Edition 4 Page 1_Layout 1 17-02-2020 09:45 Page 1 Volume No 20 Issue No 4 February 14, 2020 LAB JOURNAL OF THE ASIAN COLLEGE OF JOURNALISM Risks of travelling Cyber smart V-Day sees an on footboard police team offer surge Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Anti-CAA signature drive Not so smart after all Protests against the Act ‘will not end’ SRISHTI LAKHOTIA 11.” All India Domestic Women tions including place of birth and tests in Chennai, but none have Association (AIDWA) District Se - details about parents. In case a been intense, Nainar said. “In Tamil Opposition parties led by the Con - cretary Bakaiyan said that the Muslim does not have them, they Nadu, only protests dealing with gress are likely to submit an Anti- CPI(M) cadre collected around one will be marked ‘D’ (disqualified). cultural practices like Jallikattu can Citizenship Amendment Act lakh signatures from Royapuram, The signature campaign against grow. The protests in Valluvar Kot - (anti-CAA) to President Ram Nath Perambur, Manali and Avadi. CAA was first initiated by the Con - tam were not a huge deal. The law Kovind, said K. Balakrishnan, Bakaiyan said that CAA, Na - gress in New Delhi. and order in Tamil Nadu is very Tamil Nadu State secretary of the tional Register of Citizens (NRC) Nainar, a member of CPI(M) constraining,” he added. Communist Party of India (Mar - and National Population Register State committee said, “DMK had Prabhu R, part-time Rapido xist). (NPR) will not be accepted by not attended the meeting over a bike-taxi rider and a medical assis - “Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam women of any religion in Tamil small scuffle with Congress in civic tant said that CAA is the best law (DMK) had collected 2 crores sig - Nadu. “If Muslims from countries body elections, which was childish India has had and Modi the best natures nearly two days ago. We like Pakistan, Afghanistan and of them. Even Trinamool didn’t leader. He said, “Indian law is too are aiming at collecting more sig - Bangladesh are not allowed, then participate and the approach taken flexible and needs a more stern ap - natures. The process will end what about women from other by them to oppose CAA and NPR proach.” today,” said Balakrishnan. countries? NPR will not be accep - was different.” While a salesperson at a shop - The CPI(M) signature campaign ted by people of Tamilakam . We As for the effect the signature ping mall here said that they all had was conducted district-wise bet - have no problem with the Census campaign will have on CAA, signed the campaign list regardless ween Feb. 2 and 10 and contribu - process, but NPR we do not ac - Madan said, “The Bharatiya Janata of which religion they came from. ted to the larger pool of dissent. cept,” she added. Party (BJP) has a majority in the “It is a divisive law, which needs to Madan, a social media content Bakaiyan said that Muslims and Lok Sabha. They do not seem to be opposed,” the salesperson creator at CPI(M) said, “We had people from other religions have pay any heed to the Opposition. added. collected our last set of signatures been living as mama-macha (uncle- They can make laws, but not ones “Since government is not ready The colourful mesh built by the Corporation under the Smart City plan hides the at a campaign at Kalingarayan nephew) for ages. In case of NPR, that undermine the Constitution.” to budge, the protests will not end,” Mambalam canal which was last cleaned three years ago and overflows with gar - Street in Royapuram on February the government now asks 21 ques - There have been multiple pro - said Bakaiyan. bage | SRISHTI LAKHOTIA Few scholarships in state for No security for women on MRTS BC students SHRIJA GANGULY get scared looking at people (mos - SUKRITI VATS tly men) sleeping on the floor and The absence of female security per - benches.” Only 100 students will benefit from sonnel and proper surveillance sys - Padmaja said that although she the Tamil Nadu government’s new tems at the MRTS stations makes now has someone to approach, she Scholarship for the Backward Clas - rail journeys uncomfortable, say fe - would find it easier if it is a woman. ses (BC) due to limited funds, ac - male commuters. “I feel there should be more cording to a circular issued by the After a rise in cases of sexual ha - women walking the streets. No Commissioner of Backward Clas - rassment in and outside the local man can make me feel safe,” she ses Welfare. Expected to operate train stations, the Railway Protec - said.The deployment of security of - on a first-come-first-serve basis, the tion Force (RPF) has deployed ex- ficers comes ten years after it was scheme’s limited funds means that servicemen as security officers. reported for the first time back in the rest would be denied an oppor - They are deployed on two shifts, 2009. tunity to study in central universi - one from 8 am to 4 pm, and the The huge unoccupied spaces at ties. other from 4pm to 10 pm. the MRTS stations are dark and These 100 students of Backward Reports from The Hindu suggest dingy. The basement at Kasturba Classes, Most Backward Classes that 15 security guards have been Nagar station is allotted for parking and Denotified Communities will deployed at all the Mass Rapid Majority of the MRTS commuters are women who travel but it has been turned into a dum - Strict moral be able to avail a scholarship Transit System (MRTS) stations so from the suburbs | THE NEWS MINUTE ping space. amount of Rs. 2 lakhs per year, or far with more recruits coming in. Thiruvanmiyur is the only sta - the entire duration of their under - However, there are hardly any contract basis for one year. month of May. tion that has an IRCTC eatery ins - vigil on V-Day graduate or postgraduate course,” female security guards. The RPF official further said, For the time being, the Railway talled on one of the platforms. said S. Revathi, who oversees the Kushi Meena Ram, the only se - “Autowalas and cleaners are also a Protection Force department has However, the rest of the space on MAHIMA MANIAR cause. It is entirely a process of scheme at the Backward Classes curity officer at Thiruma yilai sta - part of our protection network. In come up with a helpline number of the ground floor is unused. commercialisation.” Welfare Directorate in Chennai. tion, said, “A lady officer was case of a mishap, you can either 182 in case of emergencies. Mylapore Inspector Chithra On the eve of Valentine’s Day (Fe - “There was no concept like Va - The budget for the scheme is ap - stationed at Thiruvanmiyur after a alert the person at the ticket counter However, the lack of advertise - Devi said, “The deployment of the bruary 14) as the city prepares to lentine’s Day, Father’s Day or Mot - proximately Rs.2 crores, and would couple of cases of groping and mo - or the nearest auto driver or railway ment of such an important measure number of female security officers capitalise on the day of love, the her’s Day earlier because there was cover 85 Central Government ins - lesting were registered last year. staff. The RPF center at Mylapore has led to the lack of awareness of will vary from station to station.” youth in Chennai frown upon the no reason to advertise one’s love titutions across the state, including She was withdrawn later on.” will be notified and help will be possible options for women com - The former servicemen have ‘moral policing’ that couples face. for their beloved. Today, it is diver - prestigious ones such as IIT, IIM, The reason, as explained by an sent in 10 to 15 minutes. The of - muters. A student of the Institute of been appointed due to a shortage in “At times, boys and girls sit and ting the attention of youngsters IIIT and NIT. official at the RPF office at Myla - fender will be held at the RPF sta - Mathematical Sciences said, “I the RPF force deployed at the discuss class assignments on the from their goals,” she added. More than 100 applications have pore, “We are running short of re - tion until further trial.” don’t know of any such number. MRTS stations. pavement, but that is also frowned Meanwhile, some think it is dif - already been received two days be - cruits due to the large number of None of the MRTS stations have Had I known that such a number As per a report from The New In - upon,” said Amir Suhail, who is ficult to change the mindset of the fore the deadline, which is February vacancies. The Government is re - got CCTV cameras installed either exists, I would have travelled alone dian Express on February 11, San - pursuing a PhD at the Institute of elderly since they are not at par 15. luctant to recruit to its full capacity. inside or outside the stations, ma - more often.” tosh N Chandran, the former senior Mathematical Sciences. with changing trends. “The older “It’s unfortunate that all students Consequently, we are recruiting in king these spaces crime prone. Padmaja S. is an IT employee at Director of Security (DSC) of the Sushmita Bahuguna, a third year generation is not exposed to the belonging to backward classes will batches. Right now, around 4,500 An official said that on an ave - Tidel Park and lives in Thiruvalli - Madras division had requested the student of the Institute of Hotel Ma - technology and services that pro - not get scholarship.