GU defers PG medical exams

GU defers PG medical exams

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Ahmedabad:07.04.2021 

Gujarat University has decided to postpone the upcoming exams for postgraduate medical students.

The decision has been taken keeping in view the recent surge in Covid-19 cases in the state, especially given the role played by these postgraduate students who are part of the frontline medical workers.

The medical colleges affiliated with Gujarat University including B J Medical College and Civil Hospital, GMERS Medical College and Hospital (Sola), NHL Municipal Medical College and GMERS Medical College, Gandhinagar.

Given the rise in the number of cases at the 100-bed hospital at Civil Hospital, the hospital superintendent had written to the dean of B J Medical College that more hands were needed to handle the situation. The letter also mentioned that as students are finding it hard to cope with studies while attending Covid-19 duty, the college authorities should consider postponing the exams slated to begin from May 1.

Parents run from pillar to post to get birth certificate for boy born mid-air

Parents run from pillar to post to get birth certificate for boy born mid-air

Yeshika.Budhwar@timesgroup.com

07.04.2021 

Jaipur:

Parents of the baby boy who was born in the Bengaluru-Jaipur flight last month have been running from pillar to post to get a birth certificate for their child who is now 20 days old.

The couple had boarded the flight around 5:45am from Bengaluru and landed in Jaipur airport around 8am on March 17 with their newborn baby. As per the rule, the birth certificate must be issued within 21 days of the birth.

Bhairu Singh, father of baby, told TOI, “After the delivery in the flight we were taken to a private hospital in Jaipur but I did not get my wife and child admitted as it was very expensive … so after initial check-up, we straight away came to my village Jaliya Rupabas in Beawar district.”

After reaching the village, Bhairu started the process to get his son’s birth certificate. “I went to the sarpanch who told me to go to the government hospital from where I was sent to another hospital. Both the hospital officials seemed confused as soon as I mentioned that my son was born in mid-air. They told me to go to the gram panchayat,” Bhairu told TOI.

The gram panchayat initially declined to issue the certificate citing jurisdiction. “Although the certificate should be issued in Jaipur, we will start the process from here to help out Bhairu Singh as now there is no other option left,” Dileep Singh, sarpanch, said.

The family is being tossed from one government body to another with no official having any clarity about issuing the certificate as the child was born mid-air.

When TOI contacted the district administration, the officials again assured that the birth certificate would be issued at the earliest but Bhairu claimed that he will believe it only when he gets the document.

Lalita with her baby Lakshit

25 nursing students in college in Davanagere found infected

25 nursing students in college in Davanagere found infected

07.04.2021 

Davanagere:

Twenty-five girls studying in a private nursing college in Davanagere tested positive for Covid-19 on Tuesday. All of them were admitted to a private hospital. The girls were staying in the college hostel with 109 other students besides 15 cooking staff. Swab samples from all inmates have been collected for testing, said Dr GD Raghavan, district surveillance officer. All of them are from Kerala and arrived at the hostel two months ago when the college reopened. They had furnished Covid negative reports on arrival. The hostel has been declared a containment zone. TNN

No food delivery as eateries remain shut in Madurai

TAKING A DAY OFF

No food delivery as eateries remain shut in Madurai

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Madurai:  07.04.2021 

As eateries and hotels in Madurai city and the suburbs remained shut on polling day, delivery was also stopped causing trouble to people dependent the service on Tuesday. The eateries and hotels were closed to help the employees exercise their franchise.

The online delivery firms also did not deliver food on Tuesday afternoon, much to the inconvenience of bachelors and people, who had decided to eat out after voting.

However, some hotels were open for dinner service later in the evening.

There were small shops that doubled up as eateries that made some quick money on election day this year, selling water bottles, soft drinks, vadas and bhaji. Beeman of Sakkimangalam said that there was not enough water at the polling booth in their region and he had made some arrangements through his contacts.

A one liter bottle of water, which would sell at Rs 15 normally, was being sold for Rs 20 or more in many of the villages in Madurai, while tender coconut and watermelon sellers also made decent money on the day.

As there was delay in food supply to election officials in a polling location in Valayankulam village in Thirumangalam-Madurai airport road, party men offered them food and refreshments. Street vendors selling fruits like watermelon and sugarcane juice saw good sale on polling day. “We have been seeing good sales since summer began. But, we had better sales on Tuesday as people came to vote in huge numbers to the polling booth, which is located nearby,” said N Muthulakshmi, who runs a sugarcane juice stall with her husband on Kamarajar Salai.

The online delivery firms also did not deliver food on Tuesday afternoon, much to the inconvenience of bachelors and people who had decided to eat out after voting

Madras univ makes Covid negative report must to attend convocation

Madras univ makes Covid negative report must to attend convocation

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Chennai:07.04.2021 

Amid the rise of Covid-19 cases, University of Madras has announced that students and faculty members must be Covid-19 negative to attend the 163rd convocation scheduled for Thursday.

The university is conducting the convocation after a gap of 18 months.

"Around 683 PhD scholars, 86 rank holders and 100 prize winners will receive degrees in person. It has been made mandatory for all students, staff members, senate members to take swab tests for Covid-19. Those with negative reports will only be allowed inside the convocation hall," said vicechancellor S Gowri. "Around 1,24,000 undergraduate and postgraduate students and 12,011 students from Institute of Distance Education will receive degrees in absentia," he added.

Professors said the university also made arrangements to conduct Covid tests for faculty members at the campus on Wednesday.

Governor Banwarilal Purohit will preside over the convocation and IIT Madras director Bhaskar Ramamurthi will be the chief guest. Purohit will give DLitt degrees to three candidates. Professor Ramamurthi and vice-chancellor Gowri will give the degrees, medals and prizes to the students.

City colleges under the university said they would conduct graduation day or convocation only after three months of awarding degrees by the university. "The university will award degree certificates to PhD scholars. It will take two to three months to get degree certificates of undergraduate and postgraduate students. So, we will conduct a graduate day function probably in June or July. By then, we expect Covid-19 cases to subside and will distribute the degree certificates in person to the students," a principal from a city college said.

Many colleges distributed degree certificates to students, who had graduated in 2019, in the past few months due to the pandmeic.

Men caught with two EVMs in city; not used for polling, says CEO

Men caught with two EVMs in city; not used for polling, says CEO

₹1.12L Cash Recovered, EC Probe on

Srikkanth D & Ram Sundaram TNN

Chennai:7.4.2021 

Four individuals found carrying two electronic voting machines (EVMs) and one VVPAT machine on twowheelers in Velachery soon after the poll on Tuesday sparked outrage, with the DMK and the Congress accusing a serious breach of protocol. Cash worth ₹1.12 lakh was also found on them.

Chief electoral officer Satyabrata Sahoo said that as per their preliminary inquiry, the motorists were corporation employees and the EVMs they were carrying were not the ones used for polling. “Detailed inquiry is on. As per preliminary findings of the DEO, these two (machines) were not polled EVMs. We will take strict action on any violation of SOPs,” Sahoo said.

It all started when a food delivery agent noticing the machines being transported on two bikes confronted the riders after one of the machines fell down on Taramani main road in Velachery. As the news spread, a group of DMK and Congress functionaries rushed to the spot and picked up an argument. C V Elango, a DMK functionary, said that even as they were verifying the identity of the men, police reached the scene and took them away saying they need to investigate the matter.

‘Bikers attempted to flee when surrounded’

Elango said, “What raised the suspicion was the fact that the bikers attempted to flee when surrounded.” They were wearing ‘Polling Official’ badges, but we suspect them to be AIADMK workers, he said.

Tension prevailed outside Velachery police station where hundreds of cadres from the DMK and the Congress gathered. Police said the motorists were revenue department officials and senior officials were holding talks with Congress candidate Hasan Maulaana and DMK functionaries.

Former DMK mayor Ma Subramanian, who held a long meeting with police and polling officials at the station, said the individuals were poll officials, but he had asked the election commission to verify their call records to identify if there was any wrongdoing. “We seek a fair probe into the matter and a reelection for the booth concerned from where the machines were transported. We also want legal and departmental action against the officers concerned,” Subramanian said.

Regarding the cash, Subramanian said the poll officials have told them that the cash was meant for staff salary and they have sought an investigation on that too. DMK functionaries will meet CEO Satyabrata Sahoo on Wednesday.

TNCC president K S Alagiri questioned Sahoo’s stand on Velachery EVM episode, and said: “Since afternoon, we have complained about removal of names of DMK supporters from the voters list in Velachery. Inaction was his answer. Now, EVMs have been seized from unauthorized people,” said Alagiri demanding immediate action.

Velachery MNM candidate Santhosh Babu said, “I have been a poll observer more than nine times. These units are never handheld or moved using two wheelers, unless there is an emergency. Since this has happened after the polling process, it raises suspicion. This is a clear standard operating procedure violation. When all of us are complaining, AIADMK is missing from the scene. This gives further suspicion,” he added. MNM has demanded a countermanding of elections at DAV school polling booth in Adambakkam.

TENSE MOMENTS: A scene outside Velachery police station on Tuesday evening

மாணவிக்கு மருத்துவ 'சீட்' வாய்ப்பு மறுப்பு இழப்பை ஈடு செய்ய முடியாது: ஐகோர்ட்

மாணவிக்கு மருத்துவ 'சீட்' வாய்ப்பு மறுப்பு இழப்பை ஈடு செய்ய முடியாது: ஐகோர்ட்

Added : ஏப் 04, 2021 01:17 

மதுரை : மருத்துவப் படிப்பில் அரசுப் பள்ளி மாணவர்களுக்கான, 7.5 சதவீத இட ஒதுக்கீட்டின் கீழ் சலுகை பெற, இலவச கட்டாயக் கல்வி உரிமைச் சட்டத்தின் கீழ் தனியார் பள்ளியில் படித்ததை குறிப்பிட, விண்ணப்பத்தில் வழிவகை செய்யாததால், மாணவிக்கு வாய்ப்பு பறிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது.

அவரது இழப்பை ஈடு செய்ய முடியாது என, உயர் நீதிமன்ற மதுரைக் கிளை அதிருப்தியை வெளியிட்டுள்ளது.ஆறாவது வகுப்புசிவகங்கை மாவட்டம், சிங்கம்புணரி அருகே ஏரியூரைச் சேர்ந்த சகிலா பானு தாக்கல் செய்த மனு:என் மகள் ஷபானா; ஆறாவது வகுப்பு வரை, இலவச கட்டாய கல்வி உரிமைச் சட்டத்தில் - ஆர்.டி.இ., தனியார் பள்ளியில் படித்தார்.ஏழு முதல் பிளஸ் 2 வரை ஏரியூர் அரசு மேல்நிலை பள்ளியில் படித்தார். பிளஸ் 2வில், 600க்கு, 539 மதிப்பெண், நீட் தேர்வில், 425 மதிப்பெண் பெற்றார்.மருத்துவப் படிப்பில், அரசுப் பள்ளி மாணவர்களுக்கு, 7.5 சதவீதம் இடஒதுக்கீட்டை, தமிழக அரசு கொண்டு வந்தது. இதன் அடிப்படையில், மாணவர் சேர்க்கைக்கு ஷபானா விண்ணப்பித்தார்.

அதில், மாணவர் ஆறாவது வகுப்பு முதல் பிளஸ் 2 வரை தமிழகத்தில் படித்தவரா, எந்த அரசுப் பள்ளியில் படித்தவர் என கேள்விகள் இடம் பெற்றிருந்தது. ஆனால், கட்டாயக் கல்வி உரிமைச் சட்டப்படி, தனியார் பள்ளியில் மாணவர்கள் படித்ததை குறிப்பிடுவதற்கு விண்ணப்பத்தில் வழிவகை செய்யவில்லை. எனவே, கட்டாயக் கல்வி உரிமைச் சட்டத்தில், ஆறாவது வகுப்பு வரை படித்ததை குறிப்பிட முடியவில்லை.இடஒதுக்கீட்டின் கீழ், மாணவர் சேர்க்கைக்கு தகுதியானவர்கள் பட்டியலில், ஷபானா பெயரை அதிகாரிகள் சேர்க்கத் தவறிவிட்டனர். சம்பந்தப்பட்ட அதிகாரிகளின் தவறால், ஷபானா பாதிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளார்.

7.5 சதவீத இடஒதுக்கீட்டில், ஷபானாவிற்கு மருத்துவப் படிப்பில் இடம் ஒதுக்கக் கோரி, தமிழக அரசுக்கு மனு அனுப்பினோம். பரிசீலிக்க உத்தரவிட வேண்டும்.இவ்வாறு, குறிப்பிட்டார். நீதிபதி வி.பார்த்திபன் விசாரித்தார்.அரசுத் தரப்பு, '2020 - 21 கல்வியாண்டு மருத்துவப் படிப்பு கலந்தாய்வு முடிந்து விட்டது. இடங்களும் பூர்த்தியாகி விட்டன' என தெரிவித்தது.நீதிபதி உத்தரவுதமிழக அரசின், 7.5 சதவீத இடஒதுக்கீட்டின் கீழ், அரசு மருத்துவக் கல்லுாரியில் சேரும் மதிப்புமிக்க வாய்ப்பு, மனுதாரர் மகளிடமிருந்து அநியாயமாக பறிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது.

கட்டாயக் கல்வி உரிமைச் சட்டப்படி, மாணவர்கள் தனியார் பள்ளியில் படித்ததை குறிப்பிடும் வகையில், விண்ணப்பத்தை சம்பந்தப்பட்ட அதிகாரிகள் தெளிவாக வடிவமைக்காமல், கவனக்குறைவாக செயல்பட்டுள்ளனர்.இதனால், மருத்துவப் படிப்பு கனவுடன் இருந்த இம்மாணவிக்கு வாய்ப்பு மறுக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது கொடுமை. பாதிக்கப்பட்டுள்ள மனுதாரர் மகளுக்கு எவ்வளவு இழப்பீடு வழங்கினாலும், இழப்பை ஈடு செய்ய முடியாது.தார்மீக அடிப்படையில், மனுதாரர் மகளுக்கு, 7.5 சதவீத இடஒதுக்கீட்டில், எதிர் வரும் கல்வியாண்டில், மருத்துவப் படிப்பில் இடம் ஒதுக்க, தமிழக அரசு பரிசீலிக்க வேண்டும்.ஒருவேளை நடப்பு கல்வியாண்டில் மருத்துவப் படிப்பை யாரும் பாதியில் கைவிட்டால், யாரும் படிப்பில் சேராமல் இருந்தால், அந்த இடத்தில் தாமதமின்றி மனுதாரர் மகளுக்கு இட ஒதுக்கீட்டின் கீழ் இடம் அளிக்க அரசு பரிசீலிக்க வேண்டும்.இவ்வாறு, நீதிபதி உத்தரவிட்டார்.