வங்கிகளுக்கு அடுத்த மாதம் 11 நாட்கள் விடுமுறை

வங்கிகளுக்கு அடுத்த மாதம் 11 நாட்கள் விடுமுறை

Updated : பிப் 26, 2021 21:13 

புதுடில்லி:நாடு முழுதும் உள்ள வங்கிகளுக்கு, அடுத்த மாதம், 11 நாட்கள் விடுமுறை தினங்களாக அறிவிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளன.

ரிசர்வ் வங்கியின் காலண்டர் வாயிலாக, வங்கிகளின் விடுமுறை தினங்கள் குறித்த விபரங்கள் தெரிய வந்துள்ளன.

'ஹோலி' பண்டிகை

அதன்படி, மார்ச், 5ம் தேதி, மிசோரம் மாநிலத்தில், 'சாப்சர் கட்' என்ற விழா கொண்டாடப் படுவதால், வங்கிகளுக்கு, அன்று விடுமுறை. மார்ச், 11ம் தேதி, மஹாசிவராத்திரி; மார்ச், 22ல், பீஹார் மாநில தினம்; மார்ச், 29ம் தேதி, மணிப்பூரில், 'யாவோசாங்' பண்டிகை மற்றும் மார்ச், 30ம் தேதி கொண்டாடப்படும்,

'ஹோலி' பண்டிகையை முன்னிட்டும், வங்கிகளுக்கு விடுமுறைகள் அறிவிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளன. இதைத் தவிர, 'இரண்டு சனிக்கிழமைகள் மற்றும் நான்கு ஞாயிற்றுக் கிழமைகளை சேர்த்து, அடுத்த மாதம், மொத்தமாக 11 நாட்கள், வங்கிகள் இயங்காது' என, தெரிவிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது. எனினும், இந்த வங்கி விடுமுறை நாட்கள், அனைத்து மாநிலங்களுக்கும் பொதுவானது அல்ல. மாநிலம் மற்றும் பிராந்தியத்திற்கு ஏற்ப, இந்த விடுமுறைகள் மாறுபடும்.

இதற்கிடையே, மத்திய அரசின் தனியார் மயமாக்கும் திட்டத்திற்கு எதிர்ப்பு தெரிவிக்கும் வகையில், வங்கி சங்கங்கள், மார்ச் 15, 16ம் தேதிகளில், போராட்டம் நடத்த முடிவு செய்துள்ளன.

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மார்ச் 10ம் தேதி, பார்லிமென்ட்டை நோக்கி பேரணியாக செல்லவும், சங்கத்தினர் முடிவு செய்துள்ளனர். இதனால், அடுத்த மாதம், மிகக் குறைவான நாட்களே இயங்கும் என்பதால், வங்கி சேவைகள் பெரிதும் பாதிக்கப்படும் எனக் கூறப்படுகிறது.

Can digital news media be blocked? Yes, as it’s been wrongly clubbed with platforms who don’t publish their own content

Can digital news media be blocked? Yes, as it’s been wrongly clubbed with platforms who don’t publish their own content

NS Nappinai

27.02.2021 

The muchawaited revised intermediary rules are finally out and it throws a pall not just over social media and online content providers but also on news media. The draft titled ‘Information Technology (Guidelines for Intermediaries and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021’ circulated online even before the joint press conference by the ministers for electronics & information technology and information & broadcasting gives a lot to cheer from a user perspective but many tough spots for social media, OTT and online news media.

That we need revised intermediary rules is trite. User rights have received much needed fillip, especially with expedited takedown mechanisms for child sexual abuse, morphed pictures and what is colloquially referred to as revenge porn. Inclusion of the Prajwala directions, which were themselves consensus proposals from internet companies, empowers victims.

Regulation of OTT content through age gating and use of technology tools to prevent child sexual abuse content and violation of privacy are again needed. That online news media ought to be regulated to make them on a par with print media again is a fair premise. The mode and manner of the execution of both of these however are unfortunately untenable and the concern is that with the 2021 Rules resorting to grave overreach, the very tenuous legality of some of these provisions may impact the important additions being brought in for social media regulation.

Part III is the contentious portion that applies to news and current affairs publishers and intermediaries and publishers and intermediaries of online curated content. Printed newspapers and their digitised equivalent have been clearly kept out of this regulation. Part III sets out some examples to illustrate the kind of aggregated and curated OTT and news content it wishes to regulate and here comes the inconsistency.

The 2021 Rules have been framed based on two stated provisions: the intermediary exemptions under Section 79 IT Act and Section 69(A), which is for blocking of online content. Framing of rules is an executive act undertaken as subordinate legislation. Hence the delegation is fenced within the ambit of the parent provision and cannot exceed the same.

The above provisions are unequivocally applicable only to intermediaries: those entities which are, as the name suggests, mere platform providers, who neither generate or curate the content or have any control over the sender or recipient or the content they share. The minute an entity has such control, it is no longer an intermediary and hence cannot be regulated under Section 79 or directed to block content under Section 69(A).

The illustrations used in the 2021 Rules specifically advert to content generated and/ or news curated by the entity, as those who are being regulated under Part III. Two forms of intermediaries – for news and current affairs and curated content – are regulated under Part III, which is sustainable. However this Part III also applies to ‘publishers’ of news and current affairs and curated content.

The very fact that a publisher has control over the content disentitles them to be categorised as ‘intermediary’. To frame rules therefore for OTT, which may not fall within the category of ‘intermediary’ and online news media, which will possibly not fall within this category may therefore be totally unsustainable.

Several provisions in Part III including age gating through global classifications, delineating self-regulation from soft regulations, apart from the important additions for regulating intermediaries, are all welcome but to introduce them under provisions intended to regulate intermediaries is clearly misconceived and untenable. Further Section 69(A) of the IT Act specifically adverts to blocking orders that may be passed against government agencies or intermediaries.

There is no scope for expanding this applicability to non-intermediary categories, which is what has been attempted through inclusion of OTT and news media, which publish their own or curated content. Hence to this extent the 2021 Rules are inviting a strikedown. Given that creation of level playing platforms and protection of children are the focus of the additions in Part III it may be expedient for government to forthwith review and to correct this obvious flaw.

The writer is Advocate, Supreme Court of India & Founder of Cyber Saathi

The very fact that a publisher has control over the content disentitles them to be categorised as ‘intermediary’

Sexual harassment plaints can’t be brushed aside: CJI

Sexual harassment plaints can’t be brushed aside: CJI

Retired District Judge To Face Disciplinary Proceedings

Dhananjay.Mahapatra@timesgroup.com

New Delhi:27.02.2021 

The Supreme Court on Friday refused to shield a district judge from disciplinary proceedings for allegedly exchanging “inappropriate” intimate WhatsApp messages with a junior woman judge, who had complained of sexual harassment but later refused to give evidence.

The proceedings before the gender sensitisation committee of the Madhya Pradesh High Court, inquiring into the alleged sexual harassment complaint by the woman judge, could not proceed as she reportedly reached a compromise with the aggressor and refused to give evidence before the committee. However, the committee in its report annexed the intimate messages exchanged between the two and the HC decided to initiate disciplinary proceedings against the district judge, who has since retired.

The DJ, through senior advocate R Balasubramanian, said he lost the chance of being considered for appointment as an HC judge as the sexual harassment charge was made at a time when he was in the zone of consideration. He also said that once the gender sensitisation committee closed the case because the woman judge refused to give evidence, the allegations in the complaint in the nature of WhatsApp messages could not be considered for disciplinary proceedings.

A bench of Chief Justice S A Bobde and Justices A S Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian said, “We cannot allow sexual harassment complaints to be brushed under the carpet.” When the bench said it would pass a short order, Balasubramanian requested for withdrawal of the petition, which was accepted by the bench.

The HC, through senior advocate Ravindra Srivastava, said by initiating disciplinary proceedings, it wanted to send a message against such inappropriate conduct of judicial officers. He said the sexual harassment charges may not have been taken to its logical conclusion because of the woman judge’s refusal to depose but the WhatsApp messages remained on the record as evidence, indicating inappropriate conduct on the part of the district judge.

During the last hearing, the CJI-led bench had noted the new trend of allegations being thrown at judges just before they were to get some post. “This phenomenon has become ubiquitous. All kinds of allegations against judges come when they are about to get something,” it had said, adding, “These are adults who could do whatever they intend to. She could have terminated the WhatsApp conversations, but she did not as she appeared to go along.”

However, it had strongly disapproved of the conduct of the district judge in having intimate chats on WhatsApp with his junior colleague. “This matter before the GSC has come to an end with the woman declining to participate in the proceedings. But the HC wants to proceed with the disciplinary proceedings. It is an inherent right with the employer to initiate disciplinary proceedings against any employee.”

The survivor, a junior woman judge, reportedly reached a compromise with the aggressor and refused to give evidence before a committee

Bengal, TN, Kerala, Assam vote Mar 27-Apr 29, results on May 2

Bengal, TN, Kerala, Assam vote Mar 27-Apr 29, results on May 2

BJP Sets Sights On Toppling Didi, Gaining In South

Bharti.Jain@timesgroup.com

New Delhi:27.02.2021 

The Election Commission on Friday announced polls in West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Assam, Kerala and Puducherry between March 27 and April 29, setting up several high-stake electoral contests with an unprecedented eight-phase voting in Bengal.

The state, which has seen rising bitterness and violence between Trinamool Congress and BJP supporters, will see the country’s most staggered assembly poll to date. The election in Assam will be in three phases — up from two in

2016 — while Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Puducherry will have a single-day poll on April 6.

Counting for all the assemblies will be held on May 2.

The elections are a trial of strength for BJP in the wake of the long-drawn agitation by farmers’ unions opposed to the new agri laws. Though the states going to polls are largely unaffected by matters such as procurement and MSP, the resonance of the issues raised by Punjab, Haryana and west UP agri unions will be watched closely as BJP defends the reforms as pro-farmer.

The polls will also test Congress as it has opted for an alliance in Assam with the pro-minority AIUDF of Badruddin Ajmal and has pacts with the Left and DMK in West Bengal and Tamil Nadu respectively. Congress is the main challenger to the Left in Kerala where it did well in Lok Sabha polls. Jolted by the loss of its government in Puducherry a few days ago, Congress will hope to retrieve some standing in alliance with DMK.

As of now, the Left’s prospects seem to have brightened in Kerala following tactical missteps by Congress that saw it lose ground in the local body elections last year. Yet, the contest is typically close.

Tamil Nadu will be without stalwarts J Jayalalithaa and M Karunanidhi in an assembly poll for the first time. M K Stalin will look to seal his leadership of DMK with a win that makes him the CM.

In Assam, BJP looks to ensure its win in 2016 was not a fluke, though it now faces the combined challenge of Congress-AIUDF intended to consolidate anti-BJP votes. BJP, on the other hand, sees factionalism in Congress as a factor helping its cause while it is seen to have the upper hand in Bodo areas and Barak Valley.

8 PHASES FOR BENGAL A NATIONAL RECORD

18.7 crore people, or around 20% of India’s total electorate, will vote for 824 assembly seats in 4 states and 1 Union territory between March 27 and April 29

WEST BENGAL TAMIL NADU KERALA ASSAM

294 seats 234 seats 140 seats 126 seats 8phases* *Up from 7 1phase 1phase 3phases in 2016

PUDUCHERRY Bengal votes on March 27, Apr 1, 6, 10, 17, 22, 26, 29 Assam: March 27, Apr 1 30 seats 1 phase & 6 TN, Kerala, Puducherry: April 6 MAY 2, SUNDAY Counting & results

WEST BENGAL | CM WHAT’S AT for Cong, as DMK’s Results will have a bearing on Mamata Banerjee faces STAKE? junior partner, to halt its Rahul Gandhi’s leadership probably the toughest will poor hope electoral to make run gains . BJP in ASSAM | After its unexpected against battle of ‘political her career outlier’ BJP, the company of AIADMK victory in 2016, BJP will with PM Modi & Amit Shah in KERALA | Cong remains though hope to it consolidate now faces a its strong hold, the thick of campaigning Left’s main challenger though demographic challenge from TAMIL NADU | Best chance BJP has a larger presence now. Cong-AIUDF alliance

EC’S COVID to Door 5 people -to-door , including campaigning candidate restricted . beforehand All election . of Voting ficials to to be be allowed vaccinated for 1 SHIELD Roadshows to have max 5 vehicles extra hr keeping in mind Covid guidelines

In Puducherry, BJP pins hopes on former CM Rangaswamy and friendship with AIADMK

BJP’s challenge in Assam lies in negotiating the Citizenship Amendment Act potholes in a state where "illegal migrants" are not a straightforward ethno-religious faultline. With the Congress-DMK government losing office in Puducherry, BJP is hoping its alliance with former CM N Rangaswamy, seen to be a popular leader, will see it through along with AIADMK. Chief election commissioner Sunil Arora, while announcing the dates at a press conference, said the decision to stagger polling in West Bengal over eight phases — unlike six during the 2016 assembly polls (which effectively was seven phases as the sixth phase then was split over two different dates) and seven phases in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls — was based on several factors. “We have to find a kind of mean… way out,” he said, adding that an increase from seven to eight phases was no big deal. To a particular question on why poll in Tamil Nadu, where concerns over excess use of money power had led to rescinding of polls in some constituencies in the past, was to be held in one phase and West Bengal in eight, the CEC reminded that Tamil Nadu had had a single-phase poll in 2016 assembly election as well as 2019 Lok Sabha polls.

An EC official, while speaking to TOI, also pointed out that even in BJP-ruled Assam, the number of phases was raised to three this time from two in 2016 assembly poll.

FULL COVERAGE: P 17

›Political climate behind 8-phase polling: EC, P 17 ›Suspense over Karnataka bypoll dates continues, P 4 ›BJP looks east, hopes for southern swing, P 17

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Nat’l med council will improve health care quality: PM

Nat’l med council will improve health care quality: PM

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Chennai:27.02.2021 

The National Medical Commission set up by the Centre will bring in transparency, rationalise norms for new medical colleges and improve the quality and availability for human resources in health care sector, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday. He was delivering the address at the 33rd convocation of The Tamil Nadu Dr MGR Medical University through video conferencing.

In the last six years, the country added 30,000 MBBS seats, more than 50% increase, and 24,000 postgraduate seats, an 80% increase, and added 15 more All India Institute of Medical Sciences. The centre has permitted TN to start 11 new medical colleges. “For each of these colleges, the Centre will provide ₹2,000 crore,” he said amid applause.

It was the first time a Prime Minister was addressing the convocation, but only 32 candidates received their degrees in person as pandemic protocols were followed. A total of 21,889 candidates were awarded postdoctoral, doctoral, post graduate, undergraduate degrees and diplomas. This included 6,120 under medicine, 534 under dental,1,297 in AYUSH and 13,938 in allied health sciences courses. Noting that at least 70% of the graduates were women, Modi said it was a matter of pride to see women lead from the front.

“Their success and the success of the institution would have made the great MGR very happy,” he said recalling that healthcare, education, and empowerment of women were dear to the late chief minister. The hospital built in Sri Lanka – MGR’s birthplace – with the Centre’s assistance will be a model hospital that will serve Tamil community there, he said.

He told the students they were graduating at a time when the country’s health ecosystem had scaled new heights and was being seen with new respect and had greater credibility. “This means there is great expectation and great responsibility on your young and strong shoulders,” he said.

Urging the students to keep their sense of humour intact as it would help them handle the stress better, stay healthy and keep patients and hospital staff cheerful, he also advised them to take time to exercise – do yoga, meditation, running, or cycling – to stay fit.

Governor Banwarilal Purohit handed over degrees/diplomas in the presence of vice-chancellor Dr Sudha Seshayyan, health minister C Vijayabaskar and health secretary J Radhakrishnan.

MATTER OF PRIDE: PM Narendra Modi said 70% of those awarded degrees at The Tamil Nadu Dr MGR Medical University were women which was a great achievement

கோவையில் இருந்து கோவா, தாஜ்மஹாலுக்கு ரயில் மூலம் சுற்றுலா செல்ல முன்பதிவு தொடக்கம்

கோவையில் இருந்து கோவா, தாஜ்மஹாலுக்கு ரயில் மூலம் சுற்றுலா செல்ல முன்பதிவு தொடக்கம்

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இந்தியன் ரயில்வே உணவு மற்றும் சுற்றுலாக் கழகம் (ஐஆர்சிடிசி) சார்பில் கோவையில் இருந்து ரயில் மூலம் கோவா, தாஜ்மஹால் உள்ளிட்ட இடங்களுக்கு சுற்றுலா செல்வதற்காக முன்பதிவு தொடங்கியுள்ளது.

இது தொடர்பாக ஐஆர்சிடிசி வெளியிட்ட செய்திக்குறிப்பில் கூறியிருப்பதாவது: ஐஆர்சிடிசி ரயில் மூலம் கோவா, ஜெய்ப்பூர், அமிர்தசரஸ், சண்டிகர், வைஷ்ணவதேவி கோயில் மற்றும் தாஜ்மஹால் ஆகியவற்றைக் காண ஏற்பாடு செய்துள்ளது. 13 நாட்கள் கொண்ட இந்த சுற்றுலாவானது, வரும் மார்ச் 31-ம் தேதி மதுரையில் இருந்து தொடங்குகிறது. இதற்கான கட்டணம் ரூ.13,540. இதில், ரயில் பயணக் கட்டணம், சைவ உணவு, தங்கும் வசதி, சுற்றிப்பார்க்க பேருந்து வசதி ஆகியவை அடங்கும்.

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