Mop-up counselling for MBBS, BDS seats

Mop-up counselling for MBBS, BDS seats

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Chennai:30.01.2021

The state will conduct a mop-up counselling round from Saturday to fill up MBBS and BDS seats that fell vacant, an official said.

On Friday, the selection committee secretary Dr G Selvarajan said four MBBS seats in government colleges, 15 government quota seats in self-financing colleges and 113 government BDS seats, including 11 in government colleges, were vacant after two rounds of counselling.

Besides this, there were seats vacant under management and NRI quota. Since the deadline for admissions expired, the state moved the top court seeking permission for a mop-up round. “We have been given one week time to fill the seats.”

The mop-up counselling for admission to government quota MBBS seats in government medical colleges and government quota seats in self-financing colleges will be held at 2pm on Saturday and in two sessions from 9am on Sunday, while for BDS seats in government dental colleges and government quota seats in self-financing colleges will be held in two sessions from 9 am on Saturday. For management quota seats in self-financing dental colleges, it will be held at noon on Saturday

TN will begin vaccination of govt frontline workers on Feb 1: Minister

TN will begin vaccination of govt frontline workers on Feb 1: Minister

200 Private Hospitals Roped In

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Chennai:30.01.2021

The public health department will start vaccinating frontline workers in home department, local administration and revenue department from across the state from February 1 and allow nearly 200 private hospitals to start vaccinating staff in their facilities, health minister C Vijayabaskar announced on Friday.

The state has inoculated less than 20% of its healthcare providers since January 16. On Friday, 8,659 healthcare workers took the vaccine, which pushed the total number of vaccine recipients in the state to 97,126 against the total of 5.19 lakh people registered in the portal. Earlier this week, the state had urged the centre to allow simultaneous vaccination of frontline workers.

Until Friday, the state has registered 1.8 lakh employees of the home department, 1.7 lakh employees of local administration department and 1.2 lakh from revenue department in the Cowin portal, and is hoping to add at least one lakh more names in the portal. “We will start vaccinations for all preregistered government employees from Monday,” Vijayabaskar told reporters.

Meanwhile, smaller hospitals with 150 or more healthcare providers have been asked to collect the vaccine from respective regional vaccination centres and offer it to their employees. “We have a database of the employees registered in the portal. They can collect the vaccines from us and offer it to their staff at their own hospitals. Hospitals that have fewer staff can visit the nearest government centre for the vaccine,” he said. The smaller hospitals should have adequate space, four vaccination officers, vaccinators and observation rooms to set up the inhouse camp. Officials say increasing the number of sites will encourage more doctors and healthcare providers to take the vaccine.

On Friday, for the second consecutive day, the state increased the number of sites to 286 from 236 on Thursday and 166 on Wednesday. The number of sessions was increased to 298 from 250 on Thursday. The state which had the capacity to vaccinate 29,800 healthcare providers but only 8659 people showed up. In the last 14 days, the state had the capacity to vaccinate more than 2.6 lakh healthcare providers, but the state has managed to vaccinate only 37% of its capacity. “Many people still hesitate to take the Covaxin. I took it and I am fine,” Vijayabaskar said. So far, 2,332 people have received the Bharat biotech vaccine.

Earlier, chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami said the government had made arrangements to vaccinate 20% of the population, which is 1.60 crore, this year.

SHOT OF LIFE: On Friday, 8,659 healthcare workers took the vaccine, pushing the total number of vaccine recipients in the state to 97,126

Case against Eflu VC dropped

Case against Eflu VC dropped

Hyderabad:30/01/2021

Two days after a criminal case was registered against E Suresh Kumar, vicechancellor of English and Foreign Languages University (Eflu), Hyderabad police on Friday gave a clean chit to the VC and said the case was closed. Police said a student filed a false complaint against the VC and withdrew it on Friday.

“The complaint made against Kumar and the registrar by students alleging they were not allowed into campus to take part in the Republic Day celebrations was proved to be false,” police said. Three students alleged that they were denied entry to participate in the event. However, Kumar said there was no invite for students for physical participation. TNN

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Applications invited for lapsed medical seats

Applications invited for lapsed medical seats

Those who have already applied and are on the merit list need not apply again.

Published: 29th January 2021 06:23 AM |

By Express News Service

CHENNAI: The Selection Committee of Directorate of Medical Education has called for applications from candidates to fill 112 lapsed NRI seats under management quota in self-financing medical and dental colleges.

The Committee has asked the candidates, who are qualified in NEET UG 2020, to fill up the application online and upload the required documents from Thursday to Saturday (January 30).

Those who have already applied and are on the merit list need not apply again. The candidates who have applied from January 23 to 25 for BDS management quota seats need not apply again. The students can log on to www.tnmedicalselection.org for further details.

Three special trains from Feb 1, three locals cancelled

Three special trains from Feb 1, three locals cancelled

Southern Railway will operate three fully reserved special trains in Chennai-Tirupati, Chennai-Jolarpettai and Villupuram-Madurai routes from February 1.

Published: 29th January 2021 06:24 AM 

By Express News Service

CHENNAI: Southern Railway will operate three fully reserved special trains in Chennai-Tirupati, Chennai-Jolarpettai and Villupuram-Madurai routes from February 1. Reservation of seats for above trains are thrown open, the Railways said in a statement.

The special train in Villupuram-Madurai section will replace the passenger train. While the passenger train stopped at 40 stations, stoppage for the special train has been reduced to 26 and travel time by 55 minutes.

The Villupuram-Madurai daily express special will leave Villupuram at 4.25 pm and reach Madurai at 11.45 pm. In the return journey, the train will leave Madurai at 3.35 am and reach Villupuram at 11.25 pm.

3 suburban trains cancelled

Meanwhile, to facilitate maintenance works, Chennai division of Southern Railway has made changes in the operation of suburban trains in Chennai-Chengalpattu section. According to a press statement, Chennai Beach-Chengalpattu local trains leaving Chennai Beach at 9:32 am, 10.08 am, 10.56 am, 11.48 am and 12.15 pm will run up to Tambaram on January 29 and 30, the Railways said in a statement.

Similarly, in the return journey, Chengalpattu-Chennai Beach local scheduled to leave Chengalpattu at 11.30 pm, 12.20 pm, 01.00 pm and 1.50 pm on January 29 and 30 will be cancelled between Chengalpattu and Tambaram. The trains will be operated from Tambaram as per the schedule of the existing services, the statement said.

The Tirumalpur-Chennai Beach local train leaving Tirumalpur at 10:30 am is rescheduled to leave Tirumalpur at 12:15 pm on January 29 and at 12 pm on January 30, it added.