the software vendor.

TIMES VIEW: While the new exam format was a change for students and Mumbai University authorities, the inefficiency of officials of the university has once again led to an embarrassing fiasco. The university officials are aware of the limitations of their technology partner and should have insisted on a series of security drills. The exam process has ended up as a nightmarish experience for close to 1 lakh candidates.

Parents and students gather at the IDOL on the Kalina campus on Tues

Colleges will open after all is normal: Min

Colleges will open after all is normal: Min

—Swati Shinde Gole

07.10.2020

On-campus classes for college students will not begin till the Covid situation normalises, higher education minister Uday Samant said in Pune on Tuesday.

“Till the situation in the state normalises, and spread of the infection is under control, no decision on re-opening will be taken,” he said, The academic calendar has been put off across the globe due to the pandemic, and hence concessions in admission and other college activity will be considered everywhere, the minister said.

On admissions to various professional courses that have been stalled due to legalities of the Maratha reservation issue, Samant said, “The chief minister and other party members are deliberating over the reservation. The matter is in court, and will soon be resolved... Till then, it will be inappropriate for me to comment.”

KGMU docs’ white paper on Ivermectin on WHO site

KGMU docs’ white paper on Ivermectin on WHO site

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Lucknow:  07.10.2020

A white paper on Ivermectin drug as potential therapy for Covid-19 prepared by head of KGMU’s respiratory medicine department Prof Surya Kant and other senior doctors from different states of India has found recognition by the World Health Organization (WHO). The paper published in the Indian Journal of Tuberculosis Elsevier is now a part of the global literature on Covid-19, getting space on WHO’s website.

The abstract of the article states that “A group of senior doctors with vast clinical experience met on July 19, 2020, under the aegis of the Academy of Advanced Medical Education. The panel looked at Ivermectin, one of the old molecules and evaluated its use in Covid-19 management. After critical panel discussion, all the attending doctors came to a conclusion that Ivermectin can be a potential molecule for prophylaxis and treatment of people infected with novel coronavirus owing to its “anti-viral properties coupled with effective cost, availability and good tolerability and safety.”

Along with KGMU, Dr VK Arora (Delhi), Dr D Behera (Chandigarh), Dr Agam Vora (Mumbai), Dr T Mohan Kumar (Coimbatore), Dr Narayana Pradeep (Kerala) and a team of other doctors published the white paper.

“It is a moment of pride for KGMU, UP and the country that WHO recognised the effort,” said Prof Surya Kant.

Dentist held for sending morphed photos of housewife to her husband in bid to get them divorced

Dentist held for sending morphed photos of housewife to her husband in bid to get them divorced

The dentist from the Thiruvananthapuram Medical College Hospital took the help of a TV actor who morphed her image and another man who provided fake SIM cards, said police

Published: 03rd October 2020 04:28 PM 

By Express News Service

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Three persons including a dentist with the Thiruvananthapuram Medical College Hospital and a television actor were arrested by the Fort police for allegedly sending photoshopped nude pictures of a housewife in Varkala to her husband and his relatives.

The arrested men were identified as Dr Subu, serial actor Jaseer Khan and Sreejith who was involved in giving fake SIM cards to Subu and Jaseer. According to the police, Subu is the kingpin as the complainant was his cousin. Jaseer had morphed her image. Sreejith had handed over the SIM cards to the duo for sending fake obscene pictures to the complainant's relatives.

According to the police, the woman and her husband were living separately for the past three months and their married life was on the verge of collapse. The woman used to tell her worries to Subu. However, Subu had malicious intentions on her and hence wanted the woman and her husband to get divorced. Therefore, he sought the help of Jaseer and Sreejith to make morphed nude pictures of the woman, police said.

"When they got fake SIM cards from Sreejith, they started sending these pictures to her husband and relatives via Whatsapp so that Subu thought that her husband would divorce her legally and he could enter her life. Incidentally, she approached the police with a complaint along with Subu. She was unaware about his intentions. On the basis of her complaint, we have investigated and got digital evidence that Subu, Jaseer and Sreejith were guilty," said J Rakesh, Fort CI.

The police have charged them under Section, 67, 67 A of IT act, Section 409 (criminal breach of trust) and Section 416 (punishment for cheating by impersonating) of the Indian Penal Code. The arrest was recorded by the team led by Fort Assistant Commissioner of Police R Prathapan Nair. The accused landed in the police net after the SIM card numbers were traced. Though the SIM was originally owned by a person from Vattappara, police got evidence that Sreejith had managed to get a duplicate of the SIM card.

The arrested were later remanded in judicial custody for 14 days.

Dalit TN MLA weds brahmin girl

Dalit TN MLA weds brahmin girl

Dad Says Girl Abducted, Threatens To Kill Himself

Karal.Marx @timesgroup.com

Villupuram:06.10.2020

It had all the elements of a kollywood blockbuster — a high-profile politician, a love story, a caste twist and a suicide bid. As AIADMK MLA A Prabhu, 36, a dalit, was solemnizing his marriage with his lady love S Soundharya, a 19-year-old brahmin girl, at his house in Kallakurichi early on Monday, the bride’s father, S Swaminathan, barged into the MLA’s house, doused himself in petrol and threatened to set himself on fire.

The furious temple priest accused Prabhu of abducting his daughter and marrying her against his wish. Swaminathan threatened legal action against Prabhu for having a relationship with his daughter for the past three years, though she was a minor, and for breach of trust his family had reposed in him.

AIADMK MLA A Prabhu tied the knot with S Soundharya at his residence in Kallakurichi on Monday

My wife is an adult and free to make her own choice: MLA

AIADMK cadres and police personnel, gathered at the spot, thwarted his attempt to set himself on fire, and took him to Thiyagathurugam police station. When TOI contacted Kallakurichi superintendent of police Ziaul Haque, the officer confirmed the developments inside the AIADMK MLA’s residence. Based on a complaint by the Thiyagathurugam village administrative officer, a case was registered against the bride’s father under IPC section 309 (Attempt to suicide). Swaminathan has been questioned and an investigation is on, said the SP.

“Though we are brahmins, for 14 years, Prabhu grew up in my house and I considered him my son. But he broke that trust,” said Swaminathan. He said his daughter Soundharya was completing an undergraduate programme in Arts. “She was lured into the relationship three years ago. I believe my daughter is not mentally prepared for marriage,” said Swaminathan. He alleged that his family was facing threat from supporters of the MLA and sought protection. “I demand that Prabhu send my daughter back to me” he said. “My wife is a major and she is of legal age to enter into matrimony. We welcome any inquiry pertaining to it and we will face the consequences legally,” said Prabhu, dismissing Swaminathan’s charge that he was threatening him and his family.

MCI for uniform bond conditions for medicos across the country

MCI for uniform bond conditions for medicos across the country

Judges rule that State governments must offer jobs within bond period

07/10/2020

Mohamed Imranullah S. CHENNAI

The Medical Council of India (MCI) has informed the Madras High Court that it has recommended a uniform procedure to be followed by all States for the execution of bonds by medical students who agree to serve State hospitals for a particular period in return for highly subsidised education in government institutions.

Chief Justice Amreshwar Pratap Sahi and Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy were informed by V.P. Raman, counsel for MCI (replaced with the National Medical Commission since September 25), that the recommendations were made to the Centre in July, following deliberations with representatives of the governments of 19 States.

The MCI had constituted a committee to come up with a uniform bond policy in accordance with directions issued by the Supreme Court in 2019. While deciding a case involving the Association of Medical Super Specialty Aspirants and Residents and the Centre, the court had stressed the need for uniform bond conditions.

Accordingly, the panel recommended that the bond period for MBBS candidates should not exceed one year, and the bond value should not be over ₹10 lakh for those admitted under the all-India quota (AIQ). The bond value alone could be increased to a maximum of ₹15 lakh for students admitted under the State quota. After a year of bond service, the candidates could be allowed to serve for one more year.

The State governments must induct the candidates into government service within three months of completion of internship, failing which the bonds would stand terminated. For PG students, the bond tenure should be restricted to a maximum of two years for State quota candidates and one year for AIQ candidates. Their bond values should not exceed ₹20 lakh and ₹15 lakh respectively. In so far as super speciality courses are concerned, the committee recommended a common bond policy of two years and ₹20 lakh.

The submissions were made during the hearing of several writ petitions filed by doctors who pursued PG degree and diploma courses under the AIQ in government medical colleges in Tamil Nadu between 2012-13 and 2015-16. The government neither provided them jobs in government hospitals as per the bond conditions nor returned their original certificates.

Chief Justice Sahi held that the government ought to have offered the petitioners jobs within the bond period of two years. Failure to do so would render the bonds infructuous, and all their original certificates must be returned forthwith, he ordered.