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Tamil Nadu NEET aspirant dies by suicide, CM Stalin says will bring bill to exempt state from test

The National Testing Agency (NTA), which conducts NEET, had recently received approval from the Supreme Court to conduct it as per schedule. The court rejected a plea filed by some students saying NEET was clashing with other exams including compartment exams for CBSE students.

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In yet another tragic incident, a 19-year-old medical aspirant was found dead in his home on Sunday in Tamil Nadu’s Salem district ahead of the Medical Entrance Exam NEET.

The student, identified as Dhanush, is suspected to have died by suicide. He was the son of farm labourer. He had failed to clear the last two attempts at NEET and allegedly died due to the fear of not passing the third attempt.

A senior police official in Salem said there’s no suicide note but circumstantial evidence points to suicide due to exam fear as he has failed twice in the past and couldn’t get a medical admission.

His parents were compelling him to prepare and clear NEET and not go for any other course. The family also says that he was under pressure, the official added. The police have registered a case of unnatural death under section 174 of the Indian Penal Code and are conducting enquiries.

The National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET 2021) for admission to undergraduate medical courses in India is being conducted on Monday after much delay due to the second wave of Covid-19 pandemic and the campaigns for a further postponement.

Soon after the news of his suicide broke out, it turned into a political storm with opposition parties blaming the ruling DMK. Former AIADMK chief minister Edappadi Palaniswami, blamed the DMK for not fulfilling its election promise to abolish NEET. What happened to the promise of the DMK? he tweeted.

However, the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin appealed to the students to not lose hope and that the government will bring a bill against NEET on Monday. The bill will seek the President’s assent to exempt Tamil Nadu from NEET.

Read Also: Tamil Nadu NEET: CM MK Stalin says state will permanently exempt NEET, here’s all you need to know about the bill

The National Testing Agency (NTA), which conducts NEET, had recently received approval from the Supreme Court to conduct it as per schedule. The court rejected a plea filed by some students saying NEET was clashing with other exams including compartment exams for CBSE students.

In other India news, Kerala Plus One Trial Allotment 2021 is set to be announced today, September 13, 2021, by the Directorate of General Education, DGE.

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Mamata Banerjee slams BJP over Mahua Moitra expulsion from Lok Sabha says betrayal of  parliamentary democracy

The West Bengal CM and Trinamool Congress boss said she felt sad to see the attitude of the BJP. She said the BJP did not allow Mahua Moitra to explain her stand.

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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday slammed the BJP over Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra’s expulsion from the Lok Sabha after a debate on the cash-for-query allegations. She said the move was unacceptable and betrayed India’s parliamentary democracy.

Talking to the media, Banerjee said she felt sad to see the attitude of the BJP. She questioned how the BJP can betray parliamentary democracy. She said the BJP did not even allow Mahua to explain her stand in the House. She added full injustice had been done to the expelled MP.

Banerjee said the Trinamool Congress stands in full support of Moitra. She said the BJP could not defeat the Trinamool in elections, so they have resorted to vendetta politics. She said Moitra will return to Parliament with a bigger mandate. Banerjee said the BJP thought it can do whatever it wants as they have a brute majority. She added that a day will come when the BJP will not be in power.

After her expulsion from the Lok Sabha, Moitra told reporters outside Parliament that said will fight it out over the next 30 years inside and outside Parliament, inside the gutter and on the streets. She accused the BJP of hating Muslims and women. She claimed Adani was buying all of India’s ports and airports. She said Adani shareholders are foreign investors and the Home Ministry was giving them clearance to buy India’s infrastructure.

Reacting to her expulsion, Moitra said there was no evidence of any cash, any gifts anywhere. She said she had been expelled for sharing her Lok Sabha portal login. She said there are no rules governing the sharing of logins. She said tomorrow the CBI will be sent to her house and she is going to be harassed for the next six months.

Many Opposition parties have supported Moitra over the way she was expelled without getting a chance to put forth her stand.

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Nine newborns, toddler die within 24 hours at Murshidabad Medical College Hospital

Dan said another problem was that renovation work was going on at the Jangipur Hospital and all the patients there are being sent to Mursidabad Medical College. He said only 129 beds were available for 300 patients. He said they were trying their best but were unable to the children who were malnourished and under weight.

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Nine newborn babies and a two-year-old child died within 24 hours at Murshidabad Medical College Hospital in West Bengal. The shocking incident has caused public outrage. According to reports, the babies were shifted from the Special New Born Care Unit at Jangipur Sub-Divisional Hospital to Murshidabad Medical College due to lack of proper facilities.

The sudden influx of patients put pressure on the already overloaded medical college. This led to unfortunate deaths of the new-born babies, the hospital management informed the inquiry committee. On the basis of a preliminary inquiry, it was found most of the children were found to be malnourished and their weight was 300-500 gm only. One child had a severe heart problem since birth.

Professor Amit Dan, Principal of Murshidabad Medical College, said the hospital did not have the facilities to carry out the treatment of the newborn. He said they did not have the time to shift the newborn to any other facility to carry out the treatment.

Dan said another problem was that renovation work was going on at the Jangipur Hospital and all the patients there are being sent to Mursidabad Medical College. He said only 129 beds were available for 300 patients. He said they were trying their best but were unable to attend to the children who were malnourished and underweight.

Dan paid his condolences to the bereaved families and acknowledged a need for thorough investigation in the matter. A medical board of renowned doctors is investigating the matter. The state health department has also issued a statement assuring that necessary measures will be taken for the prevention of such tragedies from occurring again. Reports said some 380 newborns had been sent to the hospital in the last 30 days.    

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PM Modi inaugurates Uttarakhand Global Investors Summit 2023 at the Forest Research Institute

The Chief Minister of Uttarakhand took to X (formerly Twitter) and said hearty welcome on behalf of 1.25 crore people of the state on the arrival of world’s most popular leader, Prime Minister Narendra Modi who has a special attachment to Devbhoomi, a rapidly emerging state with the coordination of Ecology, Economy and Technology.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Uttarakhand Global Investors Summit 2023 at the Forest Research Institute. The two day summit aims to promote the state of Uttarakhand as a major investment destination. PM Modi also launched the house of Himalayas brand to promote local products and increase the income of self help groups.

Before the Inauguration, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami announced the success of the summit, surpassing the targeted MoU signings. The Chief Minister of Uttarakhand said the investments exceeded expectations with Rs 44000 crore have already been materialized on the ground. The substantial investments will help in the generation of employment opportunities for the people of Uttarakhand.

Preparations for the summit have been going on for months. The summit is being attended by more than a thousand investors and delegates from all over India and abroad. The target of the summit is to sign MoUs worth Rs 2.5 lakh crore. But the summit has already exceeded that limit to reach around Rs 3 lakh crore in the run up to the event. The summit saw many roadshows being held by Dhami in India’s metro cities as well as London, Birmingham in the UK, Abu Dhabi and Dubai.

The Chief Minister of Uttarakhand took to X (formerly Twitter) and said hearty welcome on behalf of 1.25 crore people of the state on the arrival of world’s most popular leader, Prime Minister Narendra Modi who has a special attachment to Devbhoomi, a rapidly emerging state with the coordination of Ecology, Economy and Technology.

Earlier CM Dhami met the representatives of investor delegates who had arrived for the Uttarakhand Global Investors Summit 2023 on Thursday. Welcoming the representatives of the industry, the chief minister said this time the theme of the investor’s summit has been kept by the government of Uttarakhand as Peace to Prosperity.

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