Zoo, children’s park to open today, only 10 visit museums on Day 1 after Covid

Zoo, children’s park to open today, only 10 visit museums on Day 1 after Covid

Arrangements Made To Follow Pandemic Protocol At Zoo, Parks; Museums Expect More Visitors

Oppili P & Yogesh Kabirdoss TNN

11.11.2020

The zoo at Vandalur, children’s park and snake park in Guindy will begin receiving visitors from Wednesday, more than seven months after they were shut due to Covid-19. But, the monuments at Mamallapuram will remain closed as they come under the category of tourist attractions that cannot reopen. Two museums thrown open on Tuesday met with lukewarm response with only 10 visitors.

Elaborate arrangements have been made at the zoo, with the children’s park, aquarium, reptile house, butterfly house, walkthrough aviary, nocturnal animal house, interpretation centre and narrow paths off limits for visitors. A maximum of 7,000 visitors will be allowed daily.

Golf carts with a capacity to transport 14 visitors will carry only seven each, the lion safari vehicle that can transport 25 people per trip will have only 13 visitors per trip, said a zoo official. Chairs meant for visitors, golf carts and batteryoperated vehicles have been disinfected.

Asked if the animals that had spent the last seven months in a quiet atmosphere be affected with the reopening of the zoo to the visitors, the official said that even during the peak of the lockdown, at least 400 people including zoo keepers and official of various ranks had been coming into the zoo. The animals would come out of their enclosures by 9am and return around 4.30 in the evening.

“This routine was meticulously followed during the lockdown period. Moreover, every animal enclosure has a CCTV camera, which is exclusively monitored by a team of zoo staff. When an animal is found to be sick or behaving unusually, its health condition is checked and treatment provided accordingly.”

With restrictions in place, the number visitors to the zoo or the children’s park will be minimal. Citing the example of theatres in the city, the official said that on Tuesday, theatres recorded very poor patronage. “We expect a similar situation in the zoo and the park,” the official added.

Only a handful visited the Government Museum at Egmore and ASI museum in Fort St George till 3pm on Tuesday. Irshad Pathan of Greater Noida near Delhi, who was in Chennai for an official work, visited the museum. “It was our weekly off and we just wanted to move around the city and that brought us to the Government Museum in Egmore,” he said. The museum has introduced touch-free toilets and added more wash basins before galleries. “We are expecting footfalls to increase in weeks to follow,” Commissioner of Museums M S Shanmugam said.

Medical counselling likely from Nov 17: Health minister

Medical counselling likely from Nov 17: Health minister

Trichy: 11.11.2020

Counselling for MBBS, BDS admissions in the state could begin tentatively by November 17, state health minister Dr C Vijayabaskar has said.

Speaking to reporters at the Trichy International Airport on Tuesday, Vijayabaskar said that online applications from candidates will be accepted till November 12. “The rank list will be released on November 16 after which the counselling will commence between November 17 and 19, according to the decision of the chief minister,” he said.

Terming the 7.5% reservation for students of government schools in medical admissions as an historical achievement of the AIADMK government, the health minister said that students of rural schools would secure a minimum of 303 seats in the counselling.

He also ridiculed DMK president and opposition leader M K Stalin for taking credit for the 7.5% reservation.

On the status of Covid-19 vaccine Covishield, the health minister said that the Tamil Nadu government has successfully completed the first round of trial by administering the vaccine to 75 volunteers who developed no side effects. He said that the next phase of the trial will start soon.

Vijayabaskar also appealed to the people to wear face masks and follow social distancing during the festival to avoid the second wave. TNN

Dental council prez sacked over illegalities

11.10.2020 

The health ministry has declared that Dr Dibyendu Mazumdar ceases to be president of Dental Council of India (DCI) with immediate effect as his election to the post, held on December 15 last year, was “illegal and invalid”.

The ministry has sought a fresh election. After receiving a complaint regarding the December poll, the ministry had constituted a two-member panel on January 6 and reconstituted it in February to enquire into the complaints and file a report. According to the panel’s report, the very membership of Dr Mazumdar is illegal as he had “attained the age of 65 years on July 9, 2019”, well before the election. It also said there were illegalities in the electoral roll used for the election. TNN

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Govt staff, kin can get treatment at 93 pvt hosps

Govt staff, kin can get treatment at 93 pvt hosps

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Bhopal:10.11.2020 

Chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has in an important decision taken in the interest of government servants and dependent members of their families on Monday allowed them to undergo treatment as 93 recognised private hospitals in the state.

Chouhan said that the government servants could not get medical reimbursement for their treatment in private hospitals earlier. However, government officials and employees can now avail treatment of various diseases in private hospitals identified by the government and also claim medical reimbursement.

Chief minister said that government employees and their dependents can avail treatment of serious ailments like kidney transplant, homo dialysis, cancer disease, hip, knee-elbow shoulder partial replacement, mammography, MRI CT scan, Cochlear implant, heart disease, head injury, neuro surgery and spinal surgery besides tests and treatment of other diseases. After test and treatment, the government employee will also be able to get medical reimbursement from his department.

Colleges To Restart On November 17

SOP SPELT OUT

Covid test must for staff, students; libraries, canteens won’t open

Colleges To Restart On November 17

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Bengaluru:10.11.2020

As colleges and universities in Karnataka prepare to open gates for physical classes from November 17, the state government has made it mandatory for all teaching and non-teaching staff and students to undergo RTPCR test for Covid -19 three days before reopening.

As per the standard operating procedure (SOP) issued by the state government on Monday, only after their tests results are negative can they attend physical classes. However, canteens and libraries will remain closed for now.

On November 5, UGC had written to all states with guidelines to reopen colleges and hold classes and exams. Following this, the Karnataka State Higher Education Council (KSHEC) too submitted draft guidelines to the government. The UGC and KSHEC guidelines were taken into consideration to draft the detailed SOP for government and private educational institutions.

As per the SOP, students are required to present a proforma or a letter, signed by them or by their parents, stating that they are ready to attend classes in person.

Institutions have been directed to consult the health department and based on their student strength and number of classrooms, chalk out a plan to hold classes while keeping social distance.

According to the SOP, institutions can extend their teaching hours and depending on availability of classrooms, students can be accommodated on a rotational basis.

In physical classes, projects and laboratory sessions are to be held in batches to avoid crowding.

Option of online classes

Students have the option to attend online classes. Colleges must arrange for contact classes for such students, where they can visit physically to clear their doubts. At such times, social distancing is a must. Teachers are required to prepare study materials and send them to students via Telegram, WhatsApp or email. Study lectures, enotes, audio books and practice questions, among other materials, must be available for students on the institution’s website.

Those opting for online classes could be allowed to occupy in-campus and off-campus hostels.

Part of new normal

Other guidelines include thorough sanitisation of campus, including furniture, study materials and washrooms.

Entries and exits must be manned well and the institutions must have a designated person, who will ensure staff and students entering campus sanitise, wear mask, shield and do not have any Covid symptoms. All students and teachers should always display ID cards. Entry of visitors is to be closely monitored. Teachers and lecturers must wear mask at all times.

If a family member of a student is suffering from Covid symptoms, s/he must be asked to avoid coming to college. Used masks must be discarded in the right manner.

Colleges must seek continuous feedback from students and parents about the situation. They must also encourage students to take up immunity-boosting exercises like yoga.

6-yr-old sets Guinness record

6-yr-old sets Guinness record

Ahmedabad:  10.11.2020 

A Class II student, Arham Talsania, of Ahmedabad-based Udgam School For Children, has set the Guinness World Record by clearing the powerful Python programming language exam at the age of six. The exam was conducted at Pearson VueTest Center authorized by Microsoft on January 23, according to a press statement by the school. The test, which is difficult to crack by many buddy engineers, has been passed by this incredible boy, thus becoming the world’s youngest computer programmer, it said.

Arham has broken an earlier Guinness record of seven-year-old Muhammad Hamza Shahzad, a British boy of Pakistani origin. In an exam where a candidate needed 700 out of 1000 marks to get the prestigious certificate, ArhamTalsania, now turned 7, had scored 900 and got recognized as ‘Microsoft Technology Associate’, it said. TNN

HC Issues Notice To NTA

NEET 2020

Student says OMR sheet tampered with

HC Issues Notice To NTA

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Ahmedabad:10.11.2020

The Gujarat high court on Monday issued a notice to the National Testing Agency after an MBBS aspirant complained that his OMR (optical mark recognition) marksheet in NEET was tampered with.

Palitana town’s Jayveersinh Gohil has claimed that he was expected to get 692 marks out of 720 in NEET with only two questions left unattempted and four questions wrongly answered. He expected this result after tallying his answers with the answer key published by the National Testing Agency, which conducts NEET. But he got only 354 marks.

The student claimed that the answersheet shown to him reflected that the two questions which were left out were shown as attempted and there were eight other questions which were not attempted. He alleged a scam and claimed that his answersheet was tampered with because his signature and handwriting do not tally with the ones found in the answersheet.

Gohil also submitted that in 2019 NEET, the original answersheet used to go to NTA, the second copy to the main centre and the third copy was given to the student. This year, the changed system has left him with no evidence. Hence, his advocate Hitesh Acharya requested the high court to direct the authorities to provide the original answer sheet.

The HC has posted further hearing on November  27.

Deadline to get PINs for medical, dental courses extended

Ahmedabad:

The admission committee has pushed back the deadline to buy PINs and register for medical and dental undergraduate and postgraduate courses. The committee had earlier set the deadline at November 9 but following a Gujarat high court, regarding students who passed their Class X exams from states other than Gujarat, before 2017, the committee extend the deadline to December 10 in lines with the court’s directive, a sources in the committee said.

Govt sets up panel for medical college reforms

Ahmedabad:

The state government has constituted a committee to look into issues at state government-run medical colleges such as the filling of vacant positions, use of equipment and research carried out by these colleges. The committee will submit its report to the government in the next seven days, based on which medical colleges will be upgraded soon, a source said.

The National Medical Commission (NMC) has now been constituted to replace the Medical Council of India (MCI). The NMC has also released details of the kind of requirements that will arise in medical colleges in the coming days and the reforms needed. “Based on the NMC’s directive, a 10-member committee has been constituted by the Gujarat government,” a source said.

UGC to disburse research fellow scholarships this week

UGC to disburse research fellow scholarships this week

Manash.Gohain@timesgroup.com

New Delhi:10.11.2020

Coming as a big relief to thousands of research scholars, the University Grants Commission (UGC) will disburse the emoluments to the Junior Research Fellows (JRF) and Senior Research Fellow (SRF) over Wednesday and Thursday. According to the commission the technical issues which had delayed the disbursal has been resolved and along with the existing emoluments, the backlog would also be cleared and the fellowships would be deposited in the respective accounts.

The JRF scheme is open to candidates who qualify in the National Eligibility Test (NET) of UGC and the UGC-Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) joint test and the tenure of fellowship is initially for two years. According to Rajnish Jain, secretary, UGC, “There were some technical problems due to change in financial procedures which resulted in delay. However, the have been resolved and the emoluments will be deposited in the accounts of the research fellow in two to three days.”

No air routes from city figure among top 25 in country

No air routes from city figure among top 25 in country

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Chennai:10.11.2020

The number of flights may be increasing at the city airport but none of the routes from the city are on the list of top 25 busiest ones across the country in terms of demand, shows online booking trends.

As business travel resumes, Mumbai-Delhi and Bengaluru-Delhi, Delhi-Patna, Kolkata-Bengaluru, Kolkata-Mumbai and similar routes from other metro are the busiest. However, similar kind of demand is not there for travel from Chennai. This shows the business travel is yet to resume and a majority of people who travel are families and guest workers.

Nevertheless, more people have started flying from Chennai for Diwali and to return to the city after the government announcement to reopen colleges. And flights from Chennai to Mumbai, Kolkata, Delhi, Patna, Lucknow, Hyderabad, Coimbatore, Madurai, Varanasi, Jaipur are the most popular among the travellers this month.

Nishanth Pitti, CEO, EaseMyTrip said Mumbai, Kolkata, Delhi, Hyderabad and Jaipur were the top five destinations from Chennai based on booking trend. More people are also travelling to Coimbatore, Madurai, Goa, Visakhapatnam and Ahmedabad as these destinations figure among the top ten in popularity for the season.

Aloke Bajpai, CEO & cofounder, ixigo, said, “We have seen a 40% increase in advance bookings for festive travel, in the last three weeks . Leisure destinations like Goa this month are also witnessing strong traffic from Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore. We have seen a 74% month-on-month increase in bookings for Goa around Diwali.”

The city airport handles around 180 domestic flights a day as arrivals and departures have touched 90 flights a day on most days.

“The numbers are edging closer to the 100 arrivals a day approved by the state government. The demand for travel is likely to increase further closer to Diwali. The government move to open colleges too may see students returning,” said an airport official

Over 12,000 Schools Hold Meetings

Over 12,000 Schools Hold Meetings

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Chennai:10.11.2020

A majority of parents of students of private schools want reopening put off to January 2021 fearing a possible second wave of Covid-19.

More than 12,000 schools conducted meetings with parents for views on reopening schools for Classes IX to XII from November 16. In districts such as Chennai, Chengalpet, Kancheepuram, Trichy, Ranipet and Vellore, parents of students of private schools wanted the reopening postponed, while a majority of those of government school students wanted them reopened.

S Baskaran, whose daughter is a student of Vidyodaya Girls Higher Secondary School in T Nagar, said it would be ideal to reopen schools in January 2021. Thiagarajan Dhandapani, whose child studies at GRT Mahalakshmi Vidyalaya Matriculation HS School in Ashok Nagar, said a second wave of Covid-19 was happening worldwide. “We don't know what is going to happen next.”

Some said students are not taking online classes seriously. “They are not paying attention and are not writing any tests. Schools should reopen at least for board exam students and physical classes may be conducted on alternate days,” said Devi, whose daughter is a student of Government Girls Higher Secondary School in Ashok Nagar. Online classes are frequently interrupted due to network issues, she said.

Shivakumar, another parent, said motivation to attend online classes was poor. “The government should consider dropping the entire academic year,” he said.

Agnes Rita, principal of GRT Mahalakshmi Vidyalaya Matriculation Higher Secondary School, said around 80% of the parents who attended the meeting on Monday said they were not willing to send their children to school.

B Purushothaman, senior principal, Everwin Matriculation Higher Secondary School in Kolathur, said 56% of parents who attended the meeting didn’t want schools to reopen.

CBSE schools also conducted meetings with parents most of whom were against sending their children to schools. “Parents of students who will appear for the board exams are worried about practicals,” said R Srinivasa Raghavan, principal of Bala Vidyamandir Senior Secondary School, Adyar.

In government schools, a significant portion of parents wanted them reopened. “Parents who are doing casual jobs feel their children would be safe at schools. But those from middle class backgrounds worry about monsoon season and a possible second wave of Covid-19,” a government school headmaster in Chennai said.

M Mercy, headmistress of Syed Murthuza Government Higher Secondary School in Trichy, said two-third of parents wanted schools opened, believing their children can learn better in a classroom atmosphere.

SHARING VIEWS: Parents share their views on reopening of schools at Everwin School in Kolathur on Monday

STATE GOVT ISSUES TWO KEY ORDERS

STATE GOVT ISSUES TWO KEY ORDERS

50% super-specialty, PG med seats for govt doctors in TN

Pushpa Narayan & K Sureshkumar TNN

Chennai:10.11.2020

The Tamil Nadu government on Monday issued two crucial orders concerning post-graduate and super-specialty medical courses. While GO (463) reserved at least 50% of PG medical seats for in-service government doctors, the other GO (462) reserved the entire 50% state quota super-specialty medical seats for in-service candidates.

The new admission policy for MD/MS and MDS courses will come into force in 2021, and for the PG super-specialty (DM/MCh) courses, it will come into effect in 2020. The inservice candidates availing themselves of these two categories of seats have to sign a bond pledging to remain in government service till superannuation.

That these GOs have been issued was disclosed in the Madras high court when Justice N Anand Venkatesh took up a batch of cases filed by in-service medicos for further hearing.

On Monday, when the central government wanted the court to defer the hearing till the Supreme Court decides a similar issue pending before it, P Wilson, senior counsel for serving doctors, pointed out that the case before the apex court had nothing to do with the present petition and that it would not come in the way of the Tamil Nadu government granting 50% in-service reservation.

Concurring with the submission, Justice Anand Venkatesh refused to defer the hearing. He then recorded the stand of the state government and disposed of the plea.

ALL SUCH SEATS FOR SERVICE CANDIDATES

‘Need more super-specialists to offer high end surgeries for free’

After surrendering 50% of PG medical seats in government colleges and government share of seats in self-financing to All India Quota for admission by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), the state will be left with 50% of seats. Of this 50% of the seats – that is 25% of the overall seats – will be reserved for inservice candidates. The remaining seats will be for the open category, where all students, including non-service candidates from the state, can apply.

But in case of super-specialty seats, the order says all 50% of seats reserved for the state will be for in-service candidates from this academic year. “This difference was introduced because since 2016 counselling for all super-specialty seats was done by the DGHS purely based on NEET ranking. In case of PG, the state selection committee conducted counselling for 50% of state quota seats. This year, we asked for 50% of seats. We cannot reserve seats for the open category from this,” said Director of Medical Education Dr R Narayana Babu.

“Last year, we had just 10 students from government service in super-specialty courses. We have more than two dozen medical colleges and we are planning to add 11 more. We need more superspecialists who can offer high end surgeries free of cost to our patients,” he said.

8 மாவட்டங்களில் 2 நாட்களுக்கு கனமழை பெய்யும்

8 மாவட்டங்களில் 2 நாட்களுக்கு கனமழை பெய்யும்

சென்னை : தமிழ்நாட்டில் தென் மாவட்டங்கள் உட்பட 8 மாவட்டங்களில் நவ.,13 மற்றும் 14 ஆகிய 2 நாட்கள் கனமழை பெய்ய வாய்ப்பு உள்ளதாக சென்னை வானிலை ஆய்வு மையம் தெரிவித்துள்ளது. பருவமழை தீவிரமடைந்து வருவதால் தமிழ்நாடு மற்றும் புதுச்சேரியில் கனமழை பெய்து வருகிறது. தென் மாவட்டங்களில் நவ.,12 மற்றும் நவ.,13 ஆகிய 2 நாட்களில் கனமழை பெய்ய வாய்ப்பு உள்ளதாக சென்னை வானிலை ஆய்வு மையம் தெரிவித்துள்ளது. இது தொடர்பாக அம்மையம் கூறுகையில், இன்றைய வானிலையை பொறுத்த வரை, நேற்றைய நிலையை பெரும்பாலும் நீடித்து வருகிறது. பெரும்பாலான இடங்களில்வறண்ட வானிலை நிலவும். கடலோர மாவட்டங்களில் லேசான மழைக்கு வாய்ப்புள்ளது. தமிழ்நாட்டின் தென் மாவட்டங்களில் குறிப்பாக மதுரை, விருதுநகர், சிவகங்கை, துாத்துக்குடி, ராமநாதபுரம் மற்றும் டெல்டா மாவட்டங்களான, திருவாரூர், தஞ்சாவூர், புதுக்கோட்டை ஆகிய 8 மாவட்டங்களில் நவ.,13,14 ஆகிய 2 நாட்கள் கனமழை பெய்யும். இவ்வாறு தெரிவிக்கப்பட்டது.

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Hry govt hikes MBBS fee to ₹40L

GOVT TO HELP GET EDUCATION LOAN

Hry govt hikes MBBS fee to ₹40L

Students Will Sign Bonds

Manvir.Saini@timesgroup.com

Chandigarh:09.11.2020 

In a move which may trigger unrest among students seeking admission in government-run medical colleges in Haryana, the Haryana medical education and research department has revised the fee for medical courses and introduced bonds for students, for which a system of loans has been put in place.

The move is meant to ensure that MBSS pass-outs are retained in government service for seven years. Repayment of EMIs will be done by government in case MBBS pass-outs join and stay with Haryana government for seven years.

Now, a student seeking admission in an MBBS course will have to pay Rs 40 lakh for the four-year course.

The amount would be to around Rs 10 lakh per annum, including the course fee, which will start from Rs 80,000 per annum. The fee will increase by 10% with each passing year.

At present, the government-run medical colleges have a fee structure of Rs 56,000 per annum, while private colleges charge Rs 12 lakh per annum. With the new policy unveiled by the government, students seeking admission in MBBS courses will have to adhere to the revised structures.

According to the policy, students will have to furnish a bond with the medical education department. The government shall facilitate an educational loan of Rs 10 lakh per year for four years. After a five and a half year moratorium period, students will have two options of repayment.

Those passing out shall be given a job in Haryana and the government shall repay the loan in seven years. In case the pass-out wants to opt out of Haryana, he/she shall have to repay the loan at his/ her own level.

The policy has a quota system in education but it does not spell out exact financial relaxation for students coming from various categories including SC/ST, backward class or economic weaker sections.

The notification has also increased fee for PG courses, which will start at Rs 1.25 lakh with increase of Rs 25,000 every year.

According to the state government, this is to provide job assurance to MBBS doctors. “This way, students will be assured of a job. As far as bond money is concerned, Rs 10 lakh per annum is inclusive of course feel.

“After paying the course fee, the remaining amount shall go to a trust, which shall repay the student’s loan and other things. This is the best scheme the state has come out with,” a senior officer of the department of medical education and research, Haryana said. However, opposition parties are not convinced.

Haryana’s main opposition party, the Congress has termed this as the worst move initiated by the Manohar Lal Khattar-Dushyant Chautala led BJP-JJP government on those seeking admission to medical colleges in Haryana.

“This diktat shall keep children from poor backgrounds, especially those from SC/ST and backward class categories, away from medical education. Secondly, this entire exercise appears to be a scam to help private medical colleges hike fee. Once they come to know that the government course will cost a student Rs 40 lakh, they can charge up to Rs 30 lakh in addition to underhand capitation fee,’’ said AICC chief spokesman Randeep Singh Surjewala.

He said, “This will add another dark chapter in the lives of the youth of Haryana. We ask the government to withdraw this with immediate effect or else we shall take legal recourse. We shall not allow this anarchy,’’ he asserted.

Abhay Chautala of INLD termed it as a move of the BJP-JJP government to keep children of the poor, farmers and Dalits away from medical colleges.

Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar, who was interacting with mediapersons in Fatehabad, maintained that the fee hike had been pending for many years.

“The course fee is less than that being charged in Punjab,’’ he said. He did not comment on the bond money, as prescribed in the policy.

The chief minister described the fee hike as marginal and said there had been no fee hike for several years. According to him, medical fees in Himachal is nominal as compared to other states.

On the question pertaining to submitting bonds worth Rs 10 lakh, the chief minister said it has been included so that after pursuing MBBS, students can work in the state and provide their services to people. He said the bonds are being submitted to encourage students to work in the state.

Retired BU prof kills himself

Retired BU prof kills himself

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Bengaluru:  09.11.2020 

A 64-year-old retired professor from Bangalore University and former registrar of Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS) committed suicide by hanging himself from the ceiling of his residence at KAS Officers’ Colony, Mico Layout on Sunday morning.

NS Ashok Kumar, who was serving as registrar of Garden City University for the last two years, was earlier a professor at departments of communication and later electronic media at BU.

Police said the incident came to light on Sunday morning after his family members entered his bedroom around 6.30am. The jurisdictional police were informed around 8.30am. Mico Layout police found a note, in which Kumar stated that he alone is responsible for his death and no one is behind it.

“He wrote a note in a few words in English. Kumar also requested that his eyes be donated and his body given away to a hospital. While his eyes have been donated, it was not possible to donate his body as it underwent autopsy,” said police.

Police have taken up a case of unnatural death. “Kumar is survived by his wife and two sons. He had tested positive for Covid-19. His family has no clue why he took the extreme step,” a police officer said.

Garden City varsity, where Kumar was registrar, said: “Our registrar Dr Ashok Kumar had tested positive for Covid-19 three weeks ago and was quarantined at home. We are saddened to know that he is no more. We deeply regret his demise.”

Christ varsity holds virtual convocation

Christ varsity holds virtual convocation

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Bengaluru:09.11.2020

About 7,150 students graduated from Christ deemed-to-be University at a virtual convocation ceremony held on Sunday.

The students were awarded bachelor, master, MPhil and PhD degrees in humanities, social sciences, science, commerce, management, law, education and engineering.

Professor Tyrone Pretorius, rector and vice-chancellor of the University of the Western Cape, South Africa, delivered the convocation address as the chief guest. “We need to harness compassion and empathy that we see the hardship the pandemic has brought us,” he said, urging the youngsters to fight social evils.

Rank holders attend PES University function

PES University also conducted its fifth annual convocation on Sunday with 2,032 candidates receiving the degrees. PhD holders and rank holders were invited for the event while others watched the proceedings online. Two candidates were conferred doctorate degrees and 14 gold medals and 59 silver medals were bagged by the graduates.

Justice Gopal Gowda V, former Supreme Court judge, said engineers have the responsibility of addressing problems specific to developing communities, including water provisioning, sanitation, power production, site planning, infrastructure and food production.

SAFE CEREMONY: About 7,150 students received degrees at the Christ deemed-to-be University convocation on Sunday

TIMES GIFT A SUBSCRIPTION

TIMES GIFT A SUBSCRIPTION

This Diwali, try a gift that spreads light, not fake news

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

09.11.2020 

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Diwali is all about spreading joy and giving your near and dear ones gifts that they’ll treasure. But instead of the usual chocolate and mithai hampers that add inches to your waist or blingy plated photo frames that are shoved into drawers and conveniently forgotten, a gift can be infinitely more meaningful.

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Woman officer forgets phone in auto, gets extortion call for ₹60K

Woman officer forgets phone in auto, gets extortion call for ₹60K

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Surat:  09.11.2020 

Forgetting her phone in a hired auto rickshaw came to haunt a 58-year-old female government officer from the revenue department in the city who received an extortion threat from an unidentified man who demanded Rs 60,000 to delete her objectionable photos. She lodged a complaint in Cyber Crime police station.

The unidentified person said he will make her objectionable photos viral on social media. The accused suspected to have picked the phone the woman forgot in January 2020 when she went to a shopping mall on Dumas Road in the auto that she had booked online from a cab service provider. She told the police that the phone had her photos and videos. Police have zeroed in on the role of an auto rickshaw driver based on the FIR.

“We have identified a few suspects and after questioning the person responsible for the crime will be arrested,” said a cyber crime police official. On October 30 an unidentified person called her up and spoke in Hindi. After answering one call she did not pick up other calls and asked her son to talk to the man. The son requested the caller to stop the harassment. Later the caller started sending the woman her photos on the Whatsapp threatening to make these viral on social media.

The woman then deleted Whatsapp from her phone and her husband started the app on his phone with her number.

To reopen schools or not? States in dilemma

To reopen schools or not? States in dilemma

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

09.11.2020

Nearly half the academic year gone, the trade-off between access to education and safety during a pandemic has not been an easy one to negotiate across India. While some states have opened schools with an abundance of caution, the surge in cases right after despite the safety measures has made other states put their plans on hold.

Tamil Nadu, which had initially announced schools and colleges would resume classes from November 16, will seek the opinion of parents on Monday. Telangana is also holding consultations while Meghalaya will take a call later this month. Sikkim had earlier announced it would resume classes but has now deferred its plans.

The cautionary tale has been that of Andhra Pradesh, where 879 teachers and 575 students have tested positive for Covid-19 so far. While the teachers had all tested positive before school reopened on November 2, the students tested after. Schools have not been shut. But because of the spike in Andhra, neighbouring Odisha has shelved its plan to reopen schools gradually from November 16.

Covid forces Karnataka to suspend its outreach programme

For most states that did decide to reopen earlier, shutting down again is not on the cards. In Uttarakhand, for instance, 80 teachers from 23 schools in Pauri Garhwal district tested positive. After shutting the schools for five days so they can be sanitised, they will open again. In Haryana, three students at a government school in Narwana tested positive after schools reopened on November 2. After a few days’ gap, other students will be back on Monday. In Punjab, where four teachers in Fazilka district tested positive after going back to classrooms on October 19, schools will reopen but with “all precautions in place,” district education officer Sukhveer Singh Bal said.

It is only Himachal Pradesh, where 40 teachers have tested positive, and Mizoram, where eight students were infected, that schools with Covid cases have been shut again indefinitely. But can students afford closure? The online shift has made access a problem in rural and remote areas for children of migrant workers and those from underprivileged families. While states like Bihar and Himachal tried to get books across to students, the lack of guidance from teachers meant the gap could not be closed, especially for first-generation learners. “We are worried about our children. While they have shut things down for safety, how will our children study?” asked Khem Chand, whose daughter studies at Thunang School in Mandi.

With this in mind, Karnataka had launched an outreach programme, Vidyagama, for 47 lakh government school students. Teachers would meet children in small groups in places like parks, playgrounds or temples. By October 10, the government had to suspend the programme when Covid hit those attending — 34 children in Belagavi and Kalaburagi tested positive, a government school teacher from Moodabidiri died and another from south Karnataka got infected. The state has no plan to reopen schools anytime soon.

Full report on www,toiin

Absentees to write engg exam from Nov 17

Absentees to write engg exam from Nov 17

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Chennai:09.11.2020 

Around 21,000 engineering students who missed the final year online exams due to technical glitches and absentees will sit for supplementary exams from November 17 to 21.

Around 1.5 lakh candidates took an online proctoring test held from September 24 to 29. Of 4 lakh online exams, more than 10,000 students could not complete the exam due to glitches and many others were absent.

After getting permission from state disaster management authority, the university informed the candidates that supplementary online terminal semester exams for all university departments and degree programmes will be held from November 17. It said candidates who had technical issues due to internet connectivity, disruption of power supply and absentee candidates will be accommodated in the supplementary exams.

The 60-minute online tests are likely to have the same 30% weightage as the main exam. The university gave only 30% weightage to the online test while 50% weightage was given to pre-final semester and 20% weightage was given to internal exams. Students had more choices as they had to answer only 30 out of the 40 questions.

There was no announcement on the candidates whose results have been withheld for suspected malpractice cases. The university officials said committee enquiries are on and after going through the evidence they will take a call.

After virus spikes, states defer reopening schools

After virus spikes, states defer reopening schools

09.11.2020 

With nearly half the academic year gone by, the trade-off between access to education and safety during a pandemic has not been an easy one to negotiate across India. While some states have opened schools with an abundance of caution, the surge in cases right after despite the safety measures has made other states put their plans on hold.

The cautionary tale has been that of Andhra Pradesh, where 879 teachers and 575 students have tested positive for Covid-19 so far. While the teachers had all tested positive before school reopened on November 2, the students tested after. Schools have not been shut. But the spike in AP led neighbouring Odisha to shelve its plan to reopen schools gradually from November 16. Tamil Nadu will on Monday seek parents’ opinion on the matter. TNN

TN Covid deaths fall to lowest in 4 months

TN’s discharge rate continued to outpace its Covid-19 infection rate on Sunday when the state also reported 20 deaths, the lowest in four months.TN has 18,894 active cases. P 5

Shutting down schools again not on the cards

TN To Seek Parents’ Opinion On Reopening Schools

For most states that did decide to reopen earlier, shutting down again is not on the cards. In Uttarakhand, for instance, 80 teachers from 23 schools in Pauri Garhwal district tested positive. After shutting the schools for five days so they can be sanitised, they will open again. In Haryana, three students at a government school in Narwana tested positive after schools reopened on November

2. After a few days’ gap, other students will be back Monday. In Punjab, where four teachers in Fazilka district tested positive after going back to classrooms on October 19, schools will reopen but with “all precautions in place,” district education officer Sukhveer Singh Bal said.

It is only Himachal Pradesh, where 40 teachers have tested positive, and Mizoram, where eight students were infected, that schools with Covid cases have been shut again indefinitely. But can students afford closure? The online shift has made access a problem in rural and remote areas, for children of migrant workers and those from underprivileged families. While states like Bihar and Himachal tried to get books across to students, the lack of guidance from teachers meant the gap could not be closed, especially for first-generation learners. “We are worried about our children. While they have shut things down for safety, how will our children study?” asked Khem Chand, whose daughter studies at Thunang School in Mandi.

With this in mind, Karnataka had launched an outreach programme, Vidyagama, for 47 lakh government school students. Teachers would meet children in small groups in places like parks, playgrounds or temples. By October 10, the government had to suspend the programme when Covid hit those attending — 34 children in Belagavi and Kalaburagi tested positive, a government school teacher from Moodabidiri died and another from south Karnataka got infected. The state has no plan to reopen schools anytime soon.

Nor do Delhi, West Bengal, Kerala, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Chhattisgarh or Jharkhand. Project officer of Jharkhand Project Education Council Sailesh Kumar Chourasia said, “Policymakers are also considering the number of festivals coming up which would mean intermittent closure in any case.” Sikkim had earlier announced it would resume classes but has now deferred their plans.

Three states, however, have decided to reopen schools but only for students appearing for the boards — Arunachal Pradesh will begin on November 16, Goa will resume classes from November 21 and Maharashtra will do so from November 23. Maharashtra’s unlock guidelines on October 14 had allowed 50% teaching and non-teaching staff to be called to schools. On Saturday, chief minister Uddhav Thackeray approved the plan.

Tamil Nadu, which had initially announced schools and colleges would resume classes from November 16, will seek the opinion of parents on Monday — they will be asked to pass a resolution in favour of or against reopening. Telangana is also holding consultations while Meghalaya will take a call later this month.

So far, only four states have managed to open schools without witnessing any surge in Covid-19 cases — Assam, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. “Deputy commissioners in each district have been asked to keep an eye on the situation,” Assam education principal secretary B Kalayan Chakravarthy said. In UP, where classes started October 15, students have been asked to turn up with written undertaking from their parents that they don’t have symptoms.

நான் ஜெயிலுக்கு செல்ல தயார் விஜய், விஷ வளையத்தில் சிக்கி இருக்கிறார் - எஸ்.ஏ.சந்திரசேகர் பேட்டி

நான் ஜெயிலுக்கு செல்ல தயார் விஜய், விஷ வளையத்தில் சிக்கி இருக்கிறார் - எஸ்.ஏ.சந்திரசேகர் பேட்டி

 

நடிகர் விஜய் விஷ வலையில் சிக்கி இருக்கிறார். நான் ஜெயிலுக்கு செல்லவும் தயார் என்று எஸ்.ஏ.சந்திரசேகர் கூறினார்.

பதிவு: நவம்பர் 08, 2020 04:45 AM

சென்னை,

தளபதி விஜய் மக்கள் இயக்கம் என்ற பெயரில் தனி கட்சி தொடங்கி உள்ள விஜய்யின் தந்தையும், டைரக்டருமான எஸ்.ஏ.சந்திரசேகர் அளித்த பேட்டி வருமாறு:-

விஜய் மக்கள் இயக்கம் என்பது நான் ஆரம்பித்த அமைப்பு. அதை அரசியல் கட்சியாக பதிவு செய்ய யாரிடமும் அனுமதி கேட்க தேவை இல்லை. விஜய் இப்போது உச்ச நட்சத்திரமாக மாறினாலும் எனக்கு குழந்தைதான். அவருக்கு என்ன நல்லது செய்ய வேண்டுமோ அதை ஒரு தந்தையாக செய்து கொண்டு இருக்கிறேன். எதையும் அவரிடம் கேட்டு செய்ய வேண்டும் என்று இல்லை.

ரசிகர் மன்றம் ஆரம்பித்தபோது அவரிடம் கேட்கவில்லை. அவருக்கு எது நல்லதோ அதை செய்கிறேன். அவருக்கு இதில் உடன்பாடு இல்லாமல் இருக்கலாம். ஆனால் அப்பா செய்தது நல்லதுதான் என்று பிறகு புரிந்து ஏற்றுக்கொள்வார் என்பது எனது நம்பிக்கை.

தனது பெயர், புகைப்படம் பயன்படுத்தினால் நடவடிக்கை எடுக்கப்படும் என்று விஜய் கூறியிருக்கிறார். நடவடிக்கை எடுத்து என்னை ஜெயிலுக்கு அனுப்ப நினைத்தால் அனுப்பட்டும். அப்பா மீது பிள்ளை நடவடிக்கை எடுத்தால் அது வரலாறு. பெருமைதான். நான் நல்லதுதான் செய்து இருக்கிறேன். எதிர்விளைவு பற்றி சிந்திக்கவில்லை.

நான் வெளிப்படையான மனிதன். நான் ஆரம்பித்தது எதிலும் தோற்றது இல்லை. கடவுள் இருக்கிறார். சினிமா பாதிக்கும் என்பதால் அவரை கட்சியில் இணைக்கவில்லை. 10 வருடத்துக்கு முன்பே விஜய்யிடம் நான் அரசியல் கட்சி ஆரம்பிப்பேன் என்று கூறியிருக்கிறேன். அரசியல் கட்சி ஆரம்பித்து மக்களுக்கு நல்லது செய்ய நினைத்தேன். ஆரம்பித்து இருக்கிறேன்.

வருகிற தேர்தலில் போட்டியிடுவது குறித்து சிந்திக்கவில்லை. 8 மாதமாக திட்டமிட்டு இப்போது கட்சியை பதிவு செய்து இருக்கிறேன். தெரியாத ஒரு ரகசியம் இருக்கிறது. அதாவது விஜய் ஒரு விஷ வலையில் சிக்கி இருக்கிறார். அதில் இருந்து அவரை வெளியே கொண்டு வருவேன். கூட இருப்பவர்கள் குழி பறிக்கிறார்கள்.

நான் அவரோடு இருந்தால் பிழைப்பு நடத்த முடியாது என்று நினைத்து என்னை பற்றி தவறாக சொல்லி அவருடன் நெருங்க விடாமல் செய்கிறார்கள். நல்லவன் மாதிரி நடிக்கின்றனர். விஜய்க்கு விரைவில் உண்மை தெரியவரும். அப்பா நல்லதுதான் செய்து இருக்கிறார் என்று அப்போது உணர்வார்.

இவ்வாறு எஸ்.ஏ.சந்திரசேகர் கூறினார்.

யோகா மேற்படிப்பு இன்று கவுன்சிலிங்

யோகா மேற்படிப்பு இன்று கவுன்சிலிங்

Added : நவ 07, 2020 23:29

சென்னை:யோகா மற்றும் இயற்கை மருத்துவ பட்ட மேற்படிப்பு மாணவர் சேர்க்கைக்கான கவுன்சிலிங், இன்று நடக்கிறது.

சென்னையில் உள்ள, அரசு யோகா மற்றும் இயற்கை மருத்துவ கல்லுாரியில், முதுநிலை யோகா மருத்துவம், முதுநிலை இயற்கை மருத்துவம், முதுநிலை அக்குபஞ்சர் மருத்துவம் ஆகிய படிப்புகளில், தலா, ஐந்து இடங்கள் வீதம், 15 இடங்கள் உள்ளன. மூன்றாண்டு படிப்பான அவற்றில் சேர, இளநிலை யோகா மற்றும் இயற்கை மருத்துவ படிப்பை நிறைவு செய்திருத்தல் அவசியம்.

மேலும், இந்திய மருத்துவம் மற்றும் ஓமியோபதி துறை தேர்வு குழுவால் நடத்தப்படும், நுழைவு தேர்வில் பங்கேற்க வேண்டும். அதில் பெறப்படும் மதிப்பெண்களின் அடிப்படையில், தரவரிசை பட்டியல் வெளியிடப்படும்.அந்த வகையில், இந்தாண்டுக்கான நுழைவு தேர்வு, சென்னையில் நேற்று நடந்தது. அதில், 105 மாணவர்கள் பங்கேற்றனர்.

விடைத்தாள்கள் உடனடியாக திருத்தப்பட்டு, முடிவுகளும், தரவரிசை பட்டியலும் மாலையில் வெளியிடப்பட்டன. அதில், டாக்டர் பாமா, செந்தில்குமார், யோகபிரியா ஆகியோர் முறையே, முதல் மூன்று இடங்களை பெற்றனர். இதற்கான மாணவர் சேர்க்கை, சென்னை, அரும்பாக்கத்தில் உள்ள, இந்திய மருத்துவம் மற்றும் ஓமியோபதி துறை தேர்வு அலுவலகத்தில், கவுன்சிலிங் முறையில், இன்று நடைபெற உள்ளது.

பி.ஆர்க்., கவுன்சிலிங் இன்று துவக்கம்

பி.ஆர்க்., கவுன்சிலிங் இன்று துவக்கம்

Added : நவ 07, 2020 21:44

சென்னை:பி.ஆர்க்., மாணவர் சேர்க்கைக்கான தரவரிசை பட்டியல் வெளியிடப்பட்டுள்ளது. இன்று கவுன்சிலிங் துவங்க உள்ளது.

தமிழகத்தில் உள்ள, 52 பி.ஆர்க்., கட்டட அமைப்பியல் கல்லுாரிகளில், முதலாம் ஆண்டு மாணவர் சேர்க்கைக்கு, தமிழக தொழில்நுட்ப கல்வி இயக்குனரகம் சார்பில், கவுன்சிலிங் நடத்தப்படுகிறது.இதற்கான விண்ணப்பங்கள், 'ஆன்லைனில்' ஏற்கனவே பதிவு செய்யப்பட்டுள்ளன. சான்றிதழ் சரிபார்ப்பு, நவம்பர், 2ல் முடிந்துள்ளது. மாணவர்களின் மதிப்பெண் அடிப்படையில், தரவரிசை பட்டியல் நேற்று முன்தினம் வெளியிடப்பட்டது.

இதையடுத்து, சிறப்பு பிரிவு மாணவர்களுக்கான கவுன்சிலிங், இன்று துவங்க உள்ளது. பொது பிரிவு மாணவர்களுக்கு, நாளை மற்றும் 10ம் தேதிகளில் கவுன்சிலிங் நடத்தப்படுகிறது; 11ம் தேதி தோராய இட ஒதுக்கீடும், 12ல், இறுதி ஒதுக்கீட்டு உத்தரவும் வழங்கப்பட உள்ளது.

கைது! லஞ்சம் வாங்கிய 16 அரசு அலுவலர்கள்...:519 சவரன்; 6 கிலோ வெள்ளி சிக்கியது;ரூ.4.29 கோடி ரொக்கம் பறிமுதல்: பீதியில் உறைந்த 54 துறை அதிகாரிகள்

கைது! லஞ்சம் வாங்கிய 16 அரசு அலுவலர்கள்...:519 சவரன்; 6 கிலோ வெள்ளி சிக்கியது;ரூ.4.29 கோடி ரொக்கம் பறிமுதல்: பீதியில் உறைந்த 54 துறை அதிகாரிகள்

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வேலுாரில், மாசு கட்டுப்பாட்டு வாரிய பொறியாளர் வீட்டில் துவங்கி, தமிழகம் முழுதும் ஒரு மாதமாக, அரசு அலுவலகங்கள், அதிகாரிகளின் வீடுகளில், லஞ்ச ஒழிப்பு போலீசார் நடத்திய தொடர் வேட்டையில், லஞ்சம் வாங்கிய, 16 அரசு அலுவலர்கள் கைது செய்யப்பட்டனர்.

சோதனை நடந்த இடங்களில் இருந்து, 4.29 கோடி ரூபாய் ரொக்கம்; 519 சவரன் தங்கம்; 9 கிலோ வெள்ளி பொருட்கள் கைப்பற்றப்பட்டன. லஞ்ச ஒழிப்பு துறையினரின் அதிரடி சோதனை தொடர்வதால், தங்கள் மீதும் நடவடிக்கை பாயுமோ என, அரசின், 54துறைஅதிகாரிகளும் பீதியில் உறைந்துள்ளனர்.

நாடு முழுதும், வரும், 14ம் தேதி, தீபாவளி பண்டிகை கொண்டாடப்படுகிறது. இதையொட்டி, அரசு அலுவலகங்களில், வசூல் வேட்டை நடப்பதாக, தமிழக லஞ்ச ஒழிப்பு போலீசாருக்கு புகார்கள் சென்றன.உடன், 40 தனிப்படைகள் அமைக்கப்பட்டன. ஒரு தனிப்படையில், ஒரு டி.எஸ்.பி., - நான்கு இன்ஸ்பெக்டர்கள், எஸ்.ஐ.,க்கள் என, 20 பேர் இடம் பெற்றுள்ளனர். இவர்கள், அரசு அலுவலகங்களில் ரகசிய கண்காணிப்பு நடத்தினர்.

அதன் பயனாக, வேலுார் மாவட்டம், ராணிப்பேட்டையில், லஞ்ச வேட்டை நடத்தி வந்த, மாசு கட்டுப்பாட்டு வாரிய மண்டல பொறியாளர், பன்னீர் செல்வம் சிக்கினார்.பெயர் மாற்றம்இவரது கட்டுப்பாட்டின் கீழ், வேலுார், திருவண்ணாமலை, ராணிப்பேட்டை, திருப்பத்துார், கிருஷ்ணகிரி, விழுப்புரம், தர்மபுரி ஆகிய மாவட்டங்கள் உள்ளன. இம்மாவட்டங்களில், புதிதாக தொழிற்சாலைகள், பள்ளிகள், சினிமா தியேட்டர்கள் துவங்குதல்; அவற்றுக்கான பெயர் மாற்றம், புதுப்பித்தல் தொடர்பான அனுமதியை, இவரிடம் தான் பெற வேண்டும்.

அத்துடன், பன்னீர் செல்வம், மூன்று மாதங்களுக்கு ஒரு முறை, தோல் தொழிற்சாலைகளை ஆய்வு செய்து, 'மாசு இல்லை' என, சான்றிதழ் வழங்க வேண்டும்.இதற்காக, மாதம் தோறும் பல லட்சம் ரூபாய் லஞ்சம் வாங்கி குவித்துள்ளார். லஞ்சம் தர மறுக்கும் தோல் தொழிற்சாலையை இயங்கவிடாமல், 'சீல்' வைத்து விடுவேன் என மிரட்டியே, வசூல் வேட்டையில் ஈடுபட்டு வந்துள்ளார்.

இவரது அலுவலகம், வீடு உள்ளிட்ட இடங்களில், லஞ்ச ஒழிப்பு போலீசார், 25 மணி நேரம் சோதனை நடத்தினர். அப்போது, இவரது கார் உள்ளிட்ட வாகனங்களில், 33.73 லட்சம் ரூபாய் சிக்கியது.வீட்டில், 3.௨௫ கோடி ரூபாய்; 450 சவரன், 6 கிலோ வெள்ளி பொருட்கள் மற்றும் சொத்து ஆவணங்கள் சிக்கின.

சேலத்தில்

சேலம் மண்டல பதிவுத்துறை, டி.ஐ.ஜி.,யாக ஆனந்த் என்பவர் பணியாற்றினார். இவருக்கு கீழ், சேலம் கிழக்கு, மேற்கு, நாமக்கல், தர்மபுரி, கிருஷ்ணகிரி மாவட்ட பதிவுத்துறை அலுவலகங்கள் வருகின்றன. இவர், தனக்கு அரசியல் செல்வாக்கு அதிகம் இருப்பதாக கூறி, மாதம் தோறும் பல லட்சம் ரூபாயை, லஞ்சமாக வாரி சுருட்டியுள்ளார்.

சமீபத்தில், கடலுார் மண்டல அலுவலகத்திற்கு பணியிட மாறுதல் செய்யப்பட்டார்.இவருக்காக நடத்தப்பட்ட விழா ஒன்றில், அதிகாரிகள் பரிசு மழையில் நனைத்து விட்டனர். ஆனந்தின் வீட்டில் லஞ்ச ஒழிப்பு போலீசார் சோதனையில் ஈடுபட்டு 3.20 லட்சம் ரூபாய், 34 சவரன் நகைகளை கைப்பற்றினர்.

சென்னை, அண்ணா நகர் மேற்கு பகுதியில், 63.70 லட்சம் ரூபாய் மதிப்புள்ள வீடு மற்றும் ஆனந்த் மற்றும் உறவினர்களின், ஏழு வங்கி கணக்குகளில் பதுக்கி இருந்த, 1 கோடி ரூபாய் மற்றும் சொத்து ஆவணங்களையும் லஞ்ச ஒழிப்பு போலீசார் முடக்கி உள்ளனர். இதுபோல, அக்., 1 முதல், நவம்பர், 6 வரை, தமிழகம் முழுவதும், 54 இடங்களில், லஞ்ச ஒழிப்பு போலீசார், அதிரடி சோதனை நடத்தினர்.

லஞ்சம் வாங்கும் போது, கையும், களவுமாக சிக்கிய, 16 அரசு அலுவலர்கள் கைது செய்யப்பட்டு, சிறையில் அடைக்கப்பட்டுள்ளனர். சோதனை நடந்த அலுவலகம் மற்றும் அதிகாரிகளின் வீடுகளில் இருந்து, 4.29 கோடி ரூபாய் ரொக்கம், 519 சவரன் தங்கம், 6 கிலோ வெள்ளி மற்றும் முறைகேடாக வாங்கிய சொத்துக்களுக்கான ஆவணங்களை கைப்பற்றினர்.

இந்நிலையில், கோவை, ராஜா தெருவில், பத்திரப் பதிவுத்துறை, இணை பதிவாளர் அலுவலகம் செயல்பட்டு வருகிறது. இங்கு, லஞ்ச ஒழிப்பு போலீசார் நேற்று அதிரடி சோதனை நடத்தினர். அப்போது, கணக்கில் வராத, 1.70 லட்சம் ரூபாயை கைப்பற்றினர்.

இதுகுறித்து, லஞ்ச ஒழிப்பு துறை இயக்குனர், ஜெயந்த் முரளி கூறுகையில், ''மாநிலம் முழுவதும், லஞ்சத்திற்கு எதிரான நடவடிக்கை முடுக்கி விடப்பட்டுள்ளது; இந்த அதிரடி நடவடிக்கைகள் தொடரும்,'' என, தெரிவித்துள்ளார்.லஞ்ச ஒழிப்பு போலீசாரின் அதிரடி சோதனை தொடர்ந்து வருவதால், எப்போது வேண்டுமானாலும் கைது செய்யப்படலாம் என்ற பீதியில், அரசின், 54 துறை அதிகாரிகள் பீதியில் உறைந்துள்ளனர்.

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ஏகாம்பரநாதர் கோவில் பல்லக்கில் 3 கிலோ வெள்ளி தகடு மாயம்

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காஞ்சிபுரம்:காஞ்சிபுரம் ஏகாம்பரநாதர் கோவில் பழைய பல்லக்கில், 3 கிலோ வெள்ளி தகடுகள் மாயமானது, ஆய்வில் தெரியவந்தது.

காஞ்சிபுரம் மாவட்டத்தில், சிறப்பு பெற்று விளங்கும் பழமையான ஏகாம்பரநாதர் கோவிலில் உள்ள, ஆபரணங்களை ஆய்வு செய்ய வேண்டும் என, பக்தர்கள் சார்பில், ஹிந்து சமய அறநிலையத் துறைக்கு வேண்டுகோள் விடுக்கப்பட்டது.தொடர்ந்து, அக்டோபர், 13ம் தேதி, அறநிலையத் துறை துணை ஆணையர் தலைமையில், நகைகள் சரிபார்ப்பு குழு, ஆய்வை துவங்கியது.

கோவிலில் உள்ள பல சன்னிதிகளில், சுவாமிக்கு அணிவிக்கும் ஆபரணங்கள் மற்றும் பூஜை பொருட்கள், ஆய்வுக்கு உட்படுத்தப்பட்டது.இந்நிலையில், வெள்ளி சம்பந்தப்பட்ட பொருட்களை, ஆய்வுக் குழுவினர், நேற்று சரிபார்த்தனர். அப்போது, 200 ஆண்டுகளுக்கு முற்பட்ட, வெள்ளி தகடு பொருத்தப்பட்ட பல்லக்கில் இருந்த, வெள்ளி தகடுகள் காணாமல் போனது தெரியவந்தது.

அறநிலையத் துறை அதிகாரி ஒருவர் கூறியதாவதுஇந்தப் பல்லக்கு, 200 ஆண்டுகளுக்கு முற்பட்டதாக இருக்கும். ஒவ்வொரு முறை ஆய்வின்போது, என்னென்ன பொருட்கள் கோவிலில் இருக்கின்றன என, அதன் பட்டியலை பார்த்து, அந்த பொருட்களை எடை போடுவோம். அப்போது இருக்கும் எடை அளவை பதிவு செய்வோம். அதன்படி, வெள்ளி தகடு பொருத்தப்பட்ட பல்லக்கை, ஆய்வு செய்தோம். அதில், 1954ல் நடந்த ஆய்வின்போது, அந்த பல்லக்கில், 11 கிலோ எடையுடைய வெள்ளித் தகடு பொருத்தப்பட்டு உள்ளதாக கணக்கில் உள்ளது.

தற்போது நடத்திய ஆய்வில், 8.800 கிராம் வெள்ளி மட்டுமே இருந்தது. 3 கிலோ மாயமானது குறித்து, ஆணையருக்கு தெரியப்படுத்துவோம். அவர்கள் தான், அடுத்தக்கட்ட நடவடிக்கை எடுப்பர்.இவ்வாறு, அவர் கூறினார்.

மருத்துவ படிப்பு விண்ணப்பத்தில் மாணவர்கள் திருத்தம் செய்ய வசதி

மருத்துவ படிப்பு விண்ணப்பத்தில் மாணவர்கள் திருத்தம் செய்ய வசதி

Added : நவ 07, 2020 21:57

சென்னை:''மருத்துவ படிப்புக்கான, 'ஆன்லைன்' விண்ணப்பம் சமர்ப்பித்த பின், திருத்தம் மேற்கொள்வதற்கான வசதி ஏற்படுத்தப்பட்டு உள்ளது,'' என, மருத்துவ மாணவர் சேர்க்கை செயலர் செல்வராஜன் கூறினார்.

தமிழக அரசு மற்றும் தனியார் மருத்துவ கல்லுாரிகளில் உள்ள, எம்.பி.பி.எஸ்., -- பி.டி.எஸ்., படிப்புகளுக்கான மாணவர் சேர்க்கை நடைபெற உள்ளது. இதற்காக, https://tnhealth.tn.gov.in, http://tnmedicalselection.org என்ற இணையதளத்தில், ஆன்லைன் வாயிலாக விண்ணப்பிக்கும் வசதி ஏற்படுத்தப்பட்டுள்ளது.

அதன்படி, ஐந்து நாட்களில், அரசு மருத்துவ கல்லுாரிகளில் உள்ள மருத்துவ இடங்களுக்கு, 17 ஆயிரத்து, 239 பேர்; தனியார் மருத்துவ கல்லுாரிகளுக்கு, 8,494 பேர் என, மொத்தம், 25 ஆயிரத்து, 733 பேர் பதிவு செய்துள்ளனர்.இவர்களில், 10 ஆயிரத்து, 190 பேர், பூர்த்தி செய்த விண்ணப்பங்களை சமர்ப்பித்துள்ளனர்.

இது குறித்து, மருத்துவ மாணவர் சேர்க்கை செயலர் செல்வராஜன் கூறியதாவது: மருத்துவ படிப்புக்கு விண்ணப்பிக்கும் மாணவர்களின் எண்ணிக்கை மேலும் அதிகரிக்கும் என, எதிர்பார்க்கப்படுகிறது. தற்போது, விண்ணப்பங்களை முழுமையாக சமர்ப்பித்தவர்களுக்கும், சில திருத்தங்கள் மேற்கொள்ள வேண்டியுள்ளதாக, அதிக அழைப்புகள் வருகின்றன. எனவே, தங்கள் விண்ணப்பத்தில், சேர்க்க வேண்டிய பதிவுகள் மற்றும் சான்றிதழ் இருந்தால், selmedi@yahoo.co.in என்ற மின்னஞ்சல் முகவரிக்கு, விண்ணப்ப பதிவு எண்ணுடன் சேர்க்க வேண்டிய சான்றிதழ்களை இணைத்து அனுப்பலாம்.

மருத்துவ கல்வி அதிகாரிகள், அதை, சம்பந்தப்பட்ட மாணவர்களின் விண்ணப்பத்தில் இணைத்து விடுவர்.இவ்வாறு, அவர் கூறினார்.

How you can politely ask someone to wear a mask

How you can politely ask someone to wear a mask

If you’re around a person who isn’t wearing a mask and are feeling unsafe, etiquette experts suggest, make a discreet request, as shaming the person could make them even more defensive. Jan Kavookjian, a behavioural scientist at Auburn University, US, said that if they feel violated by the way you approach them, they are much less likely to make a change.

Citing recommendations or rules from health officials could be more helpful. “Someone feels less threatened when you say, ‘Here’s what the experts say’,” Kavookjian said.

Masks are key to reducing the spread of Covid-19. But asking a stranger to put one on could result in a volatile situation. And you’d rather not risk confrontation with a person who isn’t wearing a mask.

If you’re in a store or restaurant, it’s best to have a manager or someone in charge ask the person, said etiquette expert Diane Gottsman.

— AP

If the situation appears volatile, back away. You don’t want to risk confrontation with a person who isn’t wearing a mask