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Time of India
29-06-2025
- General
- Time of India
Elderly, disabled to get ration at doorsteps
Chennai: The state govt is set to launch a doorstep ration delivery service starting July. The initiative aims to support elderly citizens and persons with disabilities (PwDs), who are unable to visit fair price shops. In its first phase, the scheme will benefit 15 lakh ration cardholders out of the state's 2.21 crore and is expected to begin by mid-July, according to civil supplies department officials. The rollout will focus on those aged above 70 and those who are immobile. Under the scheme, both Priority Household (PHH) and Non-Priority Household (NPHH) cardholders will be eligible. The cooperation department will oversee implementation –– deploying vehicles to deliver essential commodities such as rice, wheat, sugar, palmolein oil, and toor dal. Biometric verification will be conducted at the beneficiary's doorstep. You Can Also Check: Chennai AQI | Weather in Chennai | Bank Holidays in Chennai | Public Holidays in Chennai Tamil Nadu operates more than 35,000 ration shops, including 24,800 full-time outlets. Officials are proceeding cautiously, keeping in mind the technical and cost challenges that led to Andhra Pradesh scrapping a similar scheme. Meanwhile, some residents have pointed out problems with the current system. "My mother is 80 years old and cannot move. The PDS shop has stopped accepting authorisation letters," said R Ramesh of Old Washermenpet. "They are asking me to link my Aadhaar with her ration card through a proxy setting. But the card was created decades ago, and the registered phone number is now inactive, making OTP verification impossible. Officials say nothing can be done without the OTP."
New Indian Express
29-06-2025
- Science
- New Indian Express
Breakthrough: IIA Bengaluru uses dish TV antenna to study Sun
BENGALURU: It is possible to measure the Sun's magnetic field using commercial dish TV antennas. In a major breakthrough to study the Sun, the radio astronomy group at the Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA), Bengaluru has proved that low-cost dish antennas that are used for TV networks can be used to observe the Sun and its magnetic field. 'The scientific and technical personnel at IIA, associated with the Gauribidanur radio astronomy field station near Bengaluru, are successfully operating a unique and large world-class radio antenna array for regular observations of the solar corona and magnetic field. The observations are carried out every day unlike the optical observations, where the solar corona can be observed from the ground only during a total solar eclipse. The radio observations are not affected by the clouds,' said Prof R Ramesh, senior professor at IIA. He is in charge of the institute's radio astronomy field station at Gauribidanur and is the principal investigator for the VELC instrument on board Aditya-L1, India's maiden space mission for dedicated observations of the Sun. 'The solar corona overlying the Sun's photosphere as well as present beyond its limb can be observed with a radio telescope. These are unique advantages of radio observations. The antennas used in the array are designed and fabricated in the Gauribidanur observatory workshop. The analog and digital receiver systems are also developed in-house using off-the-shelf components,' he added. While the measurement of the Sun's magnetic field at its visible surface (the photosphere) is routinely carried out with both ground and space-based observational facilities, regular measurements of the extension of the same magnetic field to the outer layers in the Sun's atmosphere like the chromosphere and corona are not there.
Time of India
15-06-2025
- Health
- Time of India
Telangana Medical Council files cases against 21 quacks in one week
Hyderabad: In a sustained crackdown on fake doctors, the Telangana Medical Council (TGMC) has lodged complaints against at least 21 unlicensed medical practitioners. According to the council, these unlicensed practitioners were masquerading as qualified doctors while holding degrees in ayurveda, homoeopathy and other fields. While five quacks were booked during inspections in Devarakonda town, Nalgonda district, the remaining 15 were found following raids in various parts of Hyderabad, Medak district, Sangareddy district and Vikarabad district. In one case in Devarakonda, a man named Ramesh was found to be operating 'Padmavati Hospital' and treating patients while posing as a specialist with MBBS and MD degrees in general medicine from Russia. After an inquiry, the medical council found that he had not submitted any certificates relating to his qualifications. Another individual, R Ramesh, who was only qualified as an optometrist, was found to be running 'Akshara Hospital,' performing eye surgeries and administering antibiotics. In some cases, compounders were found practising as doctors, administering antibiotic and steroid injections and high-dose tablets to people for no apparent reason. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Use an AI Writing Tool That Actually Understands Your Voice Grammarly Install Now Undo Cases were registered against the quacks at various police stations across the state under sections 34 and 54 of the NMC Act, section 22 of the Telangana State Medical Practitioners Registration Act and BNS sections 18 and 19. Speaking to TOI, Dr Gundagani Srinivas, vice-chairman of TGMC, said: 'According to the NMC Act, only individuals who have completed an MBBS degree and are registered with the medical council can practise as medical practitioners. This is the exclusive right of these graduates, and everyone else is ineligible. However, these quacks operate without an MBBS degree, without having passed the relevant exams or without having registered with the medical council. Instead, they take a few hours of first aid training and register with rural and private medical practitioner associations to become members of those associations.'
