Madras School of Economics’ 1st BA course in 2022-23

Madras School of Economics’ 1st BA course in 2022-23

35% Of Seats Reserved For TN Students

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Chennai:10.12.2021

The Madras School of Economics (MSE) is opening its doors to Class XII passouts looking to pursue an undergraduate degree in economics. It plans to unveil its first BA in economics programme in 2022-23 with 50 seats. It will also reserve 35% of seats for students from Tamil Nadu.

The school, which ranks second after Delhi School of Economics, boasts of nearly 100% placement for its postgraduate degree programmes with average salary of ₹12 lakh per annum.

“Our degree programme will have a strong quantitative component. So, students with maths background in higher secondary will be preferred. We are planning to create awareness about this degree programme among city school students,” said K R Shanmugam, director, Madras School of Economics.

Tamil Nadu students can also compete for the remaining 65% of seats.

Students wishing to join this degree programme may have to write an entrance test in June next year. The institute also plans to allow UG students to study on for five years for an integrated degree.

“Students who complete this BA programme will find it easy to pursue a masters or PhD in foreign universities as the institute is following a similar approach. The syllabus, various options for the students and details of entrance test will be finalised at the academic council meeting in February,” Shanmugam added.

MSE will award its own degree for UG, PG and PhD students. The state recognised MSE as an institute of special importance in economics and allied subjects and management with degree granting power through Madras School of Economics Act, 2020. So far, the institute offered these programmes jointly with Central University of Tamil Nadu (CUTN) in Tiruvarur.

Students wishing to join BA (economics) course may have to take an entrance test in June 2022

Centre gives same old reply to query on 2nd city airport

Centre gives same old reply to query on 2nd city airport

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Chennai:10.12.2021

The ministry of civil aviation continued to present more or less the same old answer regarding the proposed second airport for Chennai in Parliament without any actual updated on the status of the project.

Though the erstwhile AIADMK government identified new locations for the second airport, the ministry in July 2021 replied that two sites were identified.

The reply presented on December 6, in response to DMK Rajya Sabha MP P Wilson, says that four sites are identified.

No reply talks about the Union government including the Sriperumbudur site in the National Infrastructure Pipeline.

“The state government of Tamil Nadu has identified four potential sites for development of a second airport in Chennai and has requested AAI to inspect these sites and prepare the feasibility study report,” the reply presented on December 6 said.

However, AAI has conducted preliminary study for these sites and also completed feasibility report for the site at Sriperumbudur.

The response presented in Parliament does not mention if the current DMK government has given approval for any of these locations for a new airport.

In an answer presented in Parliament in July 2021, the ministry of civil aviation said, “State government in November 2019 identified two locations of Mamandur and Parandur. However, they are yet to finalize the site for setting up of the second airport near Chennai.”

Wilson said repeating the same set of answers shows that the ministry is not interested in developing a new airport in Chennai.

The AIADMK government did not show interest in building an airport in Sriperumbudur and new locations were identified after a delay of nine years. But it was at the end of the term.

In July, the civil aviation ministry said two sites were identified. On December 6, it responded to DMK Rajya Sabha member P Wilson saying four sites were identified

Four city zones have over 100 active cases

TWO ZONES HAVE FEWER THAN 10

Four city zones have over 100 active cases

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Chennai:10.12.2021

Four of Greater Chennai Corporation’s 15 zones had more than 100 active Covid-19 cases as of Thursday. At present, the city has 1,265 active cases with 125 new cases recorded on Thursday.

Kodambakkam tops the list with 172 active cases, followed by Teynampet with 168, Adyar with 146 and Anna Nagar with 119.

Official data shows Teynampet has two streets with more than six active cases. Abhiramapuram First Street in Mylapore has eight cases and Luz Church Road in Mylapore has 10.

“In Abhiramipuram, of the five adults who tested positive, four have been vaccinated, except for a 60-yearold woman. We are carrying out an intense vaccination drive in the whole locality,” said an official. All residents of Luz Church Road have been vaccinated. Instructions have been given to ensure 100% vaccination in these zones, officials said.

Meanwhile, two zones in Chennai have fewer than 10 active cases. Thiruvottriyur zone has nine cases and Manali has five.

Officials urged residents to take part in the mega-vaccination camp taking place on December 11 across 200 wards. “The camp is to be held from 9am to 4pm, and we have a target to vaccinate 4 lakh people during the day,” an official said.

City docs race against time to get organs for 3 patients

City docs race against time to get organs for 3 patients

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Chennai:10,12,2021

Three patients at MGM Healthcare got a new lease of life after organs from deceased donors were airlifted from Chandigarh and Visakhapatnam for two heart transplants and one lung transplant simultaneously in three operating rooms. All three patients , one of whom is a child, are recovering normally.

It was a race against time as teams coordinated the transport of the organs through Green Corridors in the three cities. A team of more than 60 people lead by the chief surgeon Dr K R Balakrishnan, head of anesthesia Dr Suresh Rao and chief cardiologist Dr Ravikumar were involved in this process. The entire process, right from harvesting and transporting of the organs and successfully transplanting themtook 14 hours.

“Travelling from Chandigarh to Chennai without a direct air connectivity is not an easy task. The team reached Chennai after travelling over 7 hours,” said Dr K R Balakrishnan adding that the cold ischemic time, which is the time between removal of the heart from the donor and implanting it in the recipient was 8 hours. In a release, the hospital said the recipient was very sick in the intensive care awaiting a donor organ for a long time and that the new heart is functioning normally. The organ fromVisakhapatnam was transported using an air ambulance.

10 test +ve on Alagappa Tech campus

10 test +ve on Alagappa Tech campus

Corpn To Meet Edu Institutes Today On Covid

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Chennai:10.12.2021

A cluster of about 10 cases so far has been detected on Anna University’s Alagappa College of Technology campus. A day after one student from tested positive for Covid-19, Greater Chennai Corporation officials organised a camp to test all other students on campus.

“So far, tests have been conducted for 300 students. Of this, nine students tested positive for the viral infection,” health minister Ma Subramanian said on Thursday.

Officials said they would test all 763 students on campus, teachers and other staff. “We do saturation testing on campus. Samples of positive patients are sent to the whole genome sequencing lab,” Subramaniam said after visiting the campus with senior health and civic officials.

The 10 students who tested positive are asymptomatic and are in quarantine at the government Covid centre on King’s Institute campus.

The varsity has suspended physical classes for students of Alagappa College of Technology. Hostel students have been quarantined in their hostel rooms. “Online classes will continue for the next two weeks. Physical classes will resume only after confirmation that there are no new cases among hostel students,” a university official said. Other campuses like College of Engineering, Guindy, continued regular in-person classes on Thursday.

The corporation along with the health and revenue departments has called for a meeting on Friday with educational institutions to discuss following Covid protocols.

Health secretary J Radhakrishnan said there won’t be any knee jerk reaction following the Covid cluster.

The university was told to allow students in batches to hostel messes to maintain social distancing. In most clusters detected in educational institutions, health workers found high transmission among students who met at canteens for lunch or tea. “Students don’t wear a mask in the canteen, sit close to each other and chat. This increases transmission rate,” the health minister said. The department will conduct a high-level meeting with school and higher education departments on guidelines to be followed in hostel messes, he added.

GUARD UP: Health officials test students at Anna University hostel. Officials said all students, teachers and staff on campus will be tested

Lab issued corpn notice for bungled Covid data record

Lab issued corpn notice for bungled Covid data record

It Delayed Informing Civic Body Of Test Result

Omjasvin.MD@timesgroup.com

Chennai:10,12,2021

The Greater Chennai Corporation has issued a notice to a private lab in Mannadi for improper recording of information about those undergoing Covid tests, which made tracing a Covid positive couple a tough task.

Officials said the lab had also informed the couple first about their test results and delayed informing the corporation.

City health officer Dr M Jagadeesan issued the notice to KHM labs in Mannadi, (zone 5 - Royapuram) seeking a response. The couple was about to fly to Dubai and wanted a Covid-19 negative certificate, officials said. Officials sources told TOI that the husband (42) and wife (38) from Kalmandapam in north Chennai had given samples for Covid-19 tests in the lab on December 4. “The couple had tested positive on December 5 but the private lab did not tell the corporation about their results but informed the couple instantly,” official sources said.

As a result, the couple absconded and did not quarantine or hospitalize themselves. “When informed on Monday, we verified the register of the private lab only to find that the address only had the name of locality but no door number,” officials added.

After locating the right house following searches, officials found the couple hiding inside. “We have admitted them to a private hospital,” officials added.

Shamsuddin of KHM labs, said it was the fault of the data-entry operator. MD of the lab Harris Farvez said they had informed the patients about their positive status on sympathetic grounds as they had a flight ticket to cancel.

How can A’bad civic body decide what we should eat outside: HC

How can A’bad civic body decide what we should eat outside: HC

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Ahmedabad: 10.12.2021

The Gujarat high court took the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) to task on Thursday for its recent drive against street carts selling non-vegetarian food, questioning how citizens could be stopped from “eating what they want” just because “somebody in power thinks this is what they want you to do”.

“You don’t like non-vegetarian food? That is your outlook. How can you (AMC) decide what we should eat outside?” Justice Biren Vaishnav asked the municipal counsel. “Tomorrow, you will decide what I should eat outside?”

The judge said the AMC must not act on the whims of elected representatives. “Around the Vastrapur lake, hawkers are selling eggs and omelettes. Overnight, you will pick them up and send them away because the party in power says that they don’t want people to eat eggs? Ask your commissioner to remain present (in court) and answer (the question). How dare you indiscriminately pick up people like this and seize their assets?” he said.

“Don’t undertake a drive to satisfy the ego of some people...Tomorrow they will tell me not to take sugarcane juice because it causes diabetes, or that coffee is bad for health.”

Justice Vaishnav was responding to a petition filed by a group of street vendors against the civic body’s campaign last month to stop them from selling non-vegetarian food. Terming the drive tantamount to “bigotry”, the vendors demanded that their carts and stalls be returned to allow them to resume business. They said the municipal authorities had declared the carts wouldn’t be returned before 45 days.

DRIVE AGAINST NON-VEG: The AMC claimed there was no discrimination and their action was an anti-encroachment drive