To get jobs in UK, agency to train nursing students free of cost

To get jobs in UK, agency to train nursing students free of cost

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Chennai:16.09.2021

The Overseas Manpower Corporation Limited (OMCL), an agency of the state labour department, would reach out to the nursing students in the state and offer them free Occupational English Test (OET) training programmes to help them to find jobs in the UK. The agency had signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Health Education England (HEE) to recruit qualified nurses under their national health service (NHS) in January 2020. However, the programme was put on hold following the Covid-19 pandemic. In order to facilitate the placement of nurses from Tamil Nadu in the hospitals in England, the corporation has planned to conduct the OET training programme for the 3rd and 4th year nursing students in their college premises, minister for labour welfare and skill development C V Ganesan told the state assembly recently.

Yet another student ends life over NEET

Yet another student ends life over NEET

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Vellore:16.09.2021

Yet another MBBS aspirant in Tamil Nadu committed suicide fearing failure in the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (Neet). The student, identified as T Soundharya, 17, from a village near Katpadi in Vellore district, hanged herself from a ceiling fan hook using her mother’s sari.

She is the third student in the state to take the extreme step fearing failure in Neet, held across the country on Saturday, after Dhanush, 19, of Salem district and K Kanimozhi, 17, of Ariyalur district.

"The girl might have committed suicide between 9.30am and 9.45am today (Wednesday). Her parents were working in a nearby farm. Her mother came home in the afternoon. She found the door locked and peeped through the window to find her daughter hanging from the ceiling. She raised the alarm and sought help," said DSP (Katpadi) P Palani.

The DSP added that preliminary inquiries could not attribute any other reason for the girl ending her life than her poor performance in the test. "Based on preliminary investigation, we suspect that her fear over failure in Neet might have driven her to take the extreme step," Palani said.

Soundharya, who completed Class XII in Vellore Thottapalayam Government Girls' Higher Secondary School, scored 510 out of maximum 600 marks in the board examination. She scored 381 out of 600 marks in plus one and 413 out of 500 marks in SSLC examinations. She appeared for Neet at a centre in a private engineering college in Katpadi on September 12.

Her mother, T Rukmini, said she had been upset and sad for performing poorly in the test and had been depressed for the past two days. Rukmini and her husband, Thirunavukkarasu, are coolies working in agriculture fields. They left home for work on Wednesday morning. Soundharya's three elder sisters had gone out too. She was alone at home.

When her parents returned home, they found her hanging from the ceiling. The Latheri police registered a case. The body was sent for post-mortem examination and police began an investigation.

Stalin to decide on reopening of schools for lower classes: Minister

Stalin to decide on reopening of schools for lower classes: Minister

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16.09.2021

School education minister Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhion Wednesday said he has received suggestions on reopening of schools for students of lower classes.

The minister said that chief minister M K Stalin will take a call on the matter based on the expert opinion from the public health department officials. The minister was attending a local government function in Trichy.

He said that the reports of the chief educational officers (CEOs) of all the districts will be sent to the chief minister’s office to take decision on opening of schools for lower class students. There have been sporadic incidences of Covid-19 among students in the government and government-aided schools in the state after schools were reopened for higher classes.

“We have different suggestions from the CEOs. Some suggest reopening of school from Class I while some propose to reopen the schools for students of Class VI, VII and VIII. We have sent all the suggestions to the chief minister,” said Poyyamozhi. He said that the decision on the matter would be taken in the review meeting for lockdown extension for Covid-19.

Man runs over girl, tries to implicate his driver

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Man runs over girl, tries to implicate his driver

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Chennai:16.09.2021

Police have arrested a man who ran over a twoand-half-year-old girl child at T Nagar and tried to implicate his driver. Ajay Subramanian was nabbed with the help of CCTV camera footage and the statement of the child’s parents. Police said Jayaraman and Chitra of Royapettah were going with son Barghav, 6, and daughter Thanshika when a car hit their bike from behind on South Boag Road and all four fell down. They were rushed to Government Royapettah Hospital from where Thanshika was shifted to a hospital in Nungambakkam where she died.

The Pondy Bazaar police were registering a case when a man surrendered, claiming responsibility.

The couple, however, said it was the wrong man and police, after checking CCTV camera footage, arrested Ajay Subramanian.

Passerby steals bag of dying accident victim on GST Road

Passerby steals bag of dying accident victim on GST Road

Cops Trying To Trace Culprit Using CCTV Footage

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Chennai:16.09.2021

Minutes after a man was run over by a car on GST Road at Tambaram early on Wednesday, another man walking by didn’t stop to help the victim lying in a pool of blood but instead stole his bag.

Police said they hoped to nab the man with the help of CCTV camera footage, which showed him walking away with the accident victim’s bag before anyone else could notice. They suspect he is a local as he was wearing a veshti and was on foot at that late hour.

The accident victim Arjun, who died on the spot, is a resident of Acharapakkam near Tambaram. He was walking home from work at a private company when he was knocked down by a car around 2.40 am. On information, the traffic investigation police arrived and sent the body to Chromepet GH for post mortem examination.

Police arrested the driver, Jayakumar of Perungalathur, who had taken his friend’s new car for a spin.

It was when the police were scanning CCTV camera footage of the accident that they noticed a person walking away with the victim’s bag "He appeared to be a pedestrian. Before others could locate the accident victim, he coolly walked away with the bag. With the help of the CCTV footage, the victim will soon be nabbed," said an investigating officer.

Local residents said the police should take steps to check speeding by motorists. Just last week five youths had died on GST Road near Tambaram when their car rammed into a lorry parked on the roadside.

CRUEL ACT: CCTV grab shows the man walking away with the accident victim's suitcase

The accident victim Arjun, who died on the spot, was walking home from work at a private company when he was knocked down by a car around 2.40 am

Thanjavur college to pay ₹10.5L to pharma supplier

Thanjavur college to pay ₹10.5L to pharma supplier

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Chennai:16.09.2021

A city civil court has directed the dean, Government Thanjavur medical college and Director of Medical Education to settle dues of ₹10.5 lakh to a Chennai-based pharmaceutical supplier for products the company supplied to the government institution a decade ago.

The proprietor moved the court after there was no response from the management after repeated requests.

According to the petition by S Prasad Kumar Jain, proprietor of Pharma Chem remedies, the dean placed order for drugs in 2009-2010. Despite supplying the drugs and providing the invoices, dues were not settled, the petitioner stated.

Since there was no response from either the dean or the Director of Medical Education, a notice was sent in December 2015 asking them to settle the due amount with interest.

After perusing the submissions from either side, the XVIII additional sessions judge, city civil court, S T Lakshmi Ramesh dismissed the contentions raised by the government counsel and decreed that the authorities are to pay an amount of ₹10.5 lakh to the pharma supplier.

Madras univ to have social justice paper in UG courses

Madras univ to have social justice paper in UG courses

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Chennai:16.09.2021

Madras University will introduce social justice as an elective paper in all undergraduate courses from 2022-23 academic year in its affiliated colleges.

A resolution to introduce the course was passed by the Syndicate of Madras University in its meeting held on Tuesday.

“Students will be taught the principles of social justice such as equity, access, diversity and participation during the course.

It will be three credit course and will be taught in a blended mode," said S Gowri, vice-chancellor of Madras University. The course will be taught in both English and Tamil.

The chairperson of board of studies in sociology was asked to prepare a detailed unit-wise syllabus, reference books based on learning outcome based on curriculum framework prescribed by University Grants Commission.

The university also decided to activate the Centre for Research on Dravidian Movement which was established in 2006.

"The state government allotted Rs3 crore to the university. But, the centre has not been active and fund was not utilised. We are planning to start research programmes at the centre," Gowri said.

The university also conducted meeting at the university on Wednesday with the history professors to revive the centre.

The vice-chancellor further said the university will invite reputed industries to jointly develop the courses specialisation in computer science, banking and pharmaceutical and other related areas for the postgraduate programmes based on learning outcome based curriculum framework (LOCF).

The Syndicate also gave its nod to the move for tune the curriculum based on industry needs.