மருத்துவ படிப்புகளில் 69% இட ஒதுக்கீட்டை இந்த கல்வியாண்டில் நிறைவேற்ற வேண்டும்: ஒன்றிய அரசுக்கு ஐகோர்ட் அறிவுறுத்தல்

மருத்துவ படிப்புகளில் 69% இட ஒதுக்கீட்டை இந்த கல்வியாண்டில் நிறைவேற்ற வேண்டும்: ஒன்றிய அரசுக்கு ஐகோர்ட் அறிவுறுத்தல்

2021-07-20@ 00:11:30

சென்னை: மருத்துவ படிப்புகளில் அகில இந்திய ஒதுக்கீட்டு இடங்களுக்கு 69 சதவீத இடஒதுக்கீட்டை 2021-22ம் கல்வியாண்டில் நிறைவேற்ற வேண்டும் என்று ஒன்றிய அரசுக்கு ஐகோர்ட் அறிவுரை வழங்கியது. எம்பிபிஎஸ், பிடிஎஸ் மருத்துவ படிப்புகளில் அகில இந்திய ஒதுக்கீட்டு இடங்களில் இதர பிற்படுத்தப்பட்ட வகுப்பினருக்கு இட ஒதுக்கீடு வழங்க கோரி திமுக, உள்ளிட்ட கட்சிகளின் சார்பில் தொடரப்பட்ட வழக்கை விசாரித்த சென்னை உயர் நீதிமன்றம், இந்த இட ஒதுக்கீடு வழங்குவது தொடர்பாக குழு அமைத்து ஆய்வு செய்து, 2021-22ம் கல்வியாண்டு முதல் அமல்படுத்த வேண்டும் என்று கடந்த ஆண்டு ஜூலை மாதம் உத்தரவிட்டது.

அதன் அடிப்படையில் அமைக்கப்பட்ட குழு தமிழகத்தில் அமலில் உள்ள 69 சதவீத இட ஒதுக்கீட்டை வழங்க வேண்டும் என்று ஒன்றிய அரசுக்கு பரிந்துரை அளித்தது.ஆனால், உச்ச நீதிமன்றத்தில் நிலுவையில் உள்ள ஒரு வழக்கை காரணம் காட்டி சென்னை உயர் நீதிமன்ற உத்தரவை ஒன்றிய அரசு அமல்படுத்தவில்லை எனக் கூறி திமுக தரப்பில் நீதிமன்ற அவமதிப்பு வழக்கு தொடரப்பட்டது.இந்த வழக்கு தலைமை நீதிபதி சஞ்சீப் பானர்ஜி மற்றும் நீதிபதி செந்தில்குமார் ராமமூர்த்தி அடங்கிய அமர்வில் நேற்று விசாரணைக்கு வந்தது.

அப்போது, திமுக தரப்பில் ஆஜரான மூத்த வக்கீல் பி.வில்சன், உச்ச நீதிமன்றத்தில் நிலுவையில் உள்ள வழக்குக்கும் உயர் நீதிமன்றம் பிறப்பித்த உத்தரவுக்கும் எந்த தொடர்பும் இல்லை. தமிழகத்தில் மருத்துவ படிப்பில் 69 சதவீத இட ஒதுக்கீட்டை அமல்படுத்த வேண்டும் என்று உயர் நீதிமன்றம் உத்தரவிட்டதை ஒன்றிய அரசு அமல்படுத்த மறுக்கிறது. நீதிமன்றத்தில் 2021-22ம் கல்வியாண்டில் இடஒதுக்கீடு உத்தரவு அமல்படுத்தப்படும் என்று ஒன்றிய அரசு உறுதியளித்தும் அதை அமல்படுத்தவில்லை.

இது நீதிமன்ற அவமதிப்பு செயல் என்று வாதிட்டார்.ஒன்றிய அரசுத்தரப்பில் ஆஜரான கூடுதல் சொலிசிட்டர் ஜெனரல் சங்கரநாராயணன் மற்றும் ஒன்றிய அரசு வழக்கறிஞர் சந்திரசேகரன் ஆகியோர், 50 சதவீத இட ஒதுக்கீடு கேட்டு விட்டு தற்போது 69 சதவீத இட ஒதுக்கீடு கோருவதாகவும், இடஒதுக்கீடு வழங்க தயாராக இருக்கிறோம். எந்த நீதிமன்ற அவமதிப்பும் செய்யவில்லை. இந்த வழக்கு விசாரணைக்கு உகந்ததல்ல என்று வாதிட்டனர். தமிழக அரசு சார்பில் பி.முத்துக்குமார் ஆஜராகி, தமிழகத்தில் மருத்துவ படிப்பில் 69 சதவீத இட ஒதுக்கீட்டை அமல்படுத்துவதே அரசின் முடிவு என்று தெரிவித்தார். வழக்கை விசாரித்த நீதிபதிகள், உயர் நீதிமன்றம் 2020ம் ஆண்டு பிறப்பித்த உத்தரவை அமல்படுத்த வேண்டும். தமிழகத்தில் பின்பற்றப்படும் 69 சதவீத இட ஒதுக்கீட்டை 2021-22ம் கல்வியாண்டில் நிறைவேற்ற வேண்டும் என்று ஒன்றிய அரசுக்கு ஐகோர்ட் அறிவுரை வழங்கியது.இதுகுறித்த நிலைபாட்டை ஒன்றிய அரசு அடுத்த வாரம் தெரிவிக்க வேண்டும் என்று உத்தரவிட்டு விசாரணையை ஜூலை 26ம் தேதிக்கு தள்ளிவைத்தனர்.

Current sentiment with regard to travel:

Current sentiment with regard to travel:

‘Enjoy a holiday before the third wave’

As videos of maskless tourists at overcrowded hill stations go viral, experts warn that this form of ‘revenge travel’ could lead to dire consequences as far as containing the pandemic goes

Niharika Lal

20.07.2021 

Indian sentiment right now – third wave aane se pehle ghoom aao,” read a tweet by comedian Amit Tandon recently, which summarises the revenge travel scenario at the moment. Recently, during a press conference, while referring to tourists’ COVID inappropriate behaviour, Luv Aggarwal, Joint Secretary, Health Ministry said,“We act like we have come out of jail after two years. There’s a huge crowd, but we aren’t scared of COVID-19... The third wave may be caused because of this behaviour.”

Despite several overcrowded hill station videos going viral, tourists continue to throng popular destinations, often flouting COVID rules. In Manali hotels, for example, the occupancy is around 70-100%, while in the overflowing-with-tourists Uttarakhand, thousands had to be refused entry recently.

Tourists can be seen thronging marketplaces in these pictures taken in Dharamshala and Manali between June-July

Hotel bookings are up by 70-100% in destinations like Manali

Tourist footfall not the problem, COVID inappropriate behaviour is: Experts

‘PEOPLE WANT EARLIEST BOOKINGS POSSIBLE, BEFORE THIRD WAVE HITS’

Nitin, a Mussoorie-based hotelier, says, “Right now, you won’t get reservations in any luxurious or four-star hotels in Mussoorie or Nainital. In fact, on weekends, there is a 15-20 km traffic jam between Dehradun and Mussoorie on Dehradun Highway. Most of these tourists are from NCR and neighbouring states.”

Last month, a senior official of a travel company told us that they have seen a jump of nearly 200% in hotel bookings. Another Manali based hotelier said, “Most of the people visiting our hotels said that they wanted to visit the hills before the third wave hits, as once that happens, vacations will be out of the question for another couple of months.”

Not just hotels, but caravan companies also pointed out that they are fully booked for July. A Delhibased caravan service provider says, “It’s the same sentiment everywhere. Several said they wanted the earliest possible bookings because you don’t know when the third wave will hit, and they wanted to get the trip over with before that.”

A Bengaluru-based provider told us that they were booked out for July a month in advance. “People booked our caravans in June, when the restrictions were not even fully lifted in most of the states,” said one of the founders, adding, “The plan for many was to book in June, travel in July and return before August second week, before the third wave would presumably hit.”

STATES ISSUE NEW RULES AS PICTURES OF MASKLESS TOURISTS GO VIRAL

Officials and tourists say that massive footfall of tourists thronging hill stations isn’t cause of alarm, but COVID inappropriate behaviour is. Last week, Lav Agarwal, Joint Secretary, Health Ministry, said, “The virus will get an opportunity to spread again if people continue to move around in hill stations and markets without wearing masks and without maintaining physical distance.”

After photos of maskless tourists visiting hill stations in Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand went viral, both states issued new COVID-related restrictions last week. Kullu police announced that those flouting norms would be fined ₹5,000 or sent to jail for eight days, while the Mussoorie administration said that those entering the town would have to register on the smart city portal, and would be required to show their COVID negative report with a valid hotel booking.

SEVERAL TOURISTS NOW SEEKING REMOTE DESTINATIONS

A staff member from a Delhi travel agency says that pictures of overcrowded hill stations have led some tourists to seek different destinations, and that they have received many queries regarding ‘other hill stations’ they could travel to.

Anukriti, a tourist, who recently visited the hills, says, “We went in the first week of July, and knew that it would be crowded, but we couldn’t find a room in five hotels in Manali! It felt like we are in Sarojini Nagar Market, not Manali. So, we decided to go to a remote location to avoid the crowd.”

Faisal, another tourist adds, “My colleague’s family runs a homestay in Nainital an,d we were planning to spend our weekend there. However, his family warned us not to visit if we wanted to avoid Delhi-like traffic jams in the hills. We thought they were exaggerating, but it turned out they were right. Most of my colleagues and friends are also exploring other options like Kashmir and Panchgani instead, for the same reason.”

TIMES VIEW

Those indulging in ‘revenge’ travel seem to have abandoned both common sense and self-preservation. Covid-appropriate behaviour in public places is mandatory even for those who are fully vaccinated. Hill station authorities must enforce the rules in the strictest possible way.

A picture taken at The Ridge in July

After tourists violated norms at Kempty Falls, the Uttarakhand Government announced that only 50 tourists would be allowed at the

HCL revenue up 12% in Q1, looks to hire 22k freshers

HCL revenue up 12% in Q1, looks to hire 22k freshers

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Bengaluru:20.07.2021

HCL Technologies reported 11.7% growth in revenue in constant currency in the first quarter, compared to the same quarter last year. On a reported basis, revenue was up 15.5% to $2.7 billion.

The growth rates are a little lower than for peers. But in the corresponding quarter last year, at the peak of the pandemic, HCL had positive growth rates, compared to most of its peers. So, this quarter's growth is on top of that relatively better base. The company, like others in the industry, benefited from broad-based growth across geographies and verticals. Net income rose 12.8% to $436 million.

The company said it will hire 20,000-22,000 freshers this fiscal. "I will not be surprised if we even cross that number,” said V V Apparao, chief human resources officer. Last year the company on-boarded 14,600 freshers globally.

The company took in 3.444 people in the first quarter and is targeting another 6,000 in this quarter. "The freshers don’t have anything to unlearn and it is easy to train them on new age skills,” Apparao said, adding that demand was high in digital engineering, cloud enablement, analytics, user experience and cybersecurity. HCL has paid increments to its employees starting this month, after a previous round in October, indicating it is getting back to the regular cycles.

70% of the company’s employees have been vaccinated and all are expected to get both the shots by the end of September. “Return to office will increase and we do not see any risk in people coming,” Apparao said. Currently, just 3%, or about 4,000, people, are working from offices. HCL’s attrition rose to 11.8% from 9.9%sequentially on a LTM (last 12 months) basis, a trend that is likely to remain in the industry for the next 2-3 quarters. It had 176,499 people at the end of June.

The company, like others in the industry, benefited from broad-based growth across geographies and verticals

After 45 yrs, Shiv Nadar ends his innings at HCL

After 45 yrs, Shiv Nadar ends his innings at HCL

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Bengaluru:20.07.2021 

It’s the end of an extraordinary innings for Shiv Nadar. He's called it a day at HCL, which he started 45 years ago and which has now become a $10-billion IT powerhouse. Nadar, who turned 76 on July 14, stepped down on Monday as chief strategy officer & managing director. Last year, he had handed over the chairmanship to daughter Roshni Nadar-Malhotra.The board has designated him as chairman emeritus and strategic advisor to the board for five years. Nadar is among India's richest, with IIFL Wealth Hurun India Rich List estimating his wealth at Rs 1,41,700 crore.

HCL president and CEO C Vijayakumar will hold the additional designation of MD.

Nadar is also a major philanthropist, and as of March this year, he has invested over $988 million through the Shiv Nadar Foundation, impacting over 34,000 students from poor backgrounds. Nadar credits his success to the education and scholarships that he received during his early years.

Nadar founded HCL 45 years ago to make calculators and microprocessors. HCL initially had a hardware DNA, with many firsts in India, including the first Unix operating system, multiprocessor architecture, parallel Fortran, the PC, the first 8-bit microprocessor-based computer in 1978, the first relational database management system in 1983, client-server architecture in 1984.

Nadar started his career at the Delhi Cloth Mills (DCM) as a management trainee. He and five colleagues quit DCM in 1976 to set up a company to make PCs. They started it in a Delhi barsati, akin to a garage startup. They initially floated Microcomp that sold teledigital calculators that would provide enough cash to start the PC business. The founders put together Rs 20 lakh and HCL was born.

HCL pioneered remote infrastructure management, which was instrumental in the implementation and management of the infrastructure backbone of the National Stock Exchange. Nadar steered HCL to create several joint ventures and alliances with marquee partners such as Hewlett Packard, Cisco, Perot Systems, Deutsche Bank, and Toshiba. Nadar also cofounded NIIT in 1981, to deliver low-cost quality technical education. NIIT helped create a large pool of trained experts. Nadar was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 2008.

Vanitha Naryanan appointed to HCL board

Bengaluru:

HCL Technologies has appointed Vanitha Narayanan as an independent director. The Board now includes four women directors. Narayanan last year retired after a career spanning three decades at IBM where she held multiple leading roles across the US and Asia-Pacific, including as MD and chairman of IBM India.

HCL Technologies chairperson Roshni Nadar-Malhotra, said, “She brings rich and diverse experience of navigating organisations through digital transformation journeys. Her deep knowledge and understanding of evolving marketing and technology landscape will be a great asset to HCL’s focus on driving growth.” TNN

REGION DIGEST

REGION DIGEST

20.07.2021

MGM chairman: Bid for hotel in individual capacity

With reference to the news report ‘MGM buys Le Meridien, may turn it into hospital,’ published in the Times of India on Monday (July 19), M K Rajagopalan, chairman of MGM Healthcare, said the Resolution Plan was submitted in his individual capacity for the resolution of Appu Hotels Limited, which was approved by the Adjudicating Authority NCLT, Chennai. Rajagopalan said he followed the due process of law set out under the IBC and the Resolution Plan was approved by the Adjudicating Authority after being satisfied that the RP is in conformity with the provisions of the IBC and IBBI Regulations 2016. Further, no decision has been taken regarding converting the Chennai hotel into a hospital, he said.

State submits report on prisoner murder: The state on Monday submitted a status report on the progress of the CB-CID investigation and certain documents in a sealed cover before the Madras high court on a plea seeking probe into the murder of a prisoner inside the Palayamkottai Central Prison in Tirunelveli district. During the previous hearing, the court had directed the state to submit a status report about the progress of CB-CID investigation.

Min condemns OPS statement on GAIL: State industries minister Thangam Thennarasu has condemned AIADMK coordinator O Panneerselvam’s statement against alleged laying of pipelines through farm lands by GAIL in Krishnagiri district. Terming the statement as mischievous, Thennarasu said such pipelaying projects commenced in Tamil Nadu way back in 2018 itself when AIADMK was in power. But OPS was issuing a statement as if the project was a new one and that pipeline were being laid only now, Thennarasu said in a statement on Monday. Such projects are taken up after getting consent from farmers by providing them higher compensation, Thennarasu said.

College admissions to begin on July 26

College admissions to begin on July 26

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

20.07.2021

Class XII students can apply for arts and science and engineering admissions online from July 26, higher education minister K Ponmudi told reporters on Monday. Students can download their marksheets from July 22.

“The CBSE Class XII results are likely to be declared before July 31. We will give one month time — till August 24 — so that CBSE students too will have enough time to apply for all the courses,” Ponmudi said. The Directorate of Technical Education (Dote) will conduct the engineering counselling and individual colleges can admit students to arts and science courses, he added.

For the 143 government arts and science colleges in TN, the directorate of collegiate education may conduct centralised admission and prepare a rank list for each course. Individual colleges will fill up seats based on the rank list.

56 students test positive for Covid at Thrissur medical college hospital

56 students test positive for Covid at Thrissur medical college hospital

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Thrissur:20.07.2021

As many as 39 MBBS students of Thrissur medical college hospital and 17 students of the dental college have tested positive for Covid-19. Some PG students and house surgeons at the college have also tested positive.

Sajeevan, 43, manager of Indian Coffee House (ICH), located at the medical college campus, died while under treatment for Covid-19. There are reports that another six staffers at the ICH have also tested positive.

Dr Lola, principal of the college, said a mass testing drive was carried out soon after the reports of infection among students surfaced. Students who were not having exams had been asked to return home immediately. Among the three batches of the students who are having exams now, eight students have tested positive.

Dr Lola disclosed that all the students who had tested positive had taken both doses of vaccines. “There are no students in the final year batch who have tested positive so far,” she said, adding that among the freshers, only one student has tested positive.

Dr Raveendran, the liaison of the medical college hospital, said some patients undergoing treatment at the hospital have also tested positive in the post-operative phase. He said the entry of visitors to the medical colleges will be restricted in the wake of the rise in cases. “We are also planning a ward reorganization to lessen crowding,” he said.