தள்ளாத வயதிலும் மன உறுதியுடன் வாதாடிய கே.பராசரன்

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புதுடில்லி: அயோத்தி நிலம் யாருக்கு சொந்தம்? என்பது தொடர்பான வழக்கை தினமும் விசாரிக்க தலைமை நீதிபதி ரஞ்சன் கோகோய் தலைமையில் 5 நீதிபதிகள் அடங்கிய அரசியல் சாசன அமர்வு கடந்த 40 நாட்கள் விசாரணை நடத்தி நேற்று (09.11.2019) பரபரப்பு தீர்ப்பு வெளியிட்டது.
இந்த 40 நாட்களில் நடந்த விசாரணையின் போது வாதாடி வந்த 92 வயது தமிழக மூத்த வழக்கறிஞர் பராசரனிடம் தலைமை நீதிபதி ரஞ்சன் கோகாய், “உங்கள் வயதுக்கு மதிப்பளித்துச் சொல்கிறேன். ஒரு நாற்காலி போடச் சொல்கிறேன். அமர்ந்து வாதங்களைச் சொல்லுங்கள்” என்றார். அதற்கு, “வக்கீல் நின்று வாதிடுவதுதான் முறை. நிற்க இயலாது போனால் நீதிமன்றம் வருவதை நிறுத்திக் கொள்வேன்” என மன உறுதியுடன் 92 வயதிலும் நின்றுகொண்டே வாதாடினார் தமிழகத்தைச் சேர்ந்த மூத்த வழக்கறிஞர் கே.பராசரன்.

HC allows student to travel abroad

10/11/2019, STAFF REPORTER ,MADURAI

The Bench of the Madras High Court on Friday permitted a medical student, named accused in a case, to travel to Russia to continue his studies.

The court was hearing the habeas corpus petition filed by A. Palanikumar of Dindigul. He filed the petition seeking a direction to the police to produce his daughter before the court.

After his daughter went missing, he had filed a complaint with the police against his elder brother’s family. The elder son of his elder brother had also gone missing.

The court was told that the police were taking all steps to trace their whereabouts. It was informed that the younger son was to leave for Russia, to continue his studies. Taking cognisance of the submission, a Division Bench of Justices S. Vaidyanathan and N. Anand Venkatesh permitted B. Sathishkumar to leave for Russia . He was directed to furnish his Russian contact number, residential address and his email address to the police.

4,500 paramedical staff to be appointed

10/11/2019, SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT,THANJAVUR

As many as 4,500 paramedical personnel would be appointed through Medical Services Recruitment Board by this monthend, Health Minister C.Vijayabaskar said here on Saturday.

“A total of 2,345 nurses, 1,234 village health nurses and 90 physiotherapists will be appointed,” he told the media after inaugurating a Tamil Nadu Accident and Emergency Care Initiative (TAEI) centre and a clutch of other new facilities at Thanjavur Government Medical College Hospital.

Explaining the various facilities added to the hospital, Mr. Vijayabaskar said that apart from the TAEI centre, a modular operation theatre had been opened at Department of Orthopaedics under Chief Minister’s Comprehensive Health Insurance Scheme at an estimate of ₹30 lakh.

Facilities

Five modular operation theatres at the multi-super speciality building of the hospital; a state-of-the-art central sterile services department; a 56-bedded high-end super speciality intensive care unit; a CATH lab; Biplanar Cath Lab; 128-slice CT scanner and a digital X-ray machine were also commissioned on Saturday.

The facilities have been established on a par with international standards and would benefit not only people of Thanjavur but neighbouring districts too, he said.

R. Doraikkannu, Minister for Agriculture; R.Vaithilingam, Rajya Sabha Member; A. Annadurai, Collector; and Kumudha Lingaraj, Dean, were present.

HC allows arrested youth to continue MBBS in Russia

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Madurai:11.10.2019

The Madras high court has granted permission to a youth arrested in a case to continue to pursue MBBS course in Russia. Petitioner Palanikumar, a resident of Dindigul district, had filed a habeas corpus petition before the high court Madurai bench seeking to produce his 17-year old daughter who, he said, was being detained by his brother Baskaran’s family.

Sempatti police registered a case against Baskaran, his wife and two sons. The prosecution case is that Baskaran’s elder son, who was in a relationship with the petitioner’s daughter, went away with her. The court had also granted bail to Baskaran, his wife and younger son. The additional public prosecutor submitted that the police were taking steps to find the petitioner’s daughter and Baskaran’s son. Baskaran’s counsel submitted that his client’s family is also helping the prosecution in the case. The counsel further submitted that the younger son of Baskaran who was pursuing MBBS course in Russia was arrested the previous day when he was making arrangements to go to Russia to continue his second year course. The counsel therefore requested to permit him to travel abroad and pursue his studies.

A division bench of Justice S Vaidyanathan and Justice N Anand Venkatesh observed that taking into consideration the facts and circumstances of the case, they were modifying the conditions imposed in the earlier order passed for Baskaran’s younger son. The judges said the pendency of investigation will not be a bar on Baskaran’s younger son to travel abroad and pursue his studies. The judges also directed the youth to furnish the entire details regarding his residential address, email address and contact number in Russia to the police, and adjourned the case to November 25.

The judges said the pendency of investigation will not be a bar on Baskaran’s younger son to travel abroad and pursue his studies

UGC suggests curricula to suit industry needs

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Chennai:11.10.2019

The University Grants Commission (UGC) has recommended in its report, named ‘Enabling and Enhancing University and Industry Linkages’, that universities should frame curricula and programmes to suit industry needs.

The UGC has released a draft of the report on its website and sought comments from teachers, students and researchers, to be submitted before November 22. The report said the gap between industry and academia was one of the biggest challenges impeding innovation in present times.

The working group recommended a set of measures to bridge this disconnect. It recommended industry specific research and development (R&D) schemes by setting up ‘R&D Innovation Support Centres’ at select universities in association with ministry of small and medium enterprises.

The report also suggested dedicated courses on entrepreneurship, intellectual property rights and technology commercialisation. “This will promote industry engagement in curriculum designing and give a fresh perspective to academic learning,” it said.

It also recommended introduction of a jointly funded PhD programme in which student will work on industryoriented problems, which would enhance the chance of employment.

It also wanted universities to help faculty to take up entrepreneurship. It said entrepreneurs should get funds from ‘equity-based funds and lowinterest loans’, which will help stimulate academic entrepreneurship.

Anna University and Madras University have already implemented many suggestions in the report. “Anna University already has technology innovation centres with industry collaboration,” a senior professor from the university said.

Educational consultant Jayaprakash Gandhi welcomed the suggestions and called for greater mobility between academia and industry. “Engineering is in decline mainly because 60% of the current syllabus is outdated. That is why the multi-national companies now opt for online tests more, instead of visiting campuses,” he said.

Univs to form clubs for cultural exchange

Coimbatore:10.11.2019

The University Grants Commission (UGC) has asked universities and higher education institutions to form ‘Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat’ (EBSB) clubs to promote cultural exchange between the states.

UGC has paired up states and union territories into twos for the purpose. Higher education institutions in the states have been asked to conduct events to showcase the culture of each other.

A communication from UGC to the vice-chancellors of universities across the country dated November 6 said that to strengthen understanding and appreciation between cultures, ‘all higher education institutions and their affiliated colleges and institutes are requested to have EBSB clubs, whose aim would be to propagate language and culture of the paired state through various activities’.

In its guideline for the direction, UGC asked higher education institutions to establish the clubs and through them, conduct activities to promote cultural connect. “The idea is that each year one state should connect to any other state in India on reciprocal basis. The mutual exchange would promote knowledge of the culture, traditions and practices of different states,” the guideline said. TNN

IIT-M student hangs self on campus

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Chennai:11,10,2019

A first-year student committed suicide by hanging herself in her hostel room on the IIT-M campus on Saturday, police said. This is the fourth such incident at the prestigious institute since December 2018.

The deceased has been identified as Fathima Latif, a student of MA humanities and development studies (integrated), and a native of Kollam in Kerala. On Saturday, her family members tried to reach her over phone but failed and contacted her friend in the adjacent room at Sarayu hostel.

As her calls went unanswered, Fathima’s friend alerted the hostel warden. Security guards broke open the door and found Fathima hanging from the ceiling.

The woman might have committed suicide early on Saturday morning as one of the hostellers saw her walking towards the room from the washroom in the wee hours, police said.

The Kotturpuram police registered a case and the body was sent to the Government Royapettah Hospital (GRH) for postmortem. Police said no suicide note was recovered from Fathima’s room. However, inquiries revealed that Fathima had been depressed after scoring low marks in a semester exam. A case has been registered and further investigation is on.

“It is with deep grief and sadness that IIT Madras has to inform the passing away of a first-year undergraduate student of humanities and social sciences department,” an IIT Madras release said.

Extending condolences to the family and friends of the deceased student, it said, “This is an irreparable loss to the institute and the family. Police have been informed and the institute is cooperating with the authorities.”

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