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Medical recruitment board exam to be held on Jan 27

PLANS TO RECRUIT 2,553 DOCTORS

TIMES NEWS NETWORK 08.11.2024

Chennai : The Medical Recruitment Board will conduct an exam on Jan 27, 2025 for recruiting 2,553 doctors, Tamil Nadu health minister Ma Subramanian said on Thursday. The online examination, to be conducted by an external agency, would help the health department fill vacancies that would arise until 2026, the minister told reporters in Chennai.

In March, the MRB invited applications to fill 2,553 doctors’ posts in Tamil Nadu Medical Service. The process was interrupted by elections. July 15 was the revised last date. The MRB received nearly 24,000 applications till then. “The board is verifying documents submitted by the candidates. Officials have spoken to agencies that can conduct exams. We wanted the exam in one phase because there is a risk of paper leaks if exams are conducted in more than one phase. We have decided that all candidates will take the online test together on Jan 27,” he said.

Earlier this week, at least two govt doctors’ associations pointed out that nearly 30% of the sanctioned posts of doctors in govt hospitals were vacant. They said the department was delaying fresh recruitments by not conducting the MRB exams. The minister said associations were exaggerating the vacancy situation in hospitals and political leaders like Seeman were not updated with information about vacancy positions. “The state has made more than 18,000 appointments for the health department, including more than 5,000 by the MRB,” he said. “The delays are not new. The previous MRB recruitment process for 1,021 posts was delayed for several months as candidates, including those who worked in GHs during Covid, moved courts seeking incentives. The notification was issued in Oct 2022, but the recruitments were completed only in Feb 2024,” he said

How a station master’s OK sent train & his life on wrong track

Partha.Behera@timesofindia.com 07.11.2024 TIMES OF INDIA CHENNAI

Raipur : A train chugged off where it wasn’t supposed to, railways suffered a ₹3-crore loss, a station master was suspended, and a divorce battle dragged on for 12 years from Visakhapatnam to Supreme Court and Chhattisgarh’s Durg — all because of an ‘OK’. The station master had said ‘OK’ to his wife during a fight over a phone call, which was mistaken for the green light to send a train into Maoist territory, triggering this strangerthanfiction chain of events.

The station master hails from Visakhapatnam and his now divorced wife is from Durg. They married on Oct 12, 2011, but within a few days, it was evident that it wasn’t going to be a blissful ever-after. From court evidence, it’s learned that the bride was unhappy with the wedding due to her past relationship with another man, and her confession that she wasn’t over it. This led to friction at home. The station master appealed to her parents, who gave assurances, but the woman never stopped communicating with her lover. She would call him even with her husband sleeping right next to her, leaving him feeling insulted.

The marriage was hanging by a thread when, one night, she called the station master when he was on duty and they again quarrelled. Since he was at work, he ended the call by saying, “We’ll talk at home, OK?” He didn’t realise that his work microphone was on. His colleague on the other end only heard the ‘OK’ and mistook it as green signal to dispatch a freight train down a restricted route in a Maoist affected area.

Dowry, cruelty charge turns out to be false

Thankfully, there was no accident, yet it was a violation of night-time restrictions, and caused railways a loss of ₹3 crore. The station master was suspended. The punishment worsened his marital woes and the officer, now at the end of his tether, filed for divorce in Visakhapatnam family court. His wife filed a complaint under IPC section 498A (cruelty and harassment) against him, his 70-year-old father, his elder brother, who is a govt employee, sister-inlaw and maternal cousins. Saying she feared for her life, the woman moved Supreme Court and managed to get the case transferred to Durg. When the Durg family court rejected his divorce petition, the railway man appealed to Chhattisgarh high court, his counsel, Vipin Kumar Tiwari, said.

In a recent judgment, a division bench of Justice Raja ni Dubey and Justice Sanjay Kumar Jaiswal deemed the wife’s actions as ‘cruelty’, reversed the family court judgment and granted the man divorce. HC found that the wife had falsely accused her husband of having an affair with his sister-in-law. The dowry and cruelty complaint also turned out to be false. The division bench granted the husband divorce while noting that the wife’s arguing with him on the phone, which led to the ‘OK’ incident, the filing of false reports, and making baseless accusations constituted mental cruelty towards him.

End of runway for Jet: SC orders liquidation, nixes revival plan

Allows Lenders’ Consortium To Forfeit JKC’s ₹350cr

Dhananjay.Mahapatra @timesofindia.com 07.11.2024

New Delhi : Hopes of Jet Airways getting fresh wings crashed on Thursday as the Supreme Court ordered its liquidation, with the successful bidder — Jalan Kalrock Consortium — failing to deposit even the first tranche of ₹350 crore of the ₹ 4,783 crore resolution plan for years, thereby burdening SBI-led lenders with huge financial liabilities. Noting the gross violations of the plan by JKC, comprising UAE-based NRI Murari Lal Jalan and Florian Fritsch, who holds shares in Jet Airways through his Cayman Islands-based investment holding company Kalrock Capital Partners, the SC exercised its rarely-exercised omnibus powers under Article 142 of the Constitution to order liquidation of the unviable airline.

Court must ensure such debts stop running at some point of time’ In a 169-page judgment which provided guidelines for future Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) proceedings and streamlining the processes before company law tribunals NCLT and NCLAT, the bench accepted arguments of additional solicitor general N Venkataraman and SBI counsel Sanjay Kapur to allow SBI-led lenders consortium to forfeit the ₹250 crore deposited by JKC as well as its ₹150 crore performance bank guarantee. Writing the judgment for the bench, Justice Pardiwala said, “The amount of ₹200 crore already infused by the SRA (successful resolution applicant in JKC) stands forfeited. The lenders/creditors are further permitted to encash the performance bank guarantee of ₹150 crore furnished by the SRA. We order accordingly.” The bench said, “In the peculiar and alarming circumstances as discussed in this judgment and also keeping in mind the fact that almost five years have elapsed since the Resolution Plan was duly approved by the NCLAT and there being no progress worth the name, we are left with no other option but to invoke our jurisdiction under Article 142 of the Constitution and direct that Jet Airways be taken in liquidation.

The NCLT, Mumbai shall now take appropriate steps for appointment of liquidator and all other nec essary formalities for commencement of liquidation of Jet Airways.” Faulting NCLAT for allowing JKC to adjust performance bank guarantee of ₹150 crore to meet the shortfall in the deposit of first tranche of ₹350 crore which was to be made good by May 22, 2022, the bench said for five years, the resolution plan has remained in limbo during which period several dues including airport dues to be paid by Jet Airways have increased due to the fault of JKC. “The court must ensure that such debts stop running at some point of time,” it said. The bench said although IBC was enacted to ensure survival of bankrupt entities, the same must not come at the cost of efficiency. Full report on www.toi.in

Amazon Clinic: Now you can get a doctor on Amazon India as well

Amazon Clinic is the latest addition to the brand's portfolio in India. It provides doctor consultations for 50 different disciplines.

By: Nishit Raghuwanshi

Published: Nov 06, 2024, 02:27 PM IST

Amazon Clinic

Amazon has recently launched a new tool named Amazon Clinic in India that allows users to book doctor consultations. As of now, the service supports around 50 different medical conditions and has a starting price of Rs 299. The feature is available for both the iOS and Android applications.

However, users cannot get the tool on the web version of Amazon India. One thing to note here is that all the users are supposed to have a basic profile on the platform with age, gender, phone number, and name, in order to be eligible to book a consultation.

Amazon Clinic details

The tool will allow the users to either consult a doctor online or even book an appointment for a clinical visit. Users will be able to get in touch with the doctors on the application instantly or even pre-schedule their meeting. All the consultations on the platform will have a duration range of 10 minutes to 30 minutes.

As of now, Amazon Clinic has included doctors from different specialties like nutrition, counseling, gynecology, dermatology, and pediatrics. As claimed by Amazon, all the experts listed on the platform will have at least three years of clinical experience in tele-consultation. The users can take benefit of Amazon Clinic in zero emergency situations and diagnosis follow-ups.

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The starting price of the Consultation fee on the platform is Rs 299 and goes up to Rs 799. Virtual consultation on Amazon Clinic can be executed in any form like audio, video, or even chat support with unlimited seven days of free follow-up. That’s not it, the users can directly purchase their medicines from the Amazon pharmacy store by sharing the prescription.

Amazon launches ‘Clinic’ medical consultation service in India

Amazon Clinic service is currently limited to Android and iOS users and cannot be accessed from a desktop.

By: Tech Desk

Bengaluru | Updated: November 7, 2024 08:10 IST

Amazon Clinic enables users to schedule a medical consultation. (Express Photo)

Amazon has launched a new service called Clinic in India which offers online doctor consultations for over 50 different medical conditions. Similar to Practo, with a starting price of Rs 299, users can now book a consultation with a medical specialist on Amazon Clinic through its app.

Amazon Clinic service is currently limited to Android and iOS users and cannot be accessed from a desktop. Before booking a consultation, users need to have a profile with basic details like name, age, gender, and phone number.

Depending on the medical condition, one can either consult a doctor online or book an appointment for a clinical visit in the service, which is being rolled out countrywide. However, those who opt for clinic visits might have fewer options.

Users can connect with a doctor instantly, depending on their availability, or pre-schedule a meeting. Each consultation session will last between 10 minutes to 30 minutes.

Amazon Clinic has listed doctors who specialise in dermatology, gynaecology, paediatrics, nutrition, and counselling. Amazon said all the medical experts listed on Clinic will have at least three years of experience in tele-consultation, and all the medical records from these consultations are anonymised and protected.

Amazon suggested that people can use the Clinic service in a non-emergency situation or for follow-up after a diagnosis.

Depending on the doctor and their specialisation, the consultation fee can range between Rs 299 and Rs 799. A virtual consultation includes video, audio, and chat support with unlimited seven days of free follow-up. Amazon also has a pharmacy store where users can buy prescribed medications directly on the app.

Thursday, November 7, 2024

Govt sets timeline for nod to set up self-financing colleges

Poulami.Roy@timesofindia.com 07.11.2024

Kolkata : The state higher education department streamlined the process of obtaining a no objection certificate (NOC) for setting up self-financed colleges in Bengal. Each step in the whole process, which will now be overseen by an integrated law cell acting as the nodal branch, has to be completed within a stipulated time frame. This process will be completed in less than two years. If everything goes well, the NOC can be issued within two months from the date of receipt of compliance. “It was necessary as we noticed in some cases the process took 3-5 years to complete,” said an official of the department.

A memorandum issued by the department stated that it was necessary to frame a standard operating procedure (SOP) for streamlining the process. The policy to set up self-financing degree colle ges was framed in 2015. According to the policy, an applicant needs to submit an application containing the proposal and eight copies of a detailed project report, along with the application fee, to establish a self-financing degree college. After receiving an application, the integrated law cell is required to initiate the file within one month. The law cell must propose the formation of an enquiry committee to examine the detailed project report, visit the location of the proposed college, the background of the applicant, among other aspects. If the proposal is found non-viable, it must be communicated within 15 days.

The enquiry panel must submit its report within one month from the date of its constitution. If the committee is not able to submit its report within the stipulated time ,it must seek prior permission to extend the deadline. The committee will submit the report to the law cell , and the entire process has to be completed within two months