Suggest Giving Priority, Leave, Med Aid To Those Who Took Vax

Offer perks for taking jab, experts tell govt

Suggest Giving Priority, Leave, Med Aid To Those Who Took Vax

Pushpa.Narayan@timesgroup.com

Chennai:13.04.2021

The new goal is administering at least 2 lakh doses of the vaccine daily, nearly doubling the number administered so far on the best days, health secretary J Radhakrishnan announced last week, but hesitancy about the vaccine remains a hurdle.

Aware that getting as many people as possible vaccinated will be critical to containing the pandemic and allowing a return to a more normal way of life, public health analysts, virologists and infectious diseases experts offer three ways to beat hesitancy.

Create awareness, improve accessibility

Right messages about vaccines should stare out of billboards and blare out through public address systems, says former director of public health Dr K Kolandaisamy. Since many people want to avoid hospitals and crowded places, vaccination camps should be held in schools, anganwadi centres, meeting halls or open grounds of residential complexes, parks and workplaces. The government should update its web pages on where the vaccine will be available every day. VHNs too will be able to effectively do door-to-door canvassing in parts of the state. If people avoid vaccines because they want to wait for one brand, they should be told that the efficacy levels of both the vaccines are good.

Offer privileges to those vaccinated

Those who have taken at least one dose of the vaccine, and others who have taken the second dose at the right interval, says infectious diseases expert Dr Subramanian Swaminathan, should get privileges in entry to places of worship, tourist spots, or while booking movie tickets. They should, however, follow pandemic protocols. It should be announced that vaccine certificates will be required for all international travel. Though people can be infected even after two doses of the vaccine, they will not have severe disease. While natural immunity comes with the infection, vaccines can trigger antibodies – which can fight the virus – without risk of morbidity or mortality.

No vaccine, no compensation for severe disease/death

While vaccination is voluntary, public health experts say the government must tell healthcare providers and frontline staff that there will be no paid medical leave, reimbursement for severe treatment at private hospitals in case of severe Covid symptoms if they skip taking the vaccine. They should also not be compensated with cash in case they die of the viral infection. There is adequate scientific evidence that the vaccines offer up to 80% protection against the infection and prevent severe disease. The most informed people cannot have hesitancy.

Tamil Nadu has adequate vax doses, says EPS

Tamil Nadu has adequate vax doses, says EPS

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Chennai:13.04.2021

Asserting that adequate doses of Covid vaccine are available in Tamil Nadu, chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami on Monday called upon government staff to get vaccinated within two weeks. The management of industries, government offices, workplaces, markets and residential complexes should contact Greater Chennai Corporation/district administration to arrange for Covid vaccination that can be administered at their premises, the chief minister said.

During a review meeting with the heads of departments at the Secretariat, the chief minister said the public should get vaccinated at nearby hospitals.

Employers need to ensure staff get vaccinated: CM

Palaniswami said, “The management of industries, restaurants and markets should arrange for vaccination for their employees. If the management requests government hospitals, the government is ready to vaccinate the workers at their premises. We have adequate doses of vaccines.” He urged people to avoid crowding in public places, wear masks, maintain social distance and follow the government’s standard operating procedures.

In a slew of directions to department heads, Palaniswami said all eligible people should get vaccinated and the administrative machinery should reassure people about the necessity to take the vaccination. “The vaccination is done at primary health centres, government hospitals, mini clinics and private hospitals. The state administered 37.8 lakh vaccine doses until Sunday to health staff, frontline workers, election staff and people above 45 years,” an official release said, quoting the chief minister. The state has received 54.85 lakh doses of vaccine from the Centre until Sunday.

The chief minister said the administration should conduct 90,000 RT-PCR tests a day, besides increased and aggressive testing in affected areas, and the results should come out in 24 hours. Tracing of a minimum 25-30 contacts of infected persons should be expedited and they should undergo RT-PCR tests. “Fever camps should be set up across the state and those with symptoms of cold and fever should be diagnosed and treated,” the release said. The state government has set up 8.92 lakh fever camps so far and treated 14.47 lakh people with symptoms of fever. As many as 1,309 containment zones were identified as on April 10 and intensive monitoring measures were taken.

The areas where there are three or more affected people must be declared a micro-containment zone and preventive measures taken against the spread of infection. The infected persons should be either taken to Covid care centres or exclusive Covid hospitals as per protocol, the release said.

Don’t pick between helmet & mask: Cops

Don’t pick between helmet & mask: Cops

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Chennai:13.04.2021

Just a day after the state government put in place new restrictions to contain Covid-19, several road-users across Chennai were seen arguing with the traffic police about the need to wear a mask while wearing helmets.

From April 8 to 11, as per city police statistics, 2,351 cases were registered against people not wearing masks and a fine of ₹4.44 lakh collected. On Sunday alone, 892 cases were registered against violators who were fined ₹1.62 lakh. During the April 8-11 period, police registered 1,500 cases and collected a fine of ₹59,500 for failing to maintain social distancing norms, with 196 special teams headed by an inspector enforcing norms.

Ahead of an awareness campaign in T Nagar on Tuesday, commissioner Mahesh Kumar Aggarwal asked all inspectors to enforce the norms strictly. “Many people know about the importance of wearing face masks, but ignore it. We are conducting a series of campaigns, especially in residential areas and market places, roping in the traffic police, Amma patrol, law and order and other wings,” he said.

Across the state from April 8 to 11, police registered 1,30,531 cases and collected ₹2.52 crore in fines including registering 46,062 cases and collecting ₹89.61 in fines on Sunday alone. In the north zone, comprising 12 districts, 27,910 cases were registered and ₹48.53 lakh collected in fines, while in the central zone, 22,524 cases were registered and ₹44.11 lakh in fines collected. In the west zone, 21,739 cases were registered and ₹43.40 lakh in fines collected, while in the south zone, 43,019 cases were registered and ₹85.74 lakh in fines collected.

MASK UP OR PAY UP: Greater Chennai police collected fine of ₹1.62 lakh from people not wearing mask in public places

3-member panel to run Anna univ till new VC found

3-member panel to run Anna univ till new VC found

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Chennai:13.04.2021 

A three-member convener committee headed by higher education secretary Apoorva will run Anna University in the absence of the vice-chancellor.

IT secretary Hans Raj Verma and Ranjani Parthasarathy from College of Engineering, Guindy, will be the other members of the committee. After professor M K Surappa completed his three-year tenure as VC on Sunday, there was a lack of clarity on who will head the university until his replacement is found.

Apoorva convened a special syndicate meeting on Monday. The syndicate resolved to form a convener committee headed by Apoorva for exercising the powers and performing the duties of vice-chancellor till a new V-C is appointed.

Professors from the university said the outgoing vicechancellor was asked to vacate the university in two days. "The head of the convener committee has given the direction to the university authorities. It is not fair giving him the shortest time to vacate when the new VC is yet to be appointed. They should give him at least a few weeks' time to vacate in view of the raging pandemic in both Tamil Nadu and Karnataka," they said.

Meanwhile, a three-member vice-chancellor search committee headed by Jawaharlal Nehru University vicechancellor M Jagadish Kumar has been formed. "The search committee meeting is yet to take place. The committee will need at least five weeks' time to shortlist a panel of names for the vice-chancellor post," a source said.

Surprise for city residents, light rain in the morning

Surprise for city residents, light rain in the morning

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Chennai:13/04/2021

Residents in soime parts of the city woke up on Monday morning to surprise light spells of rain.

While IMD has not forecast rainfall over the city for the next few days, weather bloggers said wind convergence closer to coastal areas may continue to bring isolated light showers over a few areas in the morning. For southe TN, IMD said a cyclonic circulation could bring heavy rain and thunderstorms over the next four days.

For the next 48 hours, Chennai and its suburbs will have partly cloudy skies with maximum and minimum temperatures around 35 degrees C and 26 degrees C.

While the last few days had seen near normal day and night temperatures in the city, localities in west Chennai such as Koyambedu, Anna Nagar, Valasaravakkam, Virugambakkam and Porur recorded light spells on Monday. Both Nungambakkam and Meenambakkam stations, however, recorded zero rainfall.

While a persistent strong easterly is keeping a check on day temperatures in the day, meteorologists said an early morning convergence of opposing winds closer to coastal areas brought drizzles over a few localities.

The IMD has forecast light to moderate rainfall accompanied by thunderstorms and lightning over a few places in Western Ghat districts along with south and central parts of the state till April 16. Heavy rainfall is also likely over Coimbatore, Theni and Nilgiris. This is due to a cyclonic circulation over south Tamil Nadu and neighbourhood.

“Chennai may receive spells in the morning for the next two weeks due to convergence close to the coast. But it is more like drizzles or very light rainfall that may not last more than a few minutes,” said blogger Pradeep John.

Localities in west Chennai such as Koyambedu, Anna Nagar, Valasaravakkam, Virugambakkam and Porur recorded light spells on Monday

After vibration, Air India pilots skip Kozhikode table-top runway, land in Kochi with 188 on board

After vibration, Air India pilots skip Kozhikode table-top runway, land in Kochi with 188 on board

Saurabh.Sinha@timesgroup.com

New Delhi:13.04.2021

A “vibration” during takeoff at Riyadh led two pilots in the cockpit of an Air India Express flight to Kerala’s Kozhikode choose Kochi as a “safer” landing option over the destination airport’s tricky table-top runway, where a Boeing 737-800 of the same airline had overshot the strip and crashlanded last August killing killing 19 passengers and both the pilots.

Just before IX-1322 became airborne late on Saturday with 188 people, Captain Yazad Bachaa and first officer Nishad Arawandakar had experienced a “small jolt...a wobble” that indicated trouble with the landing gear or tyres.

Since all flight parameters were otherwise normal, they decided to continue flying, though with one crucial change — diverting the flight to Kochi to avoid landing on the table-top runway at Kozhikode with a possible snag. The flight landed safely in Kochi early on Sunday.

AI Express arranged another aircraft hours later to fly the passengers to Kozhikode. “We are proud of the way the pilots handled the situation,” airline sources said.

While touchdown was uneventful, tyre fragments were strewn across the runway. The rubber portion of the right tyre in the main landing gear had completely disintegrated. Once it was confirmed there was no fire, the 180 passengers, six-member cabin crew and the two pilots deplaned using a stepladder.

After reaching cruising altitude of 35,000 ft following take-off, the pilots had contacted Riyadh air traffic control and asked them to check if tyre pieces had been found on the runway. Officials confirmed shortly afterwards that there were some fragments, though they couldn’t say if they were from the AI Express Boeing 737-800.

Making best use of “crew resource management”, the pilot-in-command called two special passengers to the cockpit – the captain and co-pilot who had flown the same aircraft on its journey from India to Saudi Arabia. The four pilots brainstormed and worked out likely scenarios involving tyre trouble. It was then that Captain Bachaa decided to divert to Kochi because of its longer runway and clear weather.

RISK PRONE: In August 2020, an AI Express Boeing 737-800 overshot the Kozhikode runway and crashlanded killing 21 people

பணியாளர் தேர்வு குளறுபடி அதிகாரிகள் மீது நடவடிக்கை?

பணியாளர் தேர்வு குளறுபடி அதிகாரிகள் மீது நடவடிக்கை?

Added : ஏப் 11, 2021 23:44

சென்னை: சி.எம்.டி.ஏ.,வில், உதவியாளர், தட்டச்சர் பணிக்கு நேரடியாக, 131 பேர் தேர்வு செய்யப்பட்டதில், குளறுபடிகள் நடந்ததா என, துறை ரீதியான ஆய்வு நடந்து வருகிறது.

சென்னை பெருநகர் வளர்ச்சி குழுமமான, சி.எம்.டி.ஏ.,வில் உதவியாளர், தட்டச்சர் உள்ளிட்ட பணியிடங்கள் நீண்ட காலமாக காலியாக இருந்தன. இவற்றை நேரடி தேர்வு வாயிலாக நிரப்ப, சி.எம்.டி.ஏ., அதிகாரிகள் நடவடிக்கை எடுத்தனர்.இதில், 131 இடங்களுக்கான நபர்களை தேர்வு செய்யும் பணிகள் நடந்தன. எழுத்துத் தேர்வு, நேர்முக தேர்வு நடைமுறைகள் பிப்., 24ல் முடிக்கப்பட்டன. அதன்பின், தேர்வான பணியாளர்கள் குறித்தும், அவர்களின் மதிப்பெண் குறித்தும், இடஒதுக்கீடு முறை பற்றியும், எவ்வித அறிவிப்பும் வெளியிடப்படவில்லை.

தேர்வான நபர்களை தனிப்பட்ட முறையில் அழைத்து, பணி ஆணைகள் வழங்கியதாக புகார்கள் எழுந்தன. இதனால், பாதிக்கப்பட்ட விண்ணப்பதாரர்கள் சிலர், உயர் நீதிமன்றத்தில் வழக்கு தொடர்ந்து உள்ளனர். இதனால், சி.எம்.டி.ஏ.,வுக்கு சிக்கல் ஏற்பட்டுள்ளது.இது குறித்து, பாதிக்கப்பட்ட விண்ணப்பதாரர்கள் கூறியதாவது: பணியாளர்கள் தேர்வு தொடர்பான கோப்புகளை, துறை ரீதியான ஆய்வுக்கு, அதிகாரிகள் உட்படுத்தி உள்ளனர்.

நிர்வாக பிரிவு அதிகாரிகள் சிலர் மீது நடவடிக்கை எடுக்க வாய்ப்புள்ளது.மேலும், பணியாளர் தேர்வு விஷயத்தில், நிர்வாக பிரிவை வழி நடத்தியவர்கள், முடிவுகள் எடுக்கும் நிலையில் இருந்த அதிகாரிகள் மீதும், உரிய நடவடிக்கை எடுக்க வேண்டும்.இவ்வாறு அவர்கள் கூறினர்.

முக கவசம் அணியாதவர்கள் வங்கிகளுக்கு செல்ல முடியாது

முக கவசம் அணியாதவர்கள் வங்கிகளுக்கு செல்ல முடியாது

Added : ஏப் 12, 2021 04:46

சென்னை : 'முக கவசம் அணியாத வாடிக்கையாளர்களை, வங்கிகளுக்குள் அனுமதிக்கக் கூடாது' என, அனைத்து வங்கிகளுக்கும், தமிழக மாநில வங்கியாளர்கள் குழுமம் சுற்றறிக்கை அனுப்பி உள்ளது.

அந்த சுற்றறிக்கை விபரம்: கொரோனா தொற்று பரவல் தொடர்பாக, தளர்வுகள் மற்றும் கட்டுப்பாடுகளுடன் கூடிய ஊரடங்கை, ஏப்ரல், 30 வரை, தமிழக அரசு அறிவித்துள்ளது.மேலும், வங்கிகளில் பின்பற்ற வேண்டிய, வழிமுறைகள் குறித்தும், தமிழக அரசு அதிகாரிகள் உடன் ஆலோசனை நடத்தப்பட்டது. இதன்படி, வாடிக்கையாளர்கள் முக கவசம்அணியாமல், வங்கிகளுக்குள் வர அனுமதிக்கக்கூடாது.

முக கவசம் அணித்து வரும் வாடிக்கையாளர்களும், வங்கியை விட்டு செல்லும் வரை, வாய் மற்றும் மூக்கை மூடும் வகையில் அணிது இருக்க வேண்டும். ஒவ்வொருவருக்கும்,உடல் வெப்ப பரிசோதனை மேற்கொள்ள வேண்டும். தொடுதல் இல்லாத வகையில், கிருமிநாசினி திரவம் மற்றும் கை கழுவும் திரவங்களை வங்கி நுழைவாயிலும், வளாகத்தின் பொது இடத்திலும் வைக்க வேண்டும்.

வங்கியில் அதிககூட்டம் கூடுவதை தடுக்க, உரிய நடவடிக்கை எடுக்க வேண்டும்.அலுவலக, 'லிப்டு'களை, இரண்டு அல்லது நான்கு நபர்களுக்கு மேல் பயன்படுத்தக் கூடாது.வங்கி ஊழியர்கள் மற்றும் வாடிக்கையாளர்கள் இடையே, தனி மனித இடைவெளியை கண்டிப்பாக பின்பற்ற வேண்டும்.

வங்கி கிளைகளில், அவ்வப்போது கிருமி நாசினி தெளிக்க வேண்டும்.அரசு விதிகளின் படி,கொரோனா தடுப்பூசி போடுவதற்கானஅனைத்து நடவடிக்கைகளையும், வங்கி நிர்வாகம் மேற்கொள்ள வேண்டும்.இவ்வாறு, அதில் கூறப்பட்டுள்ளது.

Migrants stream back to MP from Delhi & Maha; woman delivers in bus

Migrants stream back to MP from Delhi & Maha; woman delivers in bus

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12.04.2021

Bhopal/Barwani/Khargone: Covid exodus 2.0 has begun. Migrant workers are again streaming back to Madhya Pradesh from lockeddown areas of Maharashtra and Delhi, where fears of a lockdown are growing.

One of them, 27-year-old Munia Bai, delivered a baby in a bus on Sunday while on her way to her home in MP’s Chhattarpur district. When she went into labour, the driver sped to a community health centre in Naugaon town of the district.

She was returning with her husband Harishankar Rajak, and 15 other people from Jharahata village of Panna, neighbouring Chattarpur.

Harishankar said: “We came back before lockdown could hold us back. I knew my wife was in advanced stage of pregnancy but we wanted to reach home before the Nav Durga festival.”

Ghasi Ahirwar, who works at a construction site in Delhi said, “Hungry and thirsty, we travelled for four days last year to reach home. This time, we left Delhi before they could lock down the capital. Coronavirus has spread so rapidly there that lockdown may be announced any time.”

Another labourer, Ratiram Ahirwar, said, “Nav Durga Puja is around the corner. We thought we should go home and pray to the goddess before Delhi is locked down again.”

Last year about 7.3 lakh labourers and over 5 lakh of their family members had returned to Madhya Pradesh during the lockdown. Most of them belong to Bundelkhand— Chattarpur, Tikamgarh, Panna, Damoh and Sagar districts.

Migrants are also fleeing the locked down areas of Maharashtra and returning to the homes on the bordering districts, especially Barwani, Khandwa and Khargone.

Hundreds of workers, including those headed for Bihar and UP, are turning up at Bijasan on the MP-Maharashtra border by bus. Since MP has banned interstate us travel, they get off at Bijasan, spend the night there and look for other transport.

Farid, who works as a welder in Pune, said that he was returning to Barabanki, UP, along with 17 colleagues because there was no work due to the lockdown. Another labourer, Sandeep Jaiswal, said he ran out of ration and has no option but to return home.

COVID EXODUS 2.0: Migrant workers queue up for Covid testing upon reaching Patna on Sunday. (R) Migrants leave for native places from Surat on Sunday

Gennova to get ₹100cr from govt for Covid jabs

Pune-based Gennova Biopharma, developing India’s first indigenous messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccine against Covid-19, will receive government funding of ₹100 crore, making it the first such large project to be funded under the ‘Mission Covid Suraksha’. The company will receive up to Rs 100 crore under the Covid Suraksha scheme, upon successful completion of Phase 1 clinical studies, sources told TOI.

A total of Rs 900 crore has been earmarked for Covid-19 vaccine development to be implemented by BIRAC (Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council) under the Department of Biotechnology. Last year, over six vaccine candidates under development by domestic drug companies including Zydus Cadila and Gennova, were provided seed funds for around ₹15-₹20 crore each. TNN

I give you the absolute freedom to choose me as your supreme leader

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I give you the absolute freedom to choose me as your supreme leader

ARUN RAM

12.04.2021

On Saturday, four days after the Tamil Nadu assembly election, the Madras high court made some interesting observations on a public interest litigation seeking an instruction to political parties to conduct their internal elections before the assembly election. “The petitioner’s sentiment has to be respected as it revealed the highest regard for democratic principles,” the court said, disposing of the petition which was now infructuous since the election had been conducted.

Nothing may come out of such petitions, but they come as occasional reminders of how autocratic our political parties are; they hold a mirror to the reality that the parties that wax eloquent about democracy do not practise it internally. And this is not to say that only those parties accused of practising dynasty politics (and there are plenty of them) are autocratic. In fact, the Congress, which still cannot think beyond the Nehru-Gandhi family for leadership, has a much more liberal intra-party democracy than the BJP. But members of the Congress have used this liberty to foster factionalism that has systematically eaten the innards of the organisation.

The BJP, on the other hand, takes pride in not promoting dynastic succession (though close to 15% of its MPs since 2009 come from BJP families) but its leadership is often handpicked by the RSS or a handful of seniors in the party. The same is the case with virtually every party, where the lowerlevel units and cadres have no say in the selection of the leadership. The communist parties in the 1980s and 1990s conducted internal polls to select committees, but it turned out to be a farce as often the incumbents introduced ‘official panels’ and those comrades who voted for someone outside the panel were shown the door.

In Tamil Nadu, the DMK, AIADMK, PMK, VCK, MDMK, DMDK and all those katchis and kazhagams were born and grew around personalities and most of them have a strong dynastic culture. The MNM, that came three years ago with the promise of change, has anointed founder Kamal Haasan as the ‘supreme leader’ and ‘perennial president’. It is only incidental and by force of circumstances that the AIADMK of late ceased to be entirely unipolar.

A leader who commands respect and shows conviction and direction is not just a prerequisite for a robust party, but also an inspiration for the public, but the problem is we often confuse a strong leader with an autocrat (an autocrat is always strong, but all strong leaders need not be autocrats). While hearing the recent petition, the Madras high court alluded to the US presidential form of leadership, but was silent on the fact that the US president is all-powerful once he attains the post, but the process has several layers of democratic checks and balances. The US and Germany have laws that mandate secret ballots for internal party elections.

It was not the first time the Madras high court had heard a plea for internal democracy in parties. In November 2019, the high court dismissed (as withdrawn) a writ petition from an AIADMK member who sought party polls. The court said it could not entertain the case and asked the litigant to file a civil suit if he so wished. The Election Commission of India said the law did not permit it to interfere with the internal affairs of a political party.

In an earlier column on dynasty politics, I argued that selecting a political progeny is the internal matter of a party; this one is to argue that the internal matter does not follow the democratic process. Am I complaining? If this is how the political circus is conducted, pass the popcorn, please.

arun.ram@timesgroup.com

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There is no anti-incumbency. I had set up teams of 10 members each to canvas 100 voters and get them to booth on polling day — K P Anbalagan, TN HIGHER EDUCATION MINISTER POKER FACE We have enough masks after the result

TNPSC to conduct exams online

TNPSC to conduct exams online

Chennai:12.04.2021

The Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission (TNPSC) will conduct the departmental examinations, which are held twice a year, through online mode from June this year. "To streamline the conduct of departmental examinations, the TNPSC is introducing online examinations from June 2021," the commission said in a release. While the objective-type tests will be held online, the descriptive tests will continue in the existing model of written examination. The computerbased online test will be conducted from June 22 to 26. The descriptive-type written test will be conducted from June 27 onwards. TNN

Weekend curbs fail as crowds flock to city beaches maskless

Weekend curbs fail as crowds flock to city beaches maskless

Sands, Service Lane Off Limits, Walkers Crowd Pavement

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Chennai:12,04.2021

It would be comical if it weren’t so dangerous. The government shut the Marina beach to keep crowds, and thus Covid, away. So morning walkers crowded the pavement along Kamarajar Salai (see photograph). Normally, the crowds would have been divided between the pavement and the service road along the beach and social distancing would have been better observed.

Policemen were posted at MRTS stations and other approach roads to the Marina to dissuade people from going to the beach. But Sunday crowds were in no mood to listen.

Some enterprising souls ventured on to the sands claiming they were there to buy fish. Cops in beach buggies and on horseback chased them away.

Even those who came to the Namma Chennai selfie point in groups were asked to leave.

Similar scenes were witnessed at other beaches in the city including Elliots at Besant Nagar and Thiruvanmiyur. If they were not allowed on the sands, people crowded where they could. Social distancing was no one’s concern.

As the positive cases rose, the state government banned entry of public in all the beaches in Chennai, Chengalpet and Tiruvallur districts on all weekends, and on all government holidays to prevent spread of the second wave.

Barricades have been erected and police pickets posted in all the beaches to prevent public entry. As many as 250 policemen were posted for security both on sands and service road to avoid people from gathering at the Marina.

“We barricaded the stretches from Napier bridge to Srinivasapuram. The beaches on Sunday had additional deployment. We kept making announcements through the public address system to keep people from gathering at the beaches,” said deputy commissioner, East, V Balakrishnan.

“I came to my sister’s home in Vysarpadi, so I decided to see Marina beach with my family. I did not know the new restrictions until the police stopped me,” says Mariappan, a resident of Villupuram.

Residents complained that they were being kept away from beaches at a time when the summer heat is intensifying. But no one appeared worried about crowding in the midst of a pandemic. Frustrated policemen and policewomen were left to chase after people who really should know better.

IGNORANCE IS NOT BLISS: Additional police personnel were posted at the city beaches on Sunday, but walkers and other beachgoers feigned innocence and said they weren’t aware of the new ban to visit beaches. Most weren’t wearing masks either, one year since it was made mandatory

V-C completes tenure; no clarity on his successor

V-C completes tenure; no clarity on his successor

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Chennai:12.04.2021

M K Surappa on Sunday completed an eventful three-year tenure as vice-chancellor of Anna University. With no syndicate committee formed to run the routine affairs of the state’s premier technical university in the absence of a head, the state governmentisexpectedtomakealternate arrangements on Monday.

“The government may form a committee to run the routine affairs of the university till the new vice-chancellor is appointed,” an official said.

However, sources said an extension of the tenure for Surappa till the new V-C is appointed also cannot be ruled out.

The governor's office also sought a list of senior professors from the university, which set off rumours that a senior professor would be appointed as an officiating vice-chancellor. However, university officials said there is no provision in the university rules to appoint an officiating vice-chancellor.

Faculty members from the university were expecting that Surappa would get an extension on his last working day. However, no communication was sent to the university till Sunday evening.

A three member vice-chancellor search committee headed by JNU vice-chancellor M Jagadish Kumar has been formed to select the new vicechancellor to Anna University. Madras University former vice-chancellor S P Thyagarajan, former IAS officer Sheela Rani Chungath are the other two members of the committee.

There will be a briefing meeting with the chancellor and a nodal officer will be appointed. Through the nodal officer an advertisement would be given. Giving them around up to 30 days.

“The search committee meeting isyettotakeplace.The committee will need at least five weeks time to shortlist a panel of names for V-C post,” a source said.

As per practice, the nodal officer of thesearchcommittee will give advertisements inviting applications. After that the committee will shortlist ten candidates and conduct an interview before recommending three names to the governor.

During his three year tenure, professor Surappa took several measures to improve transparency in administration and bettered the quality of engineering education.

Pvt colleges seek easing of norms for new courses

Pvt colleges seek easing of norms for new courses

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Chennai:12.04.2021

Private engineering colleges in Tamil Nadu have petitioned the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) to relax the 50% admissions norm to start new courses. In its approval process handbook for 2021-22, the AICTE stated that new courses will be allowed only in case of more than 50% over all enrollment in the last year.

Consortium of Self-Financing Professional, Arts and Science Colleges in Tamil Nadu has got the interim stay against the new regulation at the Madras high court. The last date to apply for new courses with AICTE is April  13.

With just two days left for applying to new courses, the consortium sent representation to the AICTE to give relaxation as per the court order.

“Most students are aspiring for admission only to employment oriented or emerging areas like artificial intelligence, machine learning, data science, cyber security among others. The existing traditional courses do not have demand and they are not attracting students. Due to the poor admission in traditional engineering courses, most of the colleges can't satisfy the new condition imposed in the approval process handbook,” P Selvaraj, secretary of the consortium said in his representation to the AICTE.

He further said the present situation compels the colleges to apply for additional courses in emerging areas for their survival and effective utilisation of infrastructure facilities.

“Without other options, for the benefit of our member institutions, the consortium resorted to legal course and got the interim stay order against the new rule. We request the AICTE to grant exemption from the new condition imposed in APH 2021-22 to our member institutions and to give permission to apply on the web portal for new courses,” Selvaraj said in the representation.

Due to poor admissions, as many as 109 technical institutions, including 88 engineering colleges, in Tamil Nadu have stopped admitting new students in the last three years as running these institutions is no longer feasible for them.

The present situation compels institutions to apply for additional courses in emerging areas for their survival

After 7 mths, new TN cases cross 6,000; 2,124 infections in Chennai on Sunday

After 7 mths, new TN cases cross 6,000; 2,124 infections in Chennai on Sunday

Toll 2nd Highest In Country After Maharashtra

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Chennai:12.04.2021

After 225 days, fresh Covid-19 cases in Tamil Nadu crossed the 6,000-mark on Sunday, with the state recording 6,618 new cases on a single day. The state last crossed the figure on August 30,2020. Chennai continued to report the maximum number of new cases (2,124) and deaths (12), with 15,761 cases currently active in the district.

With 22 people succumbing to the infection in 24 hours, the state’s death toll increased to 12,909 — second highest in the country after Maharashtra (57,638). Twenty of the 22 victims had comorbidities such as diabetes or hypertension. Tamil Nadu had targeted to vaccinate 1.3 crore people since inception of the drive on January 16, but as on Sunday, only 37,80,070 have been vaccinated across 4,328 centres. On Sunday, 47,205 people got their shots. At present, there are 41,955 Covid-19 patients undergoing treatment across the state.

NO ENTRY: The Marina was out of bounds for visitors on Sunday

Adverse events guidelines soon

The Centre is expected to soon issue guidelines on adverse events following immunisation (AEFI) to help identify and treat unusual signs and symptoms in cases of ‘serious and severe’ instances like rare blood clots. Some of these events were reported in European countries after administration of AstraZeneca-Oxford University’s Covid-19 vaccine. In India, the national committee on AEFI is re-examining 700 ‘serious and severe’ AEFIs reported after people received Covid-19 jabs. Results of the study will be part of the guidelines that may be out this week, report Sushmi Dey & Durgesh Nandan Jha. P9

Cases on rise in city’s neighbouring districts

With 2,314 people walking out of home quarantine or being discharged from hospitals in one day, TN’s recovery rate has dropped from 98% in March 1, to 97.66% on April 1 to 95.78% to 94.5% on Sunday.

At present, there are 41,955 Covid-19 patients undergoing treatment across the state, and beds in government hospitals are getting occupied fast. Of the 4,300-odd beds in five major government hospitals in Chennai including the Rajiv Gandhi GH and Omandurar hospital, around 2,300 were occupied by Covid-19 patients, according to official data.

Though Marina was out of bounds for visitors in the city, Royapuram fish market was overcrowded. Welfare camps set up by political parties in the city were no exceptions, either. Cases were on the rise in Chennai’s neighbouring districts of Chengalpattu (631), Kancheepuram (206) and Thiruvallur (296).

Following Chennai and Chengalpattu, Coimbatore (617 ) stood third in the state’s daily infection chart. As a result, checks have been intensified at the interstate border with Kerala (Walayar) in the district. In other road borders, railway stations, ports and airports too, covid teams were deployed to collect samples of suspected cases. So far, 38.8 lakh people were screened before entry into the state and 7,446 had tested positive. In Madurai (173) and Trichy (154), the cases have grown by an average of at least 0.5% over the past two weeks. In central and northern Tamil Nadu, too, the situation has turned worse. At least 16 districts have reported 100 cases or more.

Man lights cig after using sanitiser, injured in fire

Man lights cig after using sanitiser, injured in fire

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Chennai:12.04.2021

A 50-year-old carpenter is being treated for severe burns he suffered at his Ashok Nagar residence on Saturday night. Ruban had lit a cigarette minutes after cleaning his hands with a sanitiser and a spark fell on his shirt and triggered a fire, police said.

A senior officer, based on a statement from the man’s family members, said Ruban had reached his house at Pudhur in Ashok Nagar late after work and immediately used a sanitiser to clean his hands. A few drops spilled on his shirt and a family member informed him of this, but Ruban said he would change his shirt anyway after a bath and went to the washroom. There he lit a cigarette, some sparks fell on his shirt and he was soon enveloped in flames, the officer said.

He cried out for help and his family members rushed in and took him to the Government Kilpauk Medical College and Hospital where his condition is said to be critical. The man suffered burns to the face, neck, chest, abdomen and both hands, the officer said.

Doctors said a sanitiser evaporates 2-3 seconds after application and so poses little direct threat, but added that creating a flame or lighting a cigarette immediately after using it can be risky.

Dr Sivalingam of a private hospital in Porur stressed that hand sanitisers, though absolutely essential at this time, need to be handled with care. “The high ethyl alcohol content of up to 62% makes a hand sanitiser highly flammable. Never use sanitisers near a fire or a heated place. It is always advisable to use a limited quantity and allow it to dry,” he said.

Alcohol-based sanitisers pose no great risk on the skin because they evaporate in seconds, he said. “People can cook or use a sanitiser near a flame, but need to be careful,” he pointed out.

Pass order on seats of nursing college: HC

Pass order on seats of nursing college: HC

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Madurai:12.04.2021

The Madras high court has directed the state government to pass final orders allowing Christian College of Nursing in Kanyakumari district to seek approval to enhance intake of students in its undergraduate course, as the director of medical education had approved the same in 2017. The court further directed Nursing Council of India to grant necessary approval to the college for enhancement of students intake.

Justice V Parthiban observed it was incomprehensible as to how the university could insist on the petitioner college to obtain ‘No Objection Certificate’ and permission from the state government as its own statute provides adequate power to deal with such claims. “The university appears to have not appreciated its own power vested in it under the regulations.”

The judge said the contention of the government regarding a GO passed in 2018, which requires its permission for enhancing seats, may not be a legally acceptable argument for the simple reason that a GO cannot be allowed to override a statutory provision of the university. TNN

பட்டா மாறுதல் மனுக்களை நிராகரிக்க அதிகாரிகள் புது வழி

பட்டா மாறுதல் மனுக்களை நிராகரிக்க அதிகாரிகள் புது வழி

Added : ஏப் 10, 2021 20:45

சென்னை:'வேறு பெயரில் பட்டா உள்ளது' என்ற காரணத்தை கூறி, பட்டா மாறுதல் விண்ணப்பங்களை, வருவாய் துறையினர் நிராகரிப்பதாக புகார் எழுந்துள்ளது.

தமிழகத்தில் சொத்து வாங்குவோர், பத்திரப்பதிவுக்கு பின், பட்டா பெயர் மாறுதலுக்கு விண்ணப்பிப்பது வழக்கம். 'இ - சேவை' இவ்வாறு விண்ணப்பிப்பவர்களை அலைக்கழிப்பதையே, வருவாய் துறையினர் வழக்கமாக வைத்துள்ளனர்.'இ - சேவை' மையங்கள் வாயிலாக, பட்டா பெயர் மாறுதலுக்கான விண்ணப்பங்களை பதிவு செய்யலாம்.

இவ்வாறு பதிவு செய்யப்படும் விண்ணப்பங்கள், நில அளவையாளர் மற்றும் கிராம நிர்வாக அலுவலருக்கு செல்லும். இந்த சமயத்தில், தரகர் வாயிலாகவோ அல்லது நேரடியாகவோ, சம்பந்தப்பட்ட அலுவலரை அணுகி உரிய முறையில், 'கவனித்தால்' மட்டுமே, சம்பந்தப்பட்ட விண்ணப்பங்கள், அடுத்த கட்டத்துக்கு செல்லும். தவறினால், விண்ணப்பங்கள் நிராகரிக்கப்படும்.

இந்நிலையில், பட்டா மாறுதல் கோரும் விண்ணப்பங்களை நிராகரிக்க, புதிய வழியை அதிகாரிகள் கண்டு பிடித்துள்ளனர். இதன்படி, 'வேறு பெயரில் பட்டா உள்ளது என்பதால், இந்த விண்ணப்பத்தை நிராகரிக்கிறோம்' என்று, பதில் அனுப்பப்படுகிறது.இது குறித்து, பாதிக்கப் பட்ட மக்கள் கூறியதாவது:பட்டாவில் வேறு பெயர் இருக்கிறது என்றால், அதை எப்படி புரிந்து கொள்வது என்று, தெரியவில்லை. சொத்தை கடைசியாக விற்றவர் பெயரில் பட்டா இருக்கும்.

குளறுபடி

சில சமயங்களில், சொத்தை விற்றவருக்கு முந்தைய உரிமையாளர் பெயரில் பட்டா இருக்கும். இவ்வாறு இருந்தால், அதற்கான கூடுதல் ஆவணங்களை கேட்க வேண்டும்.சொத்துக்கு தொடர்பில்லாத நபரின் பெயரில், பட்டா இருக்கிறது என்றால், அது யாருடைய தவறு என்பது, வருவாய் துறை அதிகாரிகளுக்கு தெரியாதா? அரசு தலையிட்டு, இது போன்ற குளறுபடிகளை தீர்க்க வேண்டும்.இவ்வாறு, அவர்கள் கூறினர்.

அனுப்புனர் முகவரி வேண்டாம் அஞ்சல் துறை அறிவுறுத்தல்

அனுப்புனர் முகவரி வேண்டாம் அஞ்சல் துறை அறிவுறுத்தல்

Added : ஏப் 10, 2021 22:33

சென்னை:'மத்திய ஊழல் கண்காணிப்பு ஆணையத்துக்கு அனுப்பப்படும் தபால்களில், அனுப்புனரின் பெயர், முகவரியை எழுத கட்டாயப்படுத்த வேண்டாம்' என, தபால் பதிவு ஊழியர்களுக்கு, அஞ்சல் துறை அறிவுறுத்தியுள்ளது.

'பொதுநலன் சார்ந்த புகார்' என்று கடித உறையின் மேல் தலைப்பிட்டு அனுப்பப்படும் தபால் களை பதிவு செய்வதற்கான வழிமுறைகளை, அஞ்சல் துறை வெளியிட்டுள்ளது. இதன்படி, 'மத்திய, தலைமை ஊழல் கண்காணிப்பு கமிஷனருக்கு அனுப்பப்படும் புகார் தொடர்பான பதிவு அல்லது விரைவு தபால்களை, அனுப்புனரின் பெயர், முகவரி, மொபைல் எண் மற்றும் மின்னஞ்சல் முகவரியின்றி பதிவு செய்யலாம்.

'இந்த புகார் தபால்களை பதிவு செய்யும்போது, அனுப்புனரின் தகவல்களை கட்டாயமாக எழுத, ஊழியர்கள் நிர்ப்பந்திக்க வேண்டாம். தபால்களை, சாப்ட்வேரில் பதிவு செய்யும் போது, அனுப்புனரின் பெயர், முகவரிக்கான பகுதியில், பொதுநலன் சார்ந்த தகவல் உள்ள தபால் என்பதை, பி.ஐ.டி.பி.ஐ., என, பதிவிட வேண்டும்' என, அஞ்சல் துறை அறிவுறுத்திஉள்ளது.

வீடு கட்ட முன்பணம் புது விதிகள் வெளியீடு

வீடு கட்ட முன்பணம் புது விதிகள் வெளியீடு

Added : ஏப் 10, 2021 20:46

சென்னை:அரசு ஊழியர்கள், வங்கிகள், நிதி நிறுவனங்களில் வாங்கிய வீட்டு கடனை, வீடு கட்டுவதற்கான முன்பண திட்டத்துக்கு மாற்ற, சில கூடுதல் விதிமுறைகள் அறிவிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளன.

தமிழகத்தில், அரசு ஊழியர்கள் வீடு வாங்க, வீட்டுக்கடன் முன்பணம் வழங்கப்படுகிறது. மாநில அரசு ஊழியர்களுக்கு, 40 லட்சம் ரூபாயும், அகில இந்திய பணி அதிகாரிகளுக்கு, 60 லட்சம் ரூபாயும் வழங்கப்படும்.வங்கிகள், தனியார் நிதி நிறுவனங்களில், அரசு ஊழியர்கள் பெற்ற வீட்டுக் கடன்களை, வீடு கட்டும் முன்பணம் திட்டத்துக்கு மாற்ற அனுமதி வழங்கப் பட்டு உள்ளது. இதற்கான விதிமுறைகள் இடம் பெற்ற அரசாணை, பிப்., 2ல் வெளியிடப்பட்டது.

இதில், சில கூடுதல் விதிகள் சேர்க்கப்பட்டுள்ளன. இதன்படி, வங்கிகளில் வாங்கிய வீட்டுக் கடனை, முன்பண திட்டத்துக்கு மாற்றும் போது ஒப்புதல் வழங்கும் அதிகாரிகள், சில குறிப்பிட்ட விஷயங்களில், கூடுதல் கவனம் செலுத்த வேண்டும்.அதாவது, சம்பந்தப்பட்ட வீட்டு கடன் முழுமையாக வீடு வாங்க அல்லது கட்டுவதற்கு மட்டுமே பயன்படுத்தப்பட்டதாக இருக்க வேண்டும்.

அரசு வழங்கும் முன்பண தொகைக்கு, உரிய அளவில் தான், நிலுவை இருக்க வேண்டும். அரசு ஊழியர்கள், வங்கி, நிதி நிறுவனங்களில் வீட்டு கடன் பெற்ற போது, வீடு கட்டும் முன்பணம் சலுகை பெற தகுதி உடையவராக இருக்க வேண்டும். இது போன்ற சில விதிமுறைகள் சேர்க்கப்பட்டுள்ளன.இது குறித்து, வீட்டு வசதி மற்றும் நகர்ப்புற வளர்ச்சி துறை செயலர் டி.கார்த்திகேயன், அனைத்து துறைகளுக்கும் கடிதம் எழுதி உள்ளார்.

He sold fish, worked as a mason to earn PhD

He sold fish, worked as a mason to earn PhD

- The Times Of India

Kevin.Mendonsa@timesgroup.com

Mangaluru:

When he was admitted to class one, Niyaz Panakaje’s parents were too poor to afford even his schoolbooks and a bag. But instead of getting disheartened, the little boy went over to a neighbour and offered to work as a domestic help to arrange the money for school.

Ever since, he has been juggling odd jobs to stay the course. The journey ended well and glorious on Saturday when Niyaz, now a 29-yearold confident youth, was awarded the PhD in Commerce at the 39th convocation of Mangalore University. Poverty has been the only constant companion of Niyaz’s family.

His father, despite ailments, worked as a daily wager while his mother Zubaida rolled beedis to look after the couple’s eight children —four girls and four boys. “I was the youngest child. I had a strong will to get educated and become a teacher. And I knew poverty was going to stand in my way. I realised early on that going out and working was the only option I had,” said Niyaz, a resident of Panakaje in Madanthyar of Belthangady taluk.

From selling fish to working as a mason and driver, there are quite a few jobs that Niyaz has done to keep himself afloat. “In class one, I worked as a domestic help in a neighbour’s house. Later, I worked as a daily wager and mason, and took up work related to building rings for wells,” he recalled. In high school and PU, Niyaz worked in paddy fields and delivered newspapers.

Niyaz completed his M.Com at St Agnes College. He enrolled for PhD in 2016 under Abbokar Siddiq, associate professor and coordinator at the Department of PG Studies in Commerce, University College, Mangaluru.

“I was entitled for a scholarship of ₹25,000 but it was never credited on time. For the first two years of my PhD, I sold fish in Madanthyar and also transported fish to Kerala. I also worked as a mason. I never felt ashamed of the work I had to do to realise my dream,” he beamed.

He was regular in his PhD studies and completed it in five years. In college, he worked as an auto driver from 7-9am and then 4-8pm. During his MCom days, Niyaz took up a part-time job as a receptionist in two lodges. He even got a free stay in one of the lodges.

He guides PhD candidates on course work. Niyaz was awarded a PhD for his work ‘Role of Co-operative Banking in Socio-Economic Development of Rural Muslim Communities- A study in DK District of Karnataka’. He is currently working as an assistant professor of commerce at Srinivas University.

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For the first two years of my PhD, I sold fish in Madanthyar and also transported fish to Kerala. I also worked as a mason. I never felt ashamed of the work I had to do to realise my dream

NIYAZ PANAKAJE

PhD student

Beaches closed on weekends

Beaches closed on weekends

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

11.04.2021 

All beaches in Chennai, Chengalpet and Kanchipuram districts will be off limits to the public on weekends and all government holidays from April 11.

The government said religious places can stay open up to 10 pm provided they follow all norms. But they cannot conduct fairs or hold religious congregations Cinema halls and multiplexes can hold an additional show besides the permitted four but occupancy remains capped at 50 %, an official release said.

The civic body was confident about managing crowds at the city’s 80 markets apart from Koyambedu. Corporation commissioner G Prakash said the challenge remains regulating the crowded Kasimedu fishing harbour. “The big challenge is to achieve balance between public health and livelihood and we have to consider the livelihood of 24,000 fishermen there,” Prakash said.

On Saturday, few people wore masks or maintained social distancing at several markets in the city such as Kothavalchavadi, Broadway, Zam Bazaar.

Retire nine IAS officers who led TRB: Info panel - The Times Of India

Retire nine IAS officers who led TRB: Info panel - The Times Of India

Ragu.Raman@timesgroup.com

Chennai:11.04.2021 

In an unprecedented order, the state information commission has recommended that the state government compulsorily retire nine IAS officers who had headed the Teachers Recruitment Board (TRB) from 2011 to 2019. This is for "not discharging their duty with accountability and transparency", said an order passed by Information Commissioner S Muthuraj on March 25.

Muthuraj wrote to the state chief secretary recommending action against Surjit K Chaudhary, Vibhu Nayar, Kakarla Usha, D Jagannathan, K Srinivasan, K Nandakumar, S Jayandhi, N Venkatesh and G Latha. When TOI asked chief secretary Rajeev Ranjan about the order, he said: "We will examine and take appropriate suitable action after getting the recommendations." However, officials said information commission do not have powers to recommend compulsory retirement of IAS officers. "This is a very, very weird order. It was passed without any application of mind," said Surjit Chaudhary, who was the chairman of TRB from 2011to 2014. The board has recruited around 40,000 teachers during his tenure and he retired five years ago.

"The information commission can recommend disciplinary action against only the information officers designated as per the RTI Act if they do not provide information. Further, they cannot prescribe the punishment as it is the prerogative of the state government. In the case of IAS officers, the disciplinary authority is the Government of India," he said. "Despite holding powers, the chairmen failed to correct the wrong questions and answer keys and did not provide relief to the candidates. Due to the lack of accountability from the subject experts, professors, and higher officials of TRB, the recruitment exams are cancelled, thereby wasting the resources of the government," Muthuraj said in his order. Further, the commission as per the RTI Act has added the TRB chairman as the public information officer and directed him to provide the information sought by the petitioner within 20 days.

11new TN med colleges await NMC inspection

11new TN med colleges await NMC inspection

- The Times Of India

Panel Visit Likely In A Few Weeks

Chennai:11.04.2021 

The Tamil Nadu government is awaiting approval from the National Medical Commission (NMC) to launch from 2021, undergraduate medical programmes in the 11newly constructed medical colleges, the directorate of medical education said here on Saturday. If the state gets the approval, TN will add 1,650 seats to the undergraduate seat matrix, taking the tally to 5,200 seats in government medical colleges.

On Saturday, director of medical education Dr R Narayanababu said that the state is expecting an inspection committee from NMC, the apex medical body regulating medical education, to visit these colleges in the next few weeks.

As part of the mission to increase the number of medical colleges across the country, the Centre had granted permission to Tamil Nadu to launch 11 new medical colleges in the districts of Ramanathapuram, Virudhunagar, Dindigul, The Nilgiris, Ariyalur, Nagapattinam, Kallakurichi, Tiruvallur, Tirupur, Namakkal and Krishnagiri. TNN

The move will help expand tertiary care

Chennai: “We are confident of getting nod for all colleges because we have fulfilled all requirements,” Narayanababu said.

The construction of the academic blocks has been nearly completed. “Though the NMC demands only a 350-bed hospital, we have a functioning 700-750 bed hospital in each of these colleges. Deans, doctors and faculty have joined duty. We now have the Tamil Nadu Dr MGR Medical University affiliation for all colleges,” Narayanababu said. The anatomy, physiology and biochemistry labs, library, hostels — required for first year students — have been completed. “Some minor civil work such as electrical lines and plumbing is being carried out now. It will be completed soon,” he said.

TN has allotted ₹2,470.93 crore in the 2021 interim budget for the colleges. With this, most districts in the state will have at least one government medical college. Besides increasing seats, the colleges would help expand tertiary care. “We will now be able to provide quality medical training at affordable cost and offer specialty and super specialty care to people living in the areas free of cost,” said health secretary J Radhakrishnan.

Compassionate Employment Cannot Be Granted After A Lapse Of Reasonable Period: Supreme Court

Compassionate Employment Cannot Be Granted After A Lapse Of Reasonable Period: Supreme Court: The Supreme Court observed that compassionate employment cannot be granted after a lapse of reasonable period.Consideration of such employment is not a vested right which can be exercised at any...

ஓட்டளிக்காத 1.70 கோடி பேர் தேர்தல் கமிஷன் பட்டியல்

ஓட்டளிக்காத 1.70 கோடி பேர் தேர்தல் கமிஷன் பட்டியல்

Added : ஏப் 09, 2021 23:05

சென்னை:தமிழகத்தில் நடந்த சட்டசபை தேர்தலில், 1.70 கோடி பேர் ஓட்டளிக்கவில்லை; அவர்களின் பட்டியலை, தேர்தல் கமிஷன் தயாரித்து உள்ளது.

தமிழக சட்டசபை தேர்தல், 6ம் தேதி நடந்து முடிந்தது. தமிழகத்தில், 3.09 கோடி ஆண்கள்; 3.19 கோடி பெண்கள்; 7,192 மூன்றாம் பாலினத்தவர் என, மொத்தம், 6.28 கோடி வாக்காளர்கள் உள்ளனர். சட்டசபை தேர்தலில், 72.81 சதவீதம் ஓட்டுகள் பதிவாகின. அதாவது, 2.26 கோடி ஆண்கள்; 2.31 கோடி பெண்கள்; 1,419 மூன்றாம் பாலினத்தவர் என, மொத்தம், 4.57 கோடி பேர் ஓட்டளித்தனர். ஒரு கோடியே, 70 லட்சத்து, 93 ஆயிரத்து, 644 பேர் ஓட்டளிக்கவில்லை.

கடந்த, 2016 சட்டசபை தேர்தலில், 74.26 சதவீதம் ஓட்டுகள் பதிவாகின. அப்போது, 4.28 கோடி வாக்காளர்கள் ஓட்டளித்தனர். கடந்த, 2016 தேர்தலை விட, இந்த தேர்தலில், 29.02 லட்சம் வாக்காளர்கள் கூடுதலாக ஓட்டளித்துள்ளனர். இம்முறை வாக்காளர்கள் எண்ணிக்கை அதிகரித்ததால், ஓட்டு போட்டவர்கள் எண்ணிக்கை அதிகரித்தாலும், ஓட்டுப்பதிவு சதவீதம் குறைவாக உள்ளது. தேர்தலில் ஓட்டு போட்டவர்கள் விபரம் பதிவு செய்யப்பட்டுள்ளது.

இதன் வழியே, ஓட்டளிக்காதவர்கள் விபரம், தேர்தல் கமிஷனுக்கு கிடைத்துள்ளது.ஓட்டுப்பதிவு சதவீதம் குறைந்ததற்கான காரணம் குறித்து, தமிழக தலைமை தேர்தல் அதிகாரி சத்யபிரதா சாஹு கூறுகையில், ''ஓட்டுப்பதிவு சதவீதம் குறைவுக்கு காரணம் என, எதையும் கூற முடியாது. பல காரணங்கள் இருக்கலாம். கொரோனா முக்கிய காரணமாக இருக்கலாம் என, நினைக்கிறோம்,'' என்றார்.

மாவட்ட வாரியாக பதிவான ஓட்டுகள் விபரம்: மாவட்டம் - மொத்த வாக்காளர்கள் - ஆண்கள் - பெண்கள் - மூன்றாம் பாலினத்தவர் - பதிவான மொத்த ஓட்டுகள் - ஓட்டுப்பதிவு சதவீதம்

திருவள்ளூர் - 35,11,557 - 12,34,675 - 12,06,426 - 132 - 24,41,233 - 70.64

சென்னை - 40,57,061 - 12,09,458 - 11,89,794 - 129 - 23,99,381 - 59.15

காஞ்சிபுரம் - 13,13,714 - 4,69,318 - 4,64,963 - 8 - 9,34,289 - 72.04

வேலுார் - 12,71,132 - 4,60,104 - 4,80,228 - 43 - 9,40,375 - 74.07

கிருஷ்ணகிரி - 16,05,280 - 6,27,775 - 6,07,294 - 48 - 12,35,117 - 77.40

தர்மபுரி - 12,67,798 - 5,30,938 - 5,14,029 - 55 - 10,45,022 - 82.53

திருவண்ணாமலை - 20,77,440 - 8,14,187 - 8,26,944 - 38 - 16,41,169 - 79.09

விழுப்புரம் - 16,89,095 - 6,64,921 - 6,62,340 - 31 - 13,27,292 - 78.65

சேலம் - 30,15,469 - 12,06,952 - 11,79,915 - 83 - 23,86,950 - 79.15

நாமக்கல் - 14,44,893 - 5,61,508 - 5,94,406 - 58 - 11,55,972 - 80.04

ஈரோடு - 19,63,032 - 7,51,766 - 7,57,888 - 38 - 15,09,692 - 77.07

நீலகிரி - 5,86,950 - 2,02,463 - 2,07,557 - 4 - 4,10,024 - 69.92

கோவை - 30,82,028 - 10,49,395 - 10,55,412 - 125 - 21,04,932 - 68.67

திண்டுக்கல் - 18,77,077 - 7,10,013 - 7,30,379 - 14 - 14,40,406 - 76.83

கரூர் - 8,99,236 - 3,64,626 - 3,90,464 - 14 - 7,55,104 - 83.9

திருச்சி - 23,38,745 - 8,41,318 - 8,78,817 - 67 - 17,20,202 - 73.79

பெரம்பலுார் - 5,76,153 - 2,12,565 - 2,43,053 - 5 - 4,55,623 - 79.13

கடலுார் -21,47,295 - 8,05,534 - 8,42,244 - 75 - 16,47,853 - 76.71

நாகப்பட்டினம் - 13,43,569 - 4,88,619 - 5,20,073 - 8 - 10,08,700 - 75.37

திருவாரூர் - 10,54,618 - 3,86,710 - 4,18,326 - 8 - 8,05,044 - 76.35

தஞ்சாவூர் - 20,61,867 - 7,31,884 - 7,91,725 - 46 - 15,23,655 - 74.10

புதுக்கோட்டை - 13,52,702 - 4,92,184 - 5,37,800 - 20 - 10,30,004 - 76.23

சிவகங்கை - 11,87,115 - 3,81,669 - 4,37,657 - 8 - 8,19,354 - 69.14

மதுரை - 26,97,682 - 9,40,542 - 9,59,009 - 51 - 18,99,602 - 70.33

தேனி - 11,25,638 - 4,00,533 - 4,16,687 - 44 - 8,17,264 - 72.65

விருதுநகர் - 16,70,996 - 5,98,935 - 6,33,199 - 24 - 12,32,158 - 73.81

ராமநாதபுரம் - 11,65,160 - 3,78,551 - 4,32,067 - 7 - 8,10,625 - 69.60

துாத்துக்குடி - 14,87,782 - 5,08,025 - 5,31,505 - 42 - 10,39,572 - 70.20

திருநெல்வேலி - 13,58,148 - 4,40,831 - 4,63,226 - 29 - 9,04,086 - 66.67

கன்னியாகுமரி - 15,71,651 - 5,33,371 - 5,48,582 - 10 - 10,81,963 - 68.72

அரியலுார் - 5,30,983 - 2,12,857 - 2,24,957 - 2 - 4,37,816 - 82.46

திருப்பூர் - 23,59,804 - 8,26,457 - 8,17,217 - 29 - 16,43,703 - 70.27

கள்ளக்குறிச்சி - 11,16,706 - 4,40,186 - 4,54,930 - 11 - 8,95,127 - 80.14

தென்காசி - 13,36,956 - 4,66,526 - 5,04,904 - 6 - 9,71,436 - 72.70

செங்கல்பட்டு - 27,27,528 - 8,88,919 - 8,68,864 - 62 - 17,57,845 - 67.76

திருப்பத்துார் - 9,65,307 - 3,68,315 - 3,73,681 - 27 - 7,42,023 - 76.88

ராணிப்பேட்டை - 10,31,788 - 4,00,506 - 4,05,174 - 18 - 8,05,698 - 77.96

மொத்தம் - 6,28,69,955 - 2,26,03,156 - 2,31,71,736 - 1,419 - 4,57,76,311 - 72.81

பெண்கள் ஓட்டு அதிகம்

தமிழகத்தில் மொத்தம், 6.28 கோடி வாக்காளர்கள் உள்ளனர். ஆண் வாக்காளர்களை விட, 10 லட்சத்து, 15 ஆயிரத்து, 461 பெண் வாக்காளர்கள் அதிகம். ஓட்டு போட்டதிலும், ஆண் வாக்காளர்களை விட, ஐந்து லட்சத்து, 68 ஆயிரத்து, 580 பெண் வாக்காளர்கள் கூடுதலாக ஓட்டளித்து உள்ளனர்.

திருமண அழைப்பிதழில் மணமக்களின் வயது

திருமண அழைப்பிதழில் மணமக்களின் வயது

Added : ஏப் 09, 2021 21:27

ஜெய்ப்பூர்:குழந்தை திருமணங்களை தடுக்க, 'அனைத்து திருமண அழைப்பிதழ்களிலும், மணமக்களின் வயதை அச்சிட வேண்டும்' என, ராஜஸ்தான் மாநில அரசு உத்தரவிட்டு உள்ளது.

ராஜஸ்தானில், முதல்வர் அசோக் கெலாட் தலைமையிலான, காங்., ஆட்சி அமைந்துள்ளது.

விளம்பரம்

இம்மாநிலத்தில் குழந்தை திருமணங்களை தடுக்க, பல்வேறு புதிய நடவடிக்கைகளை அரசு எடுத்துள்ளது; இதற்கான அறிவிப்பில் கூறப்பட்டு உள்ளதாவது:குழந்தை திருமணங்கள் சட்டத்திற்கு எதிரானது என்பது குறித்து, மக்களிடம் போதிய விழிப்புணர்வை, அதிகாரிகள் ஏற்படுத்த வேண்டும். இது தொடர்பாக, அரசு தரப்பிலும் விளம்பரங்கள் வெளியிடப்படும். திருமண அழைப்பிதழில், மணமக்களின் வயதினை கண்டிப்பாக அச்சிட வேண்டும். இதற்கு ஆதாரமாக, அவர்களின் பிறப்பு சான்றிதழை, அச்சக உரிமையாளரிடம் வழங்க வேண்டும்.

நடவடிக்கை

குழந்தை திருமணங்களில் மேளம் வாசிப்போர், இன்னிசை நிகழ்ச்சி நடத்துவோர், திருமணம் நடத்தி வைக்கும் பண்டிதர், உணவு ஏற்பாடு செய்வோர், பந்தல் அமைப்போர் உள்ளிட்ட, அனைவர் மீதும், சட்ட நடவடிக்கை மேற்கொள்ளப்படும்.இவ்வாறு அதில் கூறப்பட்டு உள்ளது.