V-C asks colleges to implement EWS quota

SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT

PUDUCHERRY, MAY 09, 2019 00:00 IST

Looking ahead:Pondicherry University Vice-Chancellor Gurmeet Singh addressing a meeting of the College Development Council.Special ArrangementHandout_E_Mail

At a meeting of principals, Gurmeet Singh highlights need for improving teaching

Pondicherry University Vice-Chancellor Gurmeet Singh has directed the affiliated colleges to implement 10% reservation for the economically weaker sections (EWS) in a phased manner.

Addressing the principals of about 65 colleges affiliated to Pondicherry University, who attended the meeting hosted by the College Development Council of the University, Prof. Singh said at present the reservation implemented by Pondicherry University only enabled students from the Union Territory of Pondicherry in getting admission to the extent of 25% to 30% in the university.

He stressed on the need to improve the quality of teaching at the undergraduate level and for collaborative efforts of all colleges on delivering quality education.

He said only a small percentage of students from Puducherry were passing the national-level admission test and finding a place in the first merit list of the reputed universities. And, although the city had emerged as an education hub, a good number of parents were still sending their wards to other cities for higher studies for want of quality education, he said.

Prof. Singh advocated the need for selection of qualified faculty members based on AICTE/UGC/NCTE norms. During the deliberations, colleges were asked to conduct governing body meetings with university nominees.

Good facilities

Experts are nominated to help the colleges to benchmark procedures followed in other reputed universities. Institutions should keep the websites updated, provide wi-fi facilities and digital libraries apart from offering canteen, sports grounds and facilities exclusively for persons with disabilities.

The Vice-Chancellor urged all colleges to meet the MHRD/UGC requirements regarding constitution of anti-ragging committee, students grievance redress mechanism, adoption of villages and rainwater harvesting structures.

Namakkal Collector may recommend verification of birth certificates across TN

Vignesh Vijayakumar

NAMAKKAL, MAY 09, 2019 00:00 IST

Move follows busting of child sale racket

After the completion of verification of birth certificates in Kolli Hills after the busting of a child sale racket, the Namakkal district administration is likely to recommend the verification process for the entire State.

Namakkal Collector M. Asia Mariam said, “Immediately after a recorded conversation about the sale of newborns went viral in social media, teams were formed to conduct verification of birth certificates and survey in Kolli Hills.”

The teams looked at every child birth at Primary Health Centres here and conducted field survey to check if the children were still in their homes. “A report is being prepared and based on the report a similar survey across the State may be recommended,” she said.

Ramesh Kumar, Deputy Director of Health Services, said 15 five-member teams conducted the survey in Kolli Hills.

“Each team had a health inspector and the survey is over. A report will be submitted to the government and police officials in the next few days,” he said.

A recorded conversation between a prospective buyer and retired nursing assistant A. Amuthavalli on the sale of newborns went viral in social media recently. Based on the audio clip, Namakkal police arrested Amuthavalli, her husband S. Ravichandran, ambulance driver Murugesan and five other agents who were involved in the sale of 14 newborns.

The CB-CID recently took up the investigation of the case and they were granted custody of Amuthavalli for two days and ambulance driver Murugesan, Arulsami an agent from Erode, for three days by the Chief Judicial Magistrate here on Tuesday.

150 MBBS seats for Karur medical college

C. Jaisankar

KARUR, MAY 09, 2019 00:00 IST

Health Department confirms MCI approval

The Medical Council of India (MCI) has permitted the State government to admit 150 students in Karur Medical College for the academic year 2019-20.

The approval has come about four weeks after a MCI team visited Karur to inspect infrastructure facilities at the medical college hospital.

A three-member team - pre-clinical, para-clinical and clinical-had - visited Sanapirati, where construction of medical college is taken up at a total estimate of Rs. 269.59 crore.

Confirming the MCI approval, a senior official of the Health Department said that the government had received the permission within a short span of time since the start of construction of medical college in Karur. The MCI team had expressed satisfaction over available infrastructure for admitting 150 MBBS students.

The new sanctioned MBBS seats would be included in the pool of MBBS seats for admitting students during 2019-20.

In addition, the MCI had sanctioned 100 more MBBS seats in the Government Medical College in Tirunelveli. With this, the number of seats would go up from 150 to 250.

Construction over

The official said that construction of various buildings had almost been completed for starting the medical college in Karur. While Rs. 122.79 crore was meant for building a 800-bedded hospital, classrooms with a plinth area of about 3.20 lakh sq. ft. were built at an estimate of Rs. 75.79 crore. A sum of Rs. 71 crore was spent for construction of a hostel for students.

The existing Government Hospital in Karur had been attached to the Karur Medical College.

520 beds

There were 520 beds in the GH. It had been getting more than 2,500 out-patients a day, which was 1,400 more than the norms of MCI. It had five special units such as surgery, medicine, paediatrics, obstetrics and gynaecology and anaesthesia.

Former Chief Minister Jayalalithaa had laid the foundation stone through video conferencing for the college in March 2016.

The college was originally planned to build at Kuppuchipalayam, which is 10 km away from Karur.

It was later shifted to Sanapiratti in Karur. After a number of legal hurdles, the State government began construction in 2017.

Self-financing colleges’ association seek exemption from qualification regulations

STAFF REPORTER

COIMBATORE, MAY 09, 2019 00:00 IST

The Association of Self-Financing Arts, Science and Management Colleges of Tamil Nadu (ASFASMTN) has sought exemption for self-financing colleges from the qualification regulations proposed by the University Grants Commission (UGC).

In the memorandum submitted to Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami recently, the Association proposed that the teaching staffs, who have completed Ph.D or cleared National Eligibility Test (NET), State Eligibility Test (SET) or State Level Eligibility Test (SLET), may be considered only for promotion after they acquire the qualification as per the UGC regulation, highlighting that 75% of the existing faculty members will lose their jobs if colleges are forced to follow these regulations.

According to the memorandum, nearly 30,000 to 35,000 college teachers would lose their job.

The memorandum, which was signed by Ajeet Kumar Lal Mohan, president and T. Sethupati, secretary of the Association, also requested the Chief Minister to include two of its representatives along with the Director of Directorate of Collegiate Education in the fee fixation committee.

The memorandum said that the non-inclusion of president and secretary of ASFASMTN and the Director of Directorate of Collegiate Education would create apprehensions “in the minds of the stakeholders and students.”

Varsity to refund excess fee

R. Sujatha

CHENNAI, MAY 09, 2019 00:00 IST

Annamalai University has sought the bank account details of the medical and dental students of all batches of the Rajah Muthiah Medical College and the dental college affiliated to it. The move follows a contempt petition filed by students as the University failed to comply with the Supreme Court ruling.

The apex court had ordered refund of excess fee collected by the University in December. But the institution had taken no action and instead withheld the results of CRRI, PG and final year UG students who had not paid their fees.

As many as 189 students appealed to the Madras High Court which dismissed their case. The students then approached the Supreme Court. In December, the apex court had directed the college to collect fee as per the fee fixation committee. “But the college continued to levy the fee it had stipulated barring the first year students for whom it reduced the fee by one lakh rupees,” said a parent. “We brought this to the notice of the Supreme Court last week and the court said the University should refund the excess fee by Friday morning,” students said.

Surety clause for PG medical seat questioned

Legal Correspondent

CHENNAI, MAY 09, 2019 00:00 IST

HC asks how poor doctors can afford such bonds

The Madras High Court on Wednesday wondered how fair it was for the Directorate of Medical Education (DME) to insist upon sureties from two government employees along with bonds for Rs. 40 lakh and Rs. 20 lakh to be executed by MBBS graduates for securing admission in postgraduate (PG) degree and diploma courses respectively under government quota.

A Division Bench of Justices S. Vaidyanathan and Subramonium Prasad questioned how poor students will obtain such sureties from government employees and directed a government counsel to obtain instructions on the issue from the DME as well as the Health Secretary before the next summer vacation court sitting scheduled on May 15.

The query was raised during the hearing of a public interest litigation petition filed by advocate T.K. Saravanan, 33, of Chennai, accusing some government employees of demanding huge amount of money from candidates to provide sureties while a majority of them decline such requests due to fear of facing the music if the candidates do not comply with bond conditions.

The petitioner said the government had made it mandatory for MBBS graduates to execute bonds stating that they shall serve the government for two years after completing the PG diplomas/degrees if their services were required.

Such a stipulation had been created to ensure that specialist doctors did not shy away from serving in rural areas despite being educated at State cost.

As per the prospectus for PG medical admissions for the academic year 2019-20, the successful candidates, who had cleared NEET, were required to submit bonds along with three sureties of which one must be from spouse or parent and two others from government employees in the same or higher rank that of the candidate.

China’s list of authorised varsities

Serena Josephine M.

CHENNAI, MAY 09, 2019 00:00 IST

It is cheaper to study medicine in China as opposed to many other countries, say parents.Representational imageM_PERIASAMY

45 universities permitted to admit international students for MBBS degree

Every year, a number of students from Tamil Nadu, and across the country, seek admission for MBBS in universities/colleges in China. This year, the Ministry of Education of China has issued an official communication in which they released a list of 45 Chinese universities that are authorised to admit international students for a MBBS degree in English, and has strictly prohibited teaching the course under a bilingual (English/Chinese) model.

With the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test held and admission season around the corner, the Tamil Nadu Medical Council has advised students seeking admissions for MBBS abroad, including China, to check if the university/medical college is recognised and the standard of teaching and facilities available.

A press release issued recently by the Embassy of India, Beijing and posted on its website, said as per the official communication, prospective students are advised to note carefully that only these 45 Chinese universities are authorised to admit international students for an MBBS degree in English.

Universities not included in the list must not admit international students for MBBS (teaching in English) and can take in only international students for teaching in Chinese. “Bilingual model” is strictly forbidden to be used for admission of international students, it added.

K. Senthil, president of Tamil Nadu Medical Council, said students opting to study abroad should check if the institution was recognised. “Recently, a candidate, who completed MBBS in China, lodged a complaint with us that the agency that facilitated his admission to the Chinese institution was asking for money to send a confirmation of his education to us. We had written twice to the institution to confirm and they did not respond. We asked the candidate to approach the police and we have written again to the institution warning that they will be blacklisted if they do not respond,” he said.

Qualifying exam

As per the Medical Council of India (MCI), an Indian, who studied medicine in countries such as Russia and China (exemption being Commonwealth countries), should clear a qualifying examination — Foreign Medical Graduate Examination (FMGE) — for registration with the respective State Medical Council. “When those who clear the exam approach the council for registration, we write to the respective Embassies seeking details on the genuineness of the degree,” he said.

The number of students registering with the council after clearing FMGE has been abysmal. Official sources said in many instances, students, including from Tamil Nadu, landed in China without knowing that they have got admission for an MBBS course in Chinese.

Studying medicine in China was cheaper when compared to many other countries. A parent of a student studying medicine in a Chinese university said private colleges in Tamil Nadu demanded exorbitant capitation fee. “The standard of education depends on each institution,” he added.

Embassy of India Beijing **** Press release April 2019

Embassy of India
Beijing
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Press release

http://www.eoibeijing.gov.in/Regarding-Medical-Education-in-China.php

Embassy of India in Beijing has been receiving queries from prospective Indian students and their parents with respect to studying MBBS in China and colleges in China which are authorized to impart MBBS courses to foreign students.

2. In this regard, Embassy of India would like to inform that Ministry of Education of China had recently issued an official communication wherein they have shared the list of 45 Universities in China that are authorised to give admission to foreign students (including Indian students) to undertake MBBS degree course (in English language) in China for the year 2019.

3. Prospective students are advised to note carefully that only these 45 Chinese Universities are authorised to admit international students for an MBBS degree in English. They may also note the warning in the notification that teaching of MBBS courses under a bilingual (English/Chinese) model is strictly forbidden.

4. More details of the same can also be obtained from the website of MOE, People’s Republic of China in the following weblink:http://moe.gov.cn/srcsite/A20/moe_850?201901/t2019124_368005.html

5. The translation of the details in the weblink is as follows:

The Announcement of General Office of the Ministry of Education on University list and enrollment plan for International MBBS undergraduates (English Teaching)for the school year 2019-2020

No. [2019] 3

Department of Education (Education Committee) of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government and Bureau of Education of Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps:

In accordance with the spirit of Notice No. 39 of the Ministry of Education on the Interim Regulations on Quality Control Standards for International MBBS Undergraduates (2007), and in order to guarantee the quality of training for Overseas MBBS Undergraduates, our department will continue to manage university number and enrollment plan in the academic year of 2019-2020. The relevant requirements are now notified as follows:

1. In the academic year 2018-2019, our department will continue to entrust 45 MBBS universities to recruit MBBS students. Based on the results of special survey in March 2018 and routine work inspection, colleges and universities that fail to strictly implement the enrollment plan will have fewer enrollment quota. The enrollment situation of each university will be continuously tracked.

2. Universities not included in the list must not recruit international MBBS(Teaching in English)undergraduates and can only recruit international MBBS undergraduates (teaching in Chinese ). The training standard can’t be lower than Chinese local students. “Bilingual model” are strictly forbidden to be used for students recruitment.

3. In accordance with the spirit of the Notice and the requirements of the Standard for the Quality of Higher Education for Overseas Students (Trial Implementation) promulgated in October 2018, the competent educational departments in the localities of colleges and universities, experts will be organized to conduct follow-up research according to the situation and continue to dynamically adjust the next year's enrollment plan according to the investigation. For colleges and universities that seriously violate the spirit of the Notice, they will be restricted or suspended in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Regulations on Admission and Training of International Students in Schools (Decree No. 42 of the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Public Security).

List of Colleges for Recruiting International Undergraduate Students with Clinical Medicine Major (in English Language) in the School Year 2019-2020

List of Colleges for Recruiting International Undergraduate Students with Clinical Medicine Major (in English Language) in the School Year 2019-2020

S.No	Name of University	Number of international Students
1	Jilin University	62 （school year 2018-2019 was 100, 38 fewer）
2	Chinese Medical University	100
3	Dalian Medical University	100
4	Capital Medical University	100
5	Tianjin Medical University	100
6	Shandong University	78 （school year 2018-2019 100, 22 fewer）
7	Fudan University	100
8	Xinjiang Medical University	100
9	Nanjing Medical University	100
10	Jiangsu University	100
11	Wenzhou Medical University Wenzhou Medical University (Overseas Schools)	100 50
12	Zhejiang University	100
13	Wuhan University	100
14	Huazhong University of Science and Technology	100
15	Xi'an Jiaotong University	100
16	Southern Medical University	100
17	Jinan University	100
18	Guangxi Medical University	100
19	Sichuan University	100
20	Chongqing Medical University	100
21	Harbin Medical University	60
22	Beihua University	40
23	Jinzhou Medical University	60
24	Qingdao University	60
25	Hebei Medical University	60
26	Ningxia Medical University	60
27	Tongji University	60
28	Shihezi University	60
29	Southeast University	60
30	Yangzhou University	60
31	Nantong University	60
32	Suzhou University	60
33	Ningbo University	60
34	Fujian Medical University	60
35	Anhui Medical University	60
36	Xuzhou Medical College	60
37	Three Gorges University	20
38	Zhengzhou University	60
39	Guangzhou Medical University	60
40	Sun Yat-sen University	60
41	Shantou University	20  (school year 2018-2019 was 60, 40 fewer)
42	Kunming Medical University	60
43	North Sichuan Medical College	40
44	Southwest Medical University	60
45	Xiamen University	60

In total: 3370  (school year 2018-2019 was 3470, 100 fewer)

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Beijing
April 29, 2019

DOC APPOINTED AS GUARDIAN

Wife of man in coma can sell his assets: Bombay HC

Shibu.Thomas @timesgroup.com

Mumbai:9.5.2019

The Bombay high court has appointed a Mumbai-based doctor as the guardian and manager of properties of her husband, a pathologist, who has been in a coma since 2013. The woman had filed a petition seeking to be appointed her husband’s guardian so that she can sell off some of his movable and immovable properties and manage his bank accounts to raise money for expenses of their two children.

Last month, following the court’s directions, the dean of Nair hospital appointed a team of neurological experts to evaluate the condition of the man. The report placed before the court said that the patient was in a “persistent vegetative state/minimally conscious state, is bedridden, needs 24x7 assistance for his basic daily needs and cannot take any rational decisions on his own”.

In the plea, the woman said that there were residential and commercial properties in his name as well as bank and demat accounts. Selling off some of the properties would help the family, which includes the couple’s two college-going children.

“It is obvious that considering the health condition of the husband, he needs assistance 24x7. Therefore, the case made out by the petitioner that by selling the immovable properties held by her husband, she wants to purchase a larger premises for residence deserves to be accepted,” said the bench.

PIL against sureties for PG med admission

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Chennai:9.5.2019

A Tamil Nadu health department stipulation, that postgraduate medical students must furnish one of two sureties from a permanent government employee in the same or higher rank than the candidate, has been challenged in court.

A division bench of Justice S Vaidyanathan and Justice Subramonium Prasad, before which the PIL from advocate T K Saravanan came up for hearing, issued notices to the state government and directed authorities concerned to file a reply by May 15.

The petitioner, referring to a news reported in TOI dated April 23, submitted that the prospectus issued by the director of medical education (DME) required that candidates seeking admission to PG medical diploma courses must execute a bond for a sum of ₹20 lakh for the year 2019-20 and those for PG degree courses would require ₹40 lakh. They shall furnish two sureties from a permanent government employee in the same or higher rank than the candidate, the petitioner quoted the prospectus as saying.

Challenging the above clause 38(d) and (h) of the prospectus, the petitioner submitted that the candidates seeking admission for the above courses have to qualify the NEET PG 2019 besides the basic qualification of MBBS.

The petitioner submitted that there could be no objection for execution of bond by the candidate as such, but the condition that the candidate should execute a bond as above was unreasonable and irrational and unfair.

Stating that the students who are economically disadvantaged or otherwise and do not have easy access to government officials cannot dream of getting such sureties, the petitioner said it casts an unnecessary burden, more particularly on the parents and students belonging to economically and socially backward sections, causing them distress and mental agony, he said.

Alleging that this condition could lead to admissions being cancelled if such sureties could not be obtained, the petitioner submitted that some government officials can demand huge sums of money to sign the surety.

The petitioner sought a direction from the court to declare the clause 38(d) and (h) as ex facie, arbitrary, unfair, unreasonable and hence illegal.

Citing a prospectus issued by the director of medical education asking candidates to produce sureties signed by government officials, the petitioner said it placed an unnecessary burden

கோவை பாரதியார் பல்கலைக்கழக ஆட்சிக் குழு விவகாரம்: அரசு பதிலளிக்க உத்தரவு

By DIN | Published on : 08th May 2019 02:38 AM |


கோவை பாரதியார் பல்கலைக்கழகத்தின் ஆட்சிக் குழுவில் தனியார் கல்லூரிகளுக்கு போதிய பிரதிநிதித்துவம் வழங்கக் கோரி தாக்கல் செய்யப்பட்ட மனு தொடர்பாக, தமிழக உயர்கல்வித் துறைச் செயலாளர் மற்றும் பாரதியார் பல்கலைக்கழகத்தின் பதிவாளர் ஆகியோர் பதிலளிக்க வேண்டுமென உயர்நீதிமன்றம் உத்தரவிட்டுள்ளது. 

சென்னை உயர்நீதிமன்றத்தில் தனியார் சுயநிதி கல்லூரிகள் சங்கத்தின் சார்பில் தாக்கல் செய்த மனுவில், கோவை பாரதியார் பல்கலைக்கழக ஆட்சிக் குழு உறுப்பினர்களாக பேராசிரியர்கள் 5 பேர் நியமிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளனர். 

இந்தக் குழுவில் 3 ஆயிரத்து 298 மாணவர்களையும் 220 ஆசிரியர்களை மட்டுமே கொண்ட பல்கலைக்கழகத்தின் சார்பில் 5 பேராசிரியர்கள் ஆட்சிமன்றக் குழு உறுப்பினர்களாக நியமிக்கப்படுகின்றனர்.
ஆனால், 2 லட்சம் மாணவர்களையும், 15 ஆயிரம் ஆசிரியர்களையும் கொண்ட 122 தனியார் கல்லூரிகளின் சார்பில் இரண்டு முதல்வர்கள், இரண்டு பேராசிரியர்கள் மட்டுமே உறுப்பினர்களாக நியமிக்கப்படுகின்றனர். இது முறையற்றது. எனவே பாரதியார் பல்கலைக்கழகத்தின் ஆட்சிக் குழுவில் தனியார் கல்லூரிகளுக்கு போதுமான பிரதிநிதித்துவத்தை வழங்க உத்தரவிட வேண்டும் எனக் கோரியிருந்தனர். 

இந்த மனு, நீதிபதி புஷ்பா சத்யநாராயணா முன்னிலையில் அண்மையில் விசாரணைக்கு வந்தது. 

அப்போது மனுதாரர் தரப்பில் வழக்குரைஞர் ஜி.சங்கரன் ஆஜராகி, இந்த பல்கலைக்கழகம் தொடங்கப்பட்ட கால கட்டத்தில் 22 உறுப்பு கல்லூரிகள் இருந்தன. 

அந்தச் சமயத்தில், பல்கலைக்கழகத்தின் ஆட்சிக் குழுவில் இரண்டு முதல்வர்களும், இரண்டு பேராசிரியர்களும் நியமிக்கப்பட்டனர். ஆனால், தற்போது கல்லூரிகளின் எண்ணிக்கை 122-ஆக உயர்ந்துள்ளது. எனவே, தனியார் கல்லூரிகளுக்கான போதுமான பிரதிநிதித்துவத்தை வழங்க வேண்டும் என வாதிட்டார். 

இதைக் கேட்ட நீதிபதி, இந்த மனு தொடர்பாக தமிழ்நாடு உயர்கல்வித்துறைச் செயலாளர் மற்றும் பாரதியார் பல்கலைக்கழகப் பதிவாளர் ஆகியோர் வரும் ஜூன் 12-ஆம் தேதிக்குள் பதிலளிக்க உத்தரவிட்டு விசாரணையை ஒத்திவைத்தார்.

சிங்கப்பூரிலிருந்து பைக்கில் சாகசப் பயணம் மேற்கொண்ட தமிழர்கள்!

By DIN | Published on : 08th May 2019 04:11 AM 

சிங்கப்பூரில் இருந்து அதிநவீன பைக்குகளில் சாகசப் பயணம் மேற்கொண்டுள்ள தமிழர்கள்.

சிங்கப்பூரில் இருந்து பைக் மூலம் சாகசப் பயணம் மேற்கொண்டுள்ள மூன்று தமிழர்கள் சர்வதேச சுற்றுலா நகரமான மாமல்லபுரத்திற்கு திங்கள்கிழமை வந்தனர். 

சிங்கப்பூரில் உள்ள ஒரு தனியார் நிறுவனத்தில் பணிபுரிந்து வரும் தமிழர்களான அருணகிரி, பன்னீர்செல்வம், பாலசந்தர் ஆகிய 3 பேரும் கடந்த மார்ச் 21ஆம் தேதி அதிக திறன் கொண்டு தயாரிக்கப்பட்ட ராட்சத பைக்குகளில் சாலை வழியாக தங்களின் சாகசப் பயணத்தைத் தொடங்கினர். அவர்கள் சிங்கப்பூரில் தொடங்கி இலங்கை, மலேசியா, மியான்மர், தாய்லாந்து, நேபாளம் வழியாக இந்தியாவிற்கு வந்தனர்.
நம் நாட்டின் 16 மாநிலங்ககளில் நெடுஞ்சாலை வழியாகப் பயணம் மேற்கொண்ட இந்த 3 பேரும் கேரள மாநிலத்தில் இருந்து ஞாயிற்றுக்கிழமை புறப்பட்டு தமிழகத்திற்கு வந்தனர். மாமல்லபுரம் நகருக்கு திங்கள்கிழமை வந்தனர். தங்கள் பயணம் குறித்து அவர்கள் கூறியது:

சிங்கப்பூரில் இருந்து மார்ச் மாதம் 21-ஆம் தேதி எங்களின் சாகசப் பயணத்தைத் தொடங்கினோம். பைக்கில் வரும்போது சில நாடுகளில் கடல் வழியாகச் செல்ல வேண்டியிருந்தது. இதனால் அந்தந்த நாடுகளில் உரிய அனுமதி பெற்று கப்பலில் சென்று, பின்னர் பைக்கில் பயணம் தொடர்ந்தோம். இதுவரை நாங்கள் 17 ஆயிரம் கி.மீ. தூரத்தை அதிநவீன கருவிகள் பொருத்திய ராட்சத பைக்குகளில் கடந்துள்ளது பெருமிதம் அளிக்கிறது என்று அவர்கள் தெரிவித்தனர்.

இந்த மூன்று பேரும் மாமல்லபுரம் நகரில் திங்கள்கிழமை முழுவதும் வலம் வந்தனர். ஆங்காங்கே தங்கள் பைக்குகளை நிறுத்திவிட்டு சிற்பங்களைக் கண்டு ரசித்தனர். அப்போது நகரவாசிகளும், சுற்றுலாப் பயணிகளும் இந்த மூவரின் பைக்குகளையும் வேடிக்கை பார்த்தனர். 

அதன் பின் மூவரும் செவ்வாய்க்கிழமை காலையில் பயணத்தைத் தொடங்கி சென்னைக்கு புறப்பட்டனர். அங்கு செவ்வாய்க்கிழமை இரவு தங்கி விட்டு மீண்டும் பயணம் தொடங்கவிருப்பதாக அவர்கள் தெரிவித்தனர்.

முதுநிலை மருத்துவ படிப்பு 66 இடங்கள் நிரம்பின

Added : மே 07, 2019 21:56


கோவை : முதுநிலை மருத்துவ படிப்பில், 66 இடங்கள் நிரம்பின; 71 இடங்களுக்கான கவுன்சிலிங் இன்று நடக்கிறது.தமிழகத்தில், அரசு மருத்துவ கல்லுாரிகளில், எம்.டி., - எம்.எஸ்., பட்ட மேற்படிப்புகளுக்கு, 1,761 இடங்கள் உள்ளன. இதில், அகில இந்திய ஒதுக்கீட்டுக்கு, 849 இடங்கள் போக, மீதமுள்ள, 912 இடங்கள் மற்றும் தனியார் மருத்துவ கல்லுாரியில், மாநில அரசு ஒதுக்கீட்டில் உள்ள, 181 என, மொத்தம், 1,093 இடங்களுக்கான, இரண்டு கட்ட கவுன்சிலிங் நடந்து முடிந்துள்ளது.இதில், 'நான் கிளினிக்கல்' எனப்படும் மயக்கவியல், உடற்கூறியல் போன்ற படிப்புக்கான, 137 இடங்கள் நிரம்பாமல் இருந்தன.

இந்த இடங்களை நிரப்ப, 'மாப் - அப்' எனும், சிறப்பு கவுன்சிலிங், சென்னை, ஓமந்துாரார் அரசு பல்நோக்கு மருத்துவமனையில், நேற்று துவங்கியது.இதில், 2,711 மாணவர்களுக்கு, அழைப்பு விடுக்கப்பட்டிருந்தது; 859 பேர் பங்கேற்றனர். 66 பேர் இடங்கள் பெற்றனர். அரசு மருத்துவ கல்லுாரியில், 19 இடங்கள், தனியார் மருத்துவ கல்லுாரிகளில், 52 இடங்கள் நிரம்பாமல் உள்ளன. இன்றும் கவுன்சிலிங் நடக்கிறது.

Chennai’s Guindy Industrial Estate to face a 7-hour power cut on Wednesday

The press release from TANGEDCO stated that the power will be restored if maintenance work is completed early.

Some parts of Chennai including Guindy will be facing a power cut from 9am to 4pm on Wednesday (May 8).

In a press release, the Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation (TANGEDCO) said that power supply will be interrupted due to maintenance work scheduled on Wednesday. It also stated that power supply will be restored in these areas if the maintenance work is completed early.

The list of areas which will face power-cuts on Wednesday are:

Sothuperumbedu area:

Sothuperumbedu, Karanodai, Athur, Devaneri, Solavaram [Entire], Sirunium, Angadu, Orakadu, Budur, Gnayeru, Nerkundram and from Arumanthai to Vichur.

Guindy area:

Guindy Industrial Estate, Ambal nagar, Ekkattuthangal, Kalaimakal Nagar part, Anna Salai part, Labour colony, Sundar Nagar, JN Salai, Balaji Nagar and Poonamallee Salai.

Tamil Nadu depends on thermal power from October to April every year to meet the demand in the state. Between May and September, the state is powered by wind power at night and by solar power in the daytime.

TANGEDCO topped the list of state-owned power distribution companies that imported coal in the financial year 2018-19. According to reports, the quantity of coal imported by TANGEDCO till December 2018 stood at 21.15 lakh tonnes while the figure for the corresponding period in the previous years was 11.07 lakh tonnes.

‘Implement 3% DA instalment’

SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT

CHENNAI, MAY 08, 2019 00:00 IST

The Confederation of All Bharat Senior Citizens and Pensioners Associations (ABMKPK) has appealed to the Tamil Nadu government to implement the 3% DA instalment as announced by the Central government to its staff, to serving State employees and pensioners with effect from January 1, 2019. In a statement, A. Saminathan, president, ABMKPK, said the DA had been implemented for IAS officers alone in the State.

Charge only Rs 2 per page for photocopies of answer sheets orders UGC
While Anna University and Bharathiar University charge Rs 300 per paper, Tamil Nadu Dr MGR Medical University has been found to collect Rs 1,000.

Published: 08th May 2019 03:41 AM 

By Express News Service

COIMBATORE: The University Grants Commission (UGC) has asked higher education institutions to implement the order of the Central Information Commission to charge only Rs 2 per page for photocopies of answer sheets. While the rule will result in students paying only Rs 60-80 per paper, universities in the State charge nearly Rs 300-1,000 for the same.


While Anna University and Bharathiar University charge Rs 300 per paper, Tamil Nadu Dr MGR Medical University has been found to collect Rs 1,000. If the paper were to contain Section A and B or Paper I and II, the fees were to be paid separately for each. It was to address this that the CIC ordered all universities, included deemed universities and examining bodies to stick to Rs 2-per -page charging system.

It tasked the Ministry of Human Resource Development with making the system mandatory for examining bodies and directed UGC to insist on implementation in universities. Welcoming the move, Association of University Teacher former general secretary C Pichandy said that students should not be charged enormously for copies of answer sheets.

Expect delays on Chennai - Jolarpettai section trains upto 3 hours from May 9 to 12
To facilitate engineering between Vinnamangalam and Gudiyatham, trains operated in Jolarpettai- Chennai section will be delayed by 60 minutes to three hours from May 9 to 12.

Published: 08th May 2019 04:18 AM 

Image used for representational purpose only (File | PTI)

By Express News Service

CHENNAI: To facilitate engineering between Vinnamangalam and Gudiyatham, trains operated in Jolarpettai- Chennai section will be delayed by 60 minutes to three hours from May 9 to 12.

May 9 

A release said, KSR Bengaluru - Chennai AC Double Decker Express will be stopped at Vinnamangalam for about 80 minutes, while Alappuzha - Dhanbad Express will be regulated at Vaniyambadi for 70 minutes. Similarly, KSR Bengaluru - Chennai Brindavan Express and Mysuru - Chennai Shatabdi Express will stop at Jolarpettai for 80 and 25 minutes respectively

May 10 

KSR Bengaluru - Chennai AC Double Decker Express to be stopped at Ambur for 80 minutes and Alappuzha - Dhanbad Express to be regulated at Vinnamangalam for 65 minutes.
KSR Bengaluru -Chennai Brindavan Express to be halted at Vaniyambadi for 60 minutes and Mysuru - Chennai Shatabdi Express to be stopped at Jolarpettai for 25 minutes.

May 11

KSR Bengaluru - Arakkonam Passenger partially cancelled between Jolarpettai - Arakkonam. The train will run from KSR Bengaluru to Jolarpettai only. This train will run as passenger special from Jolarpettai to Arakkonam after cancellation of Line Block.

Mysuru - Dharbanga Bagmati Express to be stopped at Ambur for 190 minutes. 

KSR Bengaluru - Kakinada port Seshadri Express and Howrah - Yesvantpur Duronto Express to be delayed at Vinnamangalam for 95 and 200 minutes respectively. 

Chennai - Mangalore Central West Coast Express will be stopped at Valathoor for 100 minutes and Hyderabad - Kochuveli special fare special will be made to halt in Katpadi - Jolarpettai section during a suitable time.


May 12
KSR Bengaluru - Arakkonam Passenger partially cancelled between Jolarpettai - Arakkonam. This train will run from KSR Bengaluru to Jolarpettai.
It will run as passenger special from Jolarpettai to Arakkonam after cancellation of Line Block.
Yesvantpur - Howrah Duronto Express to be stopped at Vinnamangalam for 120 minutes and KSR Bengaluru - Kakinada port Seshadri Express to be delayed at Vaniyambadi for 100 minutes.
Howrah - Yesvantpur Duronto Express to be regulated at Pachakuppam for 195 minutes and Chennai - Mangalore Central West Coast Express to be stopped at Melpatti for about 90 minutes.

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Self-financing colleges seek ample representation in BU syndicate

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Chennai:8.5.2019

The association of self-financing college managements has moved the Madras high court seeking ‘adequate representation’ for its members in the syndicate of Bharathiar University (BU).

Justice Pushpa Sathyanarayana, before whom the petition from Association of Self Financing Arts, Science and Management Colleges of Tamil Nadu came up for admission recently, issued the notices and directed the authorities, including the higher education department, to file their responses by June

12. As per Clause II of Section 24 of Bharathiyar University Act, two members selected by principals of affiliated colleges from among themselves and two members elected by teachers of affiliated colleges, other than principals, will be senate members of the university. A university professor for every 10 head of departments (HoDs) are nominated as members of syndicate by the chancellor on the recommendation of the vicechancellor.

It was the submission of the managements that at the time of enactment there were only 22 colleges and 10 departments under the university. Bharathiar University now has 39 departments on its campus. While there are 220 teachers, only 3,298 students are studying in the university. Whereas there are 122 affiliated colleges with 15,000 teachers for a student strength of 2 lakh. For such a huge number, there are only two principals and teachers each permitted in the university decision-making bodies. The number has remained static from the date of inception of the university, they said. Stating that as on date there are 90 self-financing colleges and 16 aided colleges having self-financing courses, the petitioner-association said there was no representation for secretaries of these affiliated self-financing colleges in the syndicate. Private self-financing colleges affiliated to the university are not provided with any representation in the syndicate, the petitioner-association said, adding that genuine grievances of affiliated colleges could not even be raised before the syndicate for redressal. Claiming that private self-financing colleges are discriminated against, and not given opportunity for representation in the syndicate, the petitioner prayed foradequate representation proportionate to the number of colleges affiliated to the university.

Bharathiar University

Chennai doctors resort to crowd sourcing to raise funds, save life of 3-yr-old
TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Chennai:8.5.2019

Almost every organ in the three-year-old boy failed and his family members told doctors that they did not have money for an emergency liver transplant. But the doctors weren’t ready to give up — they used high-end machines and medication to treat the kid with a ₹12lakh fund they had crowdsourced.

In April, Radhesh developed high fever. His sugar level rose and he was unconscious. He was referred to Apollo Children’s Hospital. Doctors said he would require a liver transplant.

His father Varadarajan, who runs a transport company, told doctors he had just ₹1 lakh. “We told doctors we couldn’t afford ₹20 lakh for a liver,” he said. But doctors promised to help.

For initial treatment, they used money left behind from the crowdsourced fund for other children and also put out messages on social media to raise funds for the boy.

In a few hours, his liver condition worsened and he slipped into coma. Scans showed he had a swollen brain and kidney failure. “He had no urine output and his blood clotting mechanisms failed. We feared he would die waiting for an organ,” said chief of paediatric ICU Dr Suchitra Ranjit. By then the doctors had made the diagnosis – it was fulminant liver failure. It led to build-up of toxins in the liver. The condition causes brain swelling, affects heart, kidneys, pancreas, lungs and bone marrow besides inducing infections and disables body’ ability to clot blood. Senior liver transplant surgeons recommended immediate transplant. Doctors screened at least three living and two cadaveric donors for liver, but none of them suited Radhesh.

Things changed on the sixth day. “His liver, which was totally damaged, began to recover. His brain swelling decreased and kidney function improved,” said Dr Ranjit. He recovered consciousness in the next two days and on the ninth day, he was weaned off life supports. The hospital, meanwhile, managed to crowdsource money to foot the entire bill. “We told family he doesn’t need a liver transplant. His organs are working well,” she said.

When Radhesh came for a review on Tuesday, he told reporters he was excited about starting school. “I will grow up to be a cricketer,” he said.