Bogus degree business thrives in edu hub

Bogus degree business thrives in edu hub

Tushar.Tere@timesgroup.com

Vadodara:29.11.2020

Once known to be an education hub of the state, the city seems to have become a centre for the gangs selling fake educational degrees. The recent seizure of over 500 fake degrees and mark sheets and arrest of three persons has brought to fore the bustling business in the city. The police said that many such gangs have been operating here over the last few years.

“The city is home to many educated middle-class citizens who aspire that their kids, too, study well and get good degrees for either getting admissions in reputed colleges or move abroad. Many of the parents are hence ready to shell out good money to buy degree certificates for their kids,” said a police official involved in the investigations.

“When the kids fail to acquire good marks or even pass in examinations, they or their parents look for other ways to ensure that their career takes off. Buying fake degree certificates is one of the easiest ways,” the police official added.

In last eight months, the cops have busted different gangs printing and selling fake certificates and mark-sheets and filed four cases. One of the accused, Mukesh Parmar, who was booked in May this year, is known to be an expert in making and selling forged degrees. In fact, in 2018, the police had arrested a peon working with M S University for stealing mark sheets and selling them to such gangs.

“Many of these gang members are usually involved in helping people get admission for their kids in colleges. They gradually develop good contacts and then start selling fake degree certificates and mark sheets for making quick money,” said R C Kanamiya, police inspector, prevention of crime branch (PCB).

He added that the accused are also associated with passport agents and often help youngsters get admission in colleges abroad. “Once they start earning good money, these gangs hire youngsters, expert in different software. Then they start designing and printing degrees and marksheets of various colleges. These gangs have networks in many states where they sell such bogus marksheets,” Kanamiya added. The cops usually bust such gangs on the basis of tip-offs or complaints by some unsatisfied customer.

Kingpin held from Udaipur

Vadodara: The kingpin of the fake mark sheet scam, Sukhpal Singh alias Vicky Sardar, was nabbed by the prevention of crime branch (PCB) from Udaipur on Saturday. Police said that Sardar was the mastermind of the entire scam. He used to issue degrees of William Carey University of Shillong. Sardar’s name was revealed when a man from Bharuch and two others from Fatehgunj were nabbed on November 26. Degree and migration certificates of William Carey University were found on the three accused. When the PCB sleuths raided Sardar’s house in Gotri and his office on Jetalpur road, cops found some documents, but Sardar was not there. Using technical sources, Sardar’s location was traced to Udaipur where a team went and nabbed him from a hotel. TNN

Couple murdered in Dubai; victims’ kids, parents get golden visas for 10 yrs Sisters Awarded Study Scholarship

Couple murdered in Dubai; victims’ kids, parents get golden visas for 10 yrs  Sisters Awarded Study Scholarship

Parth.Shastri@timesgroup.com

Ahmedabad:29.11.2020

In a rare instance, two sisters – aged 18 and 13 – with their grandparents have got the golden visa of UAE with a validity of 10 years. Their parents, Vadodara-natives Hiren and Vidhi Adhia, were killed by a burglar at their villa in Dubai on June 18. The visa was granted on humanitarian grounds and a possible first for Indians, said Indian community members.

Hiren Adhia and his wife Vidhi, both in their 40s, were asleep at their villa in Arabian Ranches when a burglar entered and stole valuables worth 2,000 dirham. Hiren spotted and confronted the burglar and was stabbed. When Vidhi came to rescue him she was also stabbed and both died on the spot. On November 23 their daughters and parents were granted ‘golden visa’. The sisters also got the full scholarship for their studies in Dubai.

Scholarships also announced

In a statement issued by the Dubai Police, visas were handed over by Lieutenant General Abdullah Khalifa Al Mari, commander-in-chief of Dubai Police, and Major General Mohammed Ahmed Al Marri, DG, General Directorate of Residency and Foreigners Affairs (GDRFA) office in Dubai.

The press statement issued by the Dubai Police said it collaborated with GDRFA to issue the golden visas following efforts by CID’s Victim Support Programme. Dubai police has withheld the name of the sisters to protect their identity as they are part of the victim support programme.

‘Granting the golden visas to the sisters is in line with the humanitarian approach embraced by the UAE’s wise leadership to ensure the happiness of all community segments in the UAE,’ said Lt Gen Al Marri in the statement. Dubai Police also announced full scholarships for the sisters at Canadian University and Repton School in Dubai.

Final MBBS exams deferred

Final MBBS exams deferred

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Bengaluru:29.11.2020

The final examinations for MBBS students scheduled for January 2021 have been postponed to February and March.

Examinations for first-year students will be held from February 8, for second-year students from March 2 and for third-year students from March 23.

Medical students had protested and organised Twitter campaigns demanding their annual examinations to be held in January 2020 be postponed. They had complained of insufficient time for preparation, ineffective online classes, and a lack of practical exposure. More than 25,000 medicos had participated in the Twitter campaign and a delegation of AIDSO Karnataka met the vice-chancellor of Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS) submitted a memorandum demanding postponement of exams.

Dr S Sacchidanand, vice-chancellor, RGUHS, said the postponement is based on guidelines provided by the National Medical Commission. He said that not every student was against exams in January and the delay will have a cascading effect on the academic calendar. “There is already a division between batches. We have conducted exams for odd batches because we need interns to join us as soon as possible,” he said. Students in odd batches are those who have back-papers.

Tied up in a knotty law, some interfaith couples opt to convert

Tied up in a knotty law, some interfaith couples opt to convert

There is no need to convert under the Special Marriage Act, but the 30-day notice period and bureaucratic hassles make couples take the religious route

Sonam.Joshi@timesgroup.com

29.11.2020

Mohammed was from Bihar, and Pavitra from Mangalore was his boss at a telecom company. The two fell in love during a training programme in Mumbai, and despite family opposition, wanted to spend their lives together. But since Pavitra’s father wanted to get her married off, the two hit the road, going to Hyderabad, Delhi and then Dehradun. There, they tried getting married under the Special Marriage Act,1954, which allows interfaith couples to marry without converting, but were repeatedly discouraged by district officials who said their marriage wouldn’t work and asked them to apply in their hometowns instead.

Fearing separation, they opted for a nikah. “I had no objection to Pavitra following her religion but we were desperate. How long could we keep running? We were afraid of someone asking us why we were living together,” he recalls. But their ordeal was far from over. A few days later, police showed up at their doorstep and took Pavitra back to Mangalore, where she claims she was forcibly kept for a few months. Finally, she managed to talk to him and travel to Delhi to get married officially. But even then, it took several months for them to get legally married under the Special Marriage Act (SMA) in August 2019 due to the one-month residency requirement in Delhi and official delays in sending notices and verification.

Mohammed and Pavitra’s tumultuous path to wedlock shows why even couples who don’t wish to convert have to opt for religious weddings rather than face the long procedural and bureaucratic hassles of SMA.

One of the main problems with SMA is the notice that is displayed at the marriage registration office for a month. Amrita Garg, an advocate at the High Court of Punjab and Haryana who aids such couples, says that this provision has the unintended effect of alerting vigilante groups and disapproving family members. “Sometimes, such notices have been sent to the families of the couple, often leading to violence and honour killings, defeating the purpose of enacting this legislation,” she says. Then there is the human angle. “To my mind, the greatest problem is the wide power given to marriage officers, the first stop for all couples wishing to marry. They appropriate the role of marriage counsellors and abuse their position to create obstacles.”

Recently, couples in Kerala found their pictures and personal details leaked and circulated on social media with allegations of ‘love jihad’. Athira Sujatha, who was among those whose details were shared on Facebook and WhatsApp before her marriage in December 2019, wrote a Facebook post tagging state legislators which then led to the applications being removed from the government website in July. “They simply didn’t mention that these applications were under SMA,” says Athira, who hasn’t changed her religion.

Renu Mishra of Lucknow-based Association of Advocacy and Legal Initiatives says that couples are often daunted by the Special Marriage Act. “When we tell couples that the notices might be sent to their homes, they get scared and rarely return,” she says.

Garg says that they often come across couples who convert to their partner’s religion to marry under the personal laws of that religion just to avoid the long and cumbersome procedure under SMA. “However, such conversions have become difficult with legislations to prevent them in states such as Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand,” she says. “This, effectively, places such couples in a Catch-22 situation.”

Delhi-based NGO Dhanak, which offers legal, financial and psychological support to inter-caste and interreligion couples, often receives requests from such couples who want to travel to the national capital from other states to tie the knot under the SMA. “They want to change their jurisdiction as they lack faith in the local administration of their place,” says co-founder Asif Iqbal. “Moreover, locals in smaller cities tend to inform the families.” But even this requires a mandatory one-month stay in Delhi, which is often difficult and costly for young couples on the run.

Time is often a luxury that interfaith couples don’t have. Fleeing from their families, Anu* and Ashfaq* had a quick Arya Samaj marriage, and then applied for licence under SMA after getting court protection. However, their plans were derailed by the Covid-19 lockdown. After waiting in Delhi for two months, they ran out of money and returned to their home state but hope to save enough to return soon and formalise their union. “In such cases, religious marriage presents an instant solution,” says Dhanak’s Iqbal, adding that they have been getting requests from couples who had a religious marriage a year or two ago but now want to get it registered under SMA because of insecurity over the proposed new laws.

*Names changed on request

Mohammed Married in 2019

I had no objection to Pavitra following her religion but we were desperate. How long could we keep running?

Sometimes notices displayed at the marriage registration office have the unintended effect of alerting vigilante groups and disapproving family members

— AMRITA GARG Advocate

ED attaches ex-IAS officer’s property worth ₹27.8 crore

ED attaches ex-IAS officer’s property worth ₹27.8 crore

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New Delhi/Raipur:29.11.2020

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has provisionally attached properties worth ₹27.86 crore of former IAS officer Babu Lal Agarwal under Prevention of Money Laundering Act 2002 (PMLA) in cases related to criminal misconduct and cheating by a public servant.

The attached assets include plant and machinery, bank accounts and immovable properties of the former bureaucrat and his family members, say officers.

Agrawal, a 1988-batch IAS officer, was arrested by the agency from his home in Raipur on November 9 and is in judicial custody till December 5. After his arrest, he had alleged before mediapersons that ED’s proceedings were spurred by vested interests.

Officials said that ED initiated investigations under PMLA on the basis of an FIR registered by anti-corruption bureau under Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 (PCA), about disproportionate assets allegedly amassed by Agrawal and his family members. The income-tax department conducted searches on him, his family members and his CA Sunil Agrawal in February 2010.

Three more FIRs were registered under IPC and PCA followed by chargesheets by CBI against Agrawal and others.

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NGOs must meet 3 terms for FCRA nod

NGOs must meet 3 terms for FCRA nod

Bharti.Jain@timesgroup.com

New Delhi:29.11.2020

The home ministry, in a bid to ease the transition of NGOs and associations to the new FCRA regime following recent amendments to the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) and rules, has put out an advisory for compliance depending on whether an NGO has already applied for FCRA registration, prior permission or renewal or is yet to submit the application.

As per the advisory issued on Friday, the three basic compliances that the NGOs and associations must meet following the latest changes in FCRA, 2010 and Foreign Contribution Regulation Rules (FCRR), 2011 relate to obtaining a DARPAN ID from NITI Aayog portal; opening the main FCRA account in SBI Parliament Street branch, New Delhi; and seeding Aadhaar details of all office-bearers or key functionaries.

Only last week, the home ministry had extended the deadline for NGOs/associations to upload annual returns for 2019-20 up to June 30, 2021, acknowledging that meeting the new conditions under amended provisions of FCRA and FCRR by FCRAregistered and prior permission holders as well as prospective seekers of registration or PP, “may require some additional time”.

In a table put on the FCRA website on Friday, the ministry spelt out the requirements needed to be fulfilled under the amended Act and rules for four different categories of NGOs and associations; ones that have already submitted renewal application; those which have already submitted application for FCRA registration or prior permission; those which are yet to submit application for renewal of FCRA registration; and ones that are yet to submit application for FCRA registration or prior permission.

The ministry said NGOs that have already applied for registration/prior permission/renewal are being given access to their applications to seed the DARPAN ID from NITI Aayog portal. The DARPAN ID should be entered in Form 3C/3A/3B at specified place in FCRA portal.

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Uber, Ola drivers can work only 12 hours a day: Govt

Uber, Ola drivers can work only 12 hours a day: Govt

Dipak.Dash@timesgroup.com

New Delhi:29.11.2020

No driver attached to the passenger vehicle aggregators such as Uber and Ola would be allowed to drive their vehicles for more than 12 hours a day even if they are attached to more than one aggregator, according to the guidelines issued by the road transport ministry. The aggregators would have to develop the mechanism on their apps for this purpose and would ensure every driver gets at least 10 hours rest.

Putting safety as the highest priority, the guidelines also mandate five-day training to drivers before attaching the vehicles to their platforms and would also need to provide two-day annual refresher training to their driver-partners. Moreover, drivers who have less than 2% score from riders will need to undergo a mandatory “remedial training programme”.

The aggregators would have to ensure compliance on the part of drivers, which include valid proof of identity, driving licence, minimum driving experience of two years and police verification. The drivers attached should not have been convicted within the past three years for driving under the influence of alcohol or any cognisable offence including fraud, sexual offences, use of a motor vehicle to commit a cognisable offence, a crime involving property damage or theft or acts of violence.

The guidelines for regulation of such aggregators issued to the states specify that the vehicles attached to the aggregators must ensure installation of vehicle tracking and monitoring systems with panic buttons and this has to be connected to their control room for live monitoring. It has also prescribed that the cabs must disable child lock mechanisms and must have provision for manual override for the central locking system.

The template also says the aggregators would be required to resolve criminal grievances in 24 to 72 hours. For protecting the interest of driver partners, the aggregators would need to ensure at least ₹5 lakh health insurance and a minimum ₹10 lakh term insurance with base year 2020-21 and increased by 5% each year. According to the guidelines, the aggregators would have to allow attaching city taxis provided they comply with the laid down norms.

Cab aggregators like Uber and Ola will have to ensure every driver gets at least 10 hours rest

Becoming doctors isn’t a tall order for Mumbai tailor’s ‘dwarf’ daughters

Mohammed.Wajihuddin@timesgroup.com

Mumbai:29.11.2020

For years their diminutive stature made some wonder if they would do anything meaningful with their lives, but the Idrisi sisters—Zubaida, 23, who is 3.5-foot tall and Humaira, 22, who is 3.9—have already become mini-celebrities in their Nagpada neighbourhood. They qualified in this year’s medical entrance exam (NEET) and recently secured their MBBS admission — Humaira has got into Topiwala Nair Medical College at Mumbai Central and Zubaida at Government Medical College in Jalgaon.

The Idrisi sisters who live with three other siblings and parents—father Ahsanullah who is a tailor and mother Rukhsar a homemaker—in the crowded Kazipura locality could not have made it to the MBBS course but for a chance meeting with Ashfaque Moosa of Khidmat Charitable Trust last year.

A local NGO runs a dispensary in a corner of P T Mane Garden at Nagpada, which Zubaida and Humaira visited to pick up medicine for their grandmother. Moosa, who is called Ashfaque bhai, was at the dispensary then and asked the two about their education. On hearing that they had abandoned their dream to be doctors and subsequently graduated in science from the nearby Maharashtra College, Ashfaque bhai told them to not give up on it. “If a six-footer needs 600 marks in NEET to get into MBBS, you need less than half of that,” he joked. On further enquiries, the sisters found their condition was covered in the reserved category of “differently disabled” and they could take a shot at NEET.

“Ashfaque uncle hamari gudiyon ke liye farishta bankar aae (Ashfaque uncle came as an angel for my dolls),” says the sisters’ burqa-clad mother Rukhsar. “He showed them the path and my beloved daughters never looked back since the day they met him.”

Ashfaque Bhai says the girls had full support of their poor parents but were discouraged from even trying to clear NEET. “Someone told them to become lab technicians or join BUMS, a Unani medicine course. But I saw the burning desire in them and that desire only needed a proper direction,” says Ashfaque bhai who helps arrange scholarships for needy and deserving students.

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SUPER SIBLINGS: Zubaida (L), who at 23 stands at 3.5ft, and Humaira, 22, and 3.9ft tall, with their mother Rukhsa

After surge, coronavirus case numbers dip in Rajasthan, MP, Haryana & UP

After surge, coronavirus case numbers dip in Rajasthan, MP, Haryana & UP

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29.11.2020

The country reported aroundthesame number of fresh Covid-19 cases as the previous day, even as severalstatesin north andcentralIndia where the pandemic had surged in recent weeks showed signs of the virus receding.

India reported 41,927 new infections on Saturday, a slight increase from the 41,504 cases recorded the previous day, as per data collatedfrom state governments. Daily cases have decreased marginally in the past two days, with no signs yet of the feared second wave in the country following the festive season.

Daily cases were dropping gradually in several states across north and central India. These states — Delhi, Rajasthan, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh — were among those that appeared to be leading the surge in the pandemic in the past two-three weeks.

In Delhi, fresh cases had decreased to 4,998 from a high of 8,593 recorded on November 11. Rajasthan reported 2,765 new cases on Saturday, down from a peak of 3,314 four days earlier.

Similarly, Madhya Pradesh’s daily count had dropped to1,634 from 1,798 on November 22whilethe number droppedto under 2,000 in Haryana (1,967) after 12 days. The state had logged a peak of 3,104 on November 20.

Likewise, Uttar Pradesh registered 2,170 new infections on Saturday, down from a November peak of 2,858 recorded eight days ago. Himachal Pradesh too reported a drop from a high of 948 cases recorded on November 24 to 650 on Saturday.

However, the infection appearedtobestillsurging in Gujarat. The state recorded 1,598 cases on Saturday, close to its peakof 1,607 reportedjust a day earlier.

After three days of recording 6,000-plus new Covid-19 positive cases, Maharashtra witnessed a marginal dip with 5,965 cases on Saturday. Mumbai, however, continued with its seemingly new stable number of little over 1,000 cases (1,063) for the fourth consecutive day.

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A BMC health worker doing a rapid antigen Covid-19 test in Mumbai on Saturday

PM Modi visits vaccine plants in 3 cities, reviews progress

PM Modi visits vaccine plants in 3 cities, reviews progress

Seeks Scientists’ Views On How To Improve India’s Regulatory Processes

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29.11.2020

Pune/Ahmedabad/Hyderabad: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday visited the units of three vaccine manufacturers in India to review the progress of vaccine development and manufacturing process — Zydus Biotech Park in Ahmedabad, Bharat Biotech in Hyderabad and Serum Institute of India (SII) in Pune.

Modi’s first stop was Ahmedabad where he reviewed the vaccine development and manufacturing process of Zydus Group’s indigenous plasmid DNA vaccine – ZyCov-D.

“What struck me and left me impressed was PM @narendramodi’s emphasis on science and vision for global good,” Zydus group chairman Pankaj Patel tweeted after PM Modi’s visit.

The company has completed the phase-II human clinical trials of ZyCov-D and the results are currently being analysed. “Soon, the data will be presented(tothe regulator) and the third phase will be kicked off. The phase-III trial is expected to begin in December and we hope to complete the third phase trials by March,” Patel told TOI.

“The vaccine is likely to come to market after March next year, subject to regulatory approvals. The production capacity is now being ramped up and the expansion will be over by January. With this, Zydus Cadila’s vaccine capacity will increase to 100 to 150 million doses per annum,” added Patel.

Later, Modi visited Bharat Biotech’s facility at Genome Valley in Hyderabad as part of his three-city tour. The PM interacted with the company’s top brass, including its chairman and managing director Dr Krishna Ella, as well as scientists involved with the development of Covaxin, India’s first indigenous Covid-19 vaccine being developed by the Hyderabad-based vaccine maker.

His last stop was at the vaccine major Serum Institute of India’s new plant at Manjari and interacted with its team about the manufacturing, logistics and distribution of its Covid-19 vaccine — Covieshield.

In a tweet, the Prime Minister said, “Had a good interaction with the team at Serum Institute of India. They shared details about their progress so far on how they plan to further ramp up vaccine manufacturing. Also, took a look at their manufacturing facility.”

Serum Institute of India (SII) has partnered with the University of Oxford and AstraZeneca for the manufacture anddistribution of the vaccine.

Its owner and chief executive officer (CEO) Adar Poonawalla said there was a discussion with the Prime Minister regarding the implementation plan of vaccine rollout. The newfacility whichwill ramp up the capacity to 2 billion doses from 1.5 billion a year was also showcased to the PM, he said. At present, the company has stockpiled about 40 million doses, and will ramp up to 100 million doses per month after January.

Worldwide, everyone is dependent andlooking forwardto vaccines coming out of India which will be in large volumes and at an affordable price, as the country has about 50-60% global capacity, he said, adding India and Covax countries will be our priority.

The company did not take up queries on the adverse sideeffect, and legal notice reportedly served by a trial participant. A release by the PMO said Modi stressed on that fact that “India considers vaccines as not only vital to good health but also as a global good and that it is India’s duty to assist other countries, including the nations in India’s neighbourhood, in the collective fight against Covid-19.”

He also asked scientists for their suggestions on how the country couldimproveits regulatory processes further, the PMO release said.

VISION FOR GLOBAL GOOD: PM Narendra Modi said it is India’s duty to assist other countries in the collective fight against Covid-19

Union min Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti tests +ve

Kanpur: Union minister Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti tested positive for Covid-19 on late Friday night and was shifted to All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Delhi from the ICU ward of Lala Lajpat Rai’s (LLR) Neuro-Science Centre in Kanpur. The minister of state for rural development informed people about her testing positive and urged all those who had come in contact with her in the past 10 days to take care and get themselves tested. TNN Full report on www.toi.in

Cases rise marginally in south, officials wary

Cases rise marginally in south, officials wary

Sukshma.R@timesgroup.com

Madurai:29.11.2020

Even as Covid-19 cases across the state were on the decline during the past month, a marginal rise in the number of fresh cases in the southern region for the past few days has raised concerns of a possible spike. Health officials are vigilant and asserted that the daily Covid-19 testing will be kept as high as possible.

Active cases in the southern districts is on the rise again. On Saturday, the region had 1,075 active cases. By November 15, daily fresh cases were 150 on an average. However, since Tuesday, the daily cases have been above 150 consistently. On Thursday, when fresh infections reached 184, more than 50% of the cases were from Madurai, Dindigul and Virudhunagar.

“Except for the few days during Diwali, Covid-19 testing has not dropped. In Madurai, around 2,500-3,000 are tested daily. That is why we are able to identify even around 30 cases,” said a district health official. In Virudhunagar and Dindigul, health officials said around 1,000-1,500 samples are being tested for Covid-19 daily. “That’s a lot when we have cases as few as 20-30 a day,” said an official from Virudhunagar. Health officials said some cases are also due to people travelling between districts and states for Diwali. The official added that measures are being taken to test all those coming from other states.

No helmet, no fuel from next week

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29.11.2020

No helmet, no fuel from next week

Refilling stations in the city will not dispense fuel to bike riders if they fail to wear helmets from next week, says the city traffic police. The petrol bunk owners have been asked to erect a poster in front of the fuel stations that two-wheelers without a helmet will not be provided petrol. The initiative is likely to come into effect from next week.

Boy, 11, fishing in canal drowns: M ukesh, an 11-yearold Class V student, drowned in Nalla canal at Kodungaiyur on Friday while fishing. Police said Mukesh had come to his grandmother’s house in the area. After fire and rescue services personnel fished him out, he was sent to the government general hospital where he was declared dead

Cop warns hotel manager at gunpoint, suspended: A 50-year-old police constable has been placed under suspension for allegedly threatening a restaurant manager at gunpoint in Villivakkam. Vincent of Secretariat Colony police weas personal security officer to All India Hindu Satya Sena national president Vasanthkumar. On November 24, he accompanied Vasanthkumar to a restaurant in Villivakkam and allegedly shared his phone number with a few women staff. On November 26, he reportedly received a call from one of the women who claimed the manager sexually harassed her. Vincent went there and pulled out his revolver to threaten the manager, police said.

DVAC raid recovers ₹4.9L from sub-registrar office: DVAC (special investigation cell) officers and inspection cell officers on Friday seized ₹77,000 from the Alandur sub-registrar’s office at Nanganallur and accumulated bribe money of ₹4.9lakh from the sub-registrar’s house. The check was carried out based on a tip.

Trains from Chennai to Vijayawada daily: Southern Railway will operate daily trains between Chennai and Vijayawada from December 1. Vijaywada-MGR Chennai Central super fast special (02711) will leave Vijayawada at 6.10am from December 1. In the return direction MGR Chennai Central–Vijayawada daily superfast special (02712) will leave at 2.10pm.

Annual IIT-M alumni meet from Dec 1to 6: IIT Madras Alumni Association (IITMAA) has converted its annual global conference into an online event due to the pandemic. Sangam 2020, the conference, will be held from December 1 to 6.

Two multi-level car parks at airport to be ready by April 2021, says AAI ‘2K Cars Can Be Parked, 80% Work Over So Far’

Two multi-level car parks at airport to be ready by April 2021, says AAI

‘2K Cars Can Be Parked, 80% Work Over So Far’

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Chennai:29.11.2020

The two multi-level car parks at Chennai airport will be ready by April 2021, with about 80% of the work completed so far, an Airports Authority of India (AAI) official said.

Construction, which began in March last year, is progressing fast to meet the April deadline, the official added.

The initial plan was to have two towers, flanking the airport metro station, but it was later revised to add a hotel and a mall.

With the old terminal building — which had a transit lodging facility — pulled down to build a new terminal, AAI decided to set up a hotel in one of the parking blocks.

Many airports abroad have hotels on campus or nearby, said an official, adding that a hotel would benefit transit passengers and business travellers.

The entire two-tower complex will come up across 4.25 acres at a cost of ₹250 crore and can accommodate a minimum of 2,000 cars. The tower on the west will have six parking levels, including the basement, a hotel spread across 2,749sqm and food and beverage retail stores across 4,804.85sqm. The one on the east will have seven parking levels, a multiplex spread across 3,717.61sqm and a mall spread over 14,030sqm and three levels.

With domestic passenger traffic picking up and an integrated terminal almost ready, the towers will help accommodate all the cars and prevent traffic congestion inside the campus. The airport at present handles close to 190 flights and around 21,000 passengers a day.

Passengers after parking their cars in the towers can access the terminals without having to leave the building. A link bridge will connect the parking block with the elevated tube that runs before the terminals. Most of the buildings have been constructed and work will soon be taken up to link them to the terminals. The existing parking lot on the ground proved inconvenient as passengers have to cross the road in front of the terminal to access it.

“The multi-level car parks with its hotels and malls will help convert the area into a commercial zone and will enhance the airport’s non-aeronautical revenue,” an official said.

NEARING COMPLETION: Work is under way at the multi-level car parking facility at the airport

‘Work-from-home’ life increases Indians’ workday by 32 minutes

‘Work-from-home’ life increases Indians’ workday by 32 minutes

Himanshi.Dhawan@timesgroup.com

29.11.2020

As if hurried lunches and endless video meetings were not proof enough, a new study shows that the workfrom-home day for Indians got much longer during the pandemic.

A survey of 65 countries by workplace software developer Atlassian found that people across the world were starting remote work earlier and logging off much later. Israelis added 47 minutes to their average workday while Indians spent 32 minutes more at work in April and May as compared to the beginning of the year, as did Australians and Americans.

While work from home (WFH) has taken away long commutes, it hasn’t really added to metime as much as people had imagined.

‘Over half of respondents find it harder now to maintain work-life boundaries’

Hyderabad-based IT professional Puneet Srivastav, who always enjoyed flexi-timing, says earlier WFH was a euphemism for ‘work for home’ and used as an opportunity to finish chores, or squeeze in a doctor or school visit. Srivastav says, “Now I am chained to the desk. We are always supposed to be available for meetings.”

The study also indicates that while working remotely people finished higher amounts in the mornings and evenings while productivity dipped during the afternoon.

This could indicate employees were taking advantage of the extra flexibility of WFH but that it could be encroaching on what would have previously been free time. This shows how boundaries between home and office blurred during the pandemic.

The study noted, “Even those without caregiving responsibilities reported struggling to delineate between work time and personal time, and were prone to working long hours without pausing for a break. Over half of respondents said it’s harder now to maintain work-life boundaries than before the pandemic, and 23% reported thinking about work during their off-hours more than they used to.”

As is the case with a west Delhi-based corporate executive who calls WFH “work full hours”. She logs in a 12-hour day and after a break for dinner files a daily report till 2 am.

“There is no break from work like commute time or the small tea breaks we had in office. Our family — all working or studying from home — has resorted to readymade chapatis and packaged food because no one has no time to cook,” she says.

The study also indicates that while working remotely people finished higher amounts in the mornings and evenings while productivity dipped during the afternoon

New Andaman Sea weather system to bring heavy rain to southern TN

Rainfall Likely In Northern Districts Too From Dec 1

U.Tejonmayam@timesgroup.com

Chennai:29.11.2020

Less than a week after very severe cyclonic storm Nivar made landfall near Marakkanam dumping vast amounts of rain, another weather system is on its way to the TN coast.

Weathermen said a low pressure area has formed over south Andaman Sea and is likely to move towards south Tamil Nadu after intensifying into a depression, bringing widespread rainfall from December 1. Extremely heavy rainfall can be expected in some parts of southern districts of TN, which have recorded a deficit so far since October 1, while northern districts, including Chennai, may receive heavy spells of rain. In its bulletin, IMD said the low pressure area has formed over south Andaman sea and adjoining areas of southeast Bay of Bengal and east equatorial Indian Ocean on Saturday. “It is very likely to move west-northwestwards and reach south Tamil Nadu coast on December 2,” the agency said.

Private weather forecasters said the system is likely to cross the Gulf of Mannar and Comorin Area before moving into the Arabian Sea.

Centre constitutes eight-member team, 10,000 hectares of crop damaged in TN

The Centre has constituted an eight-member interministerial team, led by home ministry joint secretary Ashutosh Agnihotri, to assess the damage caused by cyclone Nivar in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry. TN government has estimated that around 9,687 hectares of agricultural and horticultural crop had been damaged by the storm, including 5,950 hectares of fullygrown paddy crop in Cuddalore, Kancheepuram, Chengalpet and Tiruvannamalai districts. While six people died due to wall collapse, falling of trees and heavy rain in Chennai, Tiruvarur, and Villupuram, seven people were injured. According to the latest TN estimate, 605 houses, including 2,313, were damaged, and 264 cattle and 5,107 poultry died. P 10

‘At most, system may become a deep depression near TN coast’

Weather bloggers said it may turn into a weak cyclone over theArabian Sea far awayfrom the Indian coast before moving towards Somalia or Oman.

IMD forecast “heavy to very heavy rain at a few places with isolated extremely heavy spellsover southTN andsouth Kerala on December 2 and isolated heavy to very heavy rain over these regions on December 1and 3. Over north TN, Puducherry, Mahe and Karaikal and north Kerala, heavy to very heavy rain islikely from December 1to3”.

On November 30, Gulf of Mannar region could experience increased wind speeds of 45-55kmph gusting to 65 kmph and by December 1, it could 65-75kmph gusting to 85kmph along and off south TN coast and 50-60kmph gusting to 70kmph along and off north TN, Puducherry and Kerala coast, Comorin area and Gulf of Mannar. By December 2, wind could increase to 70-80kmph gusting to 90kmph along and off south TN and Kerala coasts, Comorin area and Gulf of Mannar. North TN and Puducherry coast as well as north Kerala coast could see winds at 55-65kmph gusting to 75kmph.

Weather blogger Pradeep John said Chennai will receive convective rain from wind convergence caused by the system pulling the easterliesintotheland asit nearsthe TN coast and from the cloud bands around it. “South, southwest and delta regions, including Kanyakumari, Ramanathapuram and Tenkasi which have recorded a deficit so far this season, will receive very heavy spells...,” he said.

Weather watchers said the system could, at the most, intensify into a deep depression when it is near the TN coast. But a global climate phenomena like Madden-Julian Oscillation, an eastward moving disturbance of clouds, rainfall, winds and pressure which is now in the Indian Ocean, and a warm sea surface temperature will add strength to it.

Though there was an upwelling of the sea when Cyclone Nivar crossed, Mahesh Palawat, chief meteorologist, Skymet Weather, said the sea surface temperatures are warmer at 28-29 deg C. “But thissystem willbefast moving and won’t spend much time over the sea to intensify. Any system requires to travel at least five to six days over the sea to gather moisture and strengthen into a cyclonic storm,” he said. Further, climate studies have shown that many weather systems that originated from the Andaman Sea had goneon tointensify into cyclonic storms.

Soon after this system nears TN, forecasters, said another system may form over the same region of south Andaman Sea by December 8/9. So far, global weather models show that this system may intensify into a cyclonic storm, compact and strong, and is likely to move closer to Ch

Now learn about trains, sitting inside one

Now learn about trains, sitting inside one

With schools closed since March due to Covid-19, the headmaster hit upon a novel idea to keep students engaged when they return.

Published: 28th November 2020 04:47 AM 

Library and classrooms at Government High School in Lekkanapatti, Pudukkottai, have been painted to resemble a train | Express

By Sowmya Mani

Express News Service

PUDUKKOTTAI: Students of the government school in Lekkanaopatti will have a pleasant surprise when classes resume. With schools closed since March due to Covid-19, the headmaster hit upon a novel idea to keep students engaged when they return.

While children are not required to come to school, teachers and headmasters have to visit schools regularly. Instead of whiling away time, S Antony, the headmaster, decided to do something productive for the benefit of students. With the help of drawing teacher Rajendran and another teacher Rajakumar, he transformed three classrooms into a train. The trio painted the walls between July and October and Antony foot the bill of Rs 15,000. 

“We had planned to take the students on a trip to Rameswaram, but unfortunately the lockdown was imposed. Hence, when the students couldn’t go to the train, the train would come to them”, said Antony. The idea is to teach children about trains, as most of them have never travelled in one, he said.

Lekkanapatti is a remote village in Illupur and the school has 236 students from classes 6 to 10. Most of them are first generation learners from shepherd families. “A majority of the students has never stepped out of this town. I wanted to give them the experience of travelling by a train. With the help of our drawing teacher, we painted the classrooms. Everything that is present in a train is visible in the painting. We’ve marked coaches to teach students about emergency exit, unreserved coach, reserved coach, AC coach, non-AC coach,” said Antony. 

This is not Antony’s first. He has given shape to many ideas that would help the students better understand the real world. There is a big globe as you enter the school which helps students to learn about all countries in the world. There is an honesty store where students drop in a box the amount of what they purchase. There is a biometric attendance for all students.

The day after storm

The day after storm

Rail, road and air travel resume on Thursday. Chennai Port too opened gates to vehicular transport

Published: 27th November 2020 03:44 AM

A cyclist tries to avoid a fallen tree at Gopal Krishnan Street near Pondy Bazar on Thursday. While the cyclone didn’t cause severe damage to the city, it uprooted several trees;
By Express News Service

Rail, road and air travel resume on Thursday. Chennai Port too opened gates to vehicular transport, Deputy Chief Minister O Panneerselvam visited many areas in Chennai on Thursday and distributed aid, Rainwater entered postoperative wards on the ground floor of the old building in Chrompet GH

Rainwater enters Chrompet GH

Chennai: Rainwater entered Chrompet Government Hospital following continuous rain in the last two days. The hospital staff, along with PWD workers, managed to drain the water by noon on Thursday. Rainwater had entered postoperative wards on the ground floor of the old building. The building was an OP block and also had a medical store.

The hospital administration said all patients were shifted to the first floor as a precautionary measure and therefore, nobody was affected. The OP unit was also shifted to the new building. “Following continuous rain, water entered the hospital at midnight. But, we were prepared for it and acted on time,” a senior doctor said.

However, people living nearby and doctors said water entering the hospital is a perennial problem and the only solution would be razing down old building and constructing a new one to the height of GST Road. V Santhanam, a social activist in Pallavaram, said as the height of GST Road has now gone up, water enters hospital even after a mild rain. A senior doctor said a proposal has been sent to the government and new buildings will be constructed soon.

 

NDRF personnel rescue flood-affected people at Mudichur near Tambaram | DEBADATTA MALLICK, Ashwin Prasath

Nearly 267 trees uprooted in city
Chennai: Even as the cyclone spared the city from any severe damages, strong winds and heavy rains uprooted as many as 267 trees, which were later cleared by personnel of police, fire and rescue services and the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF). Seven cars and three autorickshaws were damaged. Since Wednesday night the temporary control rooms in 12 police districts received over 87 distress calls. Near the Foreshore Estate, timely help by city police prevented a coconut tree from falling over a house. Meanwhile, city police commissioner, Mahesh Kumar Aggarwal, and other senior police officers visited the most-affected areas.

Flood alert for areas near Arani river

Chennai: Flood warnings were issued to the people living near the banks of Arani river in Tiruvallur district on Thursday. The river stretches across 60 km in Andhra and 65 km in TN. With Chittoor district receiving heavy rainfall, more water was being released to the Tamil Nadu side. “The check dams are receiving 7,400 cusecs. There are four check dams in Arani river. After all these get filled and if there is still heavy inflow, only then water will be released,” said a PWD official. Villages near Ponneri have also been alerted. Owing to this, culverts and road crossings were not allowed for vehicular crossing from 9:30 am to 6 pm.

Man electrocuted in Triplicane

Chennai: A 38-year-old daily wage labourer was electrocuted in Triplicane on Wednesday night when he tried to draw power to his house by connecting extra cables to overhead power lines attached to a streetlight. The deceased, who was allegedly drunk, has been identified as S Albert of Pallavan Salai. Police said, “It was raining around 10 pm and power supply had been disrupted in the area. In a bid to draw power to his house, Albert climbed the roof and tried connecting extra wire to a live wire attached to a streetlight which was on. He was electrocuted when he tried to cut the live wire using a wire cutter.”

Get ready for heavy rains in December

Get ready for heavy rains in December

The rainfall activity in the State will intensify again this weekend as a new low pressure area is likely to form over southeast Bay of Bengal. 

Published: 28th November 2020 05:36 AM 

By Express News Service

CHENNAI: The rainfall activity in the State will intensify again this weekend as a new low pressure area is likely to form over southeast Bay of Bengal. 

Deputy director general of meteorology at Regional Meteorological Centre S Balachandran said the low pressure area will form by Sunday and would concentrate into a depression in the subsequent 24 hours. 

“It is likely to further intensify and move towards Tamil Nadu coast. Under its influence, enhanced rainfall is likely to occur over TN and Puducherry between December 1 and 3,” he added.

Weather blogger Pradeep John said the new system will bring heavy rains to Delta region and southern TN. Met officials have forecast partly cloudy sky condition for Chennai till the new system forms.

Poor patronage pushes Chennai’s taxis off the road

Poor patronage pushes Chennai’s taxis off the road

Over 20,000 taxis may get phased out soon due to low ridership

Published: 28th November 2020 05:38 AM 

By B Anbuselvan 

Express News Service

CHENNAI: “I am yet to get much travel requests from the airport, railway station, star hotels and malls. If IT companies continue to encourage work-from-home for another year, the number of call taxis on roads will come down by half, in another three months,” says K Kannan, owner and driver of a call taxi.

It has been two months since the government allowed resumption of taxi services, post the lockdown. Yet, the demand for cab services continue to remain around 30 to 40 per cent, putting several thousands of drivers and their families in distress.

Kannan says there was a small surge in the bookings in the first week of November thanks to the Deepavali season. “However, it has now gone back to what it used to be during September. Apart from the fear of virus transmission, the travel pattern itself seems to have changed drastically,” he adds.

The poor patronage is being attributed to the closure of IT companies that had earlier contributed nearly 40 per cent to the business. Also sharing the blame are the restrictions imposed on hotels, beaches, theatres, etc. Around 45,000 call taxis ply in the city, of which about 32,000 are operated through cab aggregators such as Ola and Uber. The remaining run for other companies like NTL, Fast track or Friends.

The lockdown relaxations brought in some relief to these drivers, but they did not last long. “A driver now earns around Rs 1,000 to 1,200 a day, as against the Rs 3,000 to 3,500 before the lockdown. The average demand too has come down to 35 per cent,” says J Ramanujam, president of Thozhargal Car Ottunargal Amaippu Sara Thozhirsangam, adding that over 20,000 taxis may get phased out soon from the city, if the situation persists.

This was too much to bear for many of them, who had their monthly dues piling up, sometimes forcing them to leave the profession altogether. A week ago, about 10 call taxis were confiscated at Porur by a non-banking financial institution, citing that the drivers had failed pay to two installments.

“Although EMIs during the months of lockdown were not collected, the drivers weren’t able to save up to pay for the months that followed,” says P Anbazhagan, president of Tamil Nadu Call Taxi Drivers and Owners Association. 

லட்சுமி விலாஸ் - டி.பி.எஸ்., இணைப்பில் குறுக்கிட மறுப்பு

லட்சுமி விலாஸ் - டி.பி.எஸ்., இணைப்பில் குறுக்கிட மறுப்பு

Added : நவ 27, 2020 23:11

சென்னை:லட்சுமி விலாஸ் வங்கியை, டி.பி.எஸ்., வங்கியுடன் இணைக்கும் நடவடிக்கையில் குறுக்கிட, சென்னை உயர் நீதிமன்றம் மறுத்து விட்டது.சிங்கப்பூரைச் சேர்ந்த டி.பி.எஸ்., வங்கியுடன், லட்சுமி விலாஸ் வங்கியை இணைக்கும் திட்டத்தை, ரிசர்வ் வங்கி அறிவித்தது. இதற்கு எதிர்ப்பு தெரிவித்து, சென்னை உயர் நீதிமன்றத்தில், ஏ.யு.எம்., மார்க்கெட்டிங் நிறுவனம் வழக்கு தொடுத்தது.

மனுவில், 'வங்கி ஒழுங்குமுறை விதிகளின்படி, இணைப்பு நடக்கவில்லை; இதனால், வங்கியின் பங்குதாரர்களுக்கு பாதிப்பு ஏற்படும்; இணைப்புக்கு தடை விதிக்க வேண்டும்' என, கூறப்பட்டுள்ளது.இம்மனு, நீதிபதிகள் வினீத் கோத்தாரி, எம்.எஸ்.ரமேஷ் அடங்கிய அமர்வில், விசாரணைக்கு வந்தது.

மத்திய அரசு மற்றும் ரிசர்வ் வங்கியின் முடிவில் குறுக்கிட, நீதிபதிகள் மறுத்து விட்டனர். லட்சுமி விலாஸ் வங்கியின் பங்குதாரர்களின் நலனை, டி.பி.எஸ்., வங்கி பாதுகாக்க வேண்டும் என அறிவுறுத்திய நீதிபதிகள், விசாரணையை, ஜனவரி, 21க்கு தள்ளி வைத்தனர்.

மருத்துவ படிப்பில் ஒதுக்கீடு உத்தரவு அதிகாரிகளுக்கு எதிராக வழக்கு

மருத்துவ படிப்பில் ஒதுக்கீடு உத்தரவு அதிகாரிகளுக்கு எதிராக வழக்கு

Added : நவ 27, 2020 23:23

சென்னை:மருத்துவப் படிப்புகளில், அகில இந்திய ஒதுக்கீட்டு இடங்களில், இதர பிற்படுத்தப் பட்ட பிரிவினருக்கான ஒதுக்கீடு தொடர்பாக பிறப்பித்த உத்தரவை அமல்படுத்தவில்லை என, மத்திய, மாநில அரசு அதிகாரிகளுக்கு எதிராக, சென்னை உயர் நீதிமன்றத்தில் அவமதிப்பு வழக்கு தொடரப்பட்டுள்ளது.

அரசு மற்றும் தனியார் மருத்துவக் கல்லுாரிகளில், மருத்துவப் பட்டப்படிப்பு மற்றும் டிப்ளமா படிப்புகளுக்கு, 15 சதவீத இடங்கள்; முதுநிலை படிப்புகளுக்கு, 50 சதவீத இடங்கள், அகில இந்திய ஒதுக்கீடுக்காக ஒப்படைக்கப்படுகின்றன.இந்த இடங்களில், இதர பிற்படுத்தப்பட்ட பிரிவினருக்கு, 50 சதவீத ஒதுக்கீடு வழங்கக் கோரி, சென்னை உயர் நீதிமன்றத்தில், தமிழக அரசு மற்றும் தி.மு.க., - அ.தி.மு.க., உள்ளிட்ட கட்சிகள் மனுக்கள் தாக்கல் செய்தன.

மனுக்களை விசாரித்த, 'முதல் பெஞ்ச்' பிறப்பித்த உத்தரவு:அகில இந்திய ஒதுக்கீட்டுக்கு ஒப்படைக்கப்பட்ட இடங்களில், இதர பிற்படுத்தப்பட்ட பிரிவினருக்கு இடஒதுக்கீட்டு சலுகையை நீட்டிப்பதில், சட்டப்பூர்வ தடை ஏதும் இல்லை. இட ஒதுக்கீட்டை அமல்படுத்துவது குறித்த பிரச்னைக்கு தீர்வு காண, குழுவுக்கு அனுப்பப்படுகிறது. தமிழக அரசின் சுகாதாரத் துறை செயலர், இந்திய மருத்துவ கவுன்சில் மற்றும் பல் மருத்துவ கவுன்சில் செயலர்கள் அடங்கிய கூட்டத்தை, மத்திய அரசு கூட்ட வேண்டும்.

அகில இந்திய ஒதுக்கீட்டுக்கான இடங்களில், இதர பிற்படுத்தப்பட்ட பிரிவினருக்கான இடஒதுக்கீட்டு சலுகை வழங்கும் முறையை, கூட்டத்தில் இறுதி செய்ய வேண்டும்.எத்தனை சதவீதம் இடஒதுக்கீட்டை அமல்படுத்துவது என்பதை மூன்று மாதங்களில், மத்திய அரசு அறிவிக்க வேண்டும்.இவ்வாறு, முதல் பெஞ்ச் உத்தரவிட்டது.இந்த உத்தரவை அமல்படுத்தவில்லை என, மத்திய, மாநில அரசு அதிகாரிகளுக்கு எதிராக, நீதிமன்ற அவமதிப்பு வழக்கை, தி.மு.க., செய்தி தொடர்பாளர் இளங்கோவன் தாக்கல் செய்துள்ளார்.

மனுவில் கூறியிருப்பதாவது:மத்திய அரசு நியமித்த குழுவில், தமிழக சுகாதாரத்துறை செயலர், சுகாதாரப்பணிகள் இயக்குனர் ஜெனரல் ஆகியோர் இடம் பெறவில்லை.தமிழக சுகாதாரத் துறை செயலருக்கு பதில், மருத்துவச் சேவை கழகத்தின் உறுப்பினரை, குழுவில் நியமித்துள்ளனர்.

உயர் நீதிமன்றம் மற்றும் உச்ச நீதிமன்றம் தெரிவித்ததன்படி, 69 சதவீத ஒதுக்கீட்டை அமல்படுத்துவதன் அடிப்படையில், குழுவின் விசாரணை வரம்பு இருக்க வேண்டும். ஆனால், இதர பிற்படுத்தப்பட்ட பிரிவினருக்கான ஒதுக்கீடு பற்றி மட்டுமே, குழுவின் விசாரணை வரம்பில் உள்ளது. இது, நீதிமன்ற அவமதிப்பு.மூன்று மாதங்களில் குழு முடிவெடுக்கும்படி, உயர் நீதிமன்றம் உத்தரவிட்டிருந்தது.

அதன்படி, அக்., 27 க்குள் முடிவெடுத்திருக்க வேண்டும். அதுவும் மீறப்பட்டுள்ளது. எனவே, மத்திய, மாநில அரசு அதிகாரிகளை தண்டிக்க வேண்டும்.இவ்வாறு, மனுவில் கூறப்பட்டுள்ளது.

உயர் சிறப்பு மருத்துவ மேற்படிப்பில் அரசு டாக்டர்களுக்கு ஒதுக்கீடு ரத்து

உயர் சிறப்பு மருத்துவ மேற்படிப்பில் அரசு டாக்டர்களுக்கு ஒதுக்கீடு ரத்து

Added : நவ 27, 2020 23:49

புதுடில்லி:'அரசு மருத்துவமனையில் பணியாற்றும் டாக்டர்களுக்கு, உயர் சிறப்பு மருத்துவ மேற்படிப்புகளில், நடப்பு கல்வியாண்டில், 50 சதவீத இட ஒதுக்கீடு கிடையாது' என, உச்ச நீதிமன்றம் உத்தரவு பிறப்பித்துள்ளது.

தமிழகத்தில், உயர் சிறப்பு மருத்துவ மேற்படிப்புகளில் அரசு மருத்துவமனைகளில் பணியாற்றும் டாக்டர்களுக்கு, 50 சதவீத இட ஒதுக்கீடு வழங்கப்பட்டு வந்தது.இந்திய மருத்துவ கவுன்சிலின், மருத்துவப் பட்ட மேற்படிப்பு விதிகளை காரணம் காட்டி, அரசு டாக்டர்களுக்கு வழங்கப்பட்டு வந்த ஒதுக்கீட்டை, மத்திய அரசு ரத்து செய்தது.

இதை எதிர்த்து தொடரப்பட்ட வழக்கில், உயர் சிறப்பு மருத்துவ மேற்படிப்பில் அரசு டாக்டர்களுக்கு, 50 சதவீத இட ஒதுக்கீடு வழங்க அனுமதியளித்து, சென்னை உயர் நீதிமன்றம் உத்தரவிட்டது.இதையடுத்து, உயர் சிறப்பு மருத்துவ மேற்படிப்புகளில், அரசு டாக்டர்களுக்கு, 50 சதவீத ஒதுக்கீடு வழங்கி, தமிழக அரசு, அரசாணை வெளியிட்டது.உயர் நீதிமன்ற உத்தரவை எதிர்த்தும், அரசாணையை ரத்து செய்யக் கோரியும், மத்திய அரசு மற்றும் சில மருத்துவ சங்கங்கள் சார்பில், உச்ச நீதிமன்றத்தில் மேல்முறையீட்டு மனு தாக்கல் செய்யப்பட்டது.

இந்த மனுவை விசாரித்த நீதிபதிகள், எல்.நாகேஸ்வர ராவ், ஹேமந்த் குப்தா, அஜய் ரத்தோகி ஆகியோர் அடங்கிய அமர்வு, தீர்ப்பை ஒத்திவைத்தது.இந்நிலையில், இந்த வழக்கில், நீதிபதிகள் நேற்று அளித்த தீர்ப்பு:உயர் சிறப்பு மருத்துவ மேற்படிப்புகளில் அரசு டாக்டர்களுக்கு, 50 சதவீத இட ஒதுக்கீட்டை நடப்பு கல்வியாண்டில் வழங்காமல், மாணவர் சேர்க்கையை, இந்திய மருத்துவ கவுன்சில் நடத்த வேண்டும்.வழக்கு விசாரணை, வரும், பிப்., மாதத்துக்கு ஒத்தி வைக்கப்படுகிறது.இவ்வாறு, நீதிபதிகள் தீர்ப்பளித்தனர்.

தேஜஸ் ரயில் புறப்படும் நேரம் மாற்றம்

தேஜஸ் ரயில் புறப்படும் நேரம் மாற்றம்

Added : நவ 28, 2020 01:18

மதுரை:மதுரை- சென்னை தேஜஸ் சிறப்பு ரயில்கள் புறப்படும் நேரம் டிச., 4 முதல் மாற்றியமைக்கப்படுகிறது.

சென்னை எழும்பூரில் தற்போது காலை 6:30 மணிக்கு பதிலாக காலை 6:00 மணிக்கு புறப்படும் ரயில் (02613) திருச்சியில் காலை 10:00 மணிக்கும், கொடைக்கானல் ரோட்டில் காலை 11:20 மணிக்கும் புறப்பட்டு மதியம் 12:20 மணிக்கு மதுரை வரும்.

மறுமார்க்கத்தில் மதுரையில் தற்போது மதியம் 3:15 மணிக்கு பதிலாக மதியம் 3:00 மணிக்கு புறப்படும் ரயில் (02614) கொடைக்கானல்ரோட்டில் மதியம் 3:30 மணிக்கும், திருச்சியில் மாலை 5:05 மணிக்கும் புறப்பட்டு இரவு 9:15 மணிக்கு சென்னை எழும்பூர் செல்லும். இந்த ரயில்கள் திருச்சி, கொடைக்கானல் ரோடு ஸ்டேஷன்களில் நின்று செல்லும்.

மருத்துவ கவுன்சிலிங் திட்டமிட்டபடி நடக்குமா?திருத்தப்பட்ட அட்டவணை வெளியிடப்பட்டது!

மருத்துவ கவுன்சிலிங் திட்டமிட்டபடி நடக்குமா?திருத்தப்பட்ட அட்டவணை வெளியிடப்பட்டது!

Added : நவ 27, 2020 22:51

சென்னை:எம்.பி.பி.எஸ்., -- பி.டி.எஸ்., படிப்புக்கான மாணவர் சேர்க்கை கவுன்சிலிங்கின், திருத்தப்பட்ட அட்டவணை வெளியிடப்பட்டுள்ளது. அடுத்து ஒரு புயல் அறிவிப்பு வெளியாகி உள்ளதால், திட்டமிட்டப்படி மாணவர் சேர்க்கை நடைபெறுமா என்ற, கேள்வி எழுந்துள்ளது.

தமிழகத்தில் உள்ள, அரசு மற்றும் சுயநிதி மருத்துவ கல்லுாரிகளில் உள்ள, எம்.பி.பி.எஸ்., -- பி.டி.எஸ்., படிப்பிற்கான மாணவர் சேர்க்கை கவுன்சிலிங், சென்னை நேரு உள் விளையாட்டரங்கில், இம்மாதம், 18ம் தேதி துவங்கியது.அரசு பள்ளி மாணவர்களுக்கு மூன்று நாட்கள்; சிறப்பு பிரிவினர் மற்றும் பொது பிரிவினருக்கு தலா, ஒரு நாட்கள் என, மொத்தம், ஐந்து நாட்கள் கவுன்சிலிங் நடந்தது.

மாணவர் சேர்க்கை

'நிவர்' புயலை தொடர்ந்து, மருத்துவ படிப்பிற்கான மாணவர் சேர்க்கை ஒத்திவைக்கப்பட்டது. இதைத் தொடர்ந்து, மீண்டும், 30ம் தேதி முதல், டிசம்பர், 10 வரை, பொது பிரிவினருக்கான மாணவர் சேர்க்கை நடைபெறும் என, அறிவிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது. இடையில் வரும், 6ம் தேதி ஞாயிற்றுக்கிழமை விடுமுறை அறிவிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது. மேலும், விபரங்களை, https://tnhealth.tn.gov.in, http://tnmedicalselection.org என்ற, இணையதளங்களில் தெரிந்து கொள்ளலாம்.

கோரிக்கை

இதற்கிடையே, வங்க கடலில், காற்றழுத்த தாழ்வு பகுதி உருவாகி உள்ளது. இது புயலாக மாறி, தமிழகத்தில் பாதிப்பை உண்டாக்கினால், மீண்டும், மருத்துவ சேர்க்கை கவுன்சிலிங் ஒத்தி வைக்கப்பட வாய்ப்புள்ளது.இந்நிலையில், மருத்துவ மாணவர் சேர்க்கையை, ஆன்லைனில் நடத்த வேண்டும் என்ற, கோரிக்கை எழுந்துஉள்ளது.

இதற்கான பணிகள், 2017 --18ம் ஆண்டிலேயே முன்னெடுக்கப்பட்ட நிலையில், செயல்படுத்தாதது ஏன் என்ற, கேள்வியும் எழுந்துள்ளது.இது குறித்து, மருத்துவ கல்வி இயக்கக அதிகாரிகள் கூறுகையில், 'மருத்துவ படிப்பில் சேர்க்கைக்கான திருத்தப்பட்ட அட்டவணை வெளியிடப்பட்டுள்ளது. 'தமிழகத்தில், புயல் தாக்கம் ஏற்பட்டால், அட்டவணையில் மாற்றம் ஏற்படலாம். தற்போது வரை, திட்டமிட்டப்படி மாணவர் சேர்க்கையை நடத்த முடிவெடுத்துள்ளோம்' என்றனர்.

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