Abdul Rahman Khan alias Gowher Tarikervi (82), retired lecturer at Teachers Training Institute, Vasanth Mahal and a resident of Rajivnagar near Makkah Masjid, passed away yesterday in city.
A well known Urdu Poet of the State, he leaves behind his wife, three daughters, two sons, grand children and a host of relatives and friends.
Namaz-e-Janaza was held at Masjid-e-Azam on Ashoka Road this morning followed by the burial at the Muslim Burial Grounds near Tipu Circle.
source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> Obituary / April 19th, 2021
Zuhaid Qureshi from Muzaffarnagar who secured 6th rank in IES exams.
Sitting at his home, Zuhaib Qureshi has a look of satisfaction on his face over securing 6th rank in the recently declared Indian Engineering Services (IES) exam results. His parents are elated and unable to contain their happiness amid a festive atmosphere at their home. For Zuhaib’s mother, she says “her Eid has arrived on the very first day of Ramadan.”
Uttar Pradesh:
When one walks from the famous Meenakshi Chowk in Muzaffarnagar Uttar Pradesh towards the Shamli bus stand, about 100 meters ahead of the historic Shaheed Chowk, the second most popular place here is ‘Bashir Tehri’. In front of this particular point of Khalapar, a bright star is shining in another narrow street inside a road lined with a dozen cloth shops. The star is Zuhaib Qureshi – a youth who secured the sixth rank in the recently declared Indian Engineering Services (IES) exam results. The IES is a top all India level engineering services exam.
Sitting at his home, Zuhaib Qureshi has a look of satisfaction on his face. His parents are elated and unable to contain their happiness amid a festive atmosphere at their home.
For Zuhaib’s mother, she told TwoCircles.net that “her Eid has arrived on the very first day of Ramadan.”
Zuhaib’s brother says that their parents have raised them well and credits their upbringing for his brother’s success.
Zuhaib lives in the Khalapar locality of volatile Muzaffarnagar and locals from the area complain of “negative portrayal of the area by mainstream media.”
A perception has been created that the area is packed with criminals, they say.
However, Zuhaib’s story proves otherwise. People of the locality are happy with Zuhaib’s success. Standing in a street, a middle-aged man Rashid Khan is telling his nephew to follow in Zuhaib’s footsteps.
Zuhaib Qureshi’s father is a scrap trader. Most of the Quraishi’s in the area associated with the meat trade and are well off. However, the respect and admiration Zuhaib has earned surpasses all, the locals say.
Abdul Sattar, a local councillor, told TwoCircles.net that he feels pride in Zuhaib’s success. “The boy has become a star. He kept studying quietly but his result has made a noise. A good noise,” he adds.
Zuhaib has secured the sixth rank in the IES exam in which nearly 10 lakh candidates appeared. He is one among 40 selected candidates.
In recent times, youth from Muzaffarnagar and Bijnor in Uttar Pradesh have done well in civil services exams.
In 2018, Shaad Mian Khan of Bijnor scored 25th rank in a civil service exam, while Junaid of Nagina got the third rank in IAS.
Recently, Mohammad Tabish of Muzaffarnagar also emerged successful by getting the third rank in AIIMS and second in PGI Chandigarh. The success of the youth of Bijnor and Muzaffarnagar in recent years in the top exams of the country has been hailed by people here.
Speaking with TwoCircles.net, Zuhaib says he is overjoyed at his success. “I always thought I have a scientific temperament and now I will use it to strengthen and serve my country,” he says.
Zuhaib achieved this success in the first attempt. Having studied in a Hindi medium school, Zuhaib has tried hard to excel at English.
He talks about his study strategy. “I made a plan with myself. I knew that 8 to 10 lakh people sit in this exam and only 41 seats are available. I researched why the participants will not be able to get success even after all the hard work,” he says.
Zuhaib’s mother Shaheen wants Zuhaib to contribute to his country’s progress.
“I have prayed a lot to Allah. He (Zuhaib) was very anxious on the day of the result. He was constantly looking at his phone. When I tried to snatch is a phone, he announced that ‘Ammi I got All India sixth rank.’ I cried on hearing the news. Our world has changed since that day. All people are congratulating us. Zuhaib has passed many big exams before but he dreamt of IES which he has now achieved. May Allah be kind to him,” she told TwoCircles.net.
Zuhaib credits his success to Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI), one of India’s premier higher education institutes, where he did his engineering studies.
Gauhar Siddiqui, a social worker from Muzaffarnagar told TwoCircles.net that the area and community from where Zuhaib comes from are not very keen on studies and “obviously his success is very big and this will inspire other youth of the area to study hard and be successful.
source: http://www.twocircles.net / TwoCirlcles.net / Home> Lead Story / by Aas Mohammad Kaif, TwoCircles.net / April 20th, 2021
The Issa brothers own the Euro Garages chain of petrol stations as part of their EG Group business
The Issa brothers, whose parents moved to the UK from Gujarat in the 1970s, own the Euro Garages chain of petrol stations as part of their EG Group business.
London:
Indian-origin billionaire brothers Mohsin and Zuber Issa have acquired a popular British fast food chain, Leon, as part of what they described as their goal to grow their foodservice operations in Britain.
The Issa brothers, whose parents moved to the UK from Gujarat in the 1970s, own the Euro Garages chain of petrol stations as part of their EG Group business. Last year, they acquired leading UK supermarket chain Asda from US owners Walmart as part of the strategy to expand their non-fuel business.
Leon, Founded by John Vincent, Henry Dimbleby and chef Allegra McEvedy in 2004, pitches itself in the category of “naturally fast food” with a focus on creating a healthy menu that tastes good, in a sustainable way. The acquisition is said to be worth an estimated 100 million pounds.
“Leon is a fantastic brand that we have long admired. As established entrepreneurs in the foodservice retail market ourselves, we have a huge admiration for the business that John and the Leon team have built over the years, and firmly believe that their culture and values closely align with our own,” said Mohsin and Zuber Issa, co-founders and co-CEOs of the EG Group.
“The acquisition of Leon presents EG Group with a fantastic opportunity to further develop the menu offer, the various concession formats including drive-throughs, and will enable us to significantly build on the existing network by exploring opportunities across our own sites along with other strategic locations,” they said.
With an extensive network of over 70 restaurants, Leon has 42 company-owned restaurants operated on leasehold locations, with a strong presence in London as well as other large cities across the UK.
In addition, it has 29 franchised sites at key strategic transport hubs (mainly airports and train stations) across Britain and five other European markets, principally the Netherlands. Leon has also made itself accessible to consumers at home and generates significant revenue from its branded cookbooks, own brand groceries and provision of home delivery ready meals.
“In some ways this is a sad day for me, to part company with the business I founded 17 years ago in Carnaby Street (London). But I have had the pleasure of getting to know Mohsin and Zuber across the last few years. They have been enthusiastic customers of Leon, going out of their way to eat here whenever they visit London,” said John Vincent.
“They are decent, hard-working business people who are committed to sustaining and further strengthening the values and culture that we have built at Leon, a business that has my dad’s name above the door.
“Mohsin and Zuber will not just be superb custodians of the Leon brand, through EG Group they have the vision, investment appetite, foodservice expertise and network scale to take Leon to many more people and places,” he said, adding that he is confident the brand will “flourish” and expand its appeal outside of London under the new ownership.
Prior to the addition of the Leon store network, EG Group said it already operates over 700 foodservice outlets in the UK and Ireland of which 310 operate from standalone premises.
Despite the impact of COVID-19, the company said its foodservice business accounted for 46 per cent of the gross profit of the UK and Ireland division in 2020. The group’s foodservice brand portfolio includes other third-party brands such as Starbucks, KFC, Burger King, Greggs, Sbarro, Cinnabon and Subway.
The Issa brothers added: “EG Group continues to identify innovative partnerships and acquisitions that complement our existing consumer offer and enable us to stay at the forefront of consumer trends, particularly in foodservice.
“Our equity investment in Leon is to strengthen our own participation in the fast-growing contemporary foodservice segment. This acquisition aligns with our commitment to being a committed foodservice operator globally, delivers financial benefit to our underlying business, and supports broader commercial strategies to be able to better realise further growth opportunities.”
Founded in 2001 by the Issa family, the EG Group employs over 44,000 people working across more than 6,000 sites across Europe, US and Australia. The brothers, Mohsin and Zuber, were each conferred with a CBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List 2020, for their contribution to business and charity.
(This story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)
source: http://www.ndtv.com / NDTV / Home> Indians Abroad / by PTI / April 19th, 2021
Ifrah Khan from Nagpur has bagged the third position in India among girls in JEE Mains. She has scored 99.9946424 in the national level exam.
Ifrah has studied at Indian Olympiad School, Bhelgaon, Kamptee Road. She participated in all extra activities at school level. She had scored 90.2 per cent in Class X.
”My coaching was done at my school, Indian Olympiad School, both my brothers coached me,” she said. Her brothers, former IIT-ians, are also teachers in the family-owned school.
Ifrah’s father Suhail Khan and mother Nagma Khan both are Directors of Indian Olympiad School.
She had started preparations for competitive exams when she in class 6th. She tried to go ahead of her syllabus and explore new topics.
In her message to the new generations, Ifrah said, ”Start early preparation with dedication and determination, rest leave on almighty.”
Ifrah gave the credit of her success to parents, brothers and teachers who always supported her to perform well in the examination.
source: http://www.muslimmirror.com / Muslim Mirror / Home> Indian Muslim / by Muslim Mirror Staff / March 27th, 2021
The second wave of Covid-19 is badly hitting the entire country and over two lakhs people are being tested positive for Covid every day.
Maharashtra state is considered as the worst hit state from this pendamic in which about 60k being tested positive for Covid every day,with 607933 active cases this virus has already claimed 60824 lives.
The virus is spreading across the state.Mortality rate is increasing by each passing day ,non availability of beds in the hospitals, shortages of oxigen, ICU, ambulance and medicine has become a comon phenomenon.
Solapur district has 13,876 active cases till date and 2,077 people have succumbed to the deadly virus so far.
In such pathetic condition Dr.Amjad Basheer Sayed a young cardiologist from Solapur district has come forward with his newly constructed hospital (Noble Heart care and research centre) with the facility of 35 beds to curb the panicking circumstances by treating the patients who are otherwise supposed to be treated in overcrowded hospitals.
Currently over 20 doctors and paramedics are treating patients are being treated under Dr. Amjad’s supervision.
Speaking to Muslim Mirror Dr.Amjad Sayed said that “we all know very well how Covid patients are increasing and need of the hospitals is arising , how patients are suffering and crying for treatment ,how relatives of the patients are struggling to get beds in the hospital for Covid care.
“Considering the problems of Covid victims I decided to start Covid care center in my hospital. I immediately applied for the same to local authorities and got the permission.Now with the grace of Almighty 25 patients are being treated in my hospital, ” said Dr. Amjad.
An Urdu medium student Dr. Amjad Sayed, is a well-known cardiologist of the District .He is associated with five big hospitals and serving Covid patients since past 14 month tirelessly.
“This humanitarian gesture of Dr. Ajmal cannot be expressed in one sentence. it’s a huge contribution towards the humanity ” said Darshana Gaikwad, a social activist.
She further said that coming forward with the newly constructed hospital which was not even inaugurated formally is laudable. I feel proud that doctor like Amjad sir lives in my city who has pain for their countrymen and ready to save lives round the clock.
“This contribution of Dr. Amjad will always be remembered, I extended best wishes to him and his team ” added Darshana.
source: http://www.muslimmirror.com / Muslim Mirror / Home> Featured / by Imran Inamdar / April 21st, 2021
Former Bidar MLA Syed Zulfiqar Hashmi passed away due to kidney failure in the early hours of Tuesday at a Hospital in Hyderabad. He is survived by his wife, three sons and two daughters.
Syed Zulfiqar Hashmi was elected to the Vidhana Sabha from the Bidar constituency in 1994 on the Bahujan Samaj Party ticket. Hashmi was the first BSP MLA from South India.
Hashmi had been undergoing dialysis for the past four months and was admitted to Asara Hospital in Hyderabad two days ago due to deteriorating health.
source: http://www.thecongnate.com / The Cognate / Home> News / by The Cognate News Desk / April 20th, 2021
A booklet by Coimbatore-based paediatric dentistry team We Little throws light on the mouth-sleep connection
Sleep Passport | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement
Dr Shifa Shamsudeen has been blogging about the connection between problems in the oral cavity and sleep for five years now. As a paediatric dentist, she has seen misaligned jaw lines and under-developed tongues that cause the airways to narrow. While earlier, these problems were thought to be only genetic, today, research says that a number of oral cavity problems in children are a result of poor lifestyle habits, such as bottle feeding, and infections, like recurring inflamed adenoids.
“All these can lead to narrowing of the airway. When a child is not getting enough oxygen during sleep, the tissues, including the brain are not getting rest. As a result the child becomes lethargic during the day,” says Dr Kunal Gupta, pediatric dentist at Children’s Dental Center in Gurugram. A wider airway leads to better breathing and a deeper sleep. Mouth breathing alters jaw lines causing a short chin, which leads to an asymmetrical face and issues such as speech, breathing, and gum problems.
Dr Shifa Shamsudeen | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement
Dr Shamsudeen and her team at We Little that works on children’s teeth in Coimbatore, have brought out what they call a sleep passport — a booklet for parents and children that gives pointers on a healthy sleep routine from infancy to 18 years. It provides a pictorial description of low quality sleep, and highlights the symptoms, causes, and effects of mouth breathing and sleep disordered breathing (SDB), an upper airway dysfunction.
Her message is that many problems with the mouth that result in poor sleep can be prevented. They can also be solved early, with myofunctional therapy. “This involves breath, muscle and sleep re-training exercises,” she says. An example of this is to place the tongue behind the upper front teeth without touching the teeth for 10 seconds. There are many more in the ‘passport’.
Lifestyle choices
Malocclusion (misalignment) of teeth in children is a symptom that something is not functioning in harmony. This used to be mechanically corrected with braces when the child turned 14, but can now be tackled much earlier.
Today dentists understand that for a majority of children, narrow jaws and crowded teeth are induced by lifestyle. “Bottle feeding, the use of pacifiers and thumb sucking can make the tongue muscles weak. It narrows the nasal airway, thereby leading to mouth breathing that induces low quality of sleep,” says Dr Shamsudeen. To prevent this, it is best to breastfeed, avoid the use of pacifiers and try and break your baby’s thumb sucking habit. “Breastfeeding sets the foundation for well-defined facial and jaw growth,” says Dr Shamsudeen.
Timely medical attention
SDB is a result of an improper tongue position, causing difficulties while breathing, says Dr Uma Nagarajan, chief paediatric dentist at Pedo Planet Children’s Dental Center in Delhi. “When a child snores or wakes up with a sudden gasping sound at night or while napping during the day, it is a symptom of SDB. The tongue at rest should be positioned in a way that the tip of the tongue rests on the roof of the mouth, even during sleep.”
“SDB is caused by recurring inflamed adenoids and tonsils, an enlarged tongue, or a narrow lower jaw because of habits like thumb-sucking and mouth breathing. It can have an impact on concentration and attention in the short term and growth in the long term, both because of lack of quality sleep,” adds Dr. Gupta.
If your child is not getting good quality sleep, and psychological factors are ruled out, it’s best to check whether there is a problem with the oral cavity.
To get a copy of the sleep passport, call 97869-29892
source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> Sci-Tech> Health / by K Jeshi / Coimbatore – April 17th, 2021
This promising artist who hails from Dabeerpura, describes her works as impressionistic, abstract and contemporary.
Bad times often bring out the best in some people. It happened with Ayesha Nazneen. When most persons found the lockdown unnerving, for her it was a godsend opportunity to indulge in her passion. No, she wouldn’t be able to travel, see waterfalls or be one with nature. But surely she could do all this with her canvas, colours, brushes and palette knife.
She did just that. She did not let the pandemic to come in the way of her creativity. Each day was a new start, a new opportunity to explore her feelings and put them on the canvas for the world to see. The other day Nazneen had her ‘Dreams Unlocked’. Her solo art exhibition gave a peep into her dreams.
While it was her first art show, it was also the first such event for the Luqma Kitchen Studio, the newly-opened women-only space at Dar-ul-Shifa. “Women in this part of the city have a lot of skills which need to be tapped,” remarked Rubina Nafees Fatima, president, Safa Society.
This promising artist who hails from Dabeerpura, describes her works as impressionistic, abstract and contemporary. Most of her exhibits relate to dreams of women. She makes use of circles to create an illusion of cage — to indicate how women have traditionally been confined. She also paints the theme of education as the liberating force. Judicious mix of vibrant and contrasting colours is her hallmark. Her favourite work remains the ‘Dream of Final Abode’. This acrylic on canvas depicts a milky waterfall, the artist’s perception of the luxurious life promised in Paradise.
A self-taught artist, Nazneen has been sketching right from her childhood, drawing inspiration from her artist-grandfather, Azeemuddin. An assistant professor at Shadan Women’s College of Pharmacy, she plans to explore sculpture next. Her aim is to use art to illuminate, educate and motivate people.
source: http://www.telanganatoday.com / Telangana Today / Home> Features / by J S Ifthekhar / April 12th, 2021
Shakir, who is a resident of Areekode in Malappuram district, Kerala, built a miniature soft top Mahindra jeep for his children and the video of his creation is now making rounds on the internet.
While it’s common for parents to buy kids their favourite toys, a Kerala man went out of his way to build a miniature jeep for his children to play with.
Shakir, a resident of Areekode in Malappuram district, built a miniature soft top Mahindra jeep for his children and the video of his creation is now making rounds on the internet.
The jeep, which is a replica of a Mahindra Jeep, is powered by a 1000 watts motor and comes complete with a manual gearbox, power steering, detachable soft top and headlights. It took Shakir around a year to finish the project.
In the video, Shakir explained that though he completed the project over 5-6 years ago, it was only now that the miniature jeep went viral.
The jeep, which reportedly has a driving range of approximately 60-70 km, cost him around Rs 1.5 lakhs.
source: http://www.indianexpress.com / The Indian Express / Home> Trending> Trending in India / by Trends Desk, New Delhi / April 19th, 2021
Prized possession: Mustaque Ahmed S. Mulla displays the books sent by lyricist Gulzar.
The award-winning poet calls up Mustaque Ahmed S. Mulla after he reads the latter’s letter
Never in his dream had Mustaque Ahmed S. Mulla thought that a letter he wrote to award-winning poet and lyricist Gulzar would lead to a moment he would cherish for life.
It was in the second week of March that Prof. Mulla, principal of Tippu Shaheed Institute of Technology at Old Hubballi, happened to watch a reading of Mirza Galib’s poem by Mr. Gulzar in the ‘Jashn-e-Rekhta’ programme.
A fan of ‘Gulzar Sahab’, Prof. Mulla could not resist penning down what he felt. He also wrote about Mr. Gulzar’s determination on reading and writing in Urdu in its own ‘Rasmul Khat’(script) and his views on learning Urdu and expressing it Devanagari script. Mr. Gulzar’s 1972 film Koshish revolved around visually-impaired characters and Prof. Mulla related to it as his father was disabled. He wrote on how the film changed his view of his father, posted the letter and had almost forgot about it.
One afternoon, a few days later, Prof. Mulla’s cell phone rang and to his surprise, the person identified himself as Gulzar. He could not believe that a Dada Saheb Phalke award winner would personally call him and checked to confirm what he had heard.
The conversation extending to over 15 minutes will remain etched in the memory of Prof. Mulla and his daughter Nikhat Sameen, who was by his side. “Gulzar Sahab thanked me for my letter and sought to know about Hubballi and its literary culture. His poetry, films, the region, my father, his struggle, Koshish… all figured in the conversation,” Prof. Mulla recalled.
Mr. Gulzar asked Ms. Sameen, a postgraduate students, about the city, its literary circles and her literary inclination. She requested Mr. Gulzar to send an endorsed copy of his latest Urdu poetry collection Bal o par sare.
“He said he would send it. A few moments later, he called back to ask whether she knew Urdu. At that moment, I said, I too had the right to an endorsed copy, being her father,” Prof. Mulla told The Hindu. Ms. Sameen told her father that more than a poet and lyricist, Gulzar Sahab was a great human being who respected others’ sentiments.
After the conversation, Mr. Gulzar sent two books, one in English for Prof. Mulla and one in Urdu for Ms. Sameen, with endorsement.
These days, Prof. Mulla’s house has visitors who comes to see the books with Mr. Gulzar’s handwriting. Prof. Mulla never gets tired recalling the pleasant surprise.
source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> States> Karnataka / by Girish Pattanashetti / Hubballi – April 16th, 2021
