Donate my body for teaching anatomy: Elderly’s suicide note

Donate my body for teaching anatomy: Elderly’s suicide note

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Lucknow:31.01.2021

A computer-typed suicide note with a hand-scribbled signature, neatly placed under a bundle of currency notes, was found on a table in the bedroom, where an elderly couple clothed in starched white was found hanging from the ceiling in an upscale Aliganj neighbourhood on Saturday.

The businessman, who could not pay Rs 1crore in debt, allegedly ended his life with his wife, leaving behind the note, willing that his body be donated to a medical education institute for teaching “human anatomy” and his wife be given a decent cremation with Rs 15,000 in cash kept atop the suicide note.

Identified as Mathew Joseph, 60, and Lucy Joseph, 58, the couple’s bodies for taken for autopsy from their Sector Q, Aliganj, residence. Hailing from Kerala, Josephs had settled in Lucknow in 1986 and made the city their home, but for over past few years, they were wallowing in loneliness with their only daughter settled in London, said police.

Owner of a firm dealing in electronic goods and solar panels, Mathew was struggling in his business since 2016 and had taken loans of around Rs 1 crore from several banks and private money lenders, which he couldn’t repay due to heavy losses, said additional deputy commissioner of police (ADCP), North, Rajesh Srivastava.

Bizman leaves ₹15k in cash atop suicide note for wife’s cremation

A printed suicide note had Joseph's name scribbled at the bottom, stating he was ending his life because of debt and left instructions that his body be donated to medical students and the money be used for last rites of his wife, Lucy,” said Srivastava.

Bodies in medical institutes are used to teach human anatomy to MBBS first year students. Most educational institutes are reeling under scarcity of bodies and using dummies and 3D models for teaching purpose.

“The note did not specify anything about medical education, but as it said the body should be donated to medical students, we presume that it is meant for teaching anatomy at MBBS level,” said the ADCP. “Our probe revealed the couple had been away for a fortnight and had returned two days back,” he added.

The incident came to light in the morning when the couple’s next-door neighbour, Pankaj Arora, came to their house to take Mathew along for morning walk, but did not get response to calls. Arora peeped inside and was shocked to see the couple hanging from the ceiling of the room and informed police.

Private university in HP sold 45,000 fake degrees, reveals SIT probe

The fake degree scam was unearthed in February this year after the University Grants Commission (UGC) received an anonymous complaint about the alleged sale of more than five lakh degrees by two private universities in HP, MBU in Solan and APG in Shimla

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Private university in HP sold 45,000 fake degrees, reveals SIT probe

Each degree related to technical subjects was sold to students within and outside Himachal Pradesh for ₹1 lakh to ₹3 lakh, says crime investigation department official

By Gaurav Bisht, Shimla

PUBLISHED ON DEC 24, 2020 06:56 PM IST

A special investigating team (SIT) comprising officials from the income tax department, enforcement directorate, Himachal Police and crime investigation department (CID) have unearthed evidence in an education scam of Solan- based private university, Manav Bharti (MBU), selling more than 45,000 fake degrees.

“The number of fake degrees can vary. We presume it’s much higher. It’s a very well organised racket which was being run for the last one decade,” said additional director general (ADG) of police,” CID, N Venugopal, on Thursday.

The probe revealed that each degree related to technical subjects was sold to students within and outside Himachal Pradesh (HP) for ₹1 lakh to ₹3 lakh, he added.

The SIT team also rounded up a Jammu based agent of the university who struck deals locally for selling the fake degrees.

The sleuths found that the manager of MBU sold degrees outside the state through ‘agents’ who in return got handsome commissions. In a majority of cases the buyers paid cash for degrees to these agents who provided details of the candidates to the university for making the fake degrees.

SIT sent sleuths to seven different states, including Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Madhya Pradesh, and Uttarakhand. Visits were also made to Jammu, Delhi, Chandigarh and Kashmir to trace the whereabouts of the agents.

MBU, the probe found, enrolled more than 95,000 students in different courses.

Arrests made

The SIT in June arrested MBU chairman Raj Kumar Rana after the HP high court refused to grant him anticipatory bail. ​

​Rana was arrested on the court premises as soon as his bail plea was rejected. ​

He was taken to Solan for interrogation. Earlier in that week,SIT had arrested a former registrar of the university, KK Singh. Two university officials, registrar Anupama Thakur and assistant registrar Munish Goel, were arrested in March. ​

The fake degree scam was unearthed in February this year after the University Grants Commission (UGC) received an anonymous complaint about the alleged sale of more than five lakh degrees by two private universities in HP, MBU in Solan and APG in Shimla. ​

The UGC then apprised the state government of the matter and sought appropriate action against the institutes.

A case under sections 420, 467, 468, 471 and 120-B of the Indian Penal Code was registered against the university officials for cheating, forgery and criminal conspiracy on March 3.

MBU was established in 2009 under the HP Private University (Establishment & Regulation) Act and is owned by the Manav Bharti Charitable Trust.​

Sexual crimes against kids impact society, observes HC

Sexual crimes against kids impact society, observes HC

Slams Father For Entering Into Compromise In Sodomy Case

Abhinav.Garg@timesgroup.com

New Delhi: 31.01.2021 

At a time when a few controversial verdicts have been given in cases of sexual offences against children, Delhi High Court has set the record straight. Observing that sexual crimes against children shock the value system and have a serious impact on the society, the court on Friday cleared decks for trial of a man who sodomised a 7-year-old boy.

Justice Subramonium Prasad highlighted that the POCSO Act was meant to “provide protection to children from sexual assault and harassment, and for safeguarding the interest and wellbeing of children.”

The court was aghast to come across a joint plea by the father of the survivor and the accused saying they had reached a compromise, and that the FIR should be quashed. Tossing out the plea, the court noted, “The father of the child cannot be permitted to settle the dispute with the accused. He is not the victim, and the courts have to safeguard and protect the interest of children against onslaught by bad forces.”

The bench added that it could not lose sight of the fact that the accused was being prosecuted for an offence that shook the value system of the society. “This is not a matter that can be permitted to be settled as a compoundable minor offence. Deterrence to others committing similar offences is a must, and they cannot get a signal that anything and everything can be compromised,” it observed.

Justice Prasad said he was refraining from slapping costs on the parties for seeking to compromise such a heinous offence and observed, “The survivor is a child of seven years. The offence alleged against the petitioner is grave. The POCSO Act was enacted only because sexual offences against children were not being adequately addressed by the existing laws... permitting such offences to be compromised and quashing FIRs will not secure the interest of justice.”

The court underlined that the child was subjected to penetrative sexual assault resulting in FIR under not just POCSO Act, but also IPC Section 377, which showed the “mental depravity of the offender, and cannot be said to be private in nature. It has serious impact on the society.”

The court said it could not permit quashing of the FIR because the father of the child had decided to enter into a compromise with the accused.

According to the complaint by the father, a mason, on November 11, 2019, he returned home after work at 8pm and found his son crying. When questioned, his son told him that after he left for work, the accused, who stays in the same building, came and sodomised him.

THE HIGH COURT BENCH SAYS

The father of the child cannot be permitted to settle the dispute with the accused. He is not the victim, and the courts have to safeguard and protect the interest of children against onslaught by bad forces

Kerala files RTI plea, seeks probe details from Customs

Kerala files RTI plea, seeks probe details from Customs

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Thiruvananthapuram:  31.01.2021

In an extraordinary move, the Kerala government has filed an RTI application with the Customs preventive commissioner office here, seeking clarifications on the general procedures binding on the agency in duty evasion cases and the details of the ongoing probe into the import of dates by the UAE consulate from the Middle East.

The RTI query, in general, seeks clarifications from the Customs’ side on the basic procedures the agency might follow while dealing with cases pertaining to violation of conditions under which it gives duty exemption for import of goods.

It asked the agency, in particular, to reveal the progress of the ongoing investigation (into the dates import case), persons involved in it and their organizational affiliations in detail.

HC: Demanding cash from wife not harassment

HC: Demanding cash from wife not harassment

Vaibhav.Ganjapure@timesgroup.com

Nagpur:31.01.2021

Demanding money from wife is a “vague term” and can’t be considered harassment as per Section 498A of the IPC, the Nagpur bench of Bombay high court has ruled while acquitting a man who was accused of abetting wife’s suicide nine years after their marriage.

“The evidence is with regard to quarrel between husband and wife where he used to beat her for money. The demand of money is a vague term and in absence of other particulars to establish the link, the offence of harassment, as contemplated under Section 498A, isn’t made out,” Justice Pushpa Ganediwala said, while allowing petitioner Prashant Jare’s appeal for acquittal earlier this month.

Relying on his conduct, Justice Ganediwala inferred that he was more interested in his wife’s company than letting go of her. “From time to time, he brought her back from her father’s place (after their fights) and also issued notices for restitution of conjugal rights. Moreover, he took her to hospital and refused to hand over her body to her father for the funeral,” she said.

Justice Ganediwala’s recent verdicts have courted controversy with the Supreme Court staying one of the orders and also withdrawing recommendation to the Centre, proposing her elevation as a permanent judge.

She had ruled that groping breasts of minor without removing her clothes isn’t a sexual offence. She then held that opening the zip of pants by a man in front of a minor, holding her hands and asking her to sleep in bed with him also did not amount to sexual offence. In another case, she held that a man on his own cannot rape a woman without any scuffle. In all these cases, she acquitted the accused from charges framed under the Pocso Act.

The marriage between the couple was solemnized in 1995. However, she died by suicide on November 12, 2004. The deceased’s father lodged a complaint at Darwha police station alleging that his daughter was harassed by the husband and inlaws for not getting dowry.

The Yavatmal sessions court convicted Jare on April 2, 2008, under Sections 306 (abetment to suicide) and 498A (husband or relative of husband of a woman subjecting her to cruelty) of IPC. He was awarded three years behind bars for the first offence and one year for the second, which he challenged in the HC.

His family members were acquitted by the court. Justice Ganediwala pointed out that their minor daughter deposed before police that she was present when the incident took place and Jare had beaten her mother and also forced her to consume poison. “However, the prosecution, surprisingly, registered the case as suicide,” she wrote in the order.

Russia resumes visa processing for Indians

Russia resumes visa processing for Indians

Saurabh.Sinha@timesgroup.com

New Delhi:31.01.2021

Russia has resumed accepting all visa applications, including student and tourist visas, in Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata from January 27. A Covid negative test is required to apply for visas and e-visas are suspended for now, the Russian embassy in Delhi tweeted on Saturday.

India and Russia are in talks to form an air bubble that will allow airlines of both countries to operate flights. So far, Dubai and Maldives are among the few countries open for tourists from abroad, including India; travellers have to test negative before departure for these two places. The UAE has testing on arrival facility for tourists.

Take action against doctors, cops for delay in medical reports in criminal cases: HC

Take action against doctors, cops for delay in medical reports in criminal cases: HC

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Chandigarh:  31.01.2021

In an order with wide ramifications on criminal cases being registered on basis of medical reports of victims, the Punjab and Haryana high court has directed the heads of Punjab, Haryana and UT Chandigarh health departments to ensure that medical opinion in criminal cases is given to police by concerned doctors without any delay.

The DGPs of both the states and UT Chandigarh have also been directed to issue instructions to concerned investigating officers (IOs) to obtain copies of medical reports immediately and make such reports part of their investigation record immediately on receipt thereof.

“Needless to say such instructions should also have the provision that in case of any undue, unreasonable and unexplained delay on the part of the concerned doctor or investigating officer appropriate departmental action shall be taken against them by the competent authorities,” the high court ordered.

The HC has also ordered all sessions judges and others to ask for production of such reports if already prepared at the time of decision of bail application and before commencement of trial.

A single-judge bench of Justice Arun Kumar Tyagi passed the order while exercising its inherent powers during the hearing of a bail plea filed by Sunil Kumar and another resident of Mahendergarh district of Haryana.

The petitioners were booked on April 17, 2020 for the offences under Sections 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), 324 (causing hurt with deadly weapon) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of IPC at Kanina police station of Mahendergarh district.

A day after their arrest, the accused were granted bail by the local court as the charges were mild in nature. However, five months after the incident, the medical report of the victim pointed towards serious injuries after which the police slapped serious charges under Section 326 (voluntarily causing grievous hurt) against the accused.

The accused then approached the HC seeking bail on the ground that they had already been granted bail in the case and the liberty of bail should be continued as they had not misused the condition of bail.

Considering the high number of such instances being received by the HC from both the states and UT Chandigarh reflecting unexplained delay in obtaining medical reports, the judge expanded the scope of the petition and passed the orders exercising inherent powers. The judge has also asked both the states of Punjab and Haryana and the Chandigarh administration to file replies on the issue by February 2 on the issue.

COURT OBSERVATION

There is undue unreasonable and unexplained delay in obtaining copies of X-ray report and medical opinion regarding nature of the injuries with the consequence that the accused are arrested and granted bail and thereafter remain on bail for lesser offences for a long time and subsequently when the charges for graver offences are added, plea is taken by the accused regarding the accused having already been granted bail… The courts would not have granted bail and the accused would have remained in custody for longer periods if the facts regarding commission of graver offences by them were brought to the notice of the court at the time of arrest of the accused and filing of bail application by them

Institutional quarantine for UK flyers eased

Institutional quarantine for UK flyers eased

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New Delhi:31.01.2021.

The Delhi government has suspended the rule for seven days of mandatory institutional quarantine for flyers coming from the UK and testing negative for Covid. The decision has been taken in the wake of low positivity rate among such individuals.

All flyers testing negative for Covid will now be required to be in 14 days of home isolation. For UK returnees testing positive for Covid, treatment protocol according to their health condition is invoked. TNN

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Bees halt hungry elephants eyeing crops

Bees halt hungry elephants eyeing crops

Mohua.Das @timesgroup.com

31.01.2021

After several failed attempts, Dhanesh Parashar, a 36-year-old cashew farmer from Dodamarg in Sindhudurg district, has finally found a new ally in his struggle to keep free-ranging elephants from feasting on his crop: honey bees. Yes, elephants — the largest animals on land — are afraid of bees. So afraid that the tiny insects are now helping farmers ward off elephants that are capable of wiping out a year’s harvest in one night.

A ‘beehive fencing’ initiative in affected villages spanning 200 hectares of the Tillari forest land — a conservation reserve in the Dodamarg-Sawantwadi range for elephants that had wandered into Sindhudurg from Karnataka almost two decades ago — is bringing relief to local farmers who have desperately tried to thwart them — beating drums, bursting fire crackers, tying chilli ropes — with little success.

Bee hives serve as a fence at a cashew plantation in Sawantwadi’s Dodamarg

Govt may take over medical ed admissions

Govt may take over medical ed admissions

Hemali.Chhapia@timesgroup.com

Mumbai:31.01.2021

The high-stress medical admissions, which involve frantic travel, emotional drama and last-minute financial deals, may be eased from next year.

In what may promote transparency and weed out agents and deal-makers who auction medical seats, the ministry of health is contemplating taking over the entire admission process, from start to finish. With that, institutional seat-filling — which experts describe as a “seat-auctioning round” or the absolute last leg of the admission process requiring students to visit medical school campuses to pick unfilled seats — may be scrapped. Instead, all admissions may take place online.

The Medical Counselling Committee handles admission for deemed universities across the country and after it closes online rounds, vacant seats are filled by respective institutes at their individual level. That is when, experts say, parents and students are put through immense “financial distress” as NRI seats, the ones that are five times higher than the regular seats, largely remain unfilled.

“What happens is that when students visit colleges for the last round, they feel cornered as there are merely three days to close admissions and how much can they travel? Deemed universities make candidates wait till the last minute as they try to fetch the highest price for each seat. With the process going online, all this will be streamlined,” said a health ministry source. The ministry may have to move court to change the admission procedure.

“Medical education is beyond the reach of the middle class. How can one expect medical graduates who spend crores on their education to give back to society?” asked Dr Vivek Korade, founder of Forum Against Commercialisation of Education.

AGENTS OUT: All admissions may take place online in a bid to promote transparency

Divorce or death: Man finds new love

WIFE FACES TORMENT

Divorce or death: Man finds new love

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A 32-yearold Bapunagar woman lodged a complaint with the local police on Friday stating that her husband is in an extramarital affair and is threatening to kill himself unless she leaves him. The complainant, Merelin Amin, has said that her husband, Hardik Amin of Rakhial, mentally and physically tortured her. She said he wants to marry the woman with whom he has the extramarital relationship. Bapunagar police have lodged an offence.

According to the FIR, the complainant was married to the accused in November 2016. She has mentioned in the FIR that in 2018 she gave birth to a daughter. The FIR said that in recent times, the woman noticed a change in her husband. “The complainant has alleged that her husband began telling her she has become fat and he doesn’t like her any more,” said a police official. “He also began physically torturing her.”

The complainant has said her husband has told her father that he wants to marry the other woman. The complainant has mentioned in the FIR that as her husband’s torture intensified, she moved to her parents’ house.

Edu dept serves notice to man for spreading fake news

MASS PROMOTION

Edu dept serves notice to man for spreading fake news

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Ahmedabad:31.01.2021

The director of primary education has served a notice to a person for his alleged role in spreading fake news on social media regarding mass promotion for school students in the ongoing academic year.

The state education department has given a week’s time for the person to reply, failing which the government might take strict action.

“If the respondent does not reply within seven days, we will conclude that he does not have anything to say in his defence. As a result, we will look into the option of taking legal action against him,” said an official in the know of the matter.

The person is question has in the past raised issues regarding fees taken by schools, said sources.

Recently, a message in the social media was spread with misinformation about giving mass promotion from Class 1 to Class 8 students, the department said.

After receiving several calls from parents, students and teachers for verification of the social media message, the department began inquiry about the origin of the message.

“It was found after proper investigation that the messages were sent from a mobile number which belonged to the person alleged to be behind this. It seemed a deliberate attempt to create fake news and spread misinformation,” sources said.

Schools and colleges partially reopened in January after being shut down for over nine months due to Covid-19 outbreak and consequent lockdown.

The state government had given mass promotion to schoolchildren last year in the wake of the pandemic. The state education minister and other senior department officials have time and again reiterated that no such move is planned for the current academic year.

‘Don’t identify rape survivor indirectly either’

‘Don’t identify rape survivor indirectly either’

Swati.Deshpande@timesgroup.com

Mumbai:31.01.2021

Bombay high court’s Aurangabad bench has issued additional guidelines to restrain print and electronic media as well as people using social media such as WhatsApp, Facebook, Twitter and the internet fr om publishing information that could “directly or indirectly” disclose a rape survivor’s identity.

HC has directed that in cases of rape registered under the Indian Penal Code and offences under Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (Pocso), the media and those using the social media should “not publish” the names of the parents or relatives of the survivor or accused’s relation with him or her; the accused as well as the survivor’s residential, occupational or work address and the village at which they reside in. It has restrained publication of details of the occupation of the parents or other relations of the survivor, or any other relative in such a manner that the survivor can be identified.

A bench of Justices T V Nalawade and M G Sewlikar, listed the guidelines while disposing a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by the mother of a rape survivor. The bench said if the individual is a student, the name of the school or college or any other educational institution or private coaching class or classes which he or she has joined for pursuing her hobbies such as music, drawing, dance, stitching, cooking etc” and the family background should not be mentioned in articles or posts.

HC said it was passing these additional guidelines as despite Supreme Court’s December 11, 2018, directions in a petition by Nipun Saxena against even “remotely” identifying rape survivors as well as penal provisions under IPC Section 228 (A), the rules are flouted. It noted a “news item” of a 2011 kidnap and rape case in local publications before it “clearly indicates that the identity of the victim is established... though the name of the accused and the name of the victim is not mentioned”.

HC also passed directions to trial courts and police officers. It said, “It is noticed that while framing of charges, recording the evidence, recording the statement of the accused under Section 313 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, the name of the victim is disclosed.” It directed special trial courts under provisions of Pocso Act, 2012, therefore, to conceal the name of the survivor, by referring to them with some abbreviations or letters such as “X” while framing charges, recording statements or evidence.

The Bombay high court directed special trial courts under provisions of Pocso Act, 2012, therefore, to conceal the name of the survivor, by referring to them with some abbreviations or letters such as “X” while framing charges, recording statements or evidence

‘Probe against staff must be over within timeline’

HC OBSERVATION

‘Probe against staff must be over within timeline’

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Bengaluru:31.01.2021

In the matter of holding inquiry proceedings against a delinquent employee, the state government and its instrumentalities have to adhere to the timeline stipulated in the official memoranda in letter and in spirit and not place the same in cold storage, the high court has said.

The court made the observation while coming to the rescue of a retired official of Mysore Urban Development Authority. Not only did the HC quashthe de novo (fresh) probe initiated against BS Rangaswamy in June 2018 — six years after his superannuation — but also directed MUDA to pay Rs 25,000 as costs to him.

Apart from ordering release of all pending terminal benefits in 15 days with 6% interest, the court held that Rangaswamy is entitled to promotion if the same is withheld on account of pendency of proceedings. “This court notices with pain in umpteen number of cases where disciplinary proceedings are initiated by issuance of chargesheet and are not concluded within a reasonable time, and the employee is kept on the tenterhooks and denied service and terminal benefits that would become available to him,” Justice M Nagaprasanna said.

The judge also pointed out that in the official memoranda issued on May 31, 1997, a cap of 21 months was fixed and the same modified by another memoranda issued on June 28, 2001, by which the time limit was reduced to 9 months.

Relief for ex-MUDA staffer

Ramaswamy, now 65, had joined MUDA in 1996. When he was working as a first-division assistant, a probe was initiated in December 2003 vis-a-vis certain omissions and commissions and he was kept under suspension along with others. Two years later, the suspension was revoked.

In April 2005, a chargesheet was issued and an officer appointed to conduct departmental inquiry. However, the probe commenced only in July 2009 and after nine years, the officer closed the proceedings, holding Rangaswamy not guilty as MUDA had not produced documents or witnesses. MUDA had suspended him in January 2021 before the report was submitted on March 3, 2018, MUDA, on June 27, 2018 issued an order initiating fresh probe against Ramaswamy. He challenged it in the high court.

5 doctors test positive days after first jab

5 doctors test positive days after first jab

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Mysuru:31.01.2021

Five doctors working at the Chamarajanagar district hospital have tested positive for Covid-19 after taking their first vaccine dose. These are the first known cases of mid-vaccination infection in Karnataka, but health officials say that people should not doubt the efficacy of the vaccines as they provide full protection after two doses.

The five doctors, attached to the Chamarajanagar Institute of Medical Sciences, took the Covid-19 test after experiencing mild symptoms. They are aged between 40 and 50, said an official. One is being treated at the hospital, while the other four are in home isolation. “These doctors received their jab a few days ago,” district health officer MC Ravi told STOI. Some received Covishield, while some Covaxin.

Two colleagues of the doctors have also tested positive. They have not taken their first dose yet. “The vaccines give full protection after two doses. This incident has nothing to do with the efficacy of the vaccines; people need not worry,” explained Ravi.

According to an official in the health department, the said doctors have been tending to Covid-19 patients. They were vaccinated on different days. “Generally, vaccines take some more time to produce antibodies. In the incubation period, there is a possibility of catching the infection. After the first shot, one should continue wearing a mask and maintaining social distancing,” said an expert.

Health and family welfare minister K Sudhakar also said that both vaccines were safe. “Forty-five days after taking the first dose, we develop immunity to the infection. If any person comes in contact with a Covid-19 positive patient before this, there is a possibility of contracting the infection. The second dose is administered 28 days after the first one,” he said in a tweet. “The public can take these two vaccines without any hesitation. I appeal to the public not to believe unverified information.”

சர்ச்சை நீதிபதிக்கான பணி நிரந்தரம் ரத்து?

சர்ச்சை நீதிபதிக்கான பணி நிரந்தரம் ரத்து?

Added : ஜன 30, 2021 21:21

புதுடில்லி:சிறுமியரிடம் தகாத முறையில் நடந்தவர்களை விடுவித்து, சர்ச்சைக்குரிய இரண்டு தீர்ப்புகளை வழங்கிய, மும்பை உயர் நீதிமன்ற பெண் நீதிபதியை, நிரந்தர நீதிபதியாக நியமிக்கும் பரிந்துரையை, உச்ச நீதிமன்ற, 'கொலீஜியம்' ரத்து செய்துள்ளதாக தகவல்கள் வெளியாகி உள்ளன.

மஹாராஷ்டிர மாநிலம் மும்பை உயர் நீதிமன்றத்தின் நாக்பூர் கிளையைச் சேர்ந்த, பெண் நீதிபதி, புஷ்பா கனேதிவாலா, சமீபத்தில் வழங்கிய இரண்டு தீர்ப்புகள் சர்ச்சையை ஏற்படுத்திஉள்ளன. 'போக்சோ' சட்டத்தின் கீழ் தொடரப்பட்ட வழக்கில், சிறுமியரிடம் தகாக முறையில் நடந்தவர்களை விடுவித்து, அவர் தீர்ப்பு அளித்தார். அதில் ஒரு தீர்ப்பை செயல்படுத்த, உச்ச நீதிமன்றம் தடை விதித்து உள்ளது.

இந்நிலையில், மும்பை உயர் நீதிமன்றத்தின் கூடுதல் நீதிபதியாக, 2019ல் நியமிக்கப்பட்டு உள்ள அவரை, நிரந்தர நீதிபதியாக நியமிக்க, உச்ச நீதிமன்றத் தலைமை நீதிபதி, எஸ்.ஏ.பாப்டே தலைமையிலான கொலீஜியம், கடந்த, 20ம் தேதி பரிந்துரை செய்து இருந்தது.தற்போது சர்ச்சையில் சிக்கியுள்ளதால், அந்தப் பரிந்துரையை, கொலீஜியம் திரும்பப் பெற்றுள்ள தாக தகவல்கள் வெளியாகி உள்ளன.

அரசு டாக்டர்களின் கோரிக்கை

அரசு டாக்டர்களின் கோரிக்கை

Added : ஜன 31, 2021 00:51

சென்னை:மத்திய அரசு டாக்டர்களுக்கு இணையான சம்பளம் வழங்க கோரிய மனுவுக்கு தமிழக அரசு பதில் அளிக்க சென்னை உயர் நீதிமன்றம் உத்தரவிட்டுள்ளது.

செங்கல்பட்டு அரசு மருத்துவ கல்லுாரி டாக்டர் பெருமாள் பிள்ளை மதுரை மருத்துவ கல்லுாரி டாக்டர்தாஹிர் தேனி மருத்துவ கல்லுாரி டாக்டர் நளினி உள்ளிட்ட எட்டு டாக்டர்கள் தனித்தனியாக உயர் நீதிமன்றத்தில் மனுக்கள் தாக்கல் செய்தனர்.மனுக்களில் கூறியிருப்பதாவது:

மத்திய அரசு பணியில் உள்ள இளநிலை மருத்துவர்களுக்கும் தமிழகத்தில் பணியாற்றும் முதுநிலை மருத்துவர்களுக்கும்இடையே 40 ஆயிரம் ரூபாய் வரை சம்பள வேறுபாடு உள்ளது.அரசு மருத்துவர்களுக்கான சம்பள மறு ஆய்வு குறித்து 2009ம் ஆண்டில் பிறப்பித்த உத்தரவை அமல்படுத்தவில்லை. இதனால் எங்களுக்கு பெரிய அளவில் இழப்பு ஏற்பட்டுள்ளது. எங்கள் கோரிக்கைகளை நிறைவேற்ற அரசுக்கு உத்தரவிட வேண்டும்.இவ்வாறு மனுவில் கூறப்பட்டுள்ளது.

இம்மனுக்கள் நீதிபதி மகாதேவன் முன் விசாரணைக்கு வந்தன. மனுக்களுக்கு பதில் அளிக்கும்படி அரசுக்கு உத்தரவிட்டு விசாரணையை பிப். 3க்கு நீதிபதி தள்ளி வைத்தார்.

ஜோதிர்லிங்க யாத்திரைக்கு சிறப்பு ரயில் இயக்கம்

ஜோதிர்லிங்க யாத்திரைக்கு சிறப்பு ரயில் இயக்கம்

Added : ஜன 30, 2021 22:12

சென்னை:மகா சிவராத்திரியை முன்னிட்டு, நவ ஜோதிர்லிங்க யாத்திரை ரயிலை, ஐ.ஆர்.சி.டி.சி., இயக்குகிறது.

இந்தியன் ரயில்வே உணவு மற்றும் சுற்றுலா கழகமான, ஐ.ஆர்.சி.டி.சி.,யானது, திருநெல்வேலியில் இருந்து, மார்ச், 8ல்இயக்கும், நவ ஜோதிர்லிங்க யாத்திரை ரயிலானது, மதுரை, திண்டுக்கல், கரூர், ஈரோடு, சேலம், ஜோலார்பேட்டை, காட்பாடி மற்றும், சென்னை பெரம்பூர் வழியாக செல்லும்.

இப்பயணத்தில், மஹாராஷ்டிர மாநிலத்தின், திரையம்பகேஷ்வர், பீமாசங்கர், குஷ்மேஸ்வர், அவுரங்காபாத், வைத்யநாத்; குஜராத் மாநிலத்தின் சோம்நாத்; மத்திய பிரதேசத்தின் ஓம்காரேஸ்வர், உஜ்ஜயினி மகாகாலேஷ்வர்; ஆந்திராவின், ஸ்ரீசைலம் மல்லிகார்ஜுனர் ஆகிய ஒன்பது ஜோதிர்லிங்க கோவில்களுக்கு சென்று வரலாம்.

மொத்தம், 13 நாட்கள் சுற்றுலாவுக்கு, ஒருவருக்கு, 15 ஆயிரத்து, 350 ரூபாய் கட்டணம். விபரங்களுக்கு, ஐ.ஆர்.சி.டி.சி.,யின் சென்னை, 90031 40680; மதுரை, 82879 31977; திருச்சி அலுவலகங்களை, 82879 31974 என்ற, மொபைல் போன் எண்களில் தொடர்பு கொள்ளலாம்.

Health ministry mulls taking over medical admissions

Health ministry mulls taking over medical admissions

Hemali.Chhapia@timesgroup.com

Mumbai:31.01.2021

The high-stress medical admissions, which involve frantic travel, emotional drama and last-minute financial deals, may be eased from next year.

In what may promote transparency and weed out agents and deal-makers who auction medical seats, the ministry of health is contemplating taking over the entire admission process, from start to finish. With that, institutional seat-filling— which experts describe as a “seat-auctioning round” or the absolute last leg of the admission process requiring students to visit medical school campuses to pick unfilled seats—may be scrapped. Instead, all admissions may take place online.

The Medical Counselling Committee handles admission for deemed universities across the country and after it closes online rounds, vacant seats are filled by respective institutes at their individual level. That is when, experts say, parents and students are put through immense “financial distress” as NRI seats, the ones that are five times higher than the regular seats, largely remain unfilled.

“What happens is that when students visit colleges for the last round, they feel cornered as there are merely three days to close admissions and how much can they travel? Deemed universities make candidates wait till the last minute as they try to fetch the highest price for each seat. With the process going online, all this will be streamlined,” said a health ministry source. The ministry may have to move court to change the admission procedure.

CD (cutting deals), CC (cash component), N2M (NRI-to-management conversion) are the terms every aspiring doctor is aware of. “So, when candidates visit these medical colleges in the last round, negotiations take place. The benchmark for admission is only one: the ability to pay the highest sum for a seat; that is the only merit,” said Sudha Shenoy, parents’ representative for medical aspirants.

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The health ministry move, if implemented, will bring about much-needed transparency in medical admissions. Parents and students often complain that colleges demand cash and show seats were given away at the last minute at discounted rates. But in a country where lakhs aspire to join the MBBS programme and seats are rather few, taking the admission process entirely online will ensure merit is respected and cash deals and auctions are done away with.

DMDK won’t ally with PMK, says Premalatha

DMDK won’t ally with PMK, says Premalatha

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Chennai:31.01.2021

DMDK treasurer Premalatha Vijayakant on Saturday told her partymen to get ready to contest alone in all 234 constituencies and said the DMDK would not be part of any alliance in which the PMK was present. She also hinted that party founder Vijayakant would make an “important announcement” on his wedding anniversary on Sunday.

Speaking to party functionaries in charge of the 234 constituencies in the state, Premalatha urged them to set up booth-level committees without missing anyone and post additional office-bearers in the constituencies to take up election work. “She said there is no need to wait for ‘others’ and we should start the election work in all 234 constituencies,” said a functionary. The DMDK leader was averse to tying up with the PMK, said the functionary.

Premalatha had recently said that the party wants to contest in 41 seats as it did during the 2011 assembly polls, as part of the AIADMK alliance. The DMDK, however, snapped ties with the AIADMK, within 100 days of Jayalalithaa assuming office as CM.

The party contested as part of the four-party alliance, People’s Welfare Front, in 2016 and came a cropper. After sewing up an alliance with the AIADMK in 2019 LS polls, the DMDK leadership is upset over the ruling party not commencing electoral talks with it even as elections are inching closer. “Premalatha has been repeatedly extending support to V K Sasikala, Jayalalithaa’s close-aide, lauding her sacrifices. She also said Edappadi K Palaniswami was chosen as CM by the party and not by the people. It remains unclear if the AIADMK-DMDK alliance will materialise,” a senior DMDK leader said.

Sasikala to be discharged from B’luru hosp today

Sasikala to be discharged from B’luru hosp today

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

31.01.2021

Expelled AIADMK leader V K Sasikala will be discharged on Sunday from a hospital in Bengaluru, where she was undergoing treatment for Covid-19, an official bulletin said.

"Sasikala has completed 10 days of treatment. She has been asymptomatic and maintaining saturation without oxygen support for three days.

“As per protocol, she can be discharged from the hospital," the Bangalore Medical College & Research Institute said in an official bulletin.

"The team of doctors attending to her have taken the decision that she is fit for discharge and will be discharged tomorrow (Sunday)... with advice of home quarantine," it said.

Sasikala was set free on Wednesday by authorities after she completed four years imprisonment in a jail here in a case of disproportionate assets.

Sasi will reclaim AIADMK: AMMK paper

Sasi will reclaim AIADMK: AMMK paper

Article Says Top AIADMK Leaders Are All Traitors

Julie.Mariappan@timesgroup.com

Chennai:31.01.2021

As former chief minister J Jayalalithaa’s close-aide V K Sasikala’s arrival in Chennai next week is likely to create unease in the ruling AIADMK, Namadhu MGR, the official mouthpiece of T T V Dhinakaran’s AMMK, on Saturday claimed no one can stop Sasikala from regaining the reins of the AIADMK. The AIADMK leaders, however, maintain that she would not be re-inducted into the party.

An article published with the headline, ‘Aanaigal Ittu Yaar Thaduthalum’ (No matter whoever swears to block), under a pen name, sought to remind the AIADMK leaders about the popularity of Sasikala among AIADMK cadres, who are putting up posters welcoming her in various parts of the state. Calling her a symbol of sacrifice (for the sake of Jayalalithaa), the article said irrespective of the conspiracies hatched by the treacherous groups along with evil forces, Sasikala would emerge as the leader of the party. She would meet people of Tamil Nadu soon and reveal the true colours of the deceitful characters, who kicked the ladder after using it to climb positions, it said.

Arrangements have been made for Sasikala to resume her political work from a house adjacent to her niece J Krishnapriya’s residence in T Nagar. An embarrassed AIADMK leadership had expelled some party functionaries in Tirunelveli and Trichy districts after they put up posters supporting Sasikala earlier this week. On Saturday, a group of AIADMK men put up similar posters in Theni, the native district of deputy CM and AIADMK coordinator O Panneerselvam, and Thanjavur, triggering unease in the party. Panneerselvam’s son V P Jayapradeep had earlier issued a statement wishing Sasikala a speedy recovery.

Reminding Sasikala’s efforts in safeguarding the party and retaining power, after the death of Jayalalithaa, Namadhu MGR hit out at chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami without naming him, for ruling out ties with the leader. “History will identify them as traitors. Fact is that they cannot establish Amma’s (Jayalalithaa’s) rule nor can they protect the partymen. The opportunistic traitors, who had knelt, prostrated and surrendered themselves to get positions, should hold their tongue," it said.

The article called upon the AIADMK leadership to honour cadres’ wishes and welcome Sasikala back in the party in unison to establish Jayalalithaa’s rule. AIADMK deputy coordinator K P Munusamy said the party would respond only to Sasikala or Dhinakaran and not to anonymous contributors writing in a paper. “Our party’s stand is very clear and chief minister also echoed the same in New Delhi. There is no chance of any tie up with Sasikala,” he said. The AIADMK’s contention is that Dhinakaran was expelled by Jayalalithaa herself and he was not to be seen for a decade before being given position by Sasikala, hours before she went to Bengaluru prison.

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Arrangements have been made for Sasikala to resume her political work from a house adjacent to her niece J Krishnapriya’s residence in T Nagar

TN Aids society joint director dies in accident

TN Aids society joint director dies in accident

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

31.01.2021

Dr J Stanley Michael, the joint director of Tamil Nadu State AIDS Control Society (Tansacs), died after the car he was driving rammed a truck near Siruganur in Trichy district in the early hours of Saturday. He was 49.

Michael hailed from Coimbatore. The accident occurred when he was returning to Chennai after visiting his sister in Crawford in Trichy.

When the car was approaching Nedungur village on the Trichy – Chennai national highway, a truck going in front of the car came to a sudden halt. Michael lost control and the car rammed the rear end of the truck. He died on the spot.

The Siruganur police retrieved the body and sent it to a government hospital for postmortem. Police arrested the truck driver and are investigating.

Passengers at Central have few food options

Passengers at Central have few food options

Ayyappan.V@timesgroup.com

Chennai:31.01.2021

Passengers have very few options for buying food at MGR Central railway station and Egmore railway station as IRCTC’s attempt to start retail units including a food plaza is yet to take off.

There were no takers for tenders floated four times for setting up a refreshment room in the space at Central where Jan Aahaar stood and steps are being taken to identify a firm to run a fast food unit and food plaza though they were shut during the Covid-19 shutdown. Similar is the scene at Egmore and Arakkonam stations even though the number of trains and patronage have started touching pre-Covid levels. Last month, IRCTC asked Southern Railway to allow them to hire contractors for the space used for selling food at Central and Arakkonam, nearly two months after they were closed due to losses during the lockdown.

The railway-owned corporation is also facing a peculiar problem of contractors not bidding. “There seems to be no attempt to attract bidders. The terms should be marketdriven. But too many rules and regulations may be restricting,” said a source.

Instead of making it as easy as possible to bid, the corporation is asks contractors to pay for the huge kitchen equipment owned by IRCTC. According to the tender notice, the contractor will have to buy kitchen equipment used in Jan Aaahaar stall at Central like bratt pan and vegetable cutting machine though only a refreshment room is going to be set up in the space. These pieces of equipment cost more than ₹1lakh each.

An IRCTC official said steps were being taken to help contractors. “We have refunded 90% of the licence fee and there is a plan to give back a part of the security deposit too. The tender will be for five years and they need to start paying only after regular train services resume. Now, specials are being run.” He said advance deposit too has been scrapped. "Steps are being taken to ensure businesses take place. The kitchen equipment were bought by IRCTC when railways planned modernization. They will have to be bought. They can bring their equipment too," he added. Southern railway too hesitates to take over the space and run food outlets. Other zones have started taking over space given to IRCTC at some of the stations.

Consumer activist T Sadagopan said, “Railways should come up with a temporary arrangement as it will be difficult to float a tender and find a contractor to open food outlets during the pandemic. They can tie up with the state government, SHGs and societies to set up the amenities. People pay more to travel by special trains as passenger services are not there. So it's the duty of the railways to offer the service at stations.”

AAI to set up RT-PCR test lab at airport

AAI to set up RT-PCR test lab at airport

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Chennai:31.01.2021

Airports Authority of India will set up a Covid testing lab facility at Chennai airport in a couple of weeks as the government has given permission for the RT-PCR test.

An airport official said that people who prefer to get tested can pay and give samples. Mumbai, Delhi, Bengaluru and Hyderabad airports have already started a testing facility to offer passengers an option to get tested as the government has stopped testing international arrivals.

"Though people arrive with a negative certificate, they can be told to take the test if there is a doubt or if they fail temperature screening," he added. The space and people to run the testing centre are ready and the authorities were waiting for the state government to approve the kind of test that will be conducted. "The results wil be known in four to five hours and there will be space like a lounge for passengers to wait. Once the the facility is ready testing may become compulsory for passengers from the UK and other countries," he said.

Now, international passengers can land with a negative RT-PCR test result to avoid quarantine and tests.

Court sets aside order sacking cop accused of rape

Court sets aside order sacking cop accused of rape

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Chennai:31.01.2021 

The Madras high court set aside an earlier order of a single judge upholding compulsory retirement for an Armed Reserve policeman, who was accused of making false promises of marrying a 17-year-old girl and sexually assaulting her.

A division bench of Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy also said the policeman is entitled to half the salary he would have earned if he were in service for the period between the order and the present.

A disciplinary committee of the police department had punished the armed reserve personnel belonging to Vellore division after a 17-year-old girl charged him with sexually assaulting her on the pretext of marrying her. In 2005, the committee dismissed him from service. The policeman appealed against the dismissal stating that during the investigation, charges of sexual harassment were not proven and only the false promise of marriage was confirmed. But the superintendent of police concerned disagreed with the finding rendered by the inquiry officer on the sexual harassment charge. A single judge upheld the order by the disciplinary committee.

While hearing the appeal against the single judge’s order, the first bench observed that the failure to live up to a promise to marry cannot be equated with the commission of the offence of rape.

“What is evident from the appreciation of theevidenceby the disciplinary authority is that the intimacy between the two was established, but there is not a shred of evidence alluded to indicate that any physical violence was resorted to by the delinquent,” the bench observed and set aside the earlier order.

The policeman said that while charge of false promise of marriage was confirmed during probe, the charge of sexual harassment was not proved

Anna univ loses 2 MTech courses in state’s quota war with Centre

Anna univ loses 2 MTech courses in state’s quota war with Centre

Ragu.Raman@timesgroup.com

Chennai:31.01.2021

Admission to two centrally-sponsored M Tech courses at Anna University has been cancelled this year following the Centre’s insistence that the university follow only 49.5% reservation and not the state government’s 69% quota policy in admitting students.

The Union government’s department of biotechnologysupported courses of M Tech Biotechnology and M Tech Computational Biology programmes offer ₹12,000 and ₹12,500 respectively as stipend to a total of 45 students.

“As the central government rules of reservation were not acceptable to the government of Tamil Nadu, Anna University is unable to proceed with the admission to the DBT-supported MTech Biotechnology and MTech Computational Biology programmes for the academic year 2020–21,” the university announced on its website on Saturday.

The decision has left many aspirants heartbroken as the demand for these courses increased following the Covid-19 pandemic.

MTech Biotechnology course is being offered since 1985 at Anna University and MTech Computational Biology has been on from 2014-15.

Students may have to waste a year

Students qualified in Tamil Nadu Common Entrance Test and Graduate Aptitude Test in Biotechnology (GAT-B) said they found themselves stranded and might have to waste one academic year.

“My daughter is within top 100 ranks in GAT-B exam. We are disappointed by the decision by the university. They should admit students even without any stipend, as there is huge demand for these courses,” a parent from Chennai said.

K Muthukumaran, whose daughter was waiting for MTech biotechnology admission, said, “TN wanted 69% reservation whereas the Centre insisted on 49.5% reservation. Due to the conflict over quota policy, Anna University kept postponing admissions to these two courses for the last three months. Meanwhile, the admissions to MTech biotechnology in other institutions got over.”

Till last year, the admissions for these two courses were conducted at all India level. Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi used to conduct Combined Entrance Exam for Biotechnology (JNU CEEB) for admitting students at MTech biotechnology while Pondicherry University used to conduct all India entrance test for computational biology course.

This year, however, the Regional Centre for Biotechnology in Faridabad took over the responsibility of conducting both the entrance exams and the name of exam was also changed as Graduate Aptitude Test in Biotechnology (GAT-B). Instead of conducting both entrance test and admissions, the RCB announced that the admissions would be conducted by respective institutions.

Since it is a central government-sponsored course, DBT followed 49.5% reservation in all India admissions till last year. Anna University sought clarification from state governmentsover the reservation policy to be followed in admissions to these two programmes. “The state government directed the university to follow 69% reservation, for which DBT, which is funding these programmes, did not agree. We have no other way but to cancel the admissions to the two popular courses,” an Anna University official said.

When askedwhether the varsity could have followed 69% reservation by increasing the intake,theofficialsaidtheAllIndia Council for Technical Education will not give permission to increase intake in the middle of an academic year and faculty members will not be sufficient.

Stray Vacancy Round for BDS Admissions: MCC issues advisory for candidates

Stray Vacancy Round for BDS Admissions: MCC issues advisory for candidates: New Delhi: Through a recent notification, the Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) has issued an advisory for the BDS candidates. The MCC had earlier released the revised tentative schedule for

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Updated : ஜன 30, 2021 00:03 | Added : ஜன 29, 2021 21:36 |

புதுடில்லி:'நீதிமன்றங்களை விமர்சிக்கும் போக்கு அதிகரித்து வருகிறது; அனைத்து தரப்பு மக்களும் விமர்சிக்கின்றனர்' என, சுப்ரீம் கோர்ட் தெரிவித்துள்ளது.

மஹாராஷ்டிராவைச் சேர்ந்த நகைச்சுவை பேச்சாளர் குனால் கம்ரா, கர்நாடகாவைச் சேர்ந்த கார்ட்டூனிஸ்ட் ரச்சித் தனிஜா ஆகியோர், சமூக வலைதளங்களில் உச்ச நீதிமன்றத்தை கடுமையாக விமர்சித்திருந்தனர். இருவர் மீதும், உச்ச நீதிமன்றத்தில் நீதிமன்ற அவமதிப்பு வழக்கு தொடரப்பட்டது. இந்த வழக்கு, நீதிபதிகள் அசோக் பூஷண், ஆர்.எஸ்.ரெட்டி, எம்.ஆர்.ஷா ஆகியோர் அடங்கிய அமர்வு முன், விசாரணைக்கு வந்தது.

குனால் கம்ரா சார்பில் தாக்கல் செய்யப்பட்ட பதில் மனுவில், 'பொருத்தமில்லாமல் பேசுவது, நகைச்சுவைக்கான சாதனம். நகைச்சுவையாக கூறப்படுவதை, அப்படியே அர்த்தமாக கருதி, எடுத்துக் கொள்ளக் கூடாது' என, கூறியிருந்தார்.

இதையடுத்து, நீதிபதிகள் உத்தரவிட்டதாவது: நீதிமன்றங்களை விமர்சிப்பது, சமீபகாலமாக அதிகரித்து வருகிறது. அனைத்து தரப்பு மக்களும் விமர்சிக்கின்றனர். பதில் மனு தாக்கல் செய்ய, தனிஜாவுக்கு மூன்று வார கால அவகாசம் வழங்கப்படுகிறது.இவ்வாறு, நீதிபதிகள் உத்தரவிட்டனர்.

உங்கள் குழந்தைக்கு நாளை சொட்டு மருந்து போடுங்க!

உங்கள் குழந்தைக்கு நாளை சொட்டு மருந்து போடுங்க!

Updated : ஜன 30, 2021 05:52 | Added : ஜன 30, 2021 05:51

சென்னை : போலியோ சொட்டு மருந்து முகாம் நாளை(ஜன.,31) நடைபெற உள்ளதால், தவறாமல், 5 வயதிற்கு உட்பட்ட குழந்தைக்கு சொட்டு மருந்து போட வேண்டும் என, அறிவுறுத்தப்பட்டுள்ளது.

போலியோ நோய் இல்லாத நாடாக இந்தியா உள்ளது. ஆனாலும், அண்டை நாடுகளில் இருந்து, போலியோ பரவாமல் தடுக்கும் வகையில், ஒவ்வொரு ஆண்டும், 5 வயதிற்கு உட்பட்ட குழந்தைகளுக்கு, போலியோ சொட்டு மருந்து போடப்படுகிறது.

நாடு முழுதும், வரும், 31ம் தேதி, 5 வயதிற்கு உட்பட்ட குழந்தைகளுக்கு, போலியோ சொட்டு மருந்து போடும் முகாம் நடைபெற உள்ளது. தமிழகத்தை பொறுத்தவரை, 70.20 லட்சம் குழந்தைகளுக்கு போலியோ சொட்டு மருந்து போட, இலக்கு நிர்ணயிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது. இந்த முகாம், காலை, 7:00 மணி முதல் மாலை, 5:00 மணி வரை நடைபெற உள்ளது.

இப்பணியில், 41 ஆயிரத்து, 53 மையங்களில், 2 லட்சத்துக்கும் மேற்பட்ட பணியாளர்கள் ஈடுபட உள்ளனர். முகாமில், 5 வயதிற்கு உட்பட்ட குழந்தைகளுக்கு தவறாமல் சொட்டு மருந்து போட்டுக் கொள்ள, சுகாதாரத் துறை அதிகாரிகள் அறிவுறுத்தி உள்ளனர்.

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30.01.2021

Nursing intake deadline now Feb 28

The Indian Nursing Council has fixed February 28 as the last date for admission to for ANM, GNM and BSc nursing courses in the state, said sources. “Usually the time-frame for admission to all the courses is the same but this time around, January 31 has been fixed as the last date for ANM-GNM courses while February 28 is the last date for admission to BSc nursing,” according to sources. The decision comes after the admission council made a representation to the Council for pushing the deadline this year.

Extra coaches added to five trains: The Western Railway has decided to add one sleeper coach to each of five trains passing from Ahmedabad. WR officials said the decision was taken to clear extra rush, and on a temporary basis. The five trains which will now have an extra sleeper coach each are Bandra Terminus – Bhavnagar Terminus Express, Bandra Terminus – Bhuj Express, Dadar – Bhuj Express, Bhavnagar Terminus – Asansol Junction Express and Porbandar – Delhi S. Rohilla Express.

PSI’s brother-in-law surrenders in graft case: Devendra Odedara, the brother-in-law of suspended PSI Shweta Jadeja, surrendered before a special court on Friday. The court handed over his custody to the Special Operations Group. Odedara is accused of accepting bribe money on behalf of PSI Jadeja last year. While Jadeja was arrested and sent to police remand, Odedara remained an absconder.