12 MBA students of MKU get placement

12 MBA students of MKU get placement

15/10/2020

Staff Reporter

Twelve Masters in Business Administration students of Madurai Kamaraj University got placed in ICICI Bank at a campus recruitment.

A total of 40 students attended the recruitment process. Three levels of evaluation process — an online exam, group discussion and personal interview — were held. Twelve students were selected, a release said.

Vice-Chancellor M. Krishnan congratulated the students and gave away offer letters to them.

V. Chinnaiah, Professor and Head, Department of Management Studies, MKU, thanked the bank for conducting the campus recruitment.

Nodal Placement Officer P. Kannadas and other faculties of MBA department coordinated the conduct of the recruitment process.

HC issues guidelines for conducting post mortem

HC issues guidelines for conducting post mortem

15/10/2020

B. Tilak Chandar MADURAI

Passing a series of directions with respect to conduct of post mortems and issue of certificates, the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has ruled that doctors should follow Article 621 of the Tamil Nadu Medical Code by sending the post mortem certificate, as soon as it is over, to the judicial magistrate concerned.

A copy of the certificate should be sent to the head of the department on the same day, failing which departmental proceedings should be initiated against them, the court said, and directed the Health Secretary to issue a circular directing the doctors to strictly follow Article 621.

The court directed the State government to appoint Scientific Officers at all Government Medical College Hospitals for providing assistance. Biometric attendance for staff should be followed at hospitals. A web-based medico-legal examination and post mortem reports system should be followed at all hospitals from January 1, 2021, the court said.

The court was hearing the public interest litigation petition filed by advocate R.M. Arun Swaminathan, who complained of lacuna in the procedures followed in conducting post mortem at government hospitals. There was no transparency and the procedure prescribed under the Tamil Nadu Medical Code was not followed, he said.

A Division Bench of Justices N. Kirubakaran and S.S. Sundar took cognisance of the fact that there were several irregularities in the conduct of post mortems, and sometimes even unauthorised people were conducting them. Also, preparation of the certificate was not in the format prescribed by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC).

The court said there was a failure on the part of the doctors and forensic experts to send the post mortem certificates immediately to the Judicial Magistrate and to the head of the department. These were the reasons to suspect malpractice and meddling with the findings of the autopsy at the instance of third parties.

Besides, these post mortem reports were handwritten and not legible. Unless they were legibly written, it would not be possible for non-medical people to understand the writings of the doctors and forensic experts. The certificates had to be read and understood for conducting investigation and deciding cases.

The court said the NHRC format should be followed in issuing post mortem certificates. The post mortems should be videographed whenever requests were made by families or friends of the deceased, it said.

Minister rules out re-opening of schools anytime soon

Minister rules out re-opening of schools anytime soon

15/10/2020

K. A. Sengottayan

Special CorrespondentDharmapuri

Minister for School Education K.A. Sengottaiyan ruled out the possibilities of re-opening schools anytime soon. Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of an event here, Mr. Sengottaiyan said as long as the pandemic continued there was no possibility of re-opening schools. Citing the Andhra Pradesh experience of re-opening schools causing infection to over 26 students, the Minister said any plan of re-opening schools will be a consultative and a collective decision at a later stage. According to the Minister, 60% of the syllabus was being covered through online classes without any glitches.

Cops register case against brother of man kept in freezer

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Cops register case against brother of man kept in freezer

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Salem:15.10.2020 

A day after 73-yearold man was rescued at Old Housing Board at Kandhampatty in the city, the Suramangalam police on Wednesday registered a case against the man’s younger brother for keeping him in the freezer presuming that he was dead. However, police did not arrest Saravanan, 70. Balasubramaniya Kumar,

73, was rescued by police and health officials after they found him alive but kept in a freezer by his brother at their residence on Tuesday.

According to the Suramangalam police, Balasubramaniya Kumar was working in a private company and was retired 15 years ago. His wife Usha died of age related ailments two years ago. He doesn't have any children and he moved to his brother Saravanan’s house.

“Saravanan has been living with his sister’s daughters including Jayasri and Sudha,” a police officer said.

Saravanan was mentally ill and a bachelor. Similarly, his sister’s daughters Jayasri and Sudha were spinsters. Two days ago, Sudha went to Coimbatore for her treatment and she got admitted in a private hospital while the other three were in the house.

The Suramangalam police registered a case against Saravanan under sections of IPC including 287 (negligent conduct with respect to machinery) and 336 (act endangering life or personal safety of others).

“We will take necessary action against Saravanan after inquiry,” the police officer added.

Salem government Mohan Kumaramangalam medical college and hospital dean Dr R Balajnathan said condition of Balasubramaniya is stable. “He's responding to treatment and cooperating,” he said.

Khushbu in soup over Cong remark, apologises

Khushbu in soup over Cong remark, apologises

Shanmughasundaram.J@timesgroup.com

Chennai:15.10.2020  

Actor-turned-politician Khushbu Sundar on Wednesday apologised for using the words “mentally retarded”.

On Wednesday, a day after joining the BJP, Khushbu called the Congress a “mentally retarded” party, which cannot think for itself. Mental health activists criticised her for denigrating psychosocial disabilities while criticising the Congress.

“Apologies. I should not have said that,” the actor told TOI. “It was a response to the Congress to what they said about me being non-brainy and thus easily brainwashed by my hubby,” she explained.

She had made the remark when reporters at Chennai airport asked her about Congress leaders’ allegation that she was brainwashed by her husband to join the saffron party.

On Wednesday, the Tamil Nadu Association of the Rights of All Types of Differently Abled and Caregivers filed a complaint with the St Thomas Mount police station against the actor for her remark denigrating people with disabilities. TARATDAC issued a statement condemning the for her statement. “We have filed a complaint in St Thomas Mount police station today. The actor is residing in Raja Annamalaipuram police station limit. So, we will file a complaint against her in that police station. We have also asked the office bearers of our district units to file complaints in their respective area,” general secretary of the association S Nambirajan told TOI.

“In her attempt to portray her political opponents in a poor light and to humiliate them, she has intentionally insulted persons with disabilities,” S Nambirajan said in a statement Such an intentional insult constitutes an offence under the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016. “We request police to register a case under the act and take suitable action,” he further said. December 3 Movement has demanded that the actor tender an apology for her remark and asked her to refrain from using such terminology.

Stating that she had struggled with mental health concerns in her own family, Khushbu said, “I am terribly sorry for the incorrect use of a couple of phrases in a moment of hastiness, deep distress and anguish. I am disappointed by the inadvertent distress that I have caused many, equally I am now determined to ensure that I do not repeat this ever, whatever the motivation. I also dedicate myself to ensure that the voices of those with psychosocial disability are valued and heard, as they should be.”

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State govt asks Surappa to explain proposal to Centre

State govt asks Surappa to explain proposal to Centre

‘How Will Anna Varsity Make Money For IoE Tag?’

Julie.Mariappan@timesgroup.com

Chennai: 15,10.2020

The Tamil Nadu government has sought an explanation from Anna University vice-chancellor M K Surappa on his proposal to the Centre that the university would be able to meet easily the requirement of ₹314 crore a year (₹ 1,570 crore for five years) to get Institute of Eminence (IoE) status.

The VC triggered a controversy by writing directly to the Centre when the state government had concerns that the IoE tag would affect the reservation policy. Sources in the state government said it has still not received a ‘proper response’ from the Centre on its request to continue existing 69% reservation. “The government pointed to the revised proposal written by the vice-chancellor to the Union HRD ministry on June 2, in connection with the IoE. It has asked him to specify the resources under which the amount could be generated and report to the government at the earliest,” said a source.

The letter seeking an explanation was sent on Tuesday after the Union government wrote to the state government in early October again seeking an assurance that it would make good any revenue shortfall from the internal resources of the university. The Centre’s correspondence follows an expert empowered committee considering the proposal sent by the vicechancellor and suggesting that the state government be requested to give an assurance.

On June 2, Surappa had told the Centre that chief secretary K Shanmugam had accepted IoE status for the university but indicated inability to commit the expected contribution of ₹1,000 crore. The TN chief secretary had told the ministry that the state would implement the project if the Centre provided the entire amount. “But the vice-chancellor conveyed to the Union ministry that the requirement could be easily met by the internal resources, including its reserves, examination fee, tuition fee, affiliation fee. He had said that the university generates revenue of Rs580 crore every year, and it will not be indenting for additional funds from the government, other than its annual block grants and additional grants,” another source said.

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