Govt to start vaccination for kids only after nod to Covaxin

Govt to start vaccination for kids only after nod to Covaxin

Sushmi.Dey@timesgroup.com

New Delhi:09.11.2021

Children may have to wait for some more time to get vaccinated against Covid-19 as the government will start immunisation for kids only after Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin is approved for use which might take a few more weeks, a senior official told TOI.

The government is concerned that supplies of ZyCoV-D — a three-dose vaccine given emergency use authorisation (EUA) for children between 12-17 years — may not be adequate to begin inoculating children. Covaxin, currently in use for adults, has been recommended for use in children of 2-18 years. However, the final approval for EUA is pending with the DCGI. The regulator has been cautious in its approach as the vaccinations concern young children. The official said data has been reviewed thoroughly now and DCGI approval for use of Covaxin in children is expected by end of November.

The government plans to initiate vaccination with children who have been diagnosed with certain health conditions that make them more vulnerable to Covid.

Centre places order for 1cr Zydus doses

The health ministry placed an order for one crore doses of Zydus Cadila’s Covid vaccine, ZyCoV-D, at ₹358 per dose, exclusive of GST. The government aims to to start distribution of the jabs by December once supply begins. ZyCov-D, the world’s first DNA vaccine, is a three-dose vaccine that will be given on day zero, day 28 and day 56. P 8

‘ZyCoV-D supplies may not suffice to cover all children’

“We will wait for Covaxin to be approved for used in children before opening up Covid immunisation programme. ZyCoV-D supplies are limited and may not suffice to cover all children. Besides, it has been approved only for children above 12 years of age,” the official said.

Once the DCGI approves Covaxin for use in children, it will be reviewed by National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (NTAGI) before the final guidelines for immunisation of children are issued. The government expects to begin the programme for children by end of December or early next year, once approval is granted.

There are around 44 crore children in the country as per current data and government estimates around 10-12% will be eligible under prioritisation. With limited supplies of ZyCoV-D, it may be difficult for the government to ensure smooth supplies for such a large cohort, the official said.

The US Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) formally endorsed the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for children above five recently. The EU regulators have not yet authorised any Covid vaccine for children below age 12.

L-2 spouses in US may no longer need to apply for work authorisation

L-2 spouses in US may no longer need to apply for work authorisation

Lubna.Kably @timesgroup.com

09.11.2021

A lawsuit contesting that L-2 visa holders do not need a separate employment authorisation (or work permit) to be eligible for job opportunities or self-employment in the US has yielded results. In the coming days, it is likely that the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will announce that L-2 visa holders no longer need to apply for an employment authorisation document (EAD). Dependants such as the spouse of an L-1 visa holder (who is in the US on an intra-company transfer) are given the L-2 visa. H-4 visas are held by dependents including the spouse of the H-1B visa holder.

The lawsuit had contended that L-2 visa holders are eligible for employment ‘incident to status’. In other words, they should be eligible to work without a separate work permit application. However, USCIS required that the L-2 holders apply for a work permit – this often resulted in a job loss, as the wait for the application to be adjudicated took 10-15 months. “We have hammered out the terms of the settlement agreement,” Jonathan Wasden, partner at Wasden Banias, who represented the 16 plaintiffs, told TOI.

These plaintiffs, majority of them Indian nationals, are holding an L-2 or H-4 dependent visa. They had contested that as the immigration agency had violated the law, they found themselves in the precious situation of being unemployed. “In response to our lawsuit (Shergill v/s Mayorkas) the immigration agency will change its policy. L-2 visa holders will no longer need to apply for an EAD. Some H-4 visa holders will be eligible for auto extension of their EAD if they had valid status that lasted longer than the EAD,” explained Wasden.

TOI had earlier reported on the filing of this lawsuit.

Malaysia gives nod to Covaxin, may soon allow Indian tourists

Malaysia gives nod to Covaxin, may soon allow Indian tourists

Aradhana Takhtani

09.11.2021

India and Malaysia seem to be set for a bumper tourism trade with both nations reopening borders, easing immigration curbs, and the latter finally announcing its acceptance of Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin. On Saturday, Malaysia’s health minister Khairy Jamaluddin not only gave India’s Covaxin a thumbs up, but also congratulated India “for successfully producing the homemade vaccine”. Just a week prior to reopening tourist hotspot Langkawi to foreign tourists on November 15, Malaysia’s Covaxin approval is being seen as a significant move.

India, already ahead in its tourism diplomacy, has received two chartered flights full of tourists from Malaysia since the reopening of her borders from October 15. Talking to TOI, Indian high commissioner to Malaysia, B N Reddy, said: “There’s been a 150% increase in tourist visa applications from Malaysians this week compared to mid-October 2021. We anticipate this number to increase based on queries received.” In June 2021, India had announced upto five lakh free visas for international tourists on first-come-first-basis. The Indian high commission has presented a detailed proposal to Malaysia on launching a tourism bubble arrangement between the two nations.

Pandemic pushes IAS dreams to the backburner

 Pandemic pushes IAS dreams to the backburner

Ragu.Raman@timesgroup.com

09.11.2021

The dream of civil services of N Selvakumar, a mechanical engineering student from Tirunelveli, was put on standby in March 2020. He had just joined IAS coaching in August 2019, but the Covid-19 pandemic put a pause on his preparations. Unable to pay for food and accommodation owing to the financial crisis post pandemic, he returned home.

Nivedha, 23, from central Tamil Nadu, had to skip the IAS exam this year as her preparation was not up to the mark after physical coaching classes were suspended.

Anna Nagar, the civil service coaching hub in Chennai, which attracted students from as far as Rajasthan, Kashmir, Kerala and other states wears a deserted look now even after coaching institutes reopened for physical coaching around two months ago. The neighbourhood was home to more than 20 coaching institutes enrolling 6,000 to 7,000 students every year before the pandemic hit, now several smaller institutes have wrapped up operations as they could not afford to pay rent or employ trainers during the pandemic.

The entire industry that came up along with the coaching classes — from exclusive hostels for civil service aspirants, rental houses and catering services — are all affected. Except for a few, the majority of the hostels have less than 30% occupancy. Though some coaching centres and hostels have slashed their fees, still many are struggling to pay for the facilities after the pandemic led to economic distress in many families.

Of the 28,422 candidates who registered for the recently-held Union Public Service Commission’s civil services preliminary exam from Chennai, 53% were absent.

R K Sabarinathan, founder of Santhosh and Sabari IAS Academy in Shenoy Nagar, said enrolment in civil services coaching has come down by nearly 50% after the pandemic. “Many students default their fees due to financial stress. We cannot rent bigger halls to follow social distancing norms as the rent is high so we are conducting online classes now and hope to return to physical classes only next year,” he said.

But online classes leave gaps in learning, feels Selvakumar. “I could not clear my doubts like in physical classes with the trainers. The competitive environment for aspirants and guidance of seniors were missing in home preparation,” he said.

Nivedha, says women face a host of other issues. “Many women got married due to family pressure over the past year. The marriage age has come down to 22 again,” she said. And this socio-economic stress is being felt in the institutes that stand for an aspirational generation.

Though bigger coaching institutes like Shankar IAS Academy started physical classes, the number of enrolment is down by 40% compared to before the pandemic. “Those who adapted to the online mode of coaching before the pandemic have survived,” said S Chandru, academic head, Shankar IAS Academy in Anna Nagar. “It could take at least two years to return to normalcy,” Chandru said.

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Court directs Bar to frame rules to verify law degrees

Court directs Bar to frame rules to verify law degrees

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Madurai:09.11.2021

The Madras high court on Monday directed the Bar Council of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry to consider and pass orders on a representation seeking to frame appropriate rules and guidelines to verify the genuineness of law degrees obtained by people during the enrollment process, in order to prevent those without proper qualification from enrolling as advocates.

A division bench of justices Pushpa Sathyanarayana and P Velmurugan passed the order while disposing of a petition filed by an advocate S Muthukumar from Madurai district.

In his petition, the petitioner stated that several people without any basic qualification are getting themselves enrolled as advocates and are cheating the courts as well as the people. He stated that the people who apply for law courses have started to obtain degrees without even attending the classes. Such practices would deteriorate the standards of the legal profession. Appropriate rules and guidelines should be framed by the Bar Council to verify the genuineness of the law degrees and to verify if an individual had undergone the course properly, he said.

HC quashes FIR against man for not wearing a mask

HC quashes FIR against man for not wearing a mask

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Madurai:09.11.2021

The Madras high court has quashed an FIR which was registered against a man who was seen roaming around without wearing masks during the Covid-19 lockdown at Tenkasi district in 2020. The court passed the order while hearing the petition filed by Ashik Ali, who sought to quash the FIR registered against him by the Puliyangudi police in the district.

The case of the prosecution is that when the prohibitory order under Section 144 CrPC was in effect due to Covid-19 pandemic, several people including the petitioner were seen roaming on the road without masks on April 24, 2020.

Justice G Ilangovan observed that though Section 144 CrPC was in effect during the relevant point of time, police ought to have warned the petitioner to go indoors, but instead they had registered a case. It is a trivial matter in which no offence of grievous nature is involved.

The judge observed that it is not the case of police that the petitioner was affected by Covid-19 at the time of occurrence. Therefore, the judge rejected the contention of the prosecution that the petitioner roaming in the road during the pandemic period would result in spread of the infection. Taking into account the facts and circumstances of the case and that the government has taken a decision to drop all these cases which have been registered against the public during the pandemic, the judge quashed the FIR .

Options fewer, but TN med students still go abroad

Options fewer, but TN med students still go abroad

Big Delay In NEET Results No Deterrent

Ragu.Raman@timesgroup.com

Chennai:09.11.2021

The delay in releasing National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) results and Covid-19 pandemic have limited the number of choices for students opting to study medicine in foreign universities, but many from Tamil Nadu have made light of the problems including travel restrictions and are still flying out to study medicine.

Of the 1.08 lakh students who appeared for NEET from Tamil Nadu this year, 58,922 qualified. In pre-Covid times, educational consultants say, around 5,000 students from Tamil Nadu used to go abroad every year to study medicine.

With the cut-off for medical admissions expected to remain more or less the same as last year, many have opted for universities in Russia, Ukraine, Georgia, Malaysia, Uzbekistan, Philippines, Nepal and Bangladesh.

A Sophiya Punithan of Chennai joined All American Institute of Medical Sciences in Jamaica. “The total cost including food, accommodation and tuition fees is approximately ₹49 lakh for five years. I am awaiting a visa to travel there this month,” she said, adding though she qualified in NEET she was not able to score high marks due to Covid-19.

Aakif Abdullah of Kayalpattinam in Tuticorin, who joined Tashkent Medical Academy in Uzbekistan and plans to travel before November 25, said he did not want to waste another year in NEET preparation.

Rajkumar of Puducherry, who has enrolled his son in National Pirogov Memorial Medical University at Vinnytsya in Ukraine, said, “We finalised the university even before the NEET results as the cut-off was very high last year.”

Universities in China and Russia used to attract a large number of students from the state. While medical universities in China are yet to admit foreign students, top universities in Russia have closed admissions. “Reputed universities like Kazan State Medical University closed admissions this year following the delay in releasing NEET results. Last year, we did admissions to 25 medical universities in Russia. This year, only four universities have kept admissions open,” said C Ravichandran, managing director of Study Abroad Educational Consultants.

D Subhas Chandra Bose, managing director of St Johns Educare India Private Limited said, interest among students to join medical universities abroad has increased compared to previous year. “Countries like Uzbekistan and Jamaica are giving visas for medical aspirants.”

R Sureshkumar, managing director of Chennai-based Truematics Overseas Education Consultancy, said the current batch had fewer options like Ukraine and Malaysia due to the delay in NEET results. “Students are not preferring universities which offer courses in online mode. Many have chosen different career options due to the pandemic.”

With the cut-off for admissions expected to remain more or less the same as last year, many have opted for universities in Russia, Ukraine, Georgia and Uzbekistan

Principle Of Initial Date Of Appointment Valid Principle To Determine Inter-Se Seniority In Absence Of Rules To Contrary : Supreme Court

Principle Of Initial Date Of Appointment Valid Principle To Determine Inter-Se Seniority In Absence Of Rules To Contrary : Supreme Court

Srishti Ojha

5 Nov 2021 11:23 AM

The Supreme Court of India has held that the principle of initial date of appointment or continuous officiation will be the valid principle to be considered for determination of inter se seniority in the absence of any rule or guidelines to the contrary.

A Bench compromising Justice Ajay Rastogi and Justice Abhay Oka has made the observations while delivering its judgement in appeals challenging judgments of both the Delhi and Punjab & Haryana High Court raising the same question of determination of seniority inter se of the candidates selected in their respective Command at the stage when a combined All India seniority list is to be prepared.

The present case involves candidates/applicants for post of Group 'C' personnel of Military Engineering Services who were selected and placed in the select panel dated 29th June, 1983 of the Western Command but appointed after 5 years down the line were appointed from April 1987 to April 1988.

Their seniority was determined on the basis of their date of joining. Their grievance was that as they are the candidates of the select panel of June 1983, seniority of the candidates who are selected by direct recruitment is to be determined in the order of merit regardless of their date of joining and that they are entitled to claim seniority with their counterparts who were appointed out of the 1983 select panel.

The question to be decided by the Apex Court was " In case of applicants selected in June 1983 in Western Command, whether their date of joining service at a later stage will be a guiding factor when the combined All India seniority of the five Commands is prepared or seniority will relate back to their placement assigned in the select panel of June 1983 of Western Command regardless to the fact of their joining at a later stage, anterior to the period one has taken birth in the Department."

While delivering its judgement, the Bench took note of the fact that there is no rule or guidelines issued by the respondents including Union of India which may determine the inter se seniority when a combined seniority list at the All India level is to be prepared under the Scheme of 1971 Rules.

Further, the Bench noted that the respondents were taking assistance of Office Memorandum of DoPT dated 3rd July, 1986 which deals with the determination of seniority of direct recruits who were selected and placed in one and the same select panel to be determined by the order of merit in the select list and those who are selected in the earlier selection will remain senior to such persons who were appointed in the later selection.

Taking note of the above mentioned points, the Bench therefore observed that  "We are also of the view that in the matter of adjudging seniority of the candidates selected in one and the same selection, placement in the order of merit can be adopted as a principle for determination of seniority but where the selections are held separately by different recruiting authorities, the principle of initial date of appointment/continuous officiation may be the valid principle to be considered for adjudging inter se seniority of the officers in the absence of any rule or guidelines in determining seniority to the contrary."

The Bench has upheld the order of the Central Administrative Tribunal whereby it observed that while adjudging seniority in silent in determining inter se seniority of the Commands at All India level, the only possibility and the rationale rule would be to have their seniority reckoned from the date of entering into service when he is compared to the person who belonged to yet another Command

According to the Tribunal, it would be illogical if the incumbent who was appointed earlier is pushed down below the persons who were later appointed as in the present case after almost 4 to 5 years of the select panel being published in June 1983 and has not even taken birth in the Department are allowed to claim seniority anterior to the date of joining service.

The Bench has also upheld the order of the Delhi High Court where it expressed its conformity with the view expressed by the Tribunal so far as the determination of combined inter se seniority at the All India level is concerned,

With regard to the strong observations made by the Delhi High Court regarding the procedure being followed by the authority in making appointments from the select panel of June 1983 after 5 years of the selection, the Top Court as a matter of caution, observed that the authorities must be held accountable for their arbitrary action and save the institution from uncalled for litigation.

"The appointment of individual which was made at a later stage after five years from the select panel notified on 29th June, 1983 in the Western Command cannot be countenanced by this Court but in the peculiar circumstances, we are not inclined to open the dead issue at this stage, but as a matter of caution, we would like to observe that the authorities must be held accountable for their arbitrary action and save the institution from uncalled for litigation." the Bench said

Case title: Sudhir Kumar Atrey vs Union of India & ors

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தீபாவளி பண்டிகைக்கு சொந்த ஊர் சென்றவர்கள் 2,3 நாட்கள் கழித்து சென்னை திரும்புங்கள்: முதல்வர் ஸ்டாலின் வேண்டுகோள்

தீபாவளி பண்டிகைக்கு சொந்த ஊர் சென்றவர்கள் 2,3 நாட்கள் கழித்து சென்னை திரும்புங்கள்: முதல்வர் ஸ்டாலின் வேண்டுகோள்

சென்னை

சென்னை, திருவள்ளூர் மற்றும் காஞ்சிபுரம் மாவட்டங்களில் தொடர்ந்து மழை பெய்து வருவதாலும், இந்த மாவட்டங்களில் அமைந்துள்ள அணைகளிலிருந்து உபரி நீர் திறந்து விடப்படுவதாலும், தீபாவளி பண்டிகைக்காக சென்னையிலிருந்து சொந்த ஊருக்கு சென்றுள்ள பொது மக்கள் இரண்டு, மூன்று நாட்கள் கழித்து சென்னைக்கு திரும்புமாறும் முதல்வர் ஸ்டாலின் வேண்டுகோள் விடுத்துள்ளார்.

இதுகுறித்து தமிழக அரசு வெளியிட்டுள்ள செய்திக்குறிப்பில் தெரிவிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளதாவது:

தமிழ்நாட்டில் கடந்த 24 மணி நேரத்தில், 36 மாவட்டங்களில் அதிக அளவில் மழை பெய்துள்ளது. சென்னை மாவட்டத்தில் அதிகபட்சமாக 134.29 மி.மீட்டரும், அரியலூர் மாவட்டத்தில் குறைந்தபட்சமாக 0.20 மி.மீ மழையும் பதிவாகியுள்ளது.

சென்னை நகரில் குறிப்பாக மிக அதிக அளவு மழை பதிவாகி பெய்து வருகிறது. பாதிக்கப்பட்ட பகுதிகளில் இன்று (07.11.2021) மாண்புமிகு தமிழ்நாடு முதலமைச்சர் அவர்கள் நேரடியாக கொளத்தூர், செல்வி நகர், சீனிவாசா நகர், பெரம்பூர், பெருமாள்பேட்டை, வல்லம் பங்காரு தெரு, புரசைவாக்கம், மூக்கு செட்டி தெரு, கொசப்பேட்டை, படவட்டமன் தெரு, ஓட்டேரி, கொன்னூர், அன்னை சத்யா நகர் உள்ளிட்ட பகுதிகளை ஆய்வு செய்து கே.ஆர்.எம். பள்ளியில் தங்க வைக்கப்பட்டுள்ள பொதுமக்களுக்கு ரொட்டி, அரிசி, போர்வை, சோப்பு உள்ளிட்ட நிவாரணப் பொருட்களை வழங்கினார்கள்.

வடகிழக்கு பருவமழை 1.10.2021 முதல் 7.11.2021 வரை 334.64 மி.மீ பெய்துள்ளது. இது இயல்பான மழையளவான 232.8 மி.மீட்டரை விட 44 சதவீதம் கூடுதல் ஆகும்.

கோயம்புத்தூர், திருநெல்வேலி, அரியலூர், திருவாரூர், விழுப்புரம், ஈரோடு, கரூர், கடலூர், புதுக்கோட்டை, பெரம்பலூர் ஆகிய 10 மாவட்டங்களில் இயல்பை விட 60 சதவீதத்திற்கு மேல் மிக அதிகப்படியான மழை பெய்துள்ளது.

தமிழ்நாட்டின் கடலோர மாவட்டங்களில், 121 பல்நோக்கு பாதுகாப்பு மையங்களும், அனைத்து மாவட்டங்களில் 5106 நிவாரண முகாம்களும், பெருநகர சென்னை மாநகராட்சி பகுதிகளில், மொத்தம் 160 நிவாரண முகாம்களும் அமைக்கப்பட்டு, அதற்கான பொறுப்பு அதிகாரிகள் நியமிக்கப்பட்டு தயார் நிலையில் உள்ளது. மேலும், பெருநகர சென்னை மாநகராட்சி பகுதிகளில் தேங்கியுள்ள மழை நீர், இராட்சத பம்புகள் மூலம் அகற்றப்பட்டு வருகிறது.

மேலும், பேரிடர்களின் போது மீட்பு மற்றும் நிவாரணப் பணிகளை துரிதப்படுத்தும் பொருட்டு, தேசிய பேரிடர் மீட்புப் படையின் இரண்டு குழுக்கள் மதுரைக்கும், செங்கல்பட்டு மற்றும் திருவள்ளூர் மாவட்டத்திற்கு தலா ஒரு குழுவும் அனுப்பி வைக்கப்பட்டுள்ளனர். மேலும் தமிழ்நாடு பேரிடர் மீட்புப் படையின் இரண்டு குழுக்கள் தஞ்சாவூர் மற்றும் கடலூர் மாவட்டங்களுக்கு அனுப்பி வைக்கப்பட்டுள்ளனர்.

மேலும், தமிழ்நாடு தீயணைப்புத் துறையும், அனைத்து விதமான தேடல் மற்றும் மீட்பு உபகரணங்களுடன் தயார் நிலையில் உள்ளது. மீன்வளத் துறை மூலம் போதுமான படகுகள் தயார் நிலையில் வைக்கப்பட்டுள்ளன.

இந்நிலையில் இன்று (07.11.2021) சென்னையின் பல பகுதிகளிலும் நேரடியாக ஆய்வு மேற்கொண்ட தமிழ்நாடு முதல்வர் ஸ்டாலின் மீட்பு மற்றும் நிவாரண நடவடிக்கைகளை விரைவுபடுத்த அதிகாரிகளுக்கு உத்தரவிட்டார். மாநிலத்தில் பரவலாக பெய்து வரும் கனமழையின் காரணமாக சாலைகள் மற்றும் குடியிருப்பு பகுதிகளில் நீர் தேங்காத வண்ணம் வருவாய்த் துறை, பொதுப்பணித் துறை, உள்ளாட்சித் துறை அமைப்புகள் மூலம் விரைவாக நடவடிக்கைகள் மேற்கொள்ளப்பட வேண்டும் என அறிவுறுத்தினார்.

தாழ்வான பகுதிகளில் வசிக்கும் மக்களை உடனடியாக பாதுகாப்பான மையங்களுக்கு அழைத்துச் செல்லவும், அவர்களுக்கு உணவு மற்றும் தேவையான இதர வசதிகளை செய்து தரவும் முதல்வர் உத்தரவிட்டார். எல்லா இடங்களிலும் உரிய மருத்தவ வசதிகள் கிடைப்பதையும், கோவிட் வழிகாட்டு நடைமுறைகள் தவறாது கடைபிடிக்கப்படுவதை உறுதி செய்யவும் அறிவுறுத்தினார்.

பின்னர் சென்னை எழிலகத்தில் உள்ள மாநில அவசரக் கட்டுப்பாட்டு மையத்தில் மாநிலத்தில் மழை வெள்ளம் குறித்த தகவல் கட்டுப்பாடு விபரங்களை கேட்டறிந்தார். கூடுதல் தலைமைச் செயலர் / வருவாய் நிருவாக ஆணையர் பணீந்திர ரெட்டி மற்றும் பேரிடர் மேலாண்மை இயக்குநர் டாக்டர் என். சுப்பையன் ஆகியோருடன் ஆலோசனை மேற்கொண்டு, மாவட்ட ஆட்சியர்களுக்கும், பொதுமக்களுக்கும் அனுப்ப வேண்டிய முன்னெச்சரிக்கை செய்திகளை உடனடியாக அனுப்பவும், கட்டணமில்லா தொலைபேசி 1070 மூலம் வரப்பெறும் புகார்கள் மீது உடனடியாக நடவடிக்கை மேற்கொள்ளவும் அறிவுரை வழங்கினார்கள்.

தமிழ்நாட்டில் தொடர்ந்து மழை பெய்து வரும் கனமழையின் காரணமாகவும், பெரும்பாலான மாவட்டங்களில் கன மழை தொடரும் என இந்திய வானிலை ஆய்வு மையம் தெரிவித்துள்ள நிலையிலும், 08.11.2021 மற்றும் 09.11.2021 ஆகிய இரண்டு நாட்களுக்கு சென்னை, திருவள்ளூர், காஞ்சிபுரம் மற்றும் செங்கல்பட்டு மாவட்டங்களில் உள்ள அனைத்து பள்ளி மற்றும் கல்லூரிகளுக்கு விடுமுறை அறிவிக்கப்படுகிறது.

தற்போது சென்னை, திருவள்ளூர் மற்றும் காஞ்சிபுரம் மாவட்டங்களில் தொடர்ந்து மழை பெய்து வருவதாலும், இந்த மாவட்டங்களில் அமைந்துள்ள

அணைகளிலிருந்து உபரி நீர் திறந்து விடப்படுவதாலும், தீபாவளி பண்டிகைக்காக சென்னையிலிருந்து சொந்த ஊருக்கு சென்றுள்ள பொது மக்கள் இரண்டு, மூன்று நாட்கள் கழித்து சென்னைக்கு திரும்புமாறும் முதல்வர் ஸ்டாலின் வேண்டுகோள் விடுத்துள்ளார்.

தீபாவளி பண்டிகை தொடர் விடுமுறை முடிந்து ஊருக்கு திரும்பிய பொதுமக்களால் பேருந்துகளில் கூட்டம்

தீபாவளி பண்டிகை தொடர் விடுமுறை முடிந்து ஊருக்கு திரும்பிய பொதுமக்களால் பேருந்துகளில் கூட்டம்

தீபாவளி தொடர் விடுமுறை முடிந்த நிலையில், பொதுமக்கள் பலர் தங்கள் சொந்த ஊரில் இருந்து தாங்கள் பணிபுரியும் ஊர்களுக்கு புறப்பட்டனர். இதனால், சேலம் புதிய பேருந்து நிலையத்தில் நேற்று பயணிகள் கூட்டம் அலைமோதியது. படம்: எஸ்.குரு பிரசாத்

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தீபாவளி தொடர் விடுமுறைக்குப் பின்னர் பொதுமக்கள் தாங்கள் பணிபுரியும் இடங்களுக்கு சொந்த ஊரில் இருந்து புறப்பட்டு செல்லத் தொடங்கினர். இதனால், நேற்று சேலம், கிருஷ்ணகிரி பேருந்து நிலையங்களில் பயணிகள் கூட்டம் அதிகமாக இருந்தது.

வெளியூர்களில் பணிபுரிவோர், கல்லூரி மாணவ, மாணவிகள் தீபாவளிப் பண்டிகை கொண்டாட்டத்துக்காக சொந்த ஊர் சென்றவர்கள் விடுமுறை முடிந்த பின்னர் நேற்று தாங்கள் பணிபுரியும் ஊர்களுக்கு புறப்பட்டனர்.

இதனால், சேலம் புதிய பேருந்து நிலையத்தில் நேற்று காலை முதலே பயணிகள் வருகை படிப்படியாக அதிகரித்தது. இதனால், பேருந்து நிலைய வளாகத்தில் பயணிகள் கூட்டம் அலைமோதியது.

பேருந்து நிலையத்தில் கூட்ட நெரிசலை தடுக்க நுழைவு வாயில்கள், நடைமேடைகள் உள்ளிட்ட இடங்களில் போலீஸார் ஆங்காங்கே கண்காணிப்புப் பணியில் ஈடுபட்டனர். மேலும், பேருந்து நிலையத்துக்குள் கார், இருசக்கர வாகனம், ஆட்டோ போன்றவை வராமல் தடுத்தனர்.

சுங்கச்சாவடியில் காத்திருப்பு

கர்நாடக மாநிலம் பெங்களூரு மற்றும் ஓசூர் பகுதிகளில் உள்ள தொழிற்சாலைகளில், தமிழகத்தின் பல்வேறு மாவட்டங்களிலிருந்து ஆயிரக்கணக்கான தொழிலாளர்கள் பணிபுரிந்து வருகின்றனர்.

இவர்கள் தீபாவளி தொடர் விடுமுறை முடிந்து நேற்றுகிருஷ்ணகிரி வழியாகவே தாங்கள் பணிபுரியும் பகுதிகளுக்கு செல்லத் தொடங்கினர். இதனால், கிருஷ்ணகிரி பேருந்துகளில் பயணிகளின் கூட்டம் அலைமோதியது.

சில ஊர்களுக்கு போதிய பேருந்துகள் இல்லாததால் பயணிகள் பலர் கூட்ட நெரிசலில் பயணம் செய்ததோடு, பேருந்து படிக்கட்டுகளில் தொங்கியபடியும் சென்றனர். குறிப்பாக ஓசூர், பெங்களூருக்கு பேருந்துகள் போதிய அளவில் இல்லாததால் பயணிகள் வெகுநேரம் காத்திருந்தனர்.

இதை அறிந்த அரசு போக்குவரத்துக் கழக அதிகாரிகள் எந்த ஊர்களுக்கு அதிக பயணிகள் கூட்டம் இருந்ததோ அந்த ஊர்களுக்கு மாற்றுப் பேருந்துகளை இயக்க நடவடிக்கை எடுத்தனர்.

இதேபோல, கிருஷ்ணகிரி-பெங்களூர் தேசிய நெடுஞ்சாலையில் ஆட்சியர் அலுவலகம் அருகேயுள்ள சுங்கச்சாவடியை கடந்த செல்ல நீண்ட வரிசையில் வாகனங்கள் காத்திருக்கும் நிலை ஏற்பட்டது.

இதனால், அப்பகுதியில் வாகன நெரிசல் ஏற்பட்டது.

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கோவை சர்வதேச விமானநிலையத்தில் பயணிகளின் எண்ணிக்கை கணிசமாக அதிகரித்து வருகிறது; தினமும் சராசரியாக, 5 ஆயிரம் விமான டிக்கெட்டுகள் முன்பதிவு செய்யப்படுகின்றன. சரக்கு ஏற்றுமதியும் உயர்ந்து வருகிறது.

கோவை சர்வதேச விமானநிலையத்தின் விரிவாக்க பணிகள் சற்று வேகம் எடுத்துள்ளன. கொரோனா தொற்று பரவல் குறைந்த பின் கோவையில் இருந்து இயக்கப்படும் விமானங்களின் எண்ணிக்கையும் அதிகரித்துள்ளது.விமான பயணிகளின் எண்ணிக்கையும் அதிகரித்து வருகிறது. கடந்த மே மாதம் கோவையில் இருந்து வெறும், 5 விமானங்கள் மட்டுமே இயக்கப்பட்ட நிலையில் நடப்பு மாதம் விமானங்களின் எண்ணிக்கை, 26 ஆக அதிகரிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது.

நடப்பு மாதம் முதல் உள்நாட்டு பிரிவில், புதிய நகரங்களுக்கு விமான சேவை மற்றும் பல்வேறு நகரங்களுக்கு கூடுதல் விமானங்கள் இயக்கப்பட உள்ளன. இதன்மூலம் கோவை சர்வதேச விமான நிலையத்தில் இருந்து டிச., மாதம் சராசரியாக, 2 லட்சம் பயணிகள் கையாளப்பட வாய்ப்புள்ளதாக, விமானநிலைய அதிகாரிகள் தெரிவித்துள்ளனர்.

விமானநிலைய அதிகாரிகள் கூறியதாவது:கோவை சர்வதேச விமானநிலையம் ஏறக்குறைய இரண்டு ஆண்டுகளுக்கு பின் மீண்டும் 'பிசி'யாக துவங்கியுள்ளது. கோவையில் இருந்து நடப்பு மாதம் டில்லி மற்றும் கோல்கட்டாவுக்கு புதிய நேரடி விமான சேவைகள் துவங்கியுள்ளன.இதன்மூலம் உள்நாட்டு பிரிவில் 20க்கும் மேற்பட்ட விமானங்களும், வெளிநாட்டு பிரிவில் சார்ஜாவுக்கு ஒரு விமானமும் இயக்கப்படுகிறது.

உள்நாட்டு பிரிவில் சென்னைக்கு, 7 விமானங்கள், மும்பை, 4, பெங்களூரு, 3, ஐதராபாத், 3, டில்லி, 2, கோல்கட்டாவுக்கு ஒரு விமானமும் இயக்கப்படுகிறது.கோவையில் இருந்து தினமும் பல்வேறு நகரங்களுக்கு வழங்கப்படும் விமான சேவைகளில், 7,200 சீட்கள் உள்ளன. இவற்றில் தற்போது உள்நாட்டு பிரிவில் சராசரியாக, 5 ஆயிரம் சீட்கள் 'புக்' செய்யப்பட்டு வருகின்றன.

இண்டிகோ நிறுவனம் இயக்கும் ஏ320 ஏர்பஸ் விமானத்தில், 180 பயணிகள் வரை செல்லலாம். கோவை சர்வதேச விமானநிலையம் 2019ம் ஆண்டு மொத்தம், 30 லட்சம் பயணிகளை கையாண்டது. சராசரியாக மாதம், 2.5 லட்சம் பயணிகளை கையாண்டுள்ளது.கொரோனா தொற்று குறைந்த பின், மீண்டும் பழைய நிலைக்கு விமான பயணிகளின் எண்ணிக்கை திரும்பி வருகிறது. இதே ரீதியில் தொடர்ந்தால் வரும் டிச., மாதம் சராசரியாக, 2 லட்சம் பயணிகள் பயணிக்க வாய்ப்புள்ளது.இவ்வாறு, அவர்கள் தெரிவித்தனர்.

சரக்கு ஏற்றுமதி கிராப் 'விர்ர்...'

கோவை விமான நிலையத்தில் இருந்து, கடந்த செப்டம்பர் மாதம் 70 டன் சரக்கு ஏற்றுமதியாகியுள்ளது.கடந்த ஆகஸ்ட் மாதத்தில் கோவையிலிருந்து பிற நகரங்களுக்கு செல்வோரின் எண்ணிக்கை 98 ஆயிரமாக இருந்தது. செப்டம்பர் மாதத்தில் இது ஒரு லட்சத்து 14 ஆயிரமாக உயர்ந்துள்ளது.

மதுரை விமான நிலையத்திலிருந்து 58 ஆயிரம் பேரும், திருச்சியிலிருந்து 12 ஆயிரம் பேரும், துாத்துக்குடியிலிருந்து 13 ஆயிரம் பேரும் விமானத்தில் பயணித்துள்ளனர். சேலத்திலிருந்து 51 பயணிகள் மட்டுமே சென்று வந்துள்ளனர். சரக்கு போக்குவரத்தில் சர்வதேச அளவில் 70 டன் ஏற்றுமதியையும், உள்நாட்டில் 690 டன் சரக்குகளையும், செப்டம்பர் மாதத்தில் கோவை விமான நிலையம் கையாண்டுள்ளது.-நமது நிருபர் குழு-

At this clothes bank for the poor, a piece costs only Re 1

At this clothes bank for the poor, a piece costs only Re 1

Petlee.Peter@timesgroup.com

Bengaluru: 08.11.2021

A new clothes bank has come up in Bengaluru where the underprivileged can shop for just Re 1 per piece of clothing.

The goodwill initiative, Imagine Clothes Bank was unveiled on September 12 at a tiny two-bedroom apartment in Lava Kusha Layout of Beratena Agrahara in Electronics City. It is open only on Sundays.

Bengaluru’s boutique for the poor is the brainchild of four college buddies — Vinod Prem Lobo, Melisha Noronha, Nitin Kumar and Vignesh — who have been involved extensively in social activities for a few years now.

“It all goes back to our college days of 2002 at St Aloysius, Mangaluru, when we floated a clothes bank on the streets for the poor with pieces collected through contributions made by students from schools in the city. The free distribution went on successfully for a while till we all finished our studies and left,” recalled Lobo.

After finding their careers, the friends once again came together in Bengaluru to restart what they had left behind and started Imagine Trust. Early this year, they decided on opening a clothing bank in Bengaluru, especially after Covid crisis left many daily wage labourers and migrant workers unemployed.

“We began collecting old clothes through friends and acquaintances with a focus on apartment complexes in Bengaluru and received a good response,” said Lobo, who along with friends, zeroed in on a two-bedroom flat in Electronics City for setting up the bank.

The first day itself saw many underprivileged families come in and pick clothes. All kinds of clothes in good condition, including shirts, pants, skirts, saris, jackets and even blankets and curtains finely spread out on par with a boutique here. Two staff members ensure the pieces are segregated according to age, sizes and types.

DRESS & DIGNITY: All kinds of clothes in good condition, and even blankets and curtains are availabe in this Bengaluru bank

Even after 110 days, Russia refuses to hand over Udaipur man’s body to kin

Even after 110 days, Russia refuses to hand over Udaipur man’s body to kin

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Kota: 08.11.2021

Russian authorities have refused to hand over the mortal remains of a 46-year-old man from Udaipur to his kin for last rites at his native place 110 days after death. They have also imposed restrictions of cremation as per Hindu rituals and directed his kin to bury him in Russia only.

The deceased, Hitendra Garassia, a resident of Godwa village in Udaipur, had gone to Russia in April through a travel agent for employment.

On September 17, the passport office at Jaipur on the input from the Indian embassy in Russia through the local police station informed Garassia’s family members that he had died in Russia and the Russian police recovered his body on July 17.

Garassia’s family had no clue about the whereabouts of Hitendra’s body in Russia.

However, on learning about the matter through media reports, Bundi-based Congress leader, Charmesh Sharma, who has facilitated safe returns of over 400 Indians stranded in foreign countries and a dead body from Iraq, lodged an online complaint to the President of India, Ramnath Kovind, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union minister of external affairs, S Jaishankar in mid-October.

Following repeated reminders and requests by Indian authorities, the ministry of foreign affairs of the Russian Federation on October 28 denied the Indian Embassy access to the body.

The Russian authorities stated, "Once this (investigation) process is over, the body of the deceased can be handed over to the relatives, but they will not be allowed to cremate the body or take the body out of Russia."

They added, "In other words, the family can come to Russia and receive the body, but they will have to conduct burial in Russia only. If they are not ready or able to come and do it, then the Russian government will conduct the burial."

Sharma said, "The Indian ambassador in Russia, DB Venkatesh Verma, on Saturday through email informed me about the response by the Russian government. It has left me stunned and disappointed, how can an individual be deprived of his fundamental right of last rites as per his religion at his native place?"

Garassia The role of the Indian embassy has also been disappointing as it worked like a post office to exchange information between Russian authorities and kin of the deceased when it should have mounted pressure and questioned the denial, he said.

Garassia is survived by his wife and two children.

"The entire family has been in grief and we have been measuring pillar to post for the return of our brother’s body, but the response from the Russian authorities has worsened our condition," said Natwar, Garassia’s brother.

Nurse cheated of ₹79k on pretext of job at RGI Airport

Nurse cheated of ₹79k on pretext of job at RGI Airport

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Hyderabad:  08.11.2021

Fraudsters duped a nurse of over Rs 79,000 by offering her a job at the RGI Airport. The accused lured the victim with an employment offer on their fake website.

On Saturday, 30-year-old G Gautami, a nurse from Shyam Karan Road in Ameerpet, lodged a complaint with SR Nagar police alleging that she was duped by fraudsters with a fake offer of employment at RGI Airport as a nurse.

The complainant stated that on October 25, 2021, she received a phone call from an unknown person offering her a senior staff nurse job at the RGI Airport.

As per the instructions given by the caller, the victim applied for the job on a fake website. After the victim updated her details on the web link provided by the fraudster, she received another call from the accused asking her to pay Rs 5000 towards examination fee, Rs 5000 towards verification fee, Rs 10,000 for courier charges and Rs 10,000 as application processing fee.

As per the instructions of the fraudsters, the victim deposited Rs 79,596 in various bank accounts.

After receiving the money, the accused stopped further communicating with her. She then lodged a complaint with the police. A case was registered under Sections 419,420 of the IPC & 66(C), 66(D) of the IT Act-2008.

Woman says she had lodged false ‘gangrape’ complaint

Woman says she had lodged false ‘gangrape’ complaint

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Hyderabad:  08.11.2021

A 30-year-old woman, who lodged a complaint with police two days ago alleging that she was gangraped by her neighbour and two of his friends, on Sunday told the police that she had lodged a false complaint. The police have sent the details of the FIR and the victim’s latest statement for legal opinion.

The complainant, who has been working as a domestic help, was a divorcee from Golconda area. Two days ago, she lodged a complaint with Golconda police alleging that a grocery store owner from her neighbourhood and two of his friends had sexually assaulted her a month ago after taking her out in a car on the pretext of showing a house for rent.

“The complainant alleged that about a month ago, while she was looking for a house on rent, her neighbour and his two friends convinced her to accompany him in the car to see a house in Shaheen Nagar area. She alleged that the trio had tied her limbs and raped her in the car,” Golconda inspector K Chandrasekhar Reddy said.

The complainant also alleged that her neighbour threatened her with a gun and warned her to not step out of the house, forcing her to remain indoors for a month. “They also took my pictures in the phone and threatened to show them to others if I inform anyone about the assault,” the complainant told police.

Based on the complaint, police had registered a gang rape case under Section 376 (2) (g) of the IPC and sent the victim for medical examination.

“On Sunday, the complainant came to the police station and gave a statement saying that she had lodged a false complaint against the neighbour as he refused to give her Rs10,000 when she requested the amount for medical treatment. We have sent the details for legal opinion and based on the advise we will initiate appropriate legal action,” the inspector said.

Two days ago, the 30-year-old woman lodged a complaint with Golconda police alleging that a grocery store owner from her neighbourhood and two of his friends had sexually assaulted her a month ago

Opening rank for many engg colleges dips

Opening rank for many engg colleges dips

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Hyderabad: 08.11.2021

The opening rank for many institutions has dipped this year in the Joint Seat Allocation Authority 2021 for engineering admissions.

As per the phase 1 figures, the computer science engineering course at the National Institute of Technology, Warangal opened at 703 and closed at 2,622. Last year, the institute opened at 541 and closed at 1,739.

“This year, the number of seats in many Indian Institute of Technologies (IIT) have increased following addition of seats in the economically weaker sections. Therefore, many top rankers might have chosen IITs over NITs,” said Ramana Rao, director, NIT, Warangal, adding that it is not the opening rank but the closing rank that determines the quality of students in these institutions.

He added that it is not the opening ranks but the closing ranks that defines the quality of students in these coveted institutions. “In many cases, if a student is not securing a CSE seat in an IIT than he/ she prefers other disciplines such as electrical engineering, civil engineering etc. The brand of IIT is what matters to most of the students,” said Rao. Similarly, computer science course at University of Hyderabad opened at 8,384 and closed at 16,597. Last year, it opened at 7,080 and closed at 13,991.

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Tatas to take over, operate Air India by Jan 23 next yr

‘ALL AGREED TO THIS DATE’

Tatas to take over, operate Air India by Jan 23 next yr

Saurabh.Sinha@timesgroup.com

New Delhi: 08.11.2021 

The countdown for founder Tata Group re-acquiring Air India 68 years after the Maharaja was nationalised has begun. They have to take control and start running AI, AI Express and AI-SATS (in which 50% stake is with the new owners) latest by January 23, 2022 — the “long stop date” as per the share purchase agreement signed with the government last month.

Comments from the Tatas were sought on preparations being made for this transfer of ownership and awaited till the time of going to press. They have so far not spelt out their plans for AI like whether there will be mega airline or a low-cost and a full-service carrier, the management structure and fleet and cabin upgrade plans.

“The long stop date of January 23, 2022, is the outer limit by when Tata’s whollyowned subsidiary Talace has to take over AI. This date has been agreed upon by both the parties (seller government and buyer Tatas),” said people in the know.

“If there is a delay in fulfilling conditions precedent (CP) requirements or disagreement on the closing balance sheet, the long stop date can be extended with mutual consent of both the parties. But that is an option unlikely to be exercised as January 23 was the date agreed upon by both,” they said. Top government officials don’t see AI takeover being delayed and they are trying to ensure the transfer of control takes place by the end of this calendar year itself.

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OCI STUDENTS WILL NOW BE ABLE TO STUDY IN INDIAN MEDICAL COLLEGES

 

Why parents in city are in two minds about getting their kids vaccinated against Covid

Why parents in city are in two minds about getting their kids vaccinated against Covid

Shradha.Chettri@timesgroup.com

New Delhi: 08.11.2021

Even if Covid vaccines are made available for children in India in near future, many parents seem to prefer to wait before getting them jabbed. Several parents TOI spoke to cited various reasons behind their decision — from the belief that young children have a low risk of catching severe Covid, lack of research data available in the public domain on vaccine trials to small trial sizes.

In August, the Indian drug regulator granted an emergency approval use to Zydus Cadila’s vaccine for children above 12 years. However, it is yet to become part of the vaccination programme. In the US, Food and Drug Administration has approved vaccination for children in the age group of 5-11 years.

Tanya Aggarwal, a lawyer and a parent of a Class I child, said, “Many doctors have said that unlike adults, young children have a low risk of severe Covid. Given this risk profile, small trial sizes and lack of long-term safety data, it’s difficult to definitively say yes to Covid-19 vaccines for children.”

Another parent, Mohit Goel, who has two children — one in Class X and the other in nursery, attributed his reluctance to lack of “reliable research data”. “I will prefer not to vaccinate them now as reliable research data is not available about the efficiency of vaccine and its side-effects in the long run. Overall, two waves have passed, and children have shown considerable immunity against the virus with negligible cases,” added Goel.

Satya Prakash, who lives in Rohini, however, will go for it if sufficient data is made available in the public domain. Prakash, who is also the president of Delhi Parents’ Association, said, “Let the government publish the raw research data, observation and findings. Let me be assured that the finding is compatible and safe for my children, then I am willing.”

Ravi Khatri, another parent, is also willing to vaccinate his children as he felt most people had taken a calculated risk and gone for the vaccine. “As far as the side-effects are concerned, this was also the case in adults’ vaccination. I am willing to take the calculated risk of side-effects,” he added.

Even Sumit Kumar, a parent of two daughter studying at schools in Vasant Kunj, favoured it. “All of us got vaccinated, so why should we risk our children’s life! Once they get vaccinated, we can send them to school without any fear,” he pointed out.

Another parent, who did not want to be named, however, would wait like many others. “Still studies are going on regarding the kids’ vaccination and children have better immunity as compared to adults. I will wait for some more time before I get my children vaccinated.”

LEADING THE WAY: 5-to 11-year-olds can now get Covid vaccine in US

A PARENT SAYS

I will prefer not to vaccinate them now as reliable research data is not available about the efficiency of vaccine and its side-effects in the long run

Husband viewed wife as cash cow, says HC as it grants divorce to couple

Husband viewed wife as cash cow, says HC as it grants divorce to couple

New Delhi: 08.11.2021

Delhi High Court has granted divorce to a couple on the ground of mental cruelty by the husband, observing that he viewed his wife as a “cash cow” and became interested in her only after she got a job with Delhi Police.

A bench headed by Justice Vipin Sanghi said the husband’s materialistic attitude, without any emotional ties, would have caused mental agony and trauma to the wife, which is sufficient to constitute cruelty to her. The bench, also comprising Justice Jasmeet Singh, observed that generally, it is the desire of every married woman to start a family, however, in the present case, the husband appeared to be “not interested in nurturing the marriage but only interested in the wife’s income”.

The court set aside a family court’s order which rejected the wife’s divorce plea and dissolved the marriage between the parties under the Hindu Marriage Act. She sought a divorce on the ground that the husband was unemployed, an alcoholic and used to physically abuse her and demand money.

In the present case, both the parties belonged to poor background and the marriage was solemnised when the husband and the wife were 19 years old and 13 years old, respectively. Even after attaining the age of majority in 2005, the wife was not taken to the matrimonial home until November 2014, that is, when she secured a job with Delhi Police.

“The continued distance between the parties even after the appellant (wife) attained majority would, in itself, have caused trauma and resulted in cruelty to the appellant apart from everything else... (the) circumstance probabalises the stand of the appellant, that the respondent (husband) harassed the appellant to pocket her income, since he was himself unemployed,” the court said.

“The respondent, it appears, viewed the appellant as a cash cow and became interested in her only after she got the job with the Delhi Police. Such brazenly materialistic attitude of the respondent, with no emotional ties, would have in itself caused mental agony and trauma to the appellant sufficient to constitute cruelty to her,” it added. PTI

‘Modi did not hold a single press conference in 7 years’

‘Modi did not hold a single press conference in 7 years’

JK Singh TNN

Yamunanagar: 08.11.2021

Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) patriarch Om Prakash (OP) Chautala targeted the government on Sunday and said that in society the people from every section are distressed due to misgovernance of the ruling government.

OP Chautala was in Yamunanagar at the house of INLD's national vice-president Ashwini Dutta where he said, "The people want to get rid of this government and a third morcha (front) is required for the same. I will make efforts to form a third front after holding discussions with all like-minded parties. We have come to the field for this task."

On the recent Ellenabad election in Haryana, OP Chautala said, "There were candidates of all the parties against the INLD candidate. To buy the voters even the amount of Rs 10,000 was paid and the government machinery was openly misused. Despite all odds, the INLD candidate won."

Speaking to the media at Yamunanagar, OP Chautala said, "It is unfortunate that seven years have passed and the “PM has not held even a single press conference.”

About the farmers’ protest, Chautala said, The people from all backgrounds of the society are participating in the kisan andolan (farmers' protest). It is expected that the kisan andolan will continue for long but the farmers will win in this struggle and the government will have to repeal all three black laws."

Talking about increasing inflation, Chautala said, “All are suffering losses in their business. Industries are closed. Employees, traders, labourers, farmers, everyone is affected due to inflation. The government's motive remains to benefit its people and the policies are framed accordingly. The economic situation in Haryana is very poor. The INLD government had left Rs 2,000 crore in the government's treasury. But the present government is under Rs 2.50 lakh crore debt. The government is taking loans to give salaries to its employees.”

Chautala also said, “The drums of development are being beaten in Haryana, whereas, the ground reality is totally opposite. There is no development visible in Haryana actually.” He highlighted the ‘Sarkar Apke Dwar’ programme of the INLD’s government and claimed that they went to the villages and granted funds for the development works. To a query about any alliance with BJP in future, Chautala said, “Everything depends on the situation. In politics, nobody is untouchable and a decision will be taken according to the prevailing circumstances.”

Husband viewed wife as cash cow, says HC as it grants divorce to couple

Husband viewed wife as cash cow, says HC as it grants divorce to couple

New Delhi: 08.11.2021

Delhi High Court has granted divorce to a couple on the ground of mental cruelty by the husband, observing that he viewed his wife as a “cash cow” and became interested in her only after she got a job with Delhi Police. A bench headed by Justice Vipin Sanghi said the husband’s materialistic attitude, without any emotional ties, would have caused mental agony and trauma to the wife, which is sufficient to constitute cruelty to her.

The bench, also comprising Justice Jasmeet Singh, observed that generally, it is the desire of every married woman to start a family, however, in the present case, the husband appeared to be “not interested in nurturing the marriage but only interested in the wife’s income”.

The court set aside a family court’s order which rejected the wife’s divorce plea and dissolved the marriage between the parties under the Hindu Marriage Act. She sought a divorce on the ground that the husband was unemployed, an alcoholic and used to physically abuse her and demand money. TNN

State ropes in college students in Covid vax awareness drive

State ropes in college students in Covid vax awareness drive

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Bhopal: 08.11.2021 

College students in the state have been asked to motivate their parents as well as people around them to get vaccinated. Higher education department has recently issued a notification in this regard. Notably, around 1 crore people in the state have not got the second dose of the Covid vaccine in due time.

Officials said, the students will be tasked to take the beneficiaries to the nearby vaccine center. For this reason, universities and colleges will now run awareness campaigns on Facebook to Twitter and other social media platforms.

Higher education officials said that the students who have not been administered the second dose even after the stipulated time has elapsed, will have to get the second dose of the vaccine immediately.

The principals of all the colleges are directed to contact the district collector and chief medical officer or district immunization officer and get information about the location and timing of the vaccination center and ensure publicity with the help of students.

Students are directed that if the citizens around their residence has not got the second dose of vaccine, then they should be motivated to get it.

Students should inform everyone they come in contact that the vaccine is administered at every primary health center seven days a week. They also need to emphasise that vaccination is complete only when the person has received both the doses. Therefore, it is necessary to administer the second dose of the vaccine in the stipulated time.

SMS is being sent out by the higher education department to the students studying in universities and colleges as part of the awareness campaign. "Instruct every student to compulsorily send SMS inspired for awareness campaign to all his acquaintances and WhatsApp group," said the official.

Registrars and principals should ensure that guest scholars including all academic and academic staff have got the second dose of vaccine as per eligibility in the jurisdiction. Obtaining this information in the attached prescribed format and send it to the institution compulsorily.

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