Rain in Thanjavur, Nagapattinam

Special Correspondent 

 

THANJAVUR, July 06, 2017 00:00 IST

Power supply hit in Tiruvarur district

Sporadic and moderate rain lashed several parts of Thanjavur, Tiruvarur and Nagapattinam districts on Wednesday and on Tuesday night.

Dark clouds hung over many towns in the delta region throughout the day.
During the rain that drenched Tiruvarur on Tuesday night, a transformer burst at the Pavithramanikkam sub-station leading to disruption of power supply in several parts of Tiruvarur, Nagapattinam and Karaikal areas. Rains also impacted power supply in many areas of Tiruvarur, Tiruthuraipoondi, Nidamangalam, Mannargudi, Koradachery, Nannilam, Nagapattinam, Mayiladuthurai and Voimedu localities.

The chief amounts of rainfall (in mm) recorded in major centres in the three districts during the 24 hours ending 8-30 a.m. on Wednesday are as follows: Papanasam 42, Neivasal Thenpathi 31.2, Manjalaru 24, Orathanad 23.4, Kumbakonam 20, Tiruvidaimardur 19, Ayyampettai 18, Lower Anicut and Vettikkadu 11.4 each; Nidamangalam 48, Kodavasal 39.2, Valangaiman 30, Mannargudi 22, Tiruvarur 21.6, Nannilam 16.4 and Pandavaiyaru Head 12.6; Anaikaranchatram 35, Manalmedu 32.4, Mayiladuthurai 20, Tirupoondi 18.4, Sirkali 16 and Nagapattinam 15.6.

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 MBBS admission: PIL seeks fee fixation for deemed varsities

 ‘Profit-making hospital not taken into account while calculating fee’

The Madras High Court has ordered notice to the State government on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) petition seeking to fix the tuition fee for various medical courses offered by deemed universities in the State.

The First Bench of Chief Justice Indira Banerjee and Justice M. Sundar admitted the petition filed by Jawaharlal Shanmugam. The petitioner prayed the court to pass an interim order restraining the authorities from conducting any procedures for admission to such courses offered by the deemed universities till final disposal of the PIL.

The petitioner submitted that tuition fee fixed by the deemed universities is not correlated to the actual income/earning of the medical college and its teaching hospital. “The huge profit making teaching hospital is not taken into account while calculating the fee. Only the expenses incurred by the university and the hospital are considered. Giving posh and sophisticated atmosphere inside the campus cannot be the criteria to fix exorbitant fee,” he added.

Claiming that fee fixed by the deemed universities which are above Rs. 10 lakh on an average, is beyond the reach of any common meritorious student, the petitioner wanted the court to direct the Chairman of the Committee for Fee Fixation, Department of Health & Family Welfare to immediately fix the tuition fee for medical courses in deemed universities.

Admitting the plea, the Bench impleaded all the deemed universities in the State as a party respondent to the PIL and ordered notice returnable by July 17.





After Etihad, Emirates & Turkish off laptop ban list

TIMES NEWS NETWORK





Dubai's Emirates and Is tanbul-based Turkish Airlines on Wednesday said the US has lifted the ban on laptops from their nonstops to America with immediate effect. This comes three days after the US revoked a similar restriction on Abu Dhabi's Etihad.

 

America had on March 25 banned electronic devices larger than a mobile phone in passenger cabins of direct flights to the country from 10 airports in the Gulf, North Africa and Turkey , including Emirates, Etihad, Qatar and Turkish. These devices have to be checked in on these airlines' nonstop flights to the US.But for some airlines, things are going back to normal now. “Effective immediately , electronics ban has been the electronics ban has been lifted for Emirates' flights from Dubai International Airport to the USA. Emirates has been working hard in coordination with various aviation stakeholders and the local authorities to implement heightened security measures and protocols that meet the requirements of the US department of homeland security's new security guidelines,“ an Emirates spokesperson said.

Turkish Airlines said in a tweet: “Dear passengers, welcome on board our US-bound flight. Please fasten your seat belts and enjoy your own electronic devices.“

While Turkish's India operations are only a daily on Delhi-Istanbul and MumbaiIstanbul routes, Emirates is the largest foreign airline in terms of flying people in and out of India. The three Gulf carriers -Emirates, Etihad and Qatar -flew over a crore passengers in and out of India last year with anywhere from 67% to 80% of these flyers taking connecting flights from Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Doha to fly between India and rest of the world. The US is one of the main destinations for transit travellers to and from India.





8-foot-long python rescued from plane 

 Aditya Dev & Priyangi Agarwal 

Agra Bareilly:    TNN





An 8-footlong Indian rock python turned up in the undercarriage bay of an Indian Air Force transport plane at Agra airbase on Tuesday.With the reptile trapped in the undercarriage bay of an AN-32 transport plane, a rescue team took nearly five hours to take the snake out of the narrow space in the aircraft. The reptile is currently under observation and will be released into the wild when found fit, officials said.

 

The python was found trapped in the undercarriage bay of the right wing of the aircraft (no. K2706).Concerned about the wellbeing of the snake, IAF officials contacted the wildlife department.
A rescue team comprising two expert snake rescuers from Wildlife SOS, an NGO that works on rescuing animals, later arrived at the airbase. It took nearly five hours for the team to carefully extricate the distressed python after ensuring that it remained calm and unhurt.

A member of Wildlife SOS rescue team said, “It was a challenging rescue operation for us as we had to get the python out of the narrow space while keeping in mind its safety. We patiently waited for the snake to loosen its grip so that we could carefully transfer it to a transport carrier.“

Gargi Malik, PRO (defence), Lucknow, told TOI, “An AN-32 aircraft was parked at the Agra air force station and it was raining.The python entered the undercarriage of the aircraft.The IAF officials informed the forest department, who arranged for the python to be taken away after it was given sedatives.“
Baiju Raj M V, director (conservation projects) for Wildlife SOS said, “Rescues like these require skill and patience. Our professionally trained rescuers have to be extremely careful to avoid any casualty. We thank the IAF for considering the well-being of the python and reporting the incident to us,“ said Kartick Satyanarayan, co-founder of Wildlife SOS.





Karnan committed gravest contempt of court: SC

AmitAnand Choudhary





Terming former Calcutta high court judge C S Karnan's wild and obnoxious allegations against serving and retired judges of the Supreme Court and high courts “grossest and gravest“ contempt, the Supreme Court has justified its decision to send him behind bars for six months.

In a unanimous verdict, a sevenjudge bench headed by Chief Justice J S Khehar said it was required to punish the former judge for his “unsavoury actions and behaviour“ as his conduct had made the judiciary a laughing stock not only in India but also across the world and justice Karnan failed to substantiate his baseless allegations against members of the judiciary.

“We have no hesi tation in concluding, that the actions of Justice C S Karnan constituted the grossest and gravest actions of contempt of court ... He is therefore liable to be punished for his unsavoury actions and behaviour. We are satisfied that he should be punished for his actions with imprisonment for six months,“ said the bench, also comprising justices Dipak Misra, J Chelameswar, Ranjan Gogoi, Madan B Lo kur, P C Ghose and Kurian Joseph.

The court noted that Justice Karnan refused to mend his way despite the apex court initiating suo motu contempt proceedings against him and he continued to “foul mouth his colleagues“ in the judiciary. “His demeanour was found to have become further aggressive, after the court passed orders from time to time, in this case.“

“The contents of the letters addressed by him contained scandalous material against judges of high courts and the Supreme Court. This correspondence was addressed to the highest constitutional authorities, in all three wings of governance ­the legislature, the executive and the judiciary ,“ the bench said in its verdict dated May 9. The judgement was uploaded on the SC website on Wednesday.
“The local media, unmindful of the damage it was causing to the judicial institution, merrily rode the Karnan wave. Even the foreign media, had its dig at the Indian judiciary .None of his actions can be considered as bona fide, especially in view of the express directions issued by this court requiring him to refrain from discharging any judicial or administrative work,“ it said.
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Cap med fees in deemed univs: PIL

Chennai    TIMES NEWS NETWORK





`Univs Fudge Records For Profit' 

 

Charging deemed universities with concealment and falsification of financials, a PIL in Madras high court has sought fixing of a fee structure for medical courses offered by deemed universities in Tamil Nadu.

 

It wanted the court to pass an order of interim injunction restraining the government and fee fixation committee, from conducting any procedure for admission for undergraduate, post-graduate, diploma courses and super-specialty medical courses, besides dental courses, offered by deemed universities in Tamil Nadu.

Though no injunction was granted, the first bench comprising Chief Justice Indira Banerjee and Justice M Sundar, before which a PIL from Jawaharlal Shanmugam came up for admission on Wed nesday , impleaded all the 10 deemed universities in the state as respondents, and issued notices to them for filing their responses by July 17.

The PIL said deemed universities offering medical courses were operating with the sole intention of amassing wealth through unfair means, and added that profiteering had become their sole objective.
He said that for the purpose of calculating tuition fee, the entire income of the medical college and its teaching hospital should be taken into consideration. Mere expenses alone should not be taken into account, he said, adding that income tax department was aware of the `concealment and falsification of financials' of deemed universities, and the fact that what the deemed universities had revealed would not be the true picture.

Jawaharlal Shanmugam further said though a few private medical colleges offered high quality education at an affordable cost, largely it had become a tool to establish a big empire and expand into diverse business activities, keeping the deemed university as the driving force.
“The exorbitant tuition fees charged per annum goes against the very principle and objective of running a charitable educational institution,“ he said.

Giving comparative data on marks and fee structure for various deemed universities, he said exorbitant tuition fees running to several lakhs of rupees were charged by private medical colleges and deemed universities, and that they were beyond the reach of any common meritorious candidate.
The real merit-based admission even through NEET would have no meaning if the fee structure is not regulated, he said, adding: “The very objective of NEET-based merit admission is itself getting defeated in the context. Deemed universities are all managed by highly influential people with enormous political clout,“ he said.

டுபாக்கூர்' கல்லூரிகளில் பி.எட்., சேராதீர்! : : ஆசிரியர் கல்வியியல் பல்கலை எச்சரிக்கை

பதிவு செய்த நாள் 06 ஜூலை
2017
00:55

'தேசிய கல்வியியல் கவுன்சில் அங்கீகாரம் பெறாத, 'டுபாக்கூர்' ஆசிரியர் பயிற்சி கல்லுாரிகளில், பி.எட்., பட்டப்படிப்பில் சேர வேண்டாம்' என, கல்வியியல் பல்கலை எச்சரித்துள்ளது.
பட்டப்படிப்பு முடித்தவர்களுக்கு, ஆசிரியர் படிப்புக்கான, பி.எட்., பட்டப்படிப்பு, கல்வியியல் கல்லுாரிகள் மூலம் நடத்தப்படுகிறது. நாடு முழுவதும், கல்வியியல் கல்லுாரிகளுக்கு, தேசிய கல்வியியல் கவுன்சிலான, என்.சி.டி.இ., மூலம் அங்கீகாரம் வழங்கப்படுகிறது.
தமிழகத்தில், கல்வியியல் கல்லுாரிகளுக்கு, தேசிய கல்வி கவுன்சிலின் அங்கீகாரத்துடன், தமிழக கல்வியியல் பல்கலையின் சார்பில், இணைப்பும் வழங்கப்படுகிறது.
ஏற்கனவே, ஒரு ஆண்டு மட்டும் நடத்தப்பட்ட, பி.எட்., படிப்பு, ஒவ்வொரு கல்லுாரியிலும், கடந்த ஆண்டு முதல், இரண்டு ஆண்டுகளாக மாற்றப்பட்டுள்ளது. அதற்கு ஏற்ப, வகுப்பறை, ஆய்வகம், பயிற்சி மையம் போன்ற அடிப்படை கட்டமைப்புகள் உருவாக்கப்பட வேண்டும் என, உத்தரவிடப்பட்டுள்ளது. இதன்படி, தமிழகத்தில், 790 கல்லுாரிகளில் ஆய்வு நடத்தி, படிப்படியாக அங்கீகாரம் வழங்கப்பட்டு வருகிறது. அரசின், ஏழு கல்லுாரிகள், அரசு உதவி பெறும், 14 கல்லுாரிகளுக்கு, தமிழக அரசின் சார்பில், ஒற்றை சாளர கவுன்சிலிங்கில், மாணவர்கள் சேர்க்கப்படுகின்றனர்.
மற்ற கல்லுாரிகளில், நேரடியாக நிர்வாக ஒதுக்கீட்டில், மாணவர்கள் சேர்க்கப்படுகின்றனர். இதில், பல கல்லுாரிகள் அடிப்படை உள் கட்டமைப்பை சரிசெய்யாமலும், தகுதியான முதல்வர்கள் மற்றும் பேராசிரியர்களை நியமிக்காமலும், மாணவர்களை சேர்ப்பதாக புகார்கள் உள்ளன.

இதையடுத்து, தமிழ்நாடு ஆசிரியர் கல்வியியல் பல்கலை துணைவேந்தர் தங்கசாமி வெளியிட்டுள்ள அறிக்கை: தேசிய கல்வி கவுன்சிலான, என்.சி.டி.இ., மூலம், அங்கீகாரம் வழங்கப்பட்ட கல்லுாரிகளில் மட்டும், பி.எட்., படிப்பில் மாணவர்கள் சேர வேண்டும். சட்டப்படி அனுமதியில்லாத கல்லுாரிகளிலும், படிப்புகளிலும் சேர்ந்தால், அதற்கான இழப்புகளுக்கு பல்கலையோ, தேசிய கல்வி கவுன்சிலோ பொறுப்பல்ல. இதுகுறித்து, http://www.ncte-india.org/ என்ற இணையதளத்தில், கூடுதல் விபரங்களை தெரிந்து கொள்ளலாம். இவ்வாறு அவர் கூறியுள்ளார்.