Marriage Of Minor Becomes Valid If Not Declared Void Till Age Of 18, Dissolution U/S 13B Of Hindu Marriage Act Allowed: P&H High Court

Marriage Of Minor Becomes Valid If Not Declared Void Till Age Of 18, Dissolution U/S 13B Of Hindu Marriage Act Allowed: P&H High Court: The Punjab and Haryana High Court recently held that if a girl marries before att

அக்டோபரில் மட்டும் வங்கிகளுக்கு 21 நாட்கள் விடுமுறை

அக்டோபரில் மட்டும் வங்கிகளுக்கு 21 நாட்கள் விடுமுறை

Updated : செப் 26, 2021 06:41 |

புதுடில்லி-பண்டிகைகள் நிறைந்த அக்., மாதத்தில் வங்கிகளுக்கு 21 நாட்கள் விடுமுறை என்பதால் பொதுமக்கள் தங்கள் வங்கிப் பணிகளை முன்கூட்டியே திட்டமிட வேண்டிய அவசியம் ஏற்பட்டுள்ளது.

நாடு முழுதும் வங்கிகளுக்கு இரண்டாவது மற்றும் நான்காவது சனிக் கிழமைகளில் முழு விடுமுறை அளிக்கப்படுகிறது. இதன்படி இந்தாண்டு அக்., 9, 23 ஆகிய இரண்டு நாட்களும் முழு விடுமுறை. அக்., 2 சனிக்கிழமையன்று காந்தி ஜெயந்தியை முன்னிட்டு விடுமுறை. அக்., 3, 10, 17, 24, 31 ஆகிய ஐந்து நாட்களும் ஞாயிற்றுக் கிழமை. இது தவிர அக்., 14, 15ல் ஆயுத பூஜை மற்றும் விஜயதசமி விடுமுறை. அக்., 19ல் மிலாடி நபி விடுமுறை. மேற்கண்ட 11 நாட்களும் நாடு முழுதும் வங்கிகளுக்கு முழு விடுமுறை. மேலும், 10 நாட்கள் சில குறிப்பிட்ட மாநிலங்களுக்கு மட்டும் உள்ளூர் விடுமுறை அறிவிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது. அதன் விபரம்:புதுடில்லி, செப். 26-பண்டிகைகள் நிறைந்த அக்., மாதத்தில் வங்கிகளுக்கு 21 நாட்கள் விடுமுறை என்பதால் பொதுமக்கள் தங்கள் வங்கிப் பணிகளை முன்கூட்டியே திட்டமிட வேண்டிய அவசியம் ஏற்பட்டுள்ளது.

நாடு முழுதும் வங்கிகளுக்கு இரண்டாவது மற்றும் நான்காவது சனிக் கிழமைகளில் முழு விடுமுறை அளிக்கப்படுகிறது. இதன்படி இந்தாண்டு அக்., 9,10 ஆகிய இரண்டு நாட்களும் முழு விடுமுறை. அக்., 2 சனிக்கிழமையன்று காந்தி ஜெயந்தியை முன்னிட்டு விடுமுறை. அக்., 3, 10, 17, 24, 31 ஆகிய ஐந்து நாட்களும் ஞாயிற்றுக் கிழமை. இது தவிர அக்., 14, 15ல் ஆயுத பூஜை மற்றும் விஜயதசமி விடுமுறை. அக்., 19ல் மிலாடி நபி விடுமுறை. மேற்கண்ட 11 நாட்களும் நாடு முழுதும் வங்கிகளுக்கு முழு விடுமுறை. மேலும், 10 நாட்கள் சில குறிப்பிட்ட மாநிலங்களுக்கு மட்டும் உள்ளூர் விடுமுறை அறிவிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது.

அதன் விபரம்:அக்., 1 அரையாண்டு கணக்கு முடிவு சிக்கிம்அக்., 6 மஹாளய அமாவாசை திரிபுரா, கர்நாடகா, மேற்கு வங்கம்அக்., 7 மேரா சவுரென் ஹவுபா லெய்னினங்தோ சனமஹி மணிப்பூர்அக்., 12 மஹா சப்தமி திரிபுரா, கர்நாடகாஅக்., 13 மஹா அஷ்டமி திரிபுரா, ஒடிசா, சிக்கிம், அசாம், மணிப்பூர், மேற்கு வங்கம், பீஹார், ஜார்க்கண்ட்.அக்., 16 துர்கா பூஜா சிக்கிம்அக்., 18 கதி பிஹு அசாம்அக்., 20 மகரிஷி வால்மிகி ஜெயந்தி திரிபுரா, கர்நாடகா, சண்டிகர், மேற்கு வங்கம், ஹிமாச்சல பிரதேசம்அக்., 22 மிலாடிநபியை தொடர்ந்து வரும் வெள்ளி ஜம்மு - காஷ்மீர்அக்.,26 அக்செஷன் டே ஜம்மு - காஷ்மீர்இந்த அறிவிப்பை ரிசர்வ் வங்கி வெளியிட்டுள்ளது.

Teachers arrested for making plans to leak question paper

Teachers arrested for making plans to leak question paper

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Jaisalmer:26.09.2021

Balotara police in Barmer district busted an inter-state gang of 20 members who were planning to leak REET question paper and make dummy candidates appear in the exam. Among those arrested are two government school teachers.

Six government school teachers and a police constable, who are also part of the gang, managed to escape.

The gang used to make dummy candidates sit in competitive exams organised in the state and also leaked question papers for a hefty price. Rs 9.50 lakh cash was recovered from the two arrested government teachers.

Barmer SP Anand Sharma said on September 24, Balotara SHO Babulal Raigar received information that two members of an inter-state gang were planning to provide REET paper for Rs 12 lakh before the exams and charge Rs 15 lakh for dummy candidates to appear in the exam.

He said a team was formed under the SHO and it raided a house on mega highway and arrested two culprits, Ramesh Kumar (36) a resident of Balotara and a government teacher, and Suresh Kumar (35), a resident of Jalore.

SP said the documents and applications of candidates from many districts and other forged documents were also recovered from the culprits. Police claimed Ramesh Kumar accepted providing question papers five hours before an exam and revealed that e-mitra owner Mohan Lal, resident of Dedwa in Sanchore, used to help in photo editing of the applications.

The accused in police custody at Balotara on Saturday

Court says girl can tell a stalker from passerby, gives man 2-yr RI

Court says girl can tell a stalker from passerby, gives man 2-yr RI

Rebecca.Samervel@timesgroup.com

Mumbai:26.09.2021

Observing that a girl is aware about who is following her and who is just a passerby, a Pocso court convicted and sentenced a 33-yearold man to two years’ rigorous imprisonment for stalking a 17-year-old girl on her way home from tuitions in 2019. Observing that sexually harassing minors when they are pursuing their education creates fear, judge Bharti Kale said leniency cannot be shown.

“The accused has not justified his reason for going after the victim every day. Therefore, the contention that he was not following the victim but only heading to work from the road in front of the victim’s building does not appear to be truthful,” said the court. The accused, Jamil Shaikh, was also fined Rs 5,000.

The minor refuted the defence’s argument that she was meeting her boyfriend in the building and when she was caught, she falsely implicated the accused. “Now, if the victim was meeting her boyfriend regularly and her parents grew suspicious, they would not have allowed her to go out of the house every day between 8.00pm and 9.30pm. Except bare suggestions that she was going to meet her boyfriend, there is nothing on record to prove the same,” the court said.

The prosecution, however, could not prove that the accused had held the girl’s hand just before he was nabbed. The court said the police has not recorded the statements of any independent witnesses from the spot even though the incident occurred at a public place.

Shaikh has been in jail since his arrest on November 26, 2019. The court said his sentence will be set off against time already spent in jail.

The accused has not justified his reason for going after the victim every day. Therefore, the contention that he was not following the victim but only heading to work from the road in front of the victim’s building does not appear to be truthful, the court said

Univ working on transcripts in 24 hours

Univ working on transcripts in 24 hours

Ardhra.Nair@timesgroup.com

Pune:26.09.2021

Talking about the pendency in getting transcripts and lack of tracking mechanism for documents sought by students, SPPU vice-chancellor Nitin Karmalkar said a committee is developing a system, where the marksheet and transcripts could be given together. The university was coming up with a mechanism to ensure delivery of transcripts within 24 hours of the application.

PhD viva voce at recognized research institutes

Talking about conducting viva voce of the PhD students of the pharmacy faculty in their own research institutes, Karmalkar said, “Due to the restrictions, all viva voce are online. We will soon come out with a circular stating that even in the future, all viva voce would be held at their own research centres,” Karmalkar said.

No change in vax gap, interval working well, says NTAGI chief

No change in vax gap, interval working well, says NTAGI chief

Nisha.Nambiar@timesgroup.com

Pune:26.09.2021

Dr N K Arora, chairman, Covid-19 working group of the National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (NTAGI), on Saturday ruled out any changes in the gap between two doses of Covishield, citing scientific studies suggesting the vaccine’s higher efficacy when the interval between the shots was longer.

“Any further changes would be based only on scientific evidence and not on random demands,” Arora told TOI on Saturday, stressing that the current interval had been working well.

Several states, including Kerala, Karnataka and Maharashtra, are keen to reduce the gap between the two doses of Covishield from the current 84 days.

Arora said data from the vaccine tracker platform indicated that the way the Covishield doses were currently being administered was fine. Therefore, there was no need to change it as of now, he said, adding that the vaccine’s effectiveness in the current interval was being monitored constantly.

Virologist T Jacob John differed a bit. He told TOI the Covishield doses’ gap could be reduced to four weeks for individuals at high risk and senior citizens. “They (authorities) should at least think about it,” he said. Explaining his thought, the retired professor and the head of department of clinical virology and microbiology of Christian Medical College (Vellore) said, “If someone wants early immunity, give the second dose at four weeks. But if you want the maximum possible immunity, wait for 84 days. Two doses save lives. So, for individuals at high risk of severe disease and death, four weeks’ interval is the best. For them, protection delayed could mean protection denied. For all others between 18 and 60 years, the 84-day interval is logical.”

Dr Anish T S, associate professor at Government Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram, also said a shorter gap could be considered for vulnerable groups such as senior citizens and people with comorbidities. “The effectiveness of a single dose may not be sufficient to protect them from clinically severe diseases in the context of the Delta variant,” he said.

Dr M K Sudarshan, chairman of the Karnataka government Covid-19 technical advisory committee, told TOI they had recommended that the Karnataka health minister reduce the time gap of Covishield doses to about six weeks because there were sufficient vaccines but not enough second dose takers. “There is enough scientific evidence that one to two months’ gap is efficacious,” he said.

Dr Rajeev Jayadevan, member, National Indian Medical Task Force on Corona Epidemic, told TOI a longer gap was better for long-term protection. “At present, it is best to have a longer gap to protect people from severe disease,” he added.

Vaccine effectiveness monitored constantly, said NTAGI’s Dr N K Arora

‘No vax for children before schools open; parents, teachers need jabs’

There was no need to vaccinate children for reopening schools, said NTAGI task force chairman Dr N K Arora on Saturday. “What is important is to vaccinate parents, teachers and school staffers before the resumption of physical classes,” he said.

Vaccination of healthy children would commence next year, but the immunization of kids with comorbidities would start next month, Dr Arora said. He said they were finalising the list of comorbidities in this age group and it would be ready in the next 8-10 days.

Virologist Dr T Jacob John said the priority of vaccination for children was not high and schools should reopen before the immunisation programme was rolled out. TNN

After 7.5% quota, panel seeks school dropout database

After 7.5% quota, panel seeks school dropout database

Also recommends that skills of students be identified at schools

Published: 26th September 2021 05:34 AM 

The counselling process underway at the Government Central Polytechnic College at Taramani in Chennai. (Photo | Ashwin Prasath, EPS)

By Express News Service

CHENNAI: Justice D Murugesan committee, formed to analyse the reasons for fewer enrolment of government school students in engineering and other professional courses, has recommended the creation of a database on school dropouts.

“Creating a database of school dropouts is crucial. Unless we create a database, we will never know how many students dropped out to become labourers or victims of child marriage,” said Prince Gajendra Babu, an educationist.

It was based on the recommendations of the committee report that the State government introduced the 7.5 per cent horizontal reservation for government school students in admissions to professional courses. The report also wanted the skills of the students to be identified at school-level itself on the basis of their flair and aptitude. Further, it recommended a revision of the school syllabus to meet the requirements of modern technology, and suggested a mechanism to establish permanent training centres for teachers to update them on the proper utilisation of modern education technology and on the subjects they teach.

“In the pandemic period, teaching has no longer been the same. There have been behavioural changes in students, with their patience and attention levels dropping. Add the introduction of digital technology to it, and our government school teachers will need continuous training,” said M Sashidharan, a retired government college teacher.

“If we genuinely intend to give our government school students their due in professional courses, then all these points, which focus on holistic improvement of our schools, need to be followed,” added Sashidharan. The report also wants the government to focus more on improving the quality of schools. “Government systems generally focus on expansion, which too is a must. But, the schemes which aim to improve quality often get ignored at implementation stage albeit finding a prominent mention in the policies,” mentions the report.

An analysis in the report shows that only 12,659 government school students had joined engineering courses during the academic year 2019-20, representing a paltry 5.59 per cent of the available 2,26,385 seats during the year. In 2020-21, the number was 13,082, just 6.14 per cent of a total of 212932 seats available. The percentage of first generation government school students joining engineering courses stood at 2.41 per cent and 3.22 per cent during academic year 2019-2020 and 2020-21 respectively.