Current sentiment with regard to travel:

Current sentiment with regard to travel:

‘Enjoy a holiday before the third wave’

As videos of maskless tourists at overcrowded hill stations go viral, experts warn that this form of ‘revenge travel’ could lead to dire consequences as far as containing the pandemic goes

Niharika Lal

20.07.2021 

Indian sentiment right now – third wave aane se pehle ghoom aao,” read a tweet by comedian Amit Tandon recently, which summarises the revenge travel scenario at the moment. Recently, during a press conference, while referring to tourists’ COVID inappropriate behaviour, Luv Aggarwal, Joint Secretary, Health Ministry said,“We act like we have come out of jail after two years. There’s a huge crowd, but we aren’t scared of COVID-19... The third wave may be caused because of this behaviour.”

Despite several overcrowded hill station videos going viral, tourists continue to throng popular destinations, often flouting COVID rules. In Manali hotels, for example, the occupancy is around 70-100%, while in the overflowing-with-tourists Uttarakhand, thousands had to be refused entry recently.

Tourists can be seen thronging marketplaces in these pictures taken in Dharamshala and Manali between June-July

Hotel bookings are up by 70-100% in destinations like Manali

Tourist footfall not the problem, COVID inappropriate behaviour is: Experts

‘PEOPLE WANT EARLIEST BOOKINGS POSSIBLE, BEFORE THIRD WAVE HITS’

Nitin, a Mussoorie-based hotelier, says, “Right now, you won’t get reservations in any luxurious or four-star hotels in Mussoorie or Nainital. In fact, on weekends, there is a 15-20 km traffic jam between Dehradun and Mussoorie on Dehradun Highway. Most of these tourists are from NCR and neighbouring states.”

Last month, a senior official of a travel company told us that they have seen a jump of nearly 200% in hotel bookings. Another Manali based hotelier said, “Most of the people visiting our hotels said that they wanted to visit the hills before the third wave hits, as once that happens, vacations will be out of the question for another couple of months.”

Not just hotels, but caravan companies also pointed out that they are fully booked for July. A Delhibased caravan service provider says, “It’s the same sentiment everywhere. Several said they wanted the earliest possible bookings because you don’t know when the third wave will hit, and they wanted to get the trip over with before that.”

A Bengaluru-based provider told us that they were booked out for July a month in advance. “People booked our caravans in June, when the restrictions were not even fully lifted in most of the states,” said one of the founders, adding, “The plan for many was to book in June, travel in July and return before August second week, before the third wave would presumably hit.”

STATES ISSUE NEW RULES AS PICTURES OF MASKLESS TOURISTS GO VIRAL

Officials and tourists say that massive footfall of tourists thronging hill stations isn’t cause of alarm, but COVID inappropriate behaviour is. Last week, Lav Agarwal, Joint Secretary, Health Ministry, said, “The virus will get an opportunity to spread again if people continue to move around in hill stations and markets without wearing masks and without maintaining physical distance.”

After photos of maskless tourists visiting hill stations in Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand went viral, both states issued new COVID-related restrictions last week. Kullu police announced that those flouting norms would be fined ₹5,000 or sent to jail for eight days, while the Mussoorie administration said that those entering the town would have to register on the smart city portal, and would be required to show their COVID negative report with a valid hotel booking.

SEVERAL TOURISTS NOW SEEKING REMOTE DESTINATIONS

A staff member from a Delhi travel agency says that pictures of overcrowded hill stations have led some tourists to seek different destinations, and that they have received many queries regarding ‘other hill stations’ they could travel to.

Anukriti, a tourist, who recently visited the hills, says, “We went in the first week of July, and knew that it would be crowded, but we couldn’t find a room in five hotels in Manali! It felt like we are in Sarojini Nagar Market, not Manali. So, we decided to go to a remote location to avoid the crowd.”

Faisal, another tourist adds, “My colleague’s family runs a homestay in Nainital an,d we were planning to spend our weekend there. However, his family warned us not to visit if we wanted to avoid Delhi-like traffic jams in the hills. We thought they were exaggerating, but it turned out they were right. Most of my colleagues and friends are also exploring other options like Kashmir and Panchgani instead, for the same reason.”

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Those indulging in ‘revenge’ travel seem to have abandoned both common sense and self-preservation. Covid-appropriate behaviour in public places is mandatory even for those who are fully vaccinated. Hill station authorities must enforce the rules in the strictest possible way.

A picture taken at The Ridge in July

After tourists violated norms at Kempty Falls, the Uttarakhand Government announced that only 50 tourists would be allowed at the

HCL revenue up 12% in Q1, looks to hire 22k freshers

HCL revenue up 12% in Q1, looks to hire 22k freshers

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Bengaluru:20.07.2021

HCL Technologies reported 11.7% growth in revenue in constant currency in the first quarter, compared to the same quarter last year. On a reported basis, revenue was up 15.5% to $2.7 billion.

The growth rates are a little lower than for peers. But in the corresponding quarter last year, at the peak of the pandemic, HCL had positive growth rates, compared to most of its peers. So, this quarter's growth is on top of that relatively better base. The company, like others in the industry, benefited from broad-based growth across geographies and verticals. Net income rose 12.8% to $436 million.

The company said it will hire 20,000-22,000 freshers this fiscal. "I will not be surprised if we even cross that number,” said V V Apparao, chief human resources officer. Last year the company on-boarded 14,600 freshers globally.

The company took in 3.444 people in the first quarter and is targeting another 6,000 in this quarter. "The freshers don’t have anything to unlearn and it is easy to train them on new age skills,” Apparao said, adding that demand was high in digital engineering, cloud enablement, analytics, user experience and cybersecurity. HCL has paid increments to its employees starting this month, after a previous round in October, indicating it is getting back to the regular cycles.

70% of the company’s employees have been vaccinated and all are expected to get both the shots by the end of September. “Return to office will increase and we do not see any risk in people coming,” Apparao said. Currently, just 3%, or about 4,000, people, are working from offices. HCL’s attrition rose to 11.8% from 9.9%sequentially on a LTM (last 12 months) basis, a trend that is likely to remain in the industry for the next 2-3 quarters. It had 176,499 people at the end of June.

The company, like others in the industry, benefited from broad-based growth across geographies and verticals

After 45 yrs, Shiv Nadar ends his innings at HCL

After 45 yrs, Shiv Nadar ends his innings at HCL

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Bengaluru:20.07.2021 

It’s the end of an extraordinary innings for Shiv Nadar. He's called it a day at HCL, which he started 45 years ago and which has now become a $10-billion IT powerhouse. Nadar, who turned 76 on July 14, stepped down on Monday as chief strategy officer & managing director. Last year, he had handed over the chairmanship to daughter Roshni Nadar-Malhotra.The board has designated him as chairman emeritus and strategic advisor to the board for five years. Nadar is among India's richest, with IIFL Wealth Hurun India Rich List estimating his wealth at Rs 1,41,700 crore.

HCL president and CEO C Vijayakumar will hold the additional designation of MD.

Nadar is also a major philanthropist, and as of March this year, he has invested over $988 million through the Shiv Nadar Foundation, impacting over 34,000 students from poor backgrounds. Nadar credits his success to the education and scholarships that he received during his early years.

Nadar founded HCL 45 years ago to make calculators and microprocessors. HCL initially had a hardware DNA, with many firsts in India, including the first Unix operating system, multiprocessor architecture, parallel Fortran, the PC, the first 8-bit microprocessor-based computer in 1978, the first relational database management system in 1983, client-server architecture in 1984.

Nadar started his career at the Delhi Cloth Mills (DCM) as a management trainee. He and five colleagues quit DCM in 1976 to set up a company to make PCs. They started it in a Delhi barsati, akin to a garage startup. They initially floated Microcomp that sold teledigital calculators that would provide enough cash to start the PC business. The founders put together Rs 20 lakh and HCL was born.

HCL pioneered remote infrastructure management, which was instrumental in the implementation and management of the infrastructure backbone of the National Stock Exchange. Nadar steered HCL to create several joint ventures and alliances with marquee partners such as Hewlett Packard, Cisco, Perot Systems, Deutsche Bank, and Toshiba. Nadar also cofounded NIIT in 1981, to deliver low-cost quality technical education. NIIT helped create a large pool of trained experts. Nadar was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 2008.

Vanitha Naryanan appointed to HCL board

Bengaluru:

HCL Technologies has appointed Vanitha Narayanan as an independent director. The Board now includes four women directors. Narayanan last year retired after a career spanning three decades at IBM where she held multiple leading roles across the US and Asia-Pacific, including as MD and chairman of IBM India.

HCL Technologies chairperson Roshni Nadar-Malhotra, said, “She brings rich and diverse experience of navigating organisations through digital transformation journeys. Her deep knowledge and understanding of evolving marketing and technology landscape will be a great asset to HCL’s focus on driving growth.” TNN

REGION DIGEST

REGION DIGEST

20.07.2021

MGM chairman: Bid for hotel in individual capacity

With reference to the news report ‘MGM buys Le Meridien, may turn it into hospital,’ published in the Times of India on Monday (July 19), M K Rajagopalan, chairman of MGM Healthcare, said the Resolution Plan was submitted in his individual capacity for the resolution of Appu Hotels Limited, which was approved by the Adjudicating Authority NCLT, Chennai. Rajagopalan said he followed the due process of law set out under the IBC and the Resolution Plan was approved by the Adjudicating Authority after being satisfied that the RP is in conformity with the provisions of the IBC and IBBI Regulations 2016. Further, no decision has been taken regarding converting the Chennai hotel into a hospital, he said.

State submits report on prisoner murder: The state on Monday submitted a status report on the progress of the CB-CID investigation and certain documents in a sealed cover before the Madras high court on a plea seeking probe into the murder of a prisoner inside the Palayamkottai Central Prison in Tirunelveli district. During the previous hearing, the court had directed the state to submit a status report about the progress of CB-CID investigation.

Min condemns OPS statement on GAIL: State industries minister Thangam Thennarasu has condemned AIADMK coordinator O Panneerselvam’s statement against alleged laying of pipelines through farm lands by GAIL in Krishnagiri district. Terming the statement as mischievous, Thennarasu said such pipelaying projects commenced in Tamil Nadu way back in 2018 itself when AIADMK was in power. But OPS was issuing a statement as if the project was a new one and that pipeline were being laid only now, Thennarasu said in a statement on Monday. Such projects are taken up after getting consent from farmers by providing them higher compensation, Thennarasu said.

College admissions to begin on July 26

College admissions to begin on July 26

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20.07.2021

Class XII students can apply for arts and science and engineering admissions online from July 26, higher education minister K Ponmudi told reporters on Monday. Students can download their marksheets from July 22.

“The CBSE Class XII results are likely to be declared before July 31. We will give one month time — till August 24 — so that CBSE students too will have enough time to apply for all the courses,” Ponmudi said. The Directorate of Technical Education (Dote) will conduct the engineering counselling and individual colleges can admit students to arts and science courses, he added.

For the 143 government arts and science colleges in TN, the directorate of collegiate education may conduct centralised admission and prepare a rank list for each course. Individual colleges will fill up seats based on the rank list.

56 students test positive for Covid at Thrissur medical college hospital

56 students test positive for Covid at Thrissur medical college hospital

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Thrissur:20.07.2021

As many as 39 MBBS students of Thrissur medical college hospital and 17 students of the dental college have tested positive for Covid-19. Some PG students and house surgeons at the college have also tested positive.

Sajeevan, 43, manager of Indian Coffee House (ICH), located at the medical college campus, died while under treatment for Covid-19. There are reports that another six staffers at the ICH have also tested positive.

Dr Lola, principal of the college, said a mass testing drive was carried out soon after the reports of infection among students surfaced. Students who were not having exams had been asked to return home immediately. Among the three batches of the students who are having exams now, eight students have tested positive.

Dr Lola disclosed that all the students who had tested positive had taken both doses of vaccines. “There are no students in the final year batch who have tested positive so far,” she said, adding that among the freshers, only one student has tested positive.

Dr Raveendran, the liaison of the medical college hospital, said some patients undergoing treatment at the hospital have also tested positive in the post-operative phase. He said the entry of visitors to the medical colleges will be restricted in the wake of the rise in cases. “We are also planning a ward reorganization to lessen crowding,” he said.

TN Class XII: 77% score above 400 marks, 5% more than 551

TN Class XII: 77% score above 400 marks, 5% more than 551

All 8L Registered For Class XII Exams Declared Pass

Chennai:20.07.2021 

All 8,16,473 students who had registered for Class XII TN board exams were declared pass under the weightage system on Monday. School education minister Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi released the results and within minutes the students got text messages on their registered mobile numbers with the mark details. Of the 8,16,973 students, 4,35,973 were girls and 3,80,500 were boys.

As many as 39,679 (4.86%) students got in the range of 551 marks to 600 marks. More than 77% of the students scored above 400 marks out of 600. “This year, 30,600 students scored between 551 marks and 600 marks in the science stream, compared to1,867 students the previous year. In commerce stream, 8,909 students scored in the same range, compared to 4,437 students last year. In the vocational group, 136 got above 551 marks,” he said.

The state government gave 50% weightage to Class X board exam marks, 20% to Class XI board marks and 30% to Class XII practical and internal assessment. As many as 33,557 students, who had arrears in Class XI, were also promoted due to Covid-19, Poyyamozhi said. He added that the optional exam for aggrieved students with the weightage system and exam for 39,000 private candidates will be held in September or October. TNN

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No med admission sans OBC quota in AIQ: HC

MADRAS HC GIVES GOVT ONE WEEK

No med admission sans OBC quota in AIQ: HC

Centre Has No Choice, Rules Court

Sureshkumar.K@timesgroup.com

Chennai:20.07.2021 

This year’s medical admissions now hinge on the Union government implementing OBC reservation in All India Quota (AIQ) MBBS seats in state government colleges.

The Madras high court, slamming the Centre for its wilful disobedience of the July 27, 2020, judgment favouring BC reservation in AIQ, made it clear that admission into colleges in the state could now be only upon implementing such a quota. The court gave the Union government one week to indicate the mode of implementation of OBC quota in AIQ category.

“Not to implement the reservation is not a choice to the Union government,” the first bench of Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy said, concurring with the submissions of senior advocate P Wilson.

‘Centre bid to skip OBC quota derogates order of HC’

The judges said on Monday, “The Union government’s attempt to not implement the OBC reservation quota in respect of the All India Quota (AIQ) seats for admission to medical courses in the state in the academic year 2021-22 appears to be contumacious, in derogation of the order dated July 27, 2020, passed by this court and contrary to the representation made before the Supreme Court.”

The court made the observations on a contempt plea moved by DMK against the Centre for failing to implement the high court order dated July 27, 2020 to provide OBC reservations in UG and PG medical courses from the present academic year.

When the plea came up for hearing, senior advocate P Wilson contended that despite the clear direction of the court to implement the reservation from the present academic year, the Union has now taken a stand that it cannot implement the same pending disposal of the Saloni Kumari case before the SC.

The apex court has made it clear that the Saloni Kumari case has nothing to do with the present case. Despite such clarification, the Union is refusing to implement the orders of this court, Wilson said.

Recording the submissions, the bench said, “It now appears that the Centre seeks to change track and keep the implementation of the OBC reservation as per the 1993 State Act in suspension till the Saloni Kumari case is decided by the SC.”

Prima facie, it is completely unacceptable that despite the union representing before the Supreme Court that the OBC reservation would be implemented in respect of the AIQ seats in this state in terms of the order of July 27, 2020, passed by this court, the union would now not implement the reservation on the specious ruse that the Saloni Kumari matter had first to be decided by the Supreme Court, the bench said.

The court then adjourned the hearing to July 26 for the union to file its affidavit.

NMC planning to increase UG medical seats from 82,500 to 1 lakh

NMC planning to increase UG medical seats from 82,500 to 1 lakh

TNN | Jul 19, 2021, 04.00 AM IST

AHMEDABAD: The National Medical Commission (NMC) under the ministry of health and family welfare is working out a plan to increase the total number of undergraduate medical seats to one lakh by next year, said sources aware of the development. This was discussed at a recent meeting of NMC chaired by the Union health secretary.

“There are presently 82,500 MBBS seats across the country and the government plans to take it to one lakh in a year’s time,” said a government official close to the development.

There are close to 540 medical colleges in the country offering MBBS courses of which 49% are government run and remaining are self-financed and on public-private-partnership basis.

“The process for adding new medical colleges and increasing the MBBS seats is presently on,” said Dr Aruna Vanikar, president of the undergraduate medical education board, NMC. She did not divulge further information on the number of new applications for increase in number of seats.

Sources in Gujarat medical education fraternity said that Gujarat has 5,500-odd UG medical seats and is likely to get three more colleges. “There are deliberations to start three new medical colleges in the state which would add 450 seats,” said an official.

To add more seats, the government is exploring the option of running medical colleges in two shifts to increase the number of student intake. A similar plan is being worked out in different parts of the country too, sources added.

Sources also said it is being considered to start medical colleges affiliated with government hospitals. "There are at least six districts which have government hospitals and it is being considered to apply for medical colleges here," said a senior medical education official.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi in an address in February said that around 30,000 MBBS seats and 24,000 postgraduate seats in medicine have been added since the present Central government came to power in 2014. Modi, while delivering a convocation address of a medical college in Tamil Nadu by way of video conferencing said that the number of MBBS seats have gone up by 50% and postgraduate seats by 80% since 2014.

The Central government has taken various initiatives to transform the health sector and the National Medical Commission, the newly-formed regulatory body, was formed to bring in more transparency.

As part of the Centre’s plans to increase the number of MBBS seats at a time when the country has faced shortage of doctors during Covid-19, the government aims to increase the number of seats by 50 students in government medical colleges.

Currently inspection at medical colleges in the country is on and for undergraduate institutions there will be no physical inspection and the permission for increase in seats will be given based on the affidavit filed by the college, said sources.

The Central government as part of its broad plans aims to have one government run medical college in every district of the country. This will solve the infrastructure issue as most of the districts today house one big government run medical hospital.

While the government may have found ways to solve the infrastructure issues for raising the number of MBBS seats, staff crunch is an issue that they are still grappling with, according to a medical field expert.

Government run medical colleges in Gujarat are already reeling under pressure due to 15% staff crunch, the situation is worse in self-financed colleges where there is 30% staff crunch, he added.

IndiGo flights to Chennai, Bangalore from July 21

IndiGo flights to Chennai, Bangalore from July 21

Indore:  19.07.2021

People travelling to Chennai are all set to have a regular flight connectivity option with IndiGo airline all set to resume operation on the route from July 21 (Wednesday). The airline is also going to introduce one more flight on the busy Indore-Bangalore route from the same date.

As per schedule, the flight to Chennai will depart from Indore airport at 6.10pm. It will operate on three days a week — Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. The flight to Bangalore will depart from Indore at 3.25pm. The flight will operate six days a week — Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sundays.

Airport director Aryama Sanyal said that IndiGo is also going to resume flights to Hyderabad, Delhi, Pune and Mumbai from July 20.

“The new flights are in addition to the flights being operated by the airline to and from Indore, including flights to Mumbai, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Delhi and Kolkata ,” Sanyal said, adding that two regular flights, including one to Ahmedabad and another to Raipur have also resumed their services. While the flight to Ahmedabad resumed on Saturday, the flight to Raipur restarted on Sunday. TNN

NMC to hike UG med seats from 82k to 1L by next year

 NMC to hike UG med seats from 82k to 1L by next year

Bharat.Yagnik@timesgroup.com

Ahmedabad:  19.07.2021 

The National Medical Commission (NMC) under the ministry of health and family welfare is working out a plan to increase the total number of undergraduate medical seats to 1 lakh by next year, sources said.

This was discussed at a recent meeting of NMC chaired by the Union health secretary. “There are presently 82,500 MBBS seats across the country and the government plans to take it to 1 lakh in a year’s time,” a government official said. There are nearly 540 medical colleges in the country that offer MBBS courses, 49% of which are government run and the rest self-financed and on public-private-partnership basis.

“The process for adding new medical colleges and increasing seats for MBBS is presently on,” Dr Aruna Vanikar, president of the undergraduate medical education board of NMC, said. Sources in Gujarat medical education fraternity said Gujarat has 5,500-odd UG medical seats and is likely to get three more colleges.

The government is exploring the option of running medical colleges in two shifts to increase the number of student intake. A similar plan is being worked out in different parts of the country too, sources added.

PWD minister inspects major flyover works, sets deadlines for contractors

PWD minister inspects major flyover works, sets deadlines for contractors

The Velachery double-decker flyover is being constructed at a cost of Rs 108 crore and will have two levels linking Taramani-Velachery bypass road.

Published: 19th July 2021 02:58 AM |

By Express News Service

CHENNAI: Public Works Department (PWD) Minister EV Velu on Sunday inspected the ongoing works for the Velachery and Medavakkam flyovers and told highways officials and contractors to complete both by December 31 this year.

The Velachery double-decker flyover is being constructed at a cost of Rs 108 crore and will have two levels linking Taramani-Velachery bypass road. Works for the Velachery-Tambaram lane of the three-lane Medavakkam flyover are over; the remaining works would be completed by the end of this year, according to the State government .

The minister also inspected the 980-metre-long Koyambedu four-lane flyover, being constructed at a cost of Rs 93.50 crore. The flyover, which will decongest traffic to the mofussil bus terminus and help vehicles avoid two signals at CMBT and Kaliamman Koil Street junction, is likely to be completed by August 31 this year. The flyover should have been completed by December last, but heavy rains in December and January put a brake on the works.

The minister also reviewed the works for the Tambaram footover bridge and the Chromepet subway and instructed officials to complete both by October 31 this year and March 31, 2022, respectively.

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MTC resumes services that link suburbs to transit hubs

MTC resumes services that link suburbs to transit hubs

Buses Include Those From Nanganallur, Keelkatalai

Ram.Sundaram@timesgroup.com

Chennai:19.07.2021 

After 10 years, the Metropolitan Transport Corporation (MTC) has resumed services along certain routes which connect prominent transit hubs with southern and western suburbs.

Services along these routes were stopped during the previous AIADMK government, alleged transport minister R S Rajakannappan.

For instance, there was not a single direct MTC bus from Nanganallur to transit points such as Chennai Mofussil Bus Terminus (CMBT) in Koyambedu or the terminus in Broadway.

Buses, which ply along routes 52K (Nanganallur-Broadway), 70N (Nanganallur-CMBT) and M18C (Keelkatalai-T Nagar), were stopped citing poor patronage. MTC earlier claimed that operating these buses resulted in losses as less than less than 30-40 passengers travelled in these buses per hour.

From Saturday, services resumed on all these three routes. Similarly, in the western suburbs, services were resumed along these routes —166 (Iyyappanthangal-Tambaram), 88C (Thandalam-Broadway), 188C (Kundrathur-Broadway) and 566 (Kundrathur-Thiruporur).

Besides this, the MTC introduced these new routes — 576 (Mount Metro Station-T Nagar), 188A (Kundrathur-T Nagar) and 109T (Thiruvottiyur-Kovalam) — to help people from the suburbs reach the city easily, according to an official release.

Welcoming this, V Rama Rao of Chennai-based Traffic and Transportation Forum, an NGO, said that without direct buses, Nanganallur residents had to pay ₹40-₹50 every morning to reach the main road for MTC buses. “The MTC should consider reviving small bus services in suburbs too. Instead of operating them parallel to regular buses, small buses can be operated along interior roads connecting areas such as Voltas Colony and Lakshmi Nagar with the main bus stand,” he added.

In response, MTC said that small bus services were started along new routes — S40 (Cowl Bazaar-Pallavaram), S165 (Kovur EB-Pallavaram) and S166 (Porur-Manimedu) — from Saturday. They will soon be expanded to interior areas depending on the response.

Regular bus users complain about the frequency of buses too. “There is no direct bus from CMBT to Tiruvallur (153A) in the evening peak hours (between 5.25pm and 8.25pm). Even late in the evening, there is only one bus for every 20-25 minutes,” said K Baskar, a resident-activist from Tiruvallur.

A senior MTC official agreed to look into it. “Generally, bus schedules are evenly spaced, but heavy traffic results in bus bunching,” he said. Bus bunching is the urban transit phenomenon in which two or more buses arrive at the same time instead of equal intervals.

State board Class XII results today

State board Class XII results today

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Chennai:  19.07.2021 

The Directorate of Government Examinations (DGE) will declare the Class XII results for 8 lakh students studying in the state board at 11 am on Monday.

Students can know their results by registering their date of birth and roll number on the following websites: www.tnresults.nic.in, www.dge1.tn.nic.in, www.dge2.tn.nic.in, www.dge.tn.gov.in. Students will also receive their marks through SMS on their registered mobile numbers.

Students can download their marksheets from the websites www.dge.tn.gov.inand www.dge.tn.nic.in from 11am on July 22. They have to register their date of birth and roll number to download their marksheets.

The state government cancelled the Class XII board exams due to the Covid-19 pandemic. An expert committee suggested awarding marks based on Class X and XI board exams and Class XII practical exams and internal assessment. The Class X marks will carry a weightage of 50%, Class XI will carry 20% and Class XII will carry 30% while computing the marks.

Thunderstorm likely for next two days

Thunderstorm likely for next two days

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Chennai:19.07.2021

The city is likely to experience a thunderstorm with light to moderate rain on Monday and Tuesday.

A Met department forecast said: “The sky condition is likely to be generally cloudy. Thunderstorms with light to moderate rain are likely to occur in some areas.”

Many parts of the city including Kolathur, Vyasarpadi, Korattur, Kilpauk, Anna Nagar, Aminjikarai, Koyambedu, Nungambakkam, Egmore and Saidapet, and the suburbs, received rain on Sunday night.

While the sky was cloudy until late evening, the showers began around 7pm. The rain was intense, touching above 2cm in many parts of the city from Saturday night to Sunday evening. Nungambakkam recorded the highest with 7.7cm. Maduranthagam and Puzhal saw intense rain and recorded 5cm while Anna University got 4cm, Marina, Marakkanam and Sriperumbudur recorded 3 cm and Taramani and Kelambakkam recorded 2cm.

The heavy rain has pushed the rain surplus figures further high for the season since June1. A Met official said the weekend rain was due to the impact of the southwest monsoon.

A forecast for the rest of the state said thunderstorm with heavy rain is likely to occur at isolated places over the Nilgiris, Coimbatore, Theni and Salem districts. Thunderstorm with light to moderate rain is likely in isolated places over the Western Ghats, Erode, Tiruppur, Krishnagiri, Dharmapuri, Vellore, Tirupattur, Ranipet and Tiruvallur districts.

MGM buys Le Meridien, may turn it into hospital

MGM buys Le Meridien, may turn it into hospital

D.Govardan@timesgroup.com

Chennai:19.07.2021 

M K Rajagopalan, chairman and managing director of MGM Healthcare Private Limited (MHPL), has acquired Appu Hotels Limited — which owns five star hotels under the brand Le Meridien in Chennai and Coimbatore — for ₹423 crore. The development comes after the NCLT Chennai’s Division Bench – I overruled the objections raised by original promoters led by Palani G Periasamy on valuation of the properties and passed a final order on Friday, July 15, 2021.

The bench also dismissed a petition filed by the promoters under Section 12A of the IBC which permits the adjudicating authority to allow withdrawal of application with 90% voting approval by creditors. MGM is likely to convert Le Meridien hotel located in Guindy into a healthcare facility and may retain the Coimbatore property as a hotel.

‘Assets worth ₹1,600 crore approved to be sold for ₹423cr’

While Rajagopalan declined to comment, Periasamy did not respond to calls from TOI on Sunday.

“The NCLT order allows Appu Hotels to appeal in 30 days. It will appeal soon,” a source said.

“It is a fact that Rajagopalan offered ₹423 crore and NCLT Chennai approved it. But we have raised objection to the valuation under Section12A. How can properties worth ₹1,600 crore be valued so low,” Periasamy had told TOI a few weeks ago.

Rajagopalan is chairman of Sri Balaji Educational & Charitable Public Trust and Sri Balaji Vidyapeeth Trust, which run Mahatma Gandhi Medical College & Research Centre (MGMCRI), established in Puducherry in 2001, and Sathya Sai Medical College in Kancheepuram district in 2007. Sri Balaji Vidyapeeth reported a revenue of ₹636 crore with a surplus of ₹345 crore in FY20, according to a CARE Ratings Limited analysis.

Tourism Finance Corporation of India initiated Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process (CIRP) under Section 7 of IBC, 2016, against Appu Hotels for pending debts and orders were passed by NCLT in May 2020. Secured and unsecured creditors then put up claims of around ₹389 crore.

The interim resolution professional (IRP) appointed registered valuers arrived at a fair value of ₹730.9 crore and liquidation value of ₹569.3 crore. Rajagopalan, Madhav Dhir and Kotak Special Situations submitted bids, but only Rajagopalan stayed on course with a final resolution plan offering ₹423 crore, approved by a 87.39% majority in the ninth meeting of the Committee of Creditors on January 22.

Estimating the property at ₹1,600 crore, promoters led by Periasamy objected to the resolution plan citing procedural lacunae and misinformation in the conduct of the CIRP. Counsel for the promoter said the fair value and liquidation value were at least 30% lower than another valuation undertaken in September 2019. Even taking into account the Covid-19 pandemic situation and the resultant market shock caused, a 70% fall in valuation of the corporate debtor is “untenable and incredulous”, counsel said.

AYUSH training for medical interns worries doctors

AYUSH training for medical interns worries doctors

Differences in scientific basis between streams are among major worries for academicians

c-Jagriti.kumari@timesgroup.com

19.07.2021 

The latest guideline of the National Medical Commission (NMC) suggests that as part of 12-months compulsory rotating internship after passing the final MBBS examination, medical graduates need to undertake a week-long training in Indian Systems of Medicine (ISM). As part of the training, candidates may choose any elective, provided the discipline is available in the same college or institution where internship is being done.

Candidates can choose from Ayurveda, Yoga, Unani, Siddha, Homeopathy and Sowa Rigpa. However, the decision has triggered an intense debate among medical practioners. The Indian Medical Association (IMA) has come to the fore opposing the decision. In its letter written to the National Medical Commission (NMC) opposing AYUSH training for medical students, IMA has termed the idea 'not prudent'.

Dr Rajesh Nachiappa Ganesh, professor, Department of Pathology, JIPMER, Puducherry, does not question the NMC’s intention.

However, he is worried about its implementation and execution.

“Absence of AYUSH courses, differences in fundamental scientific basis between various streams and lack of AYUSH experts in medical colleges will be a big hurdle in implementing the one-week training for medical students across the country,” says Dr Rajesh.

As part of the internship, medical graduates need to undergo mandatory training in community medicine (two months), general medicine

(1.5 months), psychiatry (two weeks), paediatrics (one month),general surgery (1.5) months, anaesthesiology and critical care (two-weeks), obstetrics and gynaecology including family welfare and planning (1.5 months), orthopaedics including physical medicine and rehabilitation-PM &R (two weeks), emergency/trauma/casualty (two weeks), forensic medicine and toxicology (one week), dermatology venereology & leprology (one week), otorhinolaryngology (two weeks), ophthalmology (two weeks), laboratory sciences and hospital support sciences (two weeks).

Dr Abhinav Arun Sonkar, head of surgery, King George’s Medical University, Lucknow, says the purpose behind the inclusion of Ayurveda, Yoga, Unani, Siddha, Homeopathy and Sowa Rigpa as an elective in internship is not yet clear. “Among all electives, Yoga is the one which is practised by many of us to stay healthy and fit. Interns might see this as an opportunity to know basics of Yoga and follow it in their lives while other subjects are completely new to graduates,” says Dr Sonkar.

CBSE allows schools to moderate results

CBSE allows schools to moderate results

Schools need to upload the revised class XII results on CBSE portal by July 22 to complete the process

Astha.Hemant@timesgroup.com

Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is ready for the next step in the calculation of results for standard XII boards. All the schools provided data to CBSE on the portal that has been specifically prepared for moderation and finalisation of results. Tabulation of class XII results was done as per the specified 40:30:30 format. Post this, CBSE has compiled results for all students and shared the same with schools on the portal.

CBSE has now asked all schools to moderate their independent data based on which final result of Class XII will be prepared. CBSE has directed schools to moderate the marks on the portal between July 16 (afternoon) and July 22 (midnight). Final class XII CBSE board results are scheduled to be released by July 31, 2021.

If any school is unable to complete the moderation within this stipulated time period, its results will be declared separately after July 31, 2021. The board had provided schools with the option to consider 30% of the mean of the three best subjects in classes X, 30% marks of class XI and 40% marks of class XII unit test/mid-term/pre-board for the moderation. With this, CBSE has given the liberty to schools to arrange students in order of their merit. Sanyam Bhardwaj, controller of examinations, CBSE, explains, “As per the previous years’ data provided by schools, the board has provided a table to all schools on the portal. In this, the subjectwise average percentage of the number of students across various marks brackets for the last three years (2018, 2019 and 2020) is listed.”

*The example of a table can be illustrated here: If schools feel that the final performance of any student, as provided on the portal by CBSE, does not justify his/her calibre, they have the option to increase or decrease the performance by awarding +/-5 marks. “However, this should not affect the percentage of students in the various marks brackets over the reference year results, as provided by the board to each school separately on the portal,” adds Bhardwaj. Another dimension to the moderation of class XII results is based on individual school’s calculation of the average mean of their results. “If the school finds the average mean of this year’s results to be lacking compared to the average mean of reference year results, it has the option of filling up the gap by awarding +/-2 marks to deserving students,” adds Bhardwaj. However, this changed number should not make this year’s average mean of that school more than that of the reference year, adds Bhardwaj. Schools will also prepare a rational document to record reasons for moderating the results of any student.

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18.07.2021

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“நீட் தேர்வை எழுதுவதற்கு வயது வரம்பை தேசிய மருத்துவ ஆணையச் சட்டம் நிர்ணயிக்கவில்லை. இதன் காரணமாக வசதி படைத்த, பட்டப் படிப்பு படித்த, வயதானவர்கள், வேறு பணியில் உள்ளவர்கள் மற்றும் பணி ஓய்வு பெற்றவர்கள் கூட நீட் தேர்வை எழுதி மருத்துவப் படிப்பில் சேருகிறார்கள். ஆகவே, நீட் தேர்வு எழுத வயது உச்சவரம்பை 21 ஆக நிர்ணயிக்க வேண்டும்” என சமூக சமத்துவத்திற்கான டாக்டர் சங்கம் வலியுறுத்தியுள்ளது.

இதுகுறித்து இச்சங்கத்தின் பொதுச் செயலாளர் ஜி.ஆர்.ரவீந்திரநாத் இன்று வெளியிட்ட அறிக்கை:

''இளநிலை மருத்துவப் படிப்புகளுக்கான மாணவர் சேர்க்கைக்கான நீட் நுழைவுத் தேர்வு வரும் செப்டம்பர் 12ஆம் நாள் நடைபெறும் என தேசிய தேர்வு முகமை அறிவித்துள்ளது. இத்தேர்வில் பங்கேற்கும் மாணவர்களுக்கு கரோனா தடுப்பூசிகளைப் போடுவதற்கான நடவடிக்கைகளை மத்திய அரசு எடுக்க வேண்டும். கரோனா தடுப்பு நெறிமுறைகளைப் பின்பற்றி இத்தேர்வை நடத்திட வேண்டும்.

தமிழ்நாட்டில் அனைத்து மாவட்டத் தலைநகரங்களிலும் நீட் தேர்வு மையங்களை உருவாக்கிட வேண்டும். தேர்வு மையங்களின் நுழைவாயிலில் மாணவ, மாணவிகளின் கண்ணியத்தைச் சீர்குலைக்கும் வகையில், கெடுபிடியான பரிசோதனைகளுக்கு உட்படுத்துவதைத் தடுத்திட வேண்டும். அத்துடன் , மத்திய அரசு கீழ்க்கண்ட முக்கியமான கோரிக்கைகளை நிறைவேற்ற வேண்டும்.

* பட்டியல் சாதி மற்றும் பட்டியல் பழங்குடியின சமூகங்களைச் சேர்ந்த மாணவர்களுக்கும் ஏழை மாணவர்களுக்கும் நீட் விண்ணப்பக் கட்டணத்தை மத்திய அரசு ரத்து செய்ய வேண்டும்.

* மாவட்டத் தலைநகரங்களிலும் நீட் தேர்விற்கான பயிற்சி மையங்கள் உருவாக்கப்படும் என தேசிய தேர்வு முகமை அளித்த வாக்குறுதி இன்னும் நிறைவேற்றப்படவில்லை. எனவே, தேசிய தேர்வு முகமை, தமிழகம் உள்பட இந்தியாவில் உள்ள அனைத்து மாவட்டத் தலைநகரங்களிலும் பயிற்சி மையங்களை உடனடியாகத் தொடங்கிட வேண்டும்.

* நீட் தேர்வு முடிவுகள் அறிவிக்கப்படும் பொழுதே, தேசிய அளவிலான மற்றும் மாநில அளவிலான தர வரிசைப் பட்டியல்கள், (National & State level RANK LISTS) முழுமையாக, வெளியிடப்படுவதே இல்லை. இந்த வெளிப்படைத் தன்மையில்லாத போக்கு கண்டிக்கத்தக்கது. இது முறைகேடுகளுக்கு வழிவகுக்கிறது.

எனவே,நீட் தேர்வு முடிவுகள் அறிவிக்கப்படும் பொழுதே, தேசிய அளவில் தேர்வு எழுதிய மாணவர்களின் பெயர், நீட் தேர்வு பதிவு எண், வாங்கிய மதிப்பெண், தர வரிசை எண், ஆதார் எண், வகுப்பு (Community), இருப்பிடச் சான்றிதழில் உள்ளபடி மாணவரின் மாநிலத்தின் பெயர், போன்ற விவரங்களுடன், தர வரிசைப் பட்டியலை முழுமையாக வெளியிட வேண்டும்.

இதேபோல் மாநில அளவில், ஒவ்வொரு மாநிலத்துக்குமான தர வரிசைப் பட்டியலையும், முறையாக வெளியிடவேண்டும்.

* தனியார் நிர்வாக ஒதுக்கீட்டு இடங்கள் மற்றும் நிகர் நிலை மருத்துவப் பல்கலைக் கழகங்களின் இடங்களுக்கான மாணவர் சேர்க்கையை கடைசி வரை ஒன்றிய மற்றும் மாநில அரசுகளே நடத்திட வேண்டும். அதுவே தகுதி அடிப்படையிலான மாணவர் சேர்க்கையை இறுதி வரை உறுதிப்படுத்திடும்.

ஆனால், தற்போது உள்ளது போல், தனியார் கல்லூரிகளும், நிகர் நிலை மருத்துவப் பல்கலைக் கழகங்களும் கடைசிக் கட்டத்தில், மாப் அப் ( mop up ) கவுன்சிலிங் மூலம் நேரடியாகத் தாங்களாகவே மாணவர் சேர்க்கையை நடத்திக் கொள்ள, அனுமதிக்கக் கூடாது. தனியார் மருத்துவக் கல்வி நிறுவனங்களின் லாபத்திற்காக நீட் கட் ஆஃப் பர்சென்டைலை கடைசி நேரத்தில் குறைத்திடக் கூடாது.

* நிகர்நிலை மருத்துவப் பல்கலைக்கழகங்களுக்கான கல்விக் கட்டணங்களை மத்திய அரசு நிர்ணயிக்க வேண்டும்.

* ஏழை மாணவர்களுக்கான கல்விக் கட்டணத்தை மத்திய, மாநில அரசுகள் ஏற்க வேண்டும். கல்விக் கடன்களை வட்டி இல்லாமல் தேசிய மயமாகப்பட்ட வங்கிகள் மூலம் வழங்கிட வேண்டும். கல்விக் கடன்களுக்கான (Bank surety) வங்கி பிணையத் தொகைக்கு மத்திய, மாநில அரசுகள் (கேரள அரசு போல்) பொறுப்பேற்க வேண்டும்.

* நீட் தேர்வை எழுதுவதற்கு வயது வரம்பை தேசிய மருத்துவ ஆணையச் சட்டம் நிர்ணயிக்க வில்லை. இதன் காரணமாக வசதி படைத்த, பட்டப் படிப்பு படித்த, வயதானவர்கள், வேறு பணியில் உள்ளவர்கள் மற்றும் பணி ஓய்வு பெற்றவர்கள் கூட நீட் தேர்வை எழுதி மருத்துவப் படிப்பில் சேருகிறார்கள்.

மருத்துவர்கள் மற்றும் மருத்துவப் படிப்பு இடங்கள் போதிய அளவில் இல்லாத ஒரு நாட்டில், ஒரு இளம் மாணவருக்கு மருத்துவராகும் வாய்ப்பு கிடைத்தால் அவர் நீண்டகாலம் சமூகத்திற்கு சேவை செய்வார். வயதானர்கள், ஓய்வு பெற்றவர் மருத்துவராகும் பொழுது அவர் சமூகத்திற்கு சேவை செய்யும் காலம் குறைகிறது.

அது சமூக நலனுக்கு எதிரானது. எனவே,தேசிய மருத்துவ ஆணையச் சட்டத்தில் திருத்தம் செய்து மருத்துவக் கல்லூரியில் சேர்வதற்கான உச்சபட்ச வயதை பொதுப் பிரிவினருக்கு 21 ஆக நிர்ணயிக்க வேண்டும். இதர பிரிவினருக்கு 25 ஆக நிர்ணயிக்க வேண்டும்.

* நீட் நுழைவுத் தேர்விலிருந்து விலக்கு கேட்கும் மாநிலங்களுக்கு, தேசிய மருத்துவ ஆணையச் சட்டத்தில் திருத்தம் கொண்டுவந்து விலக்கு வழங்கிட வேண்டும்.

* நீட் வினாத்தாள் மொழிபெயர்ப்பில் தவறுகள், குளறுபடிகள் நடக்காமலும், முறைகேடுகள், ஆள்மாறாட்டம் போன்றவை நடைபெறாமலும் தடுத்திட வேண்டும்.

* அகில இந்திய ஒதுக்கீட்டிற்கு மாநில அரசுகள் வழங்கும் இடங்களில் இதர பிற்படுத்தப்பட்டோருக்கு உடனடியாக 27 விழுக்காட்டு இட ஒதுக்கீட்டை வழங்கிட வேண்டும்”.

இவ்வாறு ஜி.ஆர்.ரவீந்திரநாத் வலியுறுத்தியுள்ளார்.

பிளஸ் 2 மதிப்பெண் நாளை வெளியாகிறது

பிளஸ் 2 மதிப்பெண் நாளை வெளியாகிறது

Added : ஜூலை 17, 2021 22:38

சென்னை:பிளஸ் 2 மாணவர்களுக்கான 'ஆல் பாஸ்' மதிப்பெண் விபரம், நாளை வெளியாகிறது. இணையதளங்களில் மாணவர்கள் தங்கள் மதிப்பெண்களை தெரிந்து கொள்ளலாம்.

கொரோனா தொற்று பரவலால், பிளஸ் 2 பொதுத்தேர்வு கடந்த ஆண்டு ரத்து செய்யப்பட்டது. அனைத்து மாணவர்களும் ஆல் பாஸ் செய்யப்பட்டுள்ளனர். கடந்த கல்வி ஆண்டில், பிளஸ் 2 படித்த மாணவர்கள், பிளஸ் 1ல் சில பாடங்களில் தோல்வி அடைந்திருந்தாலும், அவர்களும் தேர்ச்சி பெறுவதாக அறிவிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது.

இந்நிலையில், முந்தைய, 10ம் வகுப்பு, பிளஸ் 1 பொதுத்தேர்வுகள் மற்றும் கடந்த ஆண்டின் பிளஸ் 2 செய்முறை தேர்வு மதிப்பெண் அடிப்படையில், பிளஸ் 2 மதிப்பெண்கள் நிர்ணயிக்கப்பட்டு உள்ளன.இதன்படி, ஒவ்வொரு மாணவரும் எவ்வளவு மதிப்பெண் பெற்றுள்ளார் என்ற விபரம், அரசு தேர்வு துறையின் இணையதளத்தில், நாளை காலை, 11:00 மணிக்கு வெளியாகிறது.

Smart tips for your office life

Smart tips for your office life

Some strategies to help you navigate the tricky minefield of complicated work situations

Exit strategies

18.07.2021 

I am disheartened by my colleagues who talk about equity and compassion, yet fail to advocate those same values in-house. It’s time for me to resign and for the standard exit interview. Should I be candid about my frustrations or just be gracious and “hope our paths cross again”?

This phenomenon of people voicing solidarity but doing little to act on the politics they purport to have is not unique to your workplace. Most people talk more than they act.

There are all kinds of ways to approach exit interviews. You can burn it all down, telling your employer the most unfiltered version of what you think. Most of us have fantasised about this kind of exit interview, but we don’t do it because the world is small and our professional circles are even smaller. There may be repercussions for speaking our minds.

First, determine what you hope to accomplish. Will voicing your frustrations simply make you feel better? Will the organisation act on your feedback? If your professional future depends on it, be gracious. Let common sense be your guide for the tone you take and where the conversation leads.

Tell the truth?

My new firm interviews candidates from my old firm and I am often asked what I think of them. Given that we all need jobs, how much is reasonable to share? What do people expect?

When giving this kind of informal recommendation, you should be honest about what you have directly observed or experienced. Everything else is conjecture or hearsay. When you aren’t privy to details about your colleague, it is better to say nothing. No harm is done in sharing what you know that is positive. Trust your instincts.

Drowning in the deep end

I was recently promoted to a managerial position. We never replaced the marketing director role, so I am the de facto lead for all of our promotional efforts. How can I tell my boss that the best thing for me, and the company, would be to look for a new marketing director?

Bringing this up may show a lack of ambition. But I am overwhelmed and a little burned out.

It can be terrifying when we are thrown into the professional deep end.

Your well-being, both professionally and personally, matter. If you are genuinely overwhelmed, speak with your boss. Ask for a new marketing director by identifying why that position should be filled by someone other than you and how it will benefit the company.

At the same time, make it clear that in the future, when you have more experience, you would like to be considered for the director position.

— THE NEW YORK TIMES

Memories strengthen when you’re asleep

Memories strengthen when you’re asleep

18.07.2021 

While we sleep, the brain produces activation patterns. When two of these patterns gear into each other, previous experiences are reactivated. The stronger the reactivation, the clearer will be our recall of past events, a new study published in Nature Communications has revealed.

Scientists have long known that slow oscillations (SOs) and sleep spindles — sudden half-second to two-second bursts of oscillatory brain activity — play an important role in the formation and retention of new memories. But recently, researchers from the University of Birmingham and Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich discovered that a precise combination of SOs and sleep spindles is vital for opening windows during which memories are reactivated.

“Memory reactivation is specifically bound to the presence of SO-spindle complexes. These results shed new light on the memory function of sleep in humans and emphasise the importance of orchestrated sleep rhythms in strengthening recall,” said study co-author Dr Thomas Schreiner.

Study participants were shown information before taking a nap and the research team closely monitored brain activity during non-rapid eye movement sleep using EEG recordings. Participants were then tested on their memory recall after waking up, allowing the researchers to link the extent of memory reactivation during sleep to memory performance.

— ANI

1st dose must to get salary in Nagaland

1st dose must to get salary in Nagaland

18.07.2021

State government employees in Nagaland must get vaccinated with the first dose and procure a Covid negative report every 15 days to be eligible for their salaries, reports Kangkan Kalita.

Nagaland chief secretary J Alam in an order on Saturday said that the salary of those employees, who fail to abide by the directive, will be stopped from July 31.

“All employees and staff in the Nagaland Civil Secretariat and Directorates will be required to be vaccinated to attend office, or to produce Covid-19 negative test report by getting tested every 15 days through either RT-PCR/True-Nat/CBNAAT on self-payment basis as per Government approved rates,” read the order.