AAI to set up RT-PCR test lab at airport

AAI to set up RT-PCR test lab at airport

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Chennai:31.01.2021

Airports Authority of India will set up a Covid testing lab facility at Chennai airport in a couple of weeks as the government has given permission for the RT-PCR test.

An airport official said that people who prefer to get tested can pay and give samples. Mumbai, Delhi, Bengaluru and Hyderabad airports have already started a testing facility to offer passengers an option to get tested as the government has stopped testing international arrivals.

"Though people arrive with a negative certificate, they can be told to take the test if there is a doubt or if they fail temperature screening," he added. The space and people to run the testing centre are ready and the authorities were waiting for the state government to approve the kind of test that will be conducted. "The results wil be known in four to five hours and there will be space like a lounge for passengers to wait. Once the the facility is ready testing may become compulsory for passengers from the UK and other countries," he said.

Now, international passengers can land with a negative RT-PCR test result to avoid quarantine and tests.

Court sets aside order sacking cop accused of rape

Court sets aside order sacking cop accused of rape

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Chennai:31.01.2021 

The Madras high court set aside an earlier order of a single judge upholding compulsory retirement for an Armed Reserve policeman, who was accused of making false promises of marrying a 17-year-old girl and sexually assaulting her.

A division bench of Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy also said the policeman is entitled to half the salary he would have earned if he were in service for the period between the order and the present.

A disciplinary committee of the police department had punished the armed reserve personnel belonging to Vellore division after a 17-year-old girl charged him with sexually assaulting her on the pretext of marrying her. In 2005, the committee dismissed him from service. The policeman appealed against the dismissal stating that during the investigation, charges of sexual harassment were not proven and only the false promise of marriage was confirmed. But the superintendent of police concerned disagreed with the finding rendered by the inquiry officer on the sexual harassment charge. A single judge upheld the order by the disciplinary committee.

While hearing the appeal against the single judge’s order, the first bench observed that the failure to live up to a promise to marry cannot be equated with the commission of the offence of rape.

“What is evident from the appreciation of theevidenceby the disciplinary authority is that the intimacy between the two was established, but there is not a shred of evidence alluded to indicate that any physical violence was resorted to by the delinquent,” the bench observed and set aside the earlier order.

The policeman said that while charge of false promise of marriage was confirmed during probe, the charge of sexual harassment was not proved

Anna univ loses 2 MTech courses in state’s quota war with Centre

Anna univ loses 2 MTech courses in state’s quota war with Centre

Ragu.Raman@timesgroup.com

Chennai:31.01.2021

Admission to two centrally-sponsored M Tech courses at Anna University has been cancelled this year following the Centre’s insistence that the university follow only 49.5% reservation and not the state government’s 69% quota policy in admitting students.

The Union government’s department of biotechnologysupported courses of M Tech Biotechnology and M Tech Computational Biology programmes offer ₹12,000 and ₹12,500 respectively as stipend to a total of 45 students.

“As the central government rules of reservation were not acceptable to the government of Tamil Nadu, Anna University is unable to proceed with the admission to the DBT-supported MTech Biotechnology and MTech Computational Biology programmes for the academic year 2020–21,” the university announced on its website on Saturday.

The decision has left many aspirants heartbroken as the demand for these courses increased following the Covid-19 pandemic.

MTech Biotechnology course is being offered since 1985 at Anna University and MTech Computational Biology has been on from 2014-15.

Students may have to waste a year

Students qualified in Tamil Nadu Common Entrance Test and Graduate Aptitude Test in Biotechnology (GAT-B) said they found themselves stranded and might have to waste one academic year.

“My daughter is within top 100 ranks in GAT-B exam. We are disappointed by the decision by the university. They should admit students even without any stipend, as there is huge demand for these courses,” a parent from Chennai said.

K Muthukumaran, whose daughter was waiting for MTech biotechnology admission, said, “TN wanted 69% reservation whereas the Centre insisted on 49.5% reservation. Due to the conflict over quota policy, Anna University kept postponing admissions to these two courses for the last three months. Meanwhile, the admissions to MTech biotechnology in other institutions got over.”

Till last year, the admissions for these two courses were conducted at all India level. Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi used to conduct Combined Entrance Exam for Biotechnology (JNU CEEB) for admitting students at MTech biotechnology while Pondicherry University used to conduct all India entrance test for computational biology course.

This year, however, the Regional Centre for Biotechnology in Faridabad took over the responsibility of conducting both the entrance exams and the name of exam was also changed as Graduate Aptitude Test in Biotechnology (GAT-B). Instead of conducting both entrance test and admissions, the RCB announced that the admissions would be conducted by respective institutions.

Since it is a central government-sponsored course, DBT followed 49.5% reservation in all India admissions till last year. Anna University sought clarification from state governmentsover the reservation policy to be followed in admissions to these two programmes. “The state government directed the university to follow 69% reservation, for which DBT, which is funding these programmes, did not agree. We have no other way but to cancel the admissions to the two popular courses,” an Anna University official said.

When askedwhether the varsity could have followed 69% reservation by increasing the intake,theofficialsaidtheAllIndia Council for Technical Education will not give permission to increase intake in the middle of an academic year and faculty members will not be sufficient.

Stray Vacancy Round for BDS Admissions: MCC issues advisory for candidates

Stray Vacancy Round for BDS Admissions: MCC issues advisory for candidates: New Delhi: Through a recent notification, the Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) has issued an advisory for the BDS candidates. The MCC had earlier released the revised tentative schedule for

நீதிமன்றங்கள் மீதான விமர்சனம் அதிகரிப்பு'

நீதிமன்றங்கள் மீதான விமர்சனம் அதிகரிப்பு'

Updated : ஜன 30, 2021 00:03 | Added : ஜன 29, 2021 21:36 |

புதுடில்லி:'நீதிமன்றங்களை விமர்சிக்கும் போக்கு அதிகரித்து வருகிறது; அனைத்து தரப்பு மக்களும் விமர்சிக்கின்றனர்' என, சுப்ரீம் கோர்ட் தெரிவித்துள்ளது.

மஹாராஷ்டிராவைச் சேர்ந்த நகைச்சுவை பேச்சாளர் குனால் கம்ரா, கர்நாடகாவைச் சேர்ந்த கார்ட்டூனிஸ்ட் ரச்சித் தனிஜா ஆகியோர், சமூக வலைதளங்களில் உச்ச நீதிமன்றத்தை கடுமையாக விமர்சித்திருந்தனர். இருவர் மீதும், உச்ச நீதிமன்றத்தில் நீதிமன்ற அவமதிப்பு வழக்கு தொடரப்பட்டது. இந்த வழக்கு, நீதிபதிகள் அசோக் பூஷண், ஆர்.எஸ்.ரெட்டி, எம்.ஆர்.ஷா ஆகியோர் அடங்கிய அமர்வு முன், விசாரணைக்கு வந்தது.

குனால் கம்ரா சார்பில் தாக்கல் செய்யப்பட்ட பதில் மனுவில், 'பொருத்தமில்லாமல் பேசுவது, நகைச்சுவைக்கான சாதனம். நகைச்சுவையாக கூறப்படுவதை, அப்படியே அர்த்தமாக கருதி, எடுத்துக் கொள்ளக் கூடாது' என, கூறியிருந்தார்.

இதையடுத்து, நீதிபதிகள் உத்தரவிட்டதாவது: நீதிமன்றங்களை விமர்சிப்பது, சமீபகாலமாக அதிகரித்து வருகிறது. அனைத்து தரப்பு மக்களும் விமர்சிக்கின்றனர். பதில் மனு தாக்கல் செய்ய, தனிஜாவுக்கு மூன்று வார கால அவகாசம் வழங்கப்படுகிறது.இவ்வாறு, நீதிபதிகள் உத்தரவிட்டனர்.

உங்கள் குழந்தைக்கு நாளை சொட்டு மருந்து போடுங்க!

உங்கள் குழந்தைக்கு நாளை சொட்டு மருந்து போடுங்க!

Updated : ஜன 30, 2021 05:52 | Added : ஜன 30, 2021 05:51

சென்னை : போலியோ சொட்டு மருந்து முகாம் நாளை(ஜன.,31) நடைபெற உள்ளதால், தவறாமல், 5 வயதிற்கு உட்பட்ட குழந்தைக்கு சொட்டு மருந்து போட வேண்டும் என, அறிவுறுத்தப்பட்டுள்ளது.

போலியோ நோய் இல்லாத நாடாக இந்தியா உள்ளது. ஆனாலும், அண்டை நாடுகளில் இருந்து, போலியோ பரவாமல் தடுக்கும் வகையில், ஒவ்வொரு ஆண்டும், 5 வயதிற்கு உட்பட்ட குழந்தைகளுக்கு, போலியோ சொட்டு மருந்து போடப்படுகிறது.

நாடு முழுதும், வரும், 31ம் தேதி, 5 வயதிற்கு உட்பட்ட குழந்தைகளுக்கு, போலியோ சொட்டு மருந்து போடும் முகாம் நடைபெற உள்ளது. தமிழகத்தை பொறுத்தவரை, 70.20 லட்சம் குழந்தைகளுக்கு போலியோ சொட்டு மருந்து போட, இலக்கு நிர்ணயிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது. இந்த முகாம், காலை, 7:00 மணி முதல் மாலை, 5:00 மணி வரை நடைபெற உள்ளது.

இப்பணியில், 41 ஆயிரத்து, 53 மையங்களில், 2 லட்சத்துக்கும் மேற்பட்ட பணியாளர்கள் ஈடுபட உள்ளனர். முகாமில், 5 வயதிற்கு உட்பட்ட குழந்தைகளுக்கு தவறாமல் சொட்டு மருந்து போட்டுக் கொள்ள, சுகாதாரத் துறை அதிகாரிகள் அறிவுறுத்தி உள்ளனர்.

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30.01.2021

Nursing intake deadline now Feb 28

The Indian Nursing Council has fixed February 28 as the last date for admission to for ANM, GNM and BSc nursing courses in the state, said sources. “Usually the time-frame for admission to all the courses is the same but this time around, January 31 has been fixed as the last date for ANM-GNM courses while February 28 is the last date for admission to BSc nursing,” according to sources. The decision comes after the admission council made a representation to the Council for pushing the deadline this year.

Extra coaches added to five trains: The Western Railway has decided to add one sleeper coach to each of five trains passing from Ahmedabad. WR officials said the decision was taken to clear extra rush, and on a temporary basis. The five trains which will now have an extra sleeper coach each are Bandra Terminus – Bhavnagar Terminus Express, Bandra Terminus – Bhuj Express, Dadar – Bhuj Express, Bhavnagar Terminus – Asansol Junction Express and Porbandar – Delhi S. Rohilla Express.

PSI’s brother-in-law surrenders in graft case: Devendra Odedara, the brother-in-law of suspended PSI Shweta Jadeja, surrendered before a special court on Friday. The court handed over his custody to the Special Operations Group. Odedara is accused of accepting bribe money on behalf of PSI Jadeja last year. While Jadeja was arrested and sent to police remand, Odedara remained an absconder.