பிறந்த ஆண்டு பிரச்னையால் வேலை மறுப்பு

பிறந்த ஆண்டு பிரச்னையால் வேலை மறுப்பு

Added : ஜன 10, 2021 02:35

சென்னை:பிறந்த ஆண்டு வேறுபாட்டால், நடத்துனர் பணி மறுக்கப்பட்டவருக்கு, வேலை வழங்க பரிசீலிக்கும்படி, சென்னை உயர் நீதிமன்றம் உத்தரவிட்டுள்ளது.

தமிழக அரசு போக்கு வரத்து கழகத்தின், வேலுார் மண்டலத்திற்கான நடத்துனர் பணிக்கு, நாராயணன் என்பவரை, 2007ல், மாவட்ட வேலைவாய்ப்பு அலுவலகம் பரிந்துரை செய்தது.சான்றிதழ் சரிபார்ப்பின் போது, பள்ளி மதிப்பெண் சான்றிதழில், அவரது பிறந்த ஆண்டு, 1965 என்றும், மாற்றுச் சான்றிதழில், 1967 என்றும் குறிப்பிட்டிருந்தது கண்டறியப்பட்டது.

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அந்த வேறுபாட்டை காரணம் காட்டி,அவருக்கு வேலை வழங்க,போக்குவரத்து கழகம் மறுத்தது. இதை எதிர்த்து, 2008ல் நாராயணன், சென்னை உயர் நீதிமன்றத்தில் மனு தாக்கல் செய்தார்.

வழக்கு விசாரணை நிலுவையில் இருந்த நிலையில், பள்ளி கல்வித் துறையை அணுகிய நாராயணன், பிறந்த ஆண்டை, 1967 என, மாற்றம் செய்து, புதிதாக மதிப்பெண் சான்றிதழ் பெற்று, நீதிமன்றத்தில் தாக்கல் செய்தார்.இந்த வழக்கு, 13 ஆண்டுகளாக நிலுவையில் இருந்தது. அதை தொடர்ந்து, நீதிபதி ஆர்.சுரேஷ்குமார் முன், வழக்கு விசாரணைக்கு வந்தது.

போக்குவரத்து கழகம் சார்பில், மனுதாரருக்கு, 53 வயது ஆகி விட்டதால், நடத்துனர் பணிக்கான வயது வரம்பை கடந்து விட்டதாக கூறி, பணி வழங்க முடியாது என, விளக்கம் அளிக்கப்பட்டது. பின், வழக்கை விசாரித்த நீதிபதி சுரேஷ்குமார் பிறப்பித்த உத்தரவு:

ஒரு சிறிய தவறால், மனுதாரருக்கு தகுதியிருந்தும், வேலையை பெற முடியவில்லை. 10 ஆண்டுகளுக்கு மேல் கழிந்து விட்டது. தற்போது,மனுதாரருக்கு வயது, 53. பணி ஓய்வுபெறும் வயது, 58. விருப்பம்போக்குவரத்து கழகம் சார்பில், ஆட்சேபனை தெரிவிக்கப்பட்டாலும், மனுதாரர் மீது குறைகூற முடியாது. ஏனென்றால், அதிக வழக்குகள் காரணமாக, இந்த வழக்கை முடிவு செய்ய, 10 ஆண்டுகளுக்கு மேலாகியுள்ளது.

மனுதாரரை பொறுத்தவரை குறித்த நேரத்தில், நீதிமன்றத்தை அணுகியுள்ளார். ஒரு சிறிய தவறு, வாழ்க்கை பாதையை மாற்றி விடும். அதற்கு, இந்த வழக்கு ஒரு உதாரணம். இத்தனை ஆண்டுகளாக, மனுதாரர் கஷ்டப்பட்டுள்ளார்.பிறந்த தேதியை தவறாக குறிப்பிட்டு, கல்வித் துறை செய்த தவறால், மனுதாரர் கஷ்டப்பட்டுள்ளார்.

மனுதாரரை பொறுத்த வரை, சான்றிதழில் குறிப்பிடப்பட்டிருப்பதை சரிபார்த்து இருக்க வேண்டும்; அதை அவரும் கவனிக்கவில்லை. எது இருந்தாலும், 13 ஆண்டுகளாக நீதிக்காக காத்திருந்துள்ளார். எனவே, நடத்துனர் பணிக்கு, இவரை போக்கு வரத்து கழகம் பரிசீலிக்க வேண்டும்.உரிய ஆவணங்களுடன் பணிபுரியும் விருப்பத்தை தெரிவித்து, போக்கு வரத்து கழகத்திற்கு, இரு வாரங்களில் மனு அனுப்ப வேண்டும்.

அதை போக்கு வரத்து கழகம், நான்கு வாரங்களில் பரிசீலித்து, தேவையானதை செய்ய வேண்டும்.இவ்வாறு, நீதிபதி உத்தரவிட்டார்.

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To stay or leave? Questions, memes on WhatsApp flood social media

To stay or leave? Questions, memes on WhatsApp flood social media

Farheen.Hussain@timesgroup.com

Bengaluru:11.01.2021

From opinion polls to pick the best alternative for WhatsApp to memes depicting mass migration of people to messaging platform Signal, social media hubs have been abuzz since WhatsApp introduced a new privacy policy last week.

Terms of the policy give more details on WhatsApp’s integration with its parent company Facebook, and how data is managed when a user interacts with a business on the platform. Users have time till February 8 to accept the new policy or they will have to leave the platform.

The development has sent Twitterati into overdrive. Some widely shared memes show a train full of people migrating to Signal, while others depict people rejoicing after being assured of privacy in other apps.

With a reported increase in the number of Signal users, netizens are also debating leaving WhatsApp. “To be on WhatsApp or not? Last few days we have seen a lot of activity in all the WhatsApp groups from family, school, college, office, local community...A lot of discussion on an alternative to WhatsApp. What’s ur views (sic)?” Namma Bangaluroo tweeted.

Several users asked the question and many said they will leave WhatsApp on February 1. “Quick question, but how many of you all are actually going to make the push to migrate off WhatsApp to Signal or Telegram etc? My entire life, conversations with friends and family and colleagues are all on it. It would be difficult for me to walk away from that (sic),” tweeted Chandra.

TOI also spoke to Bengalureans, who have ironically been sharing messages on WhatsApp about alternative platforms and how they should migrate. Mughdha Ramesh, a homemaker, said she had deleted her Facebook account a few months ago and plans to delete her WhatsApp account by February 1. However, she said going off Instagram will be slightly difficult. “I have taken several breaks from the platform, but always return for the latest food, fashion trends and parenting tips. I guess I will have to make a choice,” she says.

Some users don’t think the policy is anything new. Rafida Asmia, an interior designer, says the concept of privacy on social media is an illusion. “Data has always been shared. I can’t migrate to a new platform unless all my contacts do so. Till then, WhatsApp will remain a major communication channel,” she says.

60% of dental seats vacant in K’taka

60% of dental seats vacant in K’taka

Deepthi.Sanjiv@timesgroup.com

Mangaluru:11.01.2021

With nearly 60% of over 2,800 seats in Karnataka not filled after the second round of counselling by the Karnataka Examinations Authority, a member of the Dental Council of India (DCI) has suggested relaxing the eligibility criteria.

DCI member Dr Shivasharan told TOI that 1,678 of the 2,834 seats are vacant and he met medical education minister K Sudhakar in this regard with a request that the NEET eligibility be lowered by 20 percentile points as per the DCI recommendation.

The member has said, in a letter to the minister, that BDS seats were vacant in Karnataka and other states in the past too. “To tide over the situation of vacant seats, the ministry of health and family welfare had lowered the eligibility of NEET percentile in the previous years and extended the last date of BDS admission 15 days beyond the last date of medical admission.”

The ministry promptly extended the last date for the 2020-21BDS admissions from January 15 to January 30. “We hope that the government will look into the percentile issue,” he added.

Dr Shivasharan said a key reason for seat vacancy is that many colleges have upgraded their infrastructure and increased student intake. For instance, the colleges which used to offer 150 medical seats have increased the intake to 250.

Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences will start a regional centre in Mangaluru and the DCI will set up a dental research lab at Maryhill. The country has 313 dental institutes and Karnataka has 44.

“A dental research lab will be a boon, especially to postgraduate students dependent on medical research labs or NITK labs for their thesis. It will have full-time dedicated staff for dental research. The tendering process is expected to commence soon,” said Shivasharan.

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Schools, colleges ready to open from Monday

Schools, colleges ready to open from Monday

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Ahmedabad:  11.01.2021

Schools and colleges all across the state have begun preparations in full swing ahead of the reopening of classroom studies from Monday, after being shut down for more than nine months due to Covid-19 pandemic.

The government has decided to reopen educational institutions in the state in a staggered manner. In the case of schools, only Class X and Class XII students will resume in the initial phase, for colleges only final-year undergraduate and postgraduate students will be allowed on the campus.

Colleges are likely to see greater participation of students in comparison to schools.

All necessary precautions including social distancing norms, thermal screening and other safety measures are being put in place by colleges and schools since the announcement of their re-opening earlier this month.

The state government has decided to welcome students when schools reopen from January 11 across the state. The government has assigned the responsibility of organizing the programmes in as many as 21 districts to various ministers.

The government could not hold Praveshotsav due to the Covid crisis in 2020-21 academic year, and thus decided to do so on Monday. Students are welcomed under the programme to encourage them to study.

Education minister Bhupendrasinh Chudasama and energy minister Saurabh Patel will welcome students in Gandhinagar district. State home minister Pradipsinh Jadeja and revenue minister Kaushik Patel will participate in a welcome programme in Ahmedabad.

More than 17 lakh students are enrolled in Class X and Class XII courses and a large number of them will be going back to schools from Monday. While attendance is not compulsory, the state government said recently that online studies will continue according to Centre’s guidelines.

The state government had earlier announced resuming classroom studies from November 23, but later rolled back its decision following a spike in Covid-19 cases. As a result, many schools and colleges had already begun the work of reopening including sanitization of premises and social distancing measures in classrooms.

In all, there are about 20,000 schools in the state that are expected to reopen from Monday.

Parents who agreed to send their wards for physical classes need to send the signed consent form along with their ward. These are to be shown at school gate and subsequently to be submitted to class teacher on the first day of the school.

AI ‘maiden’ all-women pilot flight heading home from San Francisco

AI ‘maiden’ all-women pilot flight heading home from San Francisco

Saurabh.Sinha@timesgroup.com

New Delhi:11.01.20201

Four of Air India’s most experienced women pilots took off from San Francisco (SFO) on Sunday morning (India time) for Bengaluru to operate the first-ever scheduled service between south India and the US.

It is also the first time that an all-women cockpit crew of an Indian carrier flew over the North Pole. TOI reported about this flight on Wednesday.

The four record-setting pilots operating the almost 18-hour AI 176 that is expected to reach Bengaluru (BLR) early Monday morning are captains Zoya Aggarwal, Papagari Thanmai, Akansha Sonaware and Shivani Manhas. They are flying a Boeing 777 200 (long range or LR) VT-ALG that is named ‘Kerala’. The SFO airport wore the Indian flag colours to celebrate this occasion. The airline’s executive director (flight safety) Captain Nivedita Bhasin is also onboard.

Bengaluru-SFO shortest flight distance is over 14,000km, about 1,000km more than Delhi-SFO. Very often airlines take longer routes to get tail winds and avoid headwinds.

Kerala, for instance, took the longer Pacific route from Delhi to SFO on Wednesday with the same set of four pilots. The inaugural to Bengaluru is coming back via over the North Pole — getting tail winds on both sectors.

AI’s Delhi-SFO is very often an around-the-world trip as it circumnavigates the globe on the way out and back.

The longer Pacific route means flying a distance of 16,234km from Delhi to SFO but due to tail winds all the way, both flight time and fuel burn are less than what that will be on the shorter Atlantic route.

MANY FIRSTS: Apart from being the first-ever scheduled service between south India and the US, it is also the first time that an allwomen cockpit crew of an Indian carrier flew over the North Pole