Deemed Univs Can Now Admit Students As Per New Rule: AICTE

No-maths rule only after a few years

Deemed Univs Can Now Admit Students As Per New Rule: AICTE

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Chennai:19.03.2021 

Engineering admissions counselling based on physics, chemistry and maths marks will continue for a couple of years more, said All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) chairman Anil D Sahasrabudhe on Thursday.

In its approval process handbook for 2021-22, AICTE has made maths and physics at Class XII-level optional to join engineering and technology courses. Students who have studied any three subjects of 14, including physics, maths, chemistry, computer science, electronics, information technology, biology, informatics practices, biotechnology, technical vocational subject, agriculture, engineering graphics, business studies and entrepreneurship are eligible to study engineering courses under the new criteria.

The move has kicked up a huge row across the country as educational institutions feared that it may further weaken the quality of engineering graduates.

“The move aims to provide a window of opportunity to students who have not taken physics, chemistry, maths in Class XI and XII. They will do it during the first year of engineering courses. There are four maths papers, two physics and one chemistry paper in engineering curriculum,” the AICTE chief said, while addressing delegates at the national conference, on ‘Approval process handbook 2021-22 for resetting technical education and implementing National Education Policy 2020’, in Chennai.

He further clarified that entrance exams such as JEE will continue to have maths, physics, chemistry for a few more years. “Some autonomous institutions including deemed universities and private universities may admit students based on the new eligibility criteria and conduct bridge courses for them,” he said.

Calling the move a “futuristic step” and the “beginning of transformation”, Sahasrabudhe said: “When the new education policy is rolled out in the next few years, there will be no distinction like arts and science streams in higher secondary.”

The AICTE boss said that under the new 5 + 3 + 3+ 4 system, the last four years will not be based on streamwise at all. “Students will be allowed to take any combination of arts, commerce and science. Students at the age of 14 are too young to make a decision on what they need to do.”

Explaining the changes to APH 2021-22, he said the caveat of 50% admissions last year to start new courses has been introduced following judgments of the Kerala high court and the Supreme Court.

Citing the Covid-19 pandemic and financial crunch faced by private educational institutions, H Chaturvedi, alternate president of the Education Promotion Society of India, sought a financial package from the Centre similar to the one announced by the US government for institutions of higher education.

G V Selvam, vice-president of Vellore Institute of Technology, said there was a shortage of 33 lakh teachers in higher education in the country and urged the AICTE to focus on producing quality teachers.

The All India Council for Technical Education sparked a huge row after it made Class XIIlevel maths and physics optional for students wishing to take up engineering & technical courses

Baba Farid University moves National Medical Commission over colleges ‘fleecing’ MBBS students

Baba Farid University moves National Medical Commission over colleges ‘fleecing’ MBBS students

Updated At: Mar 16, 2021 11:29 AM

Tribune News Service

Balwant Garg

Tribune News Service

Faridkot, March 15

Some private medical colleges in the state have collected Rs 1.5 crore from 40 final year MBBS students in the name of “providing them with NOC” and allowing them to do one-year-internship from other medical colleges. However, terming it “fleecing” of students, the Baba Farid University of Health Sciences (BFUHS) has raised the matter with the National Medical Commission (NMC).

While every medical student owes his one-year internship service to his college after completing the academic part of their MBBS course, the BFUHS has come across many cases where students from private institutions are paying heavy fee to shift to other institutions for their internship.

To give “NOC” to these students for internship in other colleges, some parent colleges have forced students to pay up to Rs 3 lakh per student. These students were also made to pay Rs 60,000 for “NOC” to college where they want to join the internship. Other than paying Rs 3.6 lakh to the parent and receiving colleges, every student has to pay Rs 20,000 to the BFUHS for its approval for shifting of a student for internship.

In a letter to Secretary General, NMC, the BFUHS said many students from private institutions, who got admission on a low percentile, want to shift in top institutions of the state to do their internship. For this shifting of students, some private colleges are forcing them to pay high fee in lieu of NOC, alleges the medical university.

Every internee is paid a monthly stipend by his parent institution, but most of these students don’t get stipend if they opt out of their parent colleges.

“There’s a fixed quota for transfers to and from the colleges for the purpose of internship, so we are not allowing this shifting or migration of students for internship as it is against rules,” said Dr Raj Bahadur, VC, BFUHS.

Surgeon transferred due to charges of sexual harassment

Surgeon transferred due to charges of sexual harassment

15 PG Medicos File Complaints

Pushpa.Narayan@timesgroup.com

Chennai:19.03.2021 

An assistant professor of general surgery facing complaints of sexual harassment by at least 15 post-graduate medical students has been transferred out of Stanley Medical College and Hospital. The directorate of medical education, which has issued the transfer order and issued showcause notice against the professor, however, is yet to file a police complaint.

It was in February that Stanley Medical College dean Dr P Balaji received a letter from the chief minister’s cell asking him to inquire into complaints of harassment filed by at least 15 post-graduate medical students against Dr G Chandrasekar working in the department of surgery.

When contacted, Dr G Chandrasekar told TOI that he received an order stating he was transferred to Royapettah Government Hospital on “administrative grounds.” He was then asked to join duty at the Anna Nagar Peripheral Hospital. “I joined duty. I have not received any show-cause notice. When they conducted an inquiry, I denied all charges. I came to know about the allegation against me from the news in the media,” he said.

A 10-member inquiry committee comprising department heads and senior professors conducted a detailed inquiry, speaking to students and the professor. “The committee was convinced that students did face harassment. The women in the group complained to the members about inappropriate behaviour in ward and inside the operation theatre. They also showed some text messages they received from the professor,” said Stanley resident medical officer Dr Ramesh M. The committee’s report was sent to the directorate of medical education by Dr Balaji.

Based on the recommendations of the committee, director of medical education Dr R Narayanababu transferred the assistant professor to Royapettah Government Hospital on March11. “He has been asked to show-cause why disciplinary action should not be initiated against him for the complaints. It is the normal procedure followed in government service. If the reply is not satisfactory, we will initiate further action which may include suspension,” he said.

Now, some post-graduate students have urged the health department to file a police complaint under the Sexual Harassment of Women at the Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013. However, Dr Narayanababu said any action will be initiated only after giving him time to explain his stand.

Few flights to Malaysia, Singapore; tickets cost double pre-Covid rates

Few flights to Malaysia, Singapore; tickets cost double pre-Covid rates

Air India’s Vande Bharat Flights With Fixed Fares Are Only Option

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Chennai:19.03.2021 

Travel between Chennai and southeast Asian countries continues to be a hassle as only Air India’s Vande Bharat flights are allowed with fixed fare, which is double the pre-Covid-19 rate.

Air India will fly six flights from Kuala Lumpur to Chennai and 13 flights from Kuala Lumpur to Trichy on different days till April-end. However, the tickets are priced at ₹16,000 and ₹17,000, and people are not allowed to book online and agents are not allowed to book tickets unlike to the Middle East. Travel and tour operators have been urging the Union government to allow airlines to resume flights to southeast Asian countries — Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand — and also to Hong Kong and Philippines.

“Air India is scheduling flights from Chennai and Trichy but these flights may not be enough. It will be hassle-free if passengers are allowed to book online and agents are allowed to book on different airlines. People hesitate to travel because of the curbs. People are worried if they will be able to return on time after reaching Chennai,” said Basheer Ahmed of Travel Agents Federation of India (TAFI).

People are stuck in Malaysia and Singapore because they do not have the confidence to travel for fear of losing their jobs there if they do not return on time. There is no guarantee when the next set of flights will be and whether seats will be available. People awaiting to travel are posting messages in social media forums looking for flights to return. Those who want to return have to take a circuitous route. Those who work in Malaysia and have come to Chennai on emergencies are forced to travel via Dubai. “They have to take a UAE visa, stay in Dubai for a day or two and board another flight to Kuala Lumpur. This costs them a lot of money. This is the way people travel to Singapore, Hong Kong and Philippines as there are no direct flights from Chennai and other cities. Transit is not allowed at Dubai airport,” said an airport official.

“The gateway airports in Southeast Asia – Kuala Lumpur, Singapore and Bangkok --need to be opened for travellers with precautions. Singapore is still hesitating because of high number of Covid-19 cases but Malaysia has been hinting that it will open for leisure travellers,” said Ahmed.

HIKE IN PRICES: The airline fares are double the pre-Covid-19 rates

Words said in anger can’t be abetment to suicide: HC

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Bhopal/Jabalpur:18.03.2021 

A singlejudge bench of Madhya Pradesh high court has ruled that words spoken in anger can’t be treated as abetment to suicide and ordered dismissal of a case against a woman. The petitioner, Kamrunisha, had challenged a case registered against her under IPC 306 (abetment to suicide) after the person with whom she had an alleged extra-marital affair killed himself.

According to police, she was forcing her paramour to marry her. On January 17, 2020, she went to stay with him in his house and allegedly threatened to lodge an FIR against him and his family if he refused to marry her. She left after his family members intervened, but went back to his house on January 26 that year and allegedly repeated the threat. The man killed himself on January 28, 2020, and police registered an FIR against her. Kamrunisha moved high court. The man committed suicide because of his circumstances and not because of her, the judge said, while ordering dismissal of the case against her pending in district court.

Baby born on IndiGo flight with help of doc on board

Baby born on IndiGo flight with help of doc on board

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New Delhi:18.03.2021 

A baby girl was delivered onboard IndiGo’s Bengaluru-Jaipur flight (6E 469) on Wednesday. A doctor passenger on board this flight, assisted by the cabin crew, helped the woman who went in labour during the journey deliver the baby.

“Jaipur airport was immediately informed to arrange for a doctor and an ambulance on arrival. Both the baby and mother are stable,” said the airline in a statement.

“Dr Subahana Nazir, who helped deliver the baby, was welcomed into the arrival hall and a thank you card was handed over by our Jaipur staff. Great teamwork by all our staff concerned,” the airline added.

Last October, a baby was delivered on IndiGo’s Delhi-Bengaluru flight with the help of a doctor who happened to be on board, ably assisted by the cabin crew.

Some airlines abroad have in the past given a lifetime of free travel for babies born on their flight. It remains to be seen if Indian carriers do the same.

BABY AND MOM STABLE

Indore flights to Pune & Chandigarh from Mar 28

Indore flights to Pune & Chandigarh from Mar 28

Indore: 17.03.2021 

Indoreans travelling to Pune and Chandigarh are all set to have regular flight connectivity options from March 28. IndiGo airline has announced plans to start daily flight on Indore-Pune and Indore-Chandigarh routes.

The flight between Indore and Pune will start from Pune and reach Indore at 11.55am. In return, the flight will depart from Indore at 12.25pm, and reach Pune at 01.35pm. Similarly, the flight from Chandigarh will reach Indore at 08.35am. In return, the flight will depart from Indore at 12.05pm and reach there at 01.55pm.

“These two flights would be an addition to the regular flight operations to and from Indore. Both Pune and Chandigarh sectors are in demand since a large number of people travel on these two routes for business, studies and other purposes,” Hemendra Singh Jadon, chairman of Travel Agents Association of India (MP&CG Chapter) told TOI. TNN

Bank strike goes digital amid Covid curbs

Bank strike goes digital amid Covid curbs

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Bhopal:17.03.2021 

As the bank strike entered the second day on March 16, the agitating employees and officials were active on social media following new Covid curbs announced by the state government.

There were standalone agitations by the bank personnel as they stood in one corner of a public place with placards.

Banking business worth over Rs3 crore was affected in Bhopal alone following the two-day strike called byemployees and officials of 12 public sector banks in protest against the privatisation of public sector banks (PSBs) and retrograde banking reforms. All the 500 bank branches were shut down completely after 5000 bank employees participated in the strike on the second day. In all, the banks had been closed for four days — Saturday and Sunday included.

Senior bank employees and officials’ leaders like VK Sharma, Sanjeev Sablok, Madan Jain, Arun Bhagoliwal, Deepak Sharma, Nazeer Qureshi and Naleen Sharma among others were active during the day coordinating with the agitating personnel to ensure that the Covid SOPs are followed during the strike, said a member of the coordinating committee of United Forum of Bank Union (UFBU), an umbrella body of nine bank unions which called for the two-day nationwide strike on March 15 and 16.

The UFBU claimed that over Rs8 lakh crore money of banks was stuck as non-performing assets (NPAs) when a large number of business houses failed to return loans. “Those who failed to pay the loans may become the bank owners also after privatisation,” a bank personnel feared.

Services such as deposits and withdrawal at branches, cheque clearance and loan approvals were affected completely due to the strike. There were complaints of cash exhaustion in many ATMs of the state capital.

FIGHT FOR RIGHT

Govt orders to pay remaining arrears of 7th pay scale to staff

Govt orders to pay remaining arrears of 7th pay scale to staff

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Bhopal:17.03.2021 

The state government on Tuesday issued orders for the payment of remaining 75% arrears of the seventh pay scale to the government employees.

The government orders stated that due to Covid-19 crises, the payment of the final installment due on May 1, 2020 was postponed.

Later, to improve the financial status, 25% of the arrears of seventh pay scale were given to the government employees, while the decision on remaining payout was put on hold.

Now, the government has decided to pay the remaining 75% arrears of third and final installment of seventh pay scale to the employees after the due deductions as per rule.

The subscribers of the national pension scheme would also get their dues after the due contribution of the government, the order stated. Finance minister Jagdish Devda made an announcement in this regard in his budget speech earlier this month.

Sudhir Nayak, president of the Mantralayin Karmachari Sangh said, due to escalating prices of essentials government employees are finding it tough to meet the monthly expenses. Government should consider giving salary increment or dearness allowance. Like farmers and traders, the government should also take care of its employees, he added.

On March 3, the government employees protested for ignoring them in the state Budget. Employees union took out a rally outside the secretariat.

Employees union stated that in the state Budget for 2021-2022 presented on March 2 there was no provision for clearing pending dearness allowance or salary increments for the government employees. It led to government employees getting disheartened.

The government employees have not got promotions for the past five years and the future, too, looks bleak. Several other issues of the government employees were left unaddressed, the employees union stated.

Over ₹23,000 fine collected for defying mask mandate

Over ₹23,000 fine collected for defying mask mandate

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Bhopal:17.03.2021 

In a drive against people not wearing masks at public places in TT Nagar, Ashoka Garden and other areas, the district administration on Tuesday collected Rs 23,640 as penalty. Every person found without a mask is being fined Rs

100. On Sunday, when the district administration’s drive for compliance of “compulsory mask at public places” began, the district administration officials had collected over Rs 36,000.

District collector Avinash Lavania, has asked all the SDMs, revenue and BMC officials to ensure compliance of compulsory mask rule, not only in conventional markets but also markets and haats taking place in open spaces.

He has also asked the officials to organise meetings with traders’ associations, residents’ welfare society of big colonies and other groups of people to seek their help in motivating people to compulsorily wear masks when they are out of their homes.

People without masks at Roshanpura square on Tuesday

IndiGo flight from B’luru to Rajkot

IndiGo flight from B’luru to Rajkot

Bengaluru:  17.03.2021 

After SpiceJet, private carrier IndiGo will ensure air connectivity from Bengaluru to Rajkot, Gujarat, on a daily basis from March 28.

According to sources, Indi-Go airlines flight 6E 6507 will fly from Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) at 3.55pm daily and reach at Rajkot at 6.30pm. The return flight— 6E 6508— will take off at 7pm from Rajkot and land here at 9.15pm. The Bengaluru-Rajkot leg on Tuesdays and Wednesdays is likely have different departure timings, which will be announced later. TNN

Rlys will never be privatised: Goyal

Rlys will never be privatised: Goyal

New Delhi:  17.03.2021 

Railways Minister Piyush Goyal on Tuesday asserted that Indian Railways will never be privatised but said private investment should be encouraged for more efficient functioning.

Replying to a discussion on Demands for Grants for Railways in the Lok Sabha, Goyal said there has been no death of any passenger in rail accidents in past two years and the railways has been putting enormous focus on passenger safety.

The Lok Sabha later passed the Demands for Grants for Railways for 2021-22.

Goyal said the country can progress towards high growth and create more employment opportunities only when the public and private sectors work together.

"Indian Railways will never be privatised. It is a property of every Indian and will remain so," the minister said, adding that it will remain with Government of India.

He said they were working to making Indian Railways the "engine of growth". The minister also sought cooperation of state governments for land acquisition for faster implementation of rail projects.

"If Maharashtra gives support and makes available land in Bandra Kurla for terminal then high-speed bullet train using Japanese technology will come into India. Today 95 per cent land has been acquired in Gujarat and land has also been acquired in Daman and Diu. However, in Maharashtra we have acquired 24 per cent. If we can acquire land in Maharashtra, then we can implement the project at a faster pace," Goyal added.

He said the government is targeting complete electrification of Indian Railways by December 2023 and this year 5,500 km track is going to be electrified. PTI

Railways Minister Piyush Goyal said that the carrier is a property of every Indian and will remain so. He said they were working to making Indian Railways the ‘engine of growth’

Hospital sealed, doctor moves HC

Hospital sealed, doctor moves HC

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Ahmedabad:  17.03.2021 

A doctor practising in the Nava Vadaj area for 27 years has moved the Gujarat high court after the AMC sealed his hospital in a fire safety drive. The drive has been launched following the HC’s directions to implement fire safety norms at hospitals.

The civic authorities sealed the administration room and the OPD of Jivandeep Hospital on March 6. Its owner, Dr Chinubhai Patel, has filed an application in the high court complaining that he was only orally told by the authorities that the sealing was taking place.

The sealing order said that the hospital did not have a proper building-use (BU) permission. The BU permission was for residential purpose and therefore the hospital cannot continue to function in the absence of the appropriate BU permission, the order said.

Dr Patel has submitted in his application that since a part of his hospital has been sealed, emergency services have stopped, and regular patients are suffering.

The doctor has maintained that his hospital has been duly registered and has the proper BU permission. He said there are necessary firefighting equipment installed at the hospital and a no-objection certificate has been issued by the chief fire officer. He has submitted that the hospital functions on the ground floor and his family lives on the first floor of the building.

The doctor has submitted that there is no violation of law and he is qualified to run the hospital. He has sought directions of the high court to the AMC to remove the seal.

On February 26, the high court issued a stern warning to all hospitals to either follow the norms or “shut the shop”. This happened during the hearing of a PIL filed by advocate Amit Panchal seeking action against those responsible for the fire at Shrey Hospital on August 6, 2020. Eight Covid-19 patients had lost their lives in the tragedy.

Why Covishield is ‘safe’ despite the blood clot scare in Europe

Why Covishield is ‘safe’ despite the blood clot scare in Europe

Cases Of Blood Clots Among Vaccinated People Are No More Common Than In The General Population, Say Experts

Abhilash.Gaur@timesgroup.com

17.03.2021 

Serum Institute’s Covishield is India’s main Covid vaccine. In the West, it is known as the ‘Oxford’ or ‘AstraZeneca’ vaccine. Over the past few days, 11 European countries, including Germany, France, Ireland, Norway, Denmark and the Netherlands, have suspended its use over fears it causes blood clots. There’s no proof yet, but as country after country hits pause, you might wonder whether Covishield is safe for you. Should you still keep your vaccine date?

The short answer is: yes. The problem — if it can be linked to the Oxford vaccine at all — has affected only 37 of the 1.7 crore Europeans vaccinated with it, says BBC health correspondent Nick Triggle. That would be roughly equal to 2,800 cases among 130 crore Indians. Considering the coronavirus has killed about 1.6 lakh Indians in the past year, the vaccine’s unproven side effects should be the least of our worries.

‘No increase in cases’

The Guardian’s health editor Sarah Boseley points out the problems this vaccine is suspected to cause are equally prevalent among people who have not taken it. “The numbers of blood clots and thrombocytopenia cases in people who have been vaccinated is no higher than in the population that has not received the jab.”

Thrombocytopenia is a condition in which the body does not make enough platelets, so the risk of excessive bleeding increases.

In an opinion piece for The Guardian, British statistician Sir David Spiegelhalter says, “It is not at all surprising that there have been 30 reports.” After all, ‘deep vein thrombosis’ – the formation of blood clots inside veins – is a relatively common problem, affecting 1 out of every 1,000 people each year. “Probably more in the older population being vaccinated.”

Even without the Oxford shot, 17,000 of the 1.7 crore vaccinated Europeans would probably have suffered clots in a year. That’s 47 every day. Why the fuss over 37 cases, spread over several weeks?

European governments are acting out of “an abundance of caution,” says Boseley. Triggle agrees the decision “has been made on the basis of the precautionary principle.” But when a pandemic is killing thousands of people every day, “it is an approach which can sometimes do more harm than good.”

‘Vaccines don’t cause clots’

A Johns Hopkins University scientist tells The New York Times, “Vaccines have not been shown to cause blood clots.” Another expert says the factors that increase the risk of clots are more common in the high-risk populations that are being vaccinated first. So, it’s possible that the vaccine is not to blame for the clots.

However, some vaccines – including the measles/mumps/rubella (MMR) shot given to children – can temporarily lower the level of platelets. And lower platelet levels “have been reported in small numbers of patients receiving the Moderna, Pfizer-BioNTech and Astra-Zeneca vaccines.”

For now, though, even the International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis says a few cases among lakhs of vaccinated people do not suggest a direct link, and “people with a history of blood clots or taking blood-thinning drugs should go and get their vaccination,” Boseley writes in The Guardian.

More vaccines coming

While doubts about side effects have clouded the vaccine rollout in Europe, Science Magazine has good news for poorer countries. Last year, the US, UK, Canada and other rich countries reserved many times more vaccines than they needed. As they wrap up vaccinations over the next few months, they will be left with a glut of unused vaccines.

Australia, Mexico, Japan, Canada, the US, Italy, the UK, Germany, Poland, Spain and France will have enough spare shots to fully vaccinate 2.9 billion more people. These vaccines would be “enough to immunise everyone in the many poorer nations that lack any secured Covid-19 vaccine.”

Meanwhile, Bloomberg reports, 8 new Covid vaccines could be launched by the year-end. Some of them are based on safer technologies and can be given without a syringe. So, they might be better suited to pregnant women and other groups, it quotes WHO chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan.

Govt orders 10cr more doses of Covishield

Govt orders 10cr more doses of Covishield

New Delhi:  17.03.2021 

The Centre has placed a new purchase order with the Serum Institute of India (SII) for the supply of 10 crore doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine, Covishield, each costing ₹157.50, including GST, according to official sources.

The HLL Lifecare Limited, a public sector undertaking, has issued the supply order on behalf of the Union health ministry on March 12 in the name of Prakash Kumar Singh, director, government and regulatory affairs at the Pune-based SII.

The cost of the 10 crore doses would be borne by the health ministry under the budgetary allocation for the purpose.The expenditure for the earlier orders of the vaccines was funded through the PM Cares fund. PTI

NEET scam: HC asks CBI if it occurred in more states

NEET scam: HC asks CBI if it occurred in more states

Madurai:17.03.2021 

The Madras high court has sought a response from the CBI as to whether NEET impersonations were reported in other states, after taking into account that a large-scale conspiracy was hatched among several people from other states.

The court was hearing the bail petition filed by Rasheed, a middleman who was arrested in connection with a NEET impersonation case by the Theni CBCID police. The CB-CID deputy superintendent of police who appeared before court submitted that they have collected various documents and also sent instructions to the colleges to find out the impersonators. He further submitted that they had also sent a letter to UIDAI seeking for comparison of the photos and also the fingerprint.

Justice M Nirmal Kumar observed that the court finds that other than Tamil Nadu, such malpractices were not reported in any other states. The apprehension is that the same modus operandi was adopted in other states, but have not been reported. TNN

Sleep disorders more common after lockdown

WORLD SLEEP DAY

Sleep disorders more common after lockdown

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Coimbatore:17.03.2021 

There is a considerable increase in the number of people facing sleep disorders after the lockdown, psychologists said on the World Sleep Day. They said the lockdown and the work from home routine have disturbed people’s sleep routines and body rhythms. “People are taking daytime naps, spending too much time in front of gadgets or working late into the night. Sleep hygiene has gained more importance this year than ever before,” said one of the psychologists. Psychologists said they were seeing an increase in new patients with anxiety, panic, or depression, many of which first manifest as or cause by sleep issues.

Monika Jasmine, a psychologist with Mounam counselling centre, said, “We have people with depression or anxiety issues, despite having less work. More than 90% describe sleep disorders as one of the symptoms. In more than 80% of depression, anxiety and panic cases, inadequate sleep is one of the main causes.” She was speaking at a function that was organized by the Indian Medical Association at Ganga Nursing College Auditorium on Tuesday.

One of the unhealthy sleep patterns they have noticed was people and children sitting in front of gadgets through the day for work, studies and entertainment. Another psychologist, Lakshmi Priya, said, “We think the resulting blue light and late working hours are affecting people’s sleep. Many people don’t get the required seven to nine of hours of sleep, which includes non-rapid eye movement and rapid eye movement sleep. Both are required for our physiological and psychological functions, repair of muscles and growth of tissues, in addition to process information. We also find people taking long nap because of boredom and that affects their night sleep.”

DMK files plea against ministers

DMK files plea against ministers

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17.03.2021 

The DMK has filed petitions to the state chief electoral officer (CEO) against state health minister C Vijayabaskar and former minister Natham R Viswanathan for violating the model code of conduct and demanded strict action against them.

DMK’s organising secretary R S Bharathi stated that the health minister has been continuously posting his election campaigns and field visits in the official website - http:/stopcorona.tn.gov.in that was maintained by the Tamil Nadu government. In another petition, he stated that former minister Viswanathan and his supporters were trying to bribe the voters and also attached the photographs to support their claims.

He also urged the CEO to take appropriate action against a website - http:/mutturpullifordmk.com/for spreading untruthful contents against the party and their party chief M K Stalin.

He said it was in violation of the MCC and requested the CEO to remove the untruthful contents from the website and prohibit it.

In Salem, Stalin mixes with one and all

In Salem, Stalin mixes with one and all

V.Senthil Kumaran@timesgroup.com

17.03.2021 

DMK president M K Stalin surprised people of of Salem city on Tuesday as he stepped out of his campaign vehicle and went door to door seeking support.

Stalin, who was to address campaign meetings in Chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami’s home district, not only surprised the people on the busy streets of Shevapet but also his own cadres as the walk was unscheduled.

Party men said that the DMK leader, who was driving down from a hotel, suddenly asked to stop the vehicle at Paul Market in Shevapet. The convoy came to grinding halt and Stalin stepped out of the car. The next moment, scores of men and women gathered around him even as his own cadres elbowed for space to get close to their leader.

Stalin sprung more surprises, as he patiently posed for selfies with everyone, and also asked all those jostling to get near him to come closer for better selfies. “We were pleasantly shocked after Stalin Aiya invited us to come closer take selfies,” said Radha, a transgender.

For the next two hours when Stalin was there, walking on the narrow streets of Shevapet, Stalin interacted with everyone he met.

Later addressing a meeting at Gajjalnaickenpatty on the outskirts of the city, Stalin said the DMK was going to win the elections. “We are going to win all the 234 constituencies,’’ he said. Lashing out at EPS, he called upon the public to put an end to the AIADMK government.

“This election should be the last election to Palaniswami,” he said, Recalling EPS’ allegations that late chief minister.

FIELD WORK: DMK leader M K Stalin addresses his supporters during a rally in Salem on Tuesday

For seniors, nothing succeeds like success

For seniors, nothing succeeds like success

Electorate Stands By Leaders Who Nurture Constituencies

Julie.Mariappan@timesgroup.com

17.03.2021 

Winning successive elections from a constituency for six to eight times is no mean feat. Tamil Nadu assembly has a few veterans like DMK general secretary S Durai Murugan, who has won seven times from Katpadi and twice from Ranipet assembly segments, school education minister K A Sengottaiyan, who has won seven times from Gobichettipalayam, and fisheries minister D Jayakumar, who has won five times from Royapuram. These leaders, except in elections influenced by unprecedented waves – Rajiv assassination in 1991 and anti-AIADMK sentiments in 1996 – have retained their segments by maintaining close relationship cultivated over decades with their electorate.

A young Durai Murugan had to travel 30kms to Gudiyatham to attend school and had seen women drawing water from rail wagons due to drought and high salinity of groundwater. When elected in 1971, he convinced CM M Karunanidhi to sanction a drinking water scheme for Katpadi, which was completed in two years. Later, as PWD minister, he got a university, law college, combined courts, several schools and a host of government departments for Katpadi, leaving Vellore, the district headquarters, in envy. “I love my constituency more than my wife and children,” the 82-yearold leader told TOI. When MGR floated a party and posed a big challenge in Ranipet, Karunanidhi shifted his lieutenant Durai Murugan to Ranipet segment. He won from Ranipet in 1977 and 1980 and went back to Katpadi in the next election. Since then, he has won six times from Katpadi.

Erode strongman K A Sengottaiyan, considered as one of the best organisers among politicians in Tamil Nadu, entered the fray and won from Sathyamangalam in 1977. He later shifted to Gobichettipalayam and won the seat seven times. Jayalalithaa sacked him from the cabinet in 2012 after his staff got arrested on charges of criminal intimidation. Still, he won the same seat in 2016.

His colleague, minister D Jayakumar has won from Royapuram five times. He has developed a close bond with his electorate, which he claims, is growing stronger with every passing day.

There are veterans like KKSSR Ramachandran, who represented Sattur six times as AIADMK, Thayaka Marumalarchi Kazhagam and DMK MLA since 1977. The MGR acolyte also won Aruppukottai seat after the 2011 delimitation, when much of the erstwhile Sattur was annexed with Aruppukottai.

Speaker P Dhanapal is a five-time MLA, who has represented Sankari, Rasipuram and Avanashi seats. DMK leader K Ponmudi won four times from Villupuram before moving to Tirukoilur in 2016, while his colleague E V Velu won from Thandarambattu thrice and later from Tiruvannamalai twice. Velu, who represented the AIADMK and the DMK, says, one should be “service-minded and remain genuine” to win the confidence of the people.

Penalise those flouting Covid protocols, CS tells officials

Penalise those flouting Covid protocols, CS tells officials

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

17.03.2021 

Tamil Nadu chief secretary Rajeev Ranjan on Tuesday directed local bodies, health and revenue departments and police to ensure people wore masks and institutions adhered to standard operating procedures. He asked them to impose fine on violators under the Public Health Act.

The chief secretary held a review meeting with district administrators and the heads of departments via video conferencing following a spike in Covid-19 cases in recent days.

“Permission should be granted for election rallies, cultural, religious and other events where the public gather in huge numbers with a condition that wearing masks is mandatory. The departments concerned should have to ensure that,” Ranjan said. District collectors should focus on Covid-19 preventive activities, an important part of election work, and take all measures to reduce transmission.

The state has recorded a positivity rate of 1.2% in the last 10 days. Positivity rate is more than 2% in Chennai and Coimbatore. Tiruvallur, Tirupur, Kancheepuram, Thanjavur and Nagapattinam districts have seen more than 1%.

Ranjan gave directions to administrators to take appropriate disease control measures by deploying personnel in Covid-19 cluster areas. “Fever camps must be increased, identify the cases and offer treatment,” the chief secretary said.

Close contacts of the infected people must be isolated and tested and infected should be given treatment without any delay, Ranjan said. Efforts should be taken to vaccinate the eligible people and special attention should be paid to areas where cases are high.

No Entries On Co-Win Portal, Individuals Below 45 Tagged As Healthcare, Frontline Workers, Get Inoculated

Hospitals give vaccine shots on the sly

No Entries On Co-Win Portal, Individuals Below 45 Tagged As Healthcare, Frontline Workers, Get Inoculated

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

17.03.2021 

Several city hospitals are discreetly offering Covid vaccines to healthy individuals less than 45 years of age without making entries in the Co-Win portal or by tagging them as ‘frontline’/ ‘healthcare’ workers. While the state public health department says vaccines approved for emergency-use can’t be given to those outside the specified groups, infectious diseases experts are asking the government to open it for all adults.

Four days ago, a 44-year-old healthy Besant Nagar resident took the Covid vaccine along with her husband, a 47-year-old diabetic. “I was not willing to wait. If my husband is vaccinated, he can still bring home the infection. So, when the hospital offered to categorise me a frontline worker, I paid ₹250 and took the shot,” she said displaying the vaccine certificate downloaded from the portal.

Some private hospitals say they offer doses that would have otherwise been wasted on people who wanted them without making entries on the portal.

Nurses at UPHCs say they get barely three minutes with a patient. While one collects details including name, Aadhaar/PAN and phone number, the other injects the vaccine. “If patients are above 60 we don’t ask them anything. We ask them to take paracetamol after the injection. If those below 60 say they have comorbid conditions, we give it to them. We don’t have to upload certificates or prescriptions on the portal,” said one nurse.

Directorate of public health officials say Covishield, the Oxford vaccine manufactured by Serum Institute, and Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin have been approved for emergency use. “Permission has been granted to vaccine centres to offer them first to healthcare providers, later to frontline workers, people above 60 years and vulnerable people in the 45-59 age group. Offering it to anyone outside this group will be a violation,” said joint director (immunisation) Dr K Vinay Kumar.

Experts differ. The goal now should be on preventing severe disease and death, safe reopening of educational institutions, and making essential services safe, said senior epidemiologist Dr Jayaprakash Muliyul. “India introduced the vaccines before it had adequate results. In retrospect, I think we have done reasonably well. Both vaccines are good. If available, vaccines should be given to everyone above 45. If there are more, they should be accessible to all adults,” he said.

One reason for the spike in cases is that people who were careful for nearly a year have become impatient. “While we should encourage them to trust the mask, they should be offered the vaccine too,” he added.

(*Names of vaccine recipients and nurses have been withheld)

17 govt staff face VRS threat for refusing poll duty

17 govt staff face VRS threat for refusing poll duty

Kangkan.Kalita1@timesgroup.com

Guwahati:17.03.2021 

Poor health may not be reason enough to stay away from election duty, some school teachers may find to their cost.

The Nalbari administration has recommended "voluntary retirement" of 17 government school teachers to the state education department, even after the medical board certified these teachers unfit for election duty.Sources in the election department said they are receiving applications from a number of government employees in various districts for exemption from poll duty, but the steps taken by the Nalbari administration has raised the eyebrows of even government officials.

“Medical fitness is essential for continuation in service. It appears that the incumbent (the teachers) have been found medically unfit but not on medical leave. It may be assumed that they are not fit for their service too,” read the letter to the secretary of the state secondary education department from the Nalbari deputy commissioner.

Sherecommended in the letter that the employees may be asked to go on voluntary retirement from service.

Full report on www.toi.in

‘MEDICALLY UNFIT’: The school teachers had pleaded for exemption from poll duty on grounds of poor health

HC refuses to waive Covid protocol for UAE national

HC refuses to waive Covid protocol for UAE national

The Petitioner Had Come For Court Proceedings In Gurdaspur

Ajay.Sura@timesgroup.com

Chandigarh:16.03.2021 

Not allowing an international passenger to ignore Covid-19 protocol regarding quarantine norms, the Punjab and Haryana high court has made it clear that "the interest of the individuals cannot be protected at the cost of interest of the public at large".

The HC has made these observations while dismissing the petition of a passenger from UAE who wanted the high court to permit him to ignore the 14-day mandatory quarantine to enable him to attend court proceedings in Punjab in relation to his matrimonial dispute.

While passing the orders, Justice Anil Khshetarpal of the HC observed, "This court is of the opinion that no such writ can be issued. It is well settled that private interest has to give way to the public interest... Due to the spread of Covid-19, the citizens of all the countries of the world are already suffering."

The petitioner, who was working in Dubai Electricity and Water Authority, government of Dubai, was married to a girl from Gurdaspur district in Punjab in February 2016. But due to some temperamental differences between the couple, they started living separately since March 2017. On February 20, 2020, both approached the family court in Gurdaspur seeking divorce with mutual consent. Their first statement was recorded by the family court on February 20 and the second one on August 27, 2020.

However, due to Covid-19 pandemic, the petitioner could not appear before the family court and the matter was adjourned for hearing for February 27.

The petitioner made arrangements to come to India to attend the court proceedings on February 27, 2021. He had also obtained the medical report from Dubai medical laboratory after conducting their Covid-19 test and the report came negative.

They landed at Chandigarh on February 19 where the authorities asked them to give an undertaking to go for a14-day home quarantine from February 19.

The main contention of the petitioner was that he had come to India for recording a second motion statement in divorce petition pending before the family court Gurdaspur on February 27, but due to the undertaking taken by the authorities, he was unable to attend the hearing of the court.

He had sought directions to revoke the order dated February 19, 2021, through which he had given an undertaking for 14-day self-quarantine so that he may attend the hearing before the court in Gurdaspur.

The HC, however, asked the family court Gurdaspur to adjourn the hearing of the case beyond the date of petitioner’s quarantine period.

'When You Appear As Amicus, Don't Ask For Fee, Do It As Service To Institution': Supreme Court To Advocate Seeking Recovery Of Dues Under Art.32

'When You Appear As Amicus, Don't Ask For Fee, Do It As Service To Institution': Supreme Court To Advocate Seeking Recovery Of Dues Under Art.32: 'When you appear as Amicus Curiae, don't ask for your fee. Do it as a service to the institution', Justice D. Y. Chandrachud told a lawyer on Monday.The bench of Justices Chandrachud and M. R.

காஞ்சியில் கண்காணிப்பு குழுவினர் சோதனை: 78 பட்டுச் சேலைகள் பறிமுதல்

காஞ்சியில் கண்காணிப்பு குழுவினர் சோதனை: 78 பட்டுச் சேலைகள் பறிமுதல்

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காஞ்சிபுரத்தில் நிலையான கண்காணிப்புக் குழுவினர் நடத்திய சோதனையில் 78 பட்டுச் சேலைகள் பறிமுதல் செய்யப்பட்டுள்ளன.

காஞ்சிபுரம் செவிலிமேடு பகுதியில் வட்டாட்சியர் கோமதி தலைமையில் நிலையான கண்காணிப்புக் குழுவினர் நேற்று திடீர் சோதனை நடத்தினர். அப்போது காஞ்சிபுரத்தில் இருந்து திருவண்ணாமலை நோக்கிச் சென்ற கார் ஒன்றை சோதனையிட்டனர்.

அந்தச் சோதனையின்போது அந்தக் காரில் 78 பட்டுச் சேலைகள் இருந்தன. அந்த பட்டுச் சேலைகளுக்கு உரிய ஆவணங்கள் இல்லை. இவற்றின் மதிப்பு ரூ.50 ஆயிரம். இதைத் தொடர்ந்து இந்தப் பட்டுச் சேலைகளை பறிமுதல் செய்த கண்காணிப்புக் குழுவினர், காரில் இருந்தவர்களை உரிய ஆவணங்களை கொடுத்துவிட்டு பெற்றுச் செல்லும்படி அறிவுறுத்தினர்.

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காஞ்சிபுரம் பட்டு தென்னிந்தியாவில் புகழ் பெற்ற பட்டு ஆகும். இங்கு வெளிமாவட்டங்கள் மட்டுமின்றி வெளிமாநிலங்களைச் சேர்ந்தவர்களும் பட்டுச் சேலைகளை வாங்கிச் செல்கின்றனர். சிலர் வியாபாரத்துக்காகவும் மொத்தமாக பட்டுச் சேலைகளை வாங்கிச் செல்கின்றனர்.

இவ்வாறு வாங்கிச் செல்லும் பட்டுச் சேலைகள் பறிமுதல் செய்யப்படுமோ என்ற அச்சம், பட்டு வியாபாரிகள் பலருக்கு ஏற்பட்டுள்ளது. இதனால் பட்டு விற்பனையில் சரிவு ஏற்படலாம் என்றும் பலர் அச்சம் தெரிவித்தனர். பட்டுச் சேலைகளை வாங்கிச் செல்பவர்கள் உரிய ஆவணங்களை உடன் எடுத்துச் செல்வது நல்லது என்றும் சமூக ஆர்வலர்கள் தெரிவித்தனர்.

அரசு பேருந்துகளின் குறைகள் தொடர்பாக இ-மெயில், வாட்ஸ்அப்பில் புகார் தரலாம்: உடனுக்குடன் சரிசெய்வதால் பயணிகள் வரவேற்பு

அரசு பேருந்துகளின் குறைகள் தொடர்பாக இ-மெயில், வாட்ஸ்அப்பில் புகார் தரலாம்: உடனுக்குடன் சரிசெய்வதால் பயணிகள் வரவேற்பு

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அரசு பேருந்துகள் தொடர்பான நிறை, குறைகள், புகார்களை இ-மெயில், வாட்ஸ்அப் மூலம் பெற்று, உடனுக்குடன் சரிசெய்யும் திட்டத்தை அரசு போக்குவரத்து கழகங்கள் செயல்படுத்தி வருகின்றன.

தமிழகத்தில் சென்னை, விழுப்புரம், கும்பகோணம் உட்பட மொத்தம் 8 போக்குவரத்து கழகங்கள் மூலம் 20 ஆயிரத்துக்கும் மேற்பட்ட பேருந்துகள் இயக்கப்பட்டு வந்தன. இவற்றின் மூலம் தினமும் சுமார் 1.87 கோடி பேர் பயணம் செய்து வந்தனர்.

  

இதற்கிடையே, கரோனா பரவல் காரணமாக தமிழகம் முழுவதும் பேருந்து சேவை பல மாதங்களாக நிறுத்தப்பட்டது. ஊரடங்கில் தளர்வுகள் அறிவிக்கப்பட்ட நிலையில், 2020 செப்டம்பர் 1-ம் தேதி முதல் அரசு பேருந்துகளின் சேவை படிப்படியாக தொடங்கப்பட்டது. தற்போது, பெரும்பாலான அரசு பேருந்துகள் இயக்கப்படுகின்றன. ஆனாலும், கரோனாவுக்கு முன்பு கிடைத்த அளவுக்கு அரசு போக்குவரத்து கழகங்களுக்கு இன்னும் வசூல் கிடைக்கவில்லை.

கட்டணத்தை உயர்த்தாமல், பயணிகளின் எண்ணிக்கையை அதிகரித்து, வசூலை அதிகரிக்கும் வகையில் பல்வேறு புதிய திட்டங்களை போக்குவரத்து கழகங்கள் செயல்படுத்தி வருகின்றன. பயணிகளின் புகார்களை உடனுக்குடன் தீர்க்கவும் நடவடிக்கை எடுத்து வருகிறது.

அரசு போக்குவரத்து கழக பேருந்துகளில் நிறை, குறை இருந்தால் பொதுமக்கள் தெரிவிப்பதற்காக அந்தந்த அரசு போக்குவரத்து கழகத்தின் இ-மெயில் முகவரி, வாட்ஸ்அப் எண்ணுடன் (உதாரணத்துக்கு: tvmtnstc@gmail.com மற்றும் tnstctvm@yahoo.in, 9445456040) பேருந்துகளில் ஸ்டிக்கர் ஒட்டப்பட்டுள்ளது.

இதுபற்றி கேட்டபோது, அரசு போக்குவரத்து கழக உயர் அதிகாரிகள் கூறியதாவது:

கரோனா ஊரடங்கு தளர்வுக்கு பிறகு பயணிகளின் எண்ணிக்கையை அதிகரித்து, வருவாயை பெருக்க பல்வேறு திட்டங்களை செயல்படுத்தி வருகிறோம். அரசு பேருந்துகள் தொடர்பான நிறை, குறைகளை செல்போன், இ-மெயில் மூலம் தெரிவிக்கும் திட்டத்தை சமீபத்தில் தொடங்கியுள்ளோம். இதற்கு பயணிகள் மத்தியில் நல்ல வரவேற்பு கிடைத்துள்ளது.

இதுவரை 100-க்கும் மேற்பட்ட புகார்கள் பெறப்பட்டுள்ளன. பயணிகளிடம் மரியாதையின்றி பேசுவது, சரியான சில்லறை திருப்பித் தராதது, நிறுத்தங்களில் நிற்காமல் செல்வது, அதிவிரைவு பேருந்துகளை அனைத்து இடங்களிலும் நிறுத்துவது, செல்போனில் பேசிக்கொண்டோ, அதிக வேகத்திலோ பேருந்தை இயக்குவது, பேருந்துகளில் இருந்து குப்பைகள் அகற்றப்படாதது தொடர்பாக பலரும் புகார் தெரிவித்துள்ளனர். அதில் 80 சதவீத புகார்களுக்கு தீர்வு காணப்பட்டுள்ளது. இந்த புதிய திட்டம் குறித்து பயணிகளிடம் தொடர்ந்து விழிப்புணர்வு ஏற்படுத்தி வருகிறோம் என்றனர்.

நர்சிங் படிப்புகளுக்கும் ‘நீட்’ தேர்வு அறிவிப்பு: சட்டப்பேரவை தேர்தலில் தாக்கத்தை ஏற்படுத்துமா? :

நர்சிங் படிப்புகளுக்கும் ‘நீட்’ தேர்வு அறிவிப்பு: சட்டப்பேரவை தேர்தலில் தாக்கத்தை ஏற்படுத்துமா? :

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நர்சிங் படிப்புக்கும் ‘நீட்’ தேர்வு கட்டாயம் என்ற அறிவிப்பு பேரவை தேர்தலில் தாக்கத்தை ஏற்படுத்தும் என்று கூறப்படுகிறது.

எம்பிபிஎஸ், பிடிஎஸ், சித்தா,ஆயுர்வேதா, யுனானி, ஓமியோபதிமற்றும் கால்நடை மருத்துவம்ஆகிய இளநிலை மருத்துவப் படிப்புகளுக்கு ‘நீட்’ தேர்வு அடிப்படையில் மாணவர் சேர்க்கை நடத்தப்படுகிறது.

இந்நிலையில் நடப்பு கல்வி ஆண்டுக்கான (2021-22) ‘நீட்’ தேர்வுஆகஸ்ட் 1-ம் தேதி நடக்க உள்ளது. அதில், இந்த ஆண்டு முதல்பிஎஸ்சி நர்சிங் படிப்புகளுக்கும் ‘நீட்’ தேர்வு கட்டாயமாக்கப்பட்டுள்ளதாக கூறப்பட்டுள்ளது.

இந்த அறிவிப்பு பெற்றோர், மாணவர்களிடம் அதிருப்தியை ஏற்படுத்தி உள்ளது. இது சட்டப்பேரவை தேர்தலில் தாக்கத்தைஏற்படுத்தும் என்று கூறப்படுகிறது.

இதுகுறித்து அரசுப் பள்ளி ஆசிரியர்கள் கூறியதாவது:

‘நீட்’ தேர்வுக்குப் பின் மருத்துவப் படிப்புகளில் மிகவும் குறைந்த அளவிலான அரசுப் பள்ளி மாணவர்களுக்கே சேர்க்கை கிடைத்தது. மேலும், ‘நீட்’ தேர்வின் கடினத் தன்மையால் தேர்ச்சி பெறமுடியாத சில மாணவர்கள் தற்கொலை செய்துகொண்டனர்.

அரசின் இலவச பயிற்சி வகுப்புகளும் பெரிய அளவில் பலன் அளிக்கவில்லை. இத்தகைய சம்பவங்கள் பொதுமக்கள் மத்தியில் பரவலான அதிருப்தியை ஏற்படுத்தியிருந்தது. இது கடந்த மக்களவைத் தேர்தலிலும் எதிரொலித்தது.

இவற்றைக் கருத்தில் கொண்டுதான் அரசுப் பள்ளி மாணவர்களுக்கு மருத்துவப் படிப்புகளில் 7.5 சதவீத உள் இடஒதுக்கீட்டை தமிழக அரசுஅமல்படுத்தியது.

இந்நிலையில் இந்த ஆண்டு முதல் நர்சிங் படிப்புகளுக்கும் ‘நீட்’தேர்வு கட்டாயம் என்ற அறிவிப்பு சிக்கலை உருவாக்கியுள்ளது.

இவ்வாறு அவர்கள் கூறினர்.

தமிழகத்தில் உள்ள 7.5 சதவீத இடஒதுக்கீடு பிஎஸ்சி நர்சிங் உள்ளிட்ட துணை மருத்துவ படிப்புகளுக்கு பொருந்தாது என்பதால் பெற்றோர், மாணவர்கள் தரப்பில் மீண்டும் அதிருப்தி நிலவுகிறது.

இதுதொடர்பாக பெற்றோர்கள் சிலர் கூறும்போது, ‘‘கரோனா நிலையை கருத்தில் கொண்டு, இந்த ஆண்டு மட்டும் ‘நீட்’ தேர்வை திரும்பப் பெற்று, பிளஸ் 2 மதிப்பெண் அடிப்படையில் தமிழக அரசு சேர்க்கை நடத்த வேண்டும். இல்லாவிட்டால், கால்நடை, நர்சிங் உள்ளிட்ட துணை மருத்துவப் படிப்புகளுக்கும் 7.5 சதவீத உள் இடஒதுக்கீடு வழங்க முன்வரவேண்டும். இல்லாவிட்டால் தேர்தலில் இது தாக்கத்தை ஏற்படுத்தும்’’ என்றனர்.

3 ஆண்டுகளுக்கு மேல் ஒரே இடத்தில் பணியாற்றுவோரை இடமாற்றம் செய்யக்கோரி வழக்கு: தேர்தல் ஆணையம் பரிசீலிக்க உயர் நீதிமன்றம் உத்தரவு

3 ஆண்டுகளுக்கு மேல் ஒரே இடத்தில் பணியாற்றுவோரை இடமாற்றம் செய்யக்கோரி வழக்கு: தேர்தல் ஆணையம் பரிசீலிக்க உயர் நீதிமன்றம் உத்தரவு

சென்னை  15.03.2021 

மூன்றாண்டுகளுக்கு மேல் ஒரே இடத்தில் பணியாற்றுவோரை இடமாற்றம் செய்யும் கோரிக்கையைப் பரிசீலித்து முடிவெடுக்க தேர்தல் ஆணையத்திற்கு சென்னை உயர் நீதிமன்றம் உத்தரவிட்டுள்ளது.

தேர்தல் நடத்தை விதிமுறைகளின்படி ஒரே இடத்தில் மூன்றாண்டுகளுக்கு மேலாகப் பணியாற்றுபவர்களை இடமாற்றம் செய்ய வேண்டுமென விதிகள் உள்ளன. ஆனால், அவ்வாறு திருச்சி மற்றும் புதுக்கோட்டை மாவட்டங்களில் உள்ள வேளாண் துறையில் ஒரே இடத்தில் பணியாற்றுபவர்களை இடமாற்றம் செய்யவில்லை என்றும், அவர்கள் கட்சிகளுக்கு ஆதரவாகச் செயல்படுவதாகவும், தேர்தல் ஆணையத்திடம் ஜனவரி 15-ல் புகார் அளித்தும் நடவடிக்கை எடுக்கவில்லை என்றும் மணப்பாறையைச் சேர்ந்த அப்துல்லா என்பவர் உயர் நீதிமன்றத்தில் வழக்குத் தொடர்ந்தார்.

இந்த வழக்கு தலைமை நீதிபதி அமர்வில் இன்று விசாரணைக்கு வந்தது.

அப்போது, மனுவில் குறிப்பிட்டுள்ள அதிகாரிகள் தேர்தல் பணியில் ஈடுபடுத்தப்படவில்லை எனத் தேர்தல் ஆணையம் தரப்பில் தெரிவிக்கப்பட்டது.

அதனைப் பதிவு செய்த நீதிபதிகள், மனுதாரரின் கோரிக்கை குறித்து ஒரு வாரத்தில் தேர்தல் ஆணையம் பரிசீலித்து முடிவெடுக்க உத்தரவிட்டு வழக்கை முடித்துவைத்தனர்.

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குரோம்பேட்டை - பல்லாவரம் தொகுதியில் உள்ள முக்கிய பிரச்னைகளுக்கு தீர்வு காண்பதாக, உறுதியளிக்கும் வேட்பாளரை ஆதரிக்கப்போவதாக, அப்பகுதி மக்கள் அறிவித்துள்ளனர்.வெற்றி பெறும் வேட்பாளர், பாதாள சாக்கடை உள்ளிட்ட முக்கிய பிரச்னைகள் குறித்து சிறப்பு கவனம் செலுத்தி விசாரிக்க வேண்டும் என தெரிவித்துள்ளனர். பல்லாவரம் தொகுதியில், தி.மு.க., - இ.கருணாநிதி, அ.தி.மு.க., - சிட்லப்பாக்கம் ராஜேந்திரன், தே.மு.தி.க., - முருகேசன், மக்கள் நீதி மய்யம் - செந்தில் ஆறுமுகம் ஆகியோர் போட்டியிடுகின்றனர்.இவர்கள், தொகுதியில் உள்ள நலச்சங்கத்தினரை சந்தித்து, ஆதரவு திரட்டி வருகின்றனர். அ.தி.மு.க., வேட்பாளரான சிட்லப்பாக்கம் ராஜேந்திரன், நேற்று முன்தினம், குரோம்பேட்டை மக்கள் விழிப்புணர்வு மையத்தின் நிர்வாகிகளை சந்தித்து, ஆதரவு திரட்டினார்.அப்போது, விழிப்புணர்வு மையத்தினர், எட்டு கோரிக்கைகளை முன்வைத்தனர். பல்லாவரம் நகராட்சியை, சென்னை மாநகராட்சியுடன் இணைக்க வேண்டும் நீர்நிலைகளை காப்பாற்றி, சீரமைக்க வேண்டும் சாலை ஆக்கிரமிப்புகளை அகற்ற வேண்டும் குப்பைக்கு வரி வசூலிப்பதை கைவிட வேண்டும்குரோம்பேட்டை அரசு மருத்துவமனையின் தரத்தை உயர்த்த வேண்டும்பல்லாவரம் நகராட்சி பாதாள சாக்கடை திட்ட ஊழல் குறித்து விசாரிக்க வேண்டும் உள்ளிட்ட கோரிக்கைகளை முன்வைத்தனர். இதைக்கேட்ட, சிட்லப்பாக்கம் ராஜேந்திரன், வெற்றி பெற்றவுடன், கோரிக்கைகளை நிறைவேற்றுவதாக உறுதியளித்தார். இதே கோரிக்கைகளை, பிற கட்சிகளை சேர்ந்த வேட்பாளர்களிடமும் முன்வைத்துள்ளனர்.

திருப்பதி சிறப்பு தரிசனம் சுற்றுலா கழகம் அழைப்பு

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சென்னை : 'திருமலை சிறப்பு தரிசனத்துக்கு, கொரோனா தொற்று பாதிப்பில்லை என்பதற்கான சான்றிதழ் தேவையில்லை. சுற்றுலா வளர்ச்சிக் கழக பஸ்களில் பக்தர்கள் பயணிக்கலாம்' என, தமிழ்நாடு சுற்றுலா வளர்ச்சிக் கழகம் அறிவித்துள்ளது.

தமிழ்நாடு சுற்றுலா வளர்ச்சிக் கழக அதிகாரிகள் கூறியதாவது:திருமலையில் நடக்கும் சுப்ரபாதம், தோமாலை, கல்யாண உற்சவம் உள்ளிட்ட சிறப்பு சேவையில்பங்கேற்க, வெளிமாநில பக்தர்கள், தொற்று பாதிப்பில்லை என்பதற்கான சான்றிதழ் கட்டாயம்என, தேவஸ்தானம் அறிவித்துள்ளது.ஆனால், 300 ரூபாய் கட்டணத்தில் செல்லும் சிறப்பு தரிசனத்திற்கு, கொரோனா தொற்று பாதிப்பில்லை என்ற சான்றிதழ் கட்டாயமில்லை. இது தொடர்பாக, எந்த சந்தேகமும் வேண்டாம்.

தமிழ்நாடு சுற்றுலா வளர்ச்சிக் கழகம் சார்பில், திருமலை தரிசனத்திற்கு, சென்னை வாலாஜா சாலையில் உள்ள அலுவலகத்தில் இருந்து, தினமும் காலை, 5:00 மணிக்கு, சொகுசு பஸ் இயக்கப்படுகிறது. திருத்தணி தமிழ்நாடு ஓட்டலில் காலை உணவு; திருமலை ஏழுமலையான் சிறப்பு தரிசனம் முடிந்ததும், மதிய உணவு வழங்கப்படும்.பின், திருச்சானுார் பத்மாவதி தாயார் தரிசனம்முடித்துவிட்டு, வரும் வழியில் மீண்டும் திருத்தணியில் இரவு உணவு வழங்கப்படுகிறது. அன்று இரவே சென்னை வந்தடையலாம். இதற்கு கட்டணம், 1,850 ரூபாய். பக்தர்கள் இந்த சேவையை பயன்படுத்திக் கொள்ளலாம். இவ்வாறு அவர்கள் கூறினர்.

ஷீரடிக்கு ஆன்மிக சுற்றுலா ஐ.ஆர்.சி.டி.சி., ஏற்பாடு

ஷீரடிக்கு ஆன்மிக சுற்றுலா ஐ.ஆர்.சி.டி.சி., ஏற்பாடு

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