Nisha Warsi, the only Muslim player in the Indian national hockey team that reached the semi-inals in Tokyo and lost a well-fought game against the English team, will get an award of Rs 50 lakh from the State government of Haryana as the Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar announced the policy of rewards for Olympians.
He said the State will give Rs 50 lakh to each player of the Indian women’s hockey team from the state and the same amount to those who ranked fourth in the Olympics events from the state.
It’s not clear if Nisha is entitled to double award of being the Olympian and winning the fourth place in international Hockey at Tokyo. In that happens she is entitled to Rs one crore.
Khattar tweeted, “We give Rs 6 crore to Gold medal winners, Rs 4 crore to Silver medal winners, and Rs 2.5 crore to Bronze medal winners. For the first time, we have decided to give Rs 50 lakh each to the players who finished fourth.”
Apart from this, he further announced to give Rs 10 lakh each to all the players who participated in Olympics from Haryana.
source: http://www.awazthevoice.in / Awaz / Home> Women / August 07th, 2021
Omar is now preparing to improve his skills by memorizing 150 car logos and brand new logos within one year to create another record.
Abu Dhabi:
A two-and-eleven-months-old United Arab Emirates (UAE) based boy of Indian origin has been recognised by the India book of records for his amazing grasping and memory skills.
Omar Zayn was born on July 31, 2018, in the Palakkad district of Kerala; has become the youngest person to recall 101 car logos in 4 minutes and 7 seconds.
While most children his age struggle to speak properly, this prodigy has answered many questions related to cars.
Zayn’s interest in cars has grown since he landed in UAE last year and his passion for car logos took a new turn when he learned it online. He has currently memorized more than 110 logos.
“His sole learning came from YouTube. He sat for hours just to understand and memorise logos,” Omar’s father Zainul Abid told Khaleej Times.
A video of Omar memorizing the names of car logos was submitted to the India Book of Records last month, and the family recently received the coveted certificate and recognized his extraordinary talent.
Omar is now preparing to improve his skills by memorizing 150 car logos and brand new logos within one year and hopes to create another record.
source: http://www.siasat.com / The Siasat Daily / Home> News> Middle East / by Sakina Fatima / September 05th, 2021
Punzwa Village (Kupwara District),JAMMU & KASHMIR :
Srinagar:
Twenty-three-year-old Nadia Beigh hailing from Punzwa village in Kupwara district of North Kashmir is the first girl from her village to crack the prestigious Civil Services Examination in her second attempt.
Ranked at 350, Nadia credits her success to her family.
To escape the recurrent internet shutdowns in the valley, Nadia enrolled herself in Residential Coaching Academy, Jamia Millia New Delhi which provides free coaching to selected students who are chosen through a rigorous entrance exam. Thirty students from the academy cleared the civil services exam this year.
“If I had stayed back in Kashmir last year, I don’t think I would have been able to prepare for my exam. The internet is extremely important if you are preparing for civil services. Other than that, I live in a remote area where newspapers reach late and a single newspaper will cost you 20 or more rupees. So, I thought it was better to move to Delhi,” says Nadia.
When asked about what service she would prefer to choose, Nadia, a graduate in Economics (Honors), told TwoCircles.net that she is keen about working in administration or foreign services. But her rank doesn’t allow her to be allotted to those ranks. She now plans to sit for the civil services exam again next year and is hopeful of scoring a better rank.
“I know I have potential to do better. Though I’ll be joining services this year, I’ll sit for the exams next year as well. It is a safe option,” she says.
Fighting all the odds, 16 candidates from Jammu and Kashmir managed to clear the exam. With the abrogation of Article 370, a complete communication and security lockdown was imposed in the erstwhile state of J&K. This was followed by a massive influx of students to different states of India, especially those preparing for various competitive examinations.
“I could spot a Kashmiri on every corner of Delhi. Some students in my locality who could not afford to move out of Kashmir, unfortunately, could not clear the exams,” she says.
Nadia has two sisters who are doctors by profession and a brother, a civil services aspirant himself. Her parents are government school teachers, the reason why she believes she has been able to excel in her education.
Since the news of her cracking the exam has come out, scores of people have flocked to her home to congratulate her. She is particularly overwhelmed by the number of girls who have approached her to procure information about the examination pattern.
“If because of me more girls are inspired to appear for the exam, I believe that would be the biggest achievement. People of Kashmir are very talented. Once they set their minds to it, they can achieve anything,” she says.
Just a day after clearing the exam, somebody created a fake Twitter profile using her name and picture and posted controversial tweets that could cause problems for her, she said.
“Since I am going to be a government official now, the tweets were against the government. I have spoken to the Cyber Police Srinagar and the account has been taken down but the screenshots of those tweets have been circulated widely. I am very anxious about it,” she said.
Despite all this, Nadia wants to work for the upliftment of her people. She believes that with a high position in the administration she can serve the people of Kashmir. Her plans consist of working diligently and aiming for a better rank next year.
source: http://www.twocircles.net / TwoCircles.net / Home> Indian Muslim / by Asma Hafiz, TwoCircles.net / August 08th, 2020
Muslim dominated Mewat, one of the most backward regions of the country, will now also be known for producing 11 daughters who strived hard – braving the patriarchal set up – to realise their dream of obtaining higher education and choose their own lifestyle.
All of them are well qualified and work in different sectors. Four of them are government school teachers. One of them, who is named Nusrat is a lecturer at Government Polytechnic, Malab, Mewat. Apart from them, sister Razia is an MBA and works in a private firm while Nazia has done Diploma in architecture and is employed in the private sector.
They hail from Chandeni, a village in Haryana’s Muslim-dominated Mewat area.
Shabnam, who is a government school teacher, told Muslim Mirror that she along with her sisters had gone through a long struggle to realise their dreams of education.
She recalled that her sisters had to travel a lot and move to different locations due to the lack of good colleges in nearby areas.
Locals used to tell her elders that they should not give higher education to their girls because they will have to face difficulties to marry them.
Shabnam believes that in the 90s when she and her other sisters were in schools, it was difficult to find a perfect match for educated girls in Mewat. ”However, that situation has changed nowadays,” she added.
Sometimes, the sisters have to face ‘troubles’ at the workplace due to their Muslim identity. ”We meet troubles, more specifically in private sectors,” Shabnam added.
”However, they gradually change their behaviour with us when they come to know about us,” she stated.
In her message to society, Shabnam said, ”Apart from getting degrees, people should try to be open-minded and good human beings for the society.”
Indian parents, more commonly in villages, hesitate to send their daughters to colleges and universities. That’s why a large number of girls fail to be independent financially as well as mentally. In such an atmosphere, the success story of ’11 sisters’ is encouraging.
Their Qualifications:
1: Nafeesa: J.B.T and B.Ed and working as govt.teacher.
2:Shabnam: M.A, J.B.T and working as a govt. teacher.
3:Afsana: J.B.T, M.A, B.Ed.
4:Farhana: J.B.T, M.A, B.Ed and working as a govt.teacher.
5:Shahnaj : J.B.T, M.A, B.Ed and working as a teacher in private school.
6:Ishrat: B.A.
7:Nushrat: J.B.T, M.A, M.Ed and working as a lecturer in Malab Polytechnic.
8:Ana: J.B.T, M.A B.Ed and working as a govt. teacher.
9: Razia: M.B.A and working in private sector.
10:Nazia: Diploma in architecture and working in private sector.
11:Bushra: M.A, B.Ed
source: http://www.muslimmirror.com / Muslim Mirror / Home> Featured / by Hasan Akram / March 13th, 2021
Muhammad Fadi (18), who has roots in Niramaruthoor in Thirur, Kerala, has secured admission in the prestigious London School of Economics (LSE), the alma mater of Indian stalwarts like Dr. BR Ambedkar, Nobel laureate Amartya Sen and former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
Interestingly, the youngster had studied in regular schools that are run by the government in Britain, from class four.
Fadi attributes his splendid achievement to his systematic approach to academics and active participation in co-curricular activities too.
An academically bright student, Fadi had scored ‘A’ stars for two subjects and an ‘A’ for another in the sixth form, which is equivalent to the higher secondary course in India, to secure a place at the iconic institution.
This indeed is an amazing feat when the criterion for admission was just ‘A’ for two subjects and ‘A’ star for one paper.
From age 15, Fadi had been dreaming of pursuing his higher education at either one of the three premier institutions in London – University of Cambridge, University of Oxford or at the London School of Economics.
The youngster says that he had even changed schools in the sixth form to help him achieve this dream. He shifted to the well-known Harris Westminster Sixth Form School which specifically trains the students to secure admission at some of the high-profile universities and institutions in the UK.
At this school, Fadi was an active member of the football, badminton, geography and economics societies. He regularly took part in the weekly discussions and debates that were conducted by these clubs. He had mentioned this in his personal profile that he had submitted along with his application to the universities. Besides this, an excellent evaluation note by his teachers too had helped him secure a seat for the famed BSc Economics graduate course at the LSE.
Life goal
Fadi says that his life’s mission is to study about the modern economic techniques that are widely used in the developed nations and to adopt these to the social and cultural scenario of the developing countries like India to alleviate poverty.
Family’s Indian roots
Fadi is the son of Niramaruthur native Valappil Shareef who had completed an MBA course from the London School of Commerce in 2004.
After completing his studies, Shareef had settled in London.
Meanwhile, Fadi had studied until class three at the MES schools in Mangalam and Thirur. He then migrated to London with his family.
As his family had permanent residency certificate, Fadi easily got admission at the public schools in London.
There, education up to the sixth form is completely free. Fadi says that there aren’t many private schools in London and most students attend government schools as they offer quality ducation.
His mother is Fousia and has a sister, Marwa.
source: http://www.onmanorama.com / OnManorama / Home> Career & Campus / by Naseeb Karattil / September 01st, 2021
In a patient-friendly move to meet community health needs, free Unani medicines were distributed to patients from the lower economic strata by a team of Dawakhana Tibbiya College (DTC), Aligarh Muslim University (AMU). The free medicines were dispensed during the inaugural of a Unani Medicine Clinic in Jamalpur locality.
“We found that many poor patients were struggling to get medicines. Some of them have been without any income and couldn’t afford the health facilities. It prompted us to distribute free medicines to people in dire need,” said Prof Salma Ahmed (Member-in-Charge, DTC).
She distributed the medicines with the DTC Marketing Team headed by Mr Shariq Azam.
Former Dean, Faculty of Unani Medicine, Prof Abdul Mannan; Prof Shamim Ahmad (Department of Agriculture Management) and Prof Mohd Khalid Azam (Department of Business Administration) stressed that this free medicine campaign in the wake of the pandemic is a big boon for the financially backward patients.
They added that it is our duty to provide the financially weaker sections with free essential health services including medicines.
source: http://www.amu.ac.in / Aligarh Muslim University / Home> AMU News / by Public Relations Office, AMU / August 27th, 2021
So far, Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind has constructed 311 houses, mosques and schools at different places in the riot-affected district of UP
Maulana Arshad Madani handed over the keys of the houses to the victims of Muzaffarnagar riots
New Delhi :
President of Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind Maulana Arshad Madani on Wednesday handed over keys of newly-built houses to 66 families who lost their homes in the deadly Muzaffarnagar riots in 2013, the group said in a statement.
Thousands of families were displaced due to riots. “These people were still living in extreme despair in different places. Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind has continued its relief and assistance from the very beginning as per its long tradition,” the Jamiat statement said, adding the group has constructed 311 houses, mosques and schools at different places in the district and the victims have been settled in them.
In March 2019, Maulana Madani had inaugurated the proposed Jamiat Colony consisting of 151 houses in Bagowali village of Muzaffarnagar. “At that time, the keys of 85 houses were handed over to the riot victims,” said the statement. “Today, Maulana Madani handed over the keys of the remaining 66 houses to the victims. A school for the religious education of the children of the victims and a mosque have also been built in the same colony.”
So far, 466 houses have been constructed for the Muzaffarnagar riot victims, and they have been resettled in them.
Addressing a grand function for handing over the keys of the houses to the beneficiaries, Maulana Madani said that “the riots in the city of Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh can also be listed as horrific because for the first time, a large number of Muslims had left their homes due to the fear of their lives. In these riots, the police showed the partiality which caused the killing and looting in the rural areas of Muzaffarnagar.”
source: http://www.clarionindia.net / Clarion / Home> Big Story> India. Indian Muslims / by Team Clarion / August 25th, 2021
On the eve of 75th year of Independence of India, Sahara Medical Center inaugurated a Free Dialysis Services at Hakim Ajmal Khan Dispensary situated in Madanpura – Agripada area on 16th August, 2021, Monday.
It is the outcome of a joint effort initiated by the Late Hafiz Reshamwala, Trustee of Sahara Medical Center and a well-known Social Worker, Rais Shaikh MLA – Bhiwandi and House Leader of Samajwadi Party in Mumbai Municipal Corporation said, Hani A Farid. He said, “On this momentous occasion of 75th Independence Day, We dedicate Free Dialysis Centre to Mumbaikers, specially the people of Madanpura and Agripada. We will start to serve 16 Patients a day and will gradually increase the capacity in the future.”
“Affordable Healthcare gained prominence during this time of Pandemic. Sahara Medical Centre’s Free Dialysis Service is a blessing in disguise, it is totally “Free”. It will serve thousands of patients and will relieve poor families from the recurring health care expenses” said Rais Shaikh- MLA and Member of the Standing Committee BMC.
Dialysis is a recurring expense with each session costing around Rs.800 to Rs.3000 per session in a private dialysis centers and Hospitals. Patients need 3 sessions in a week which is beyond the budget of an average family.
Sahara Medical Center, situated in Agripada is a well-known Welfare Trust serving in the field of Medical and Health with its diagnostic center since last 20 years. It has facility such as X-Ray, Blood and other Tests facilities.
source: http://www.muslimmirror.com / Muslim Mirror / Home> Indian Muslim / by Rehan Ansari / August 16th, 2021
Amid disastrous floods in Maharashtra, a Madrassa opens door to flood-affected people.
Amidst scenes of chaos and mayhem, a Madrasa called Darul Ulum Imam Ahmed Raza in Kondivare, Ratnagiri, located 30-35 km from Chiplun and 100-150 km from Mahad in Maharashtra, offered its space to flood affected people. Named as Jani Miya Relief Center after the founder of the Madrasa, Ismail Ahmed Jani Miya, the centre offered relief, aid and succor to the affected people. One of its kind, the relief centre transformed the space of the university prayer hall, spanning across an area of 126×80 sq feet, into a makeshift mall where items of sustenance and daily use – starting from a hair comb to mattresses and ration were provided free of cost.
MAHARASHTRA :
The districts of Ratnagiri and Raigad in Maharashtra were centres of a severe flood that hit the Konkan region on July 22. The worst-hit was Chiplun in Ratnagiri and Mahad in Raigad. The region, which is surrounded by the Sahyadri hills and two rivers Vashishthi and Shiv, is prone to flooding. This year the flooding occurred at an unprecedented level, aggravated by the over-flowing of the Koyna dam whose water regularly arrives at a reservoir close to Chiplun.
Talking to TwoCircles.net, Pankaj Dalwi, an environmentalist working in the Konkan said there are other factors such as extensive deforestation and poor urban planning as the cause of growing calamities.
A jarring example of a 21st-century man-made disaster, the flooding caused massive damage in terms of human life and livelihood. Hundreds of people in affected areas died (at least 209 deaths according to an Al- Jazeera report), thousands got displaced and entire villages and roads were turned into layers of debris and mud.
Amidst scenes of chaos and mayhem, a Madrasa called Darul Ulum Imam Ahmed Raza in Kondivare, Ratnagiri, located 30-35 km from Chiplun and 100-150 km from Mahad, offered its space to flood affected people. Named as Jani Miya Relief Center after the founder of the Madrasa, Ismail Ahmed Jani Miya, the centre offered relief, aid and succor to the affected people. One of its kind, the relief centre transformed the space of the university prayer hall, spanning across an area of 126×80 sq feet, into a makeshift mall where items of sustenance and daily use – starting from a hair comb to mattresses and ration were provided free of cost.
The flood had left entire communities without basic items of survival and the provisions provided by the relief centre were crucial for the survival of the affected community.
The members of the Madrasa undertook the mammoth task of providing a lifeline to the affected even if that meant working day and night, in rain or in cold.
TwoCircles.net spoke to fifty-year-old Qazi Mohammed Abdul Rahim Maqbooli, an important member of the Madrasa, about how they organized a centralized system of distribution.
Talking about how it all started, he said, “We first started distributing small ration kits and other essential items through a coupon system. Our volunteers visited each house, looked at the condition of the house, the number of family members in the household and issued coupons accordingly. These coupons were to be brought to the mall for receiving the provisions. Impressed by our fair and efficient system of distribution, trusts and NGOs providing relief from areas like Mumbai, Nasik, Malegaon, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Bhiwandi and many more started sending all kinds of items from combs, buckets, flex sheets, blankets, cylinders, stove, utensils, and so on to our mall. The mall became the distribution point for all items big and small,” he said.
The arrangements included well-thought-out needs of different members of the community of afflicted people. “We even gave out the special essentials required by women, old people, and babies including pads, diapers, small blankets for infants and so on,” Qazi told TwoCircles.net.
When asked about the challenges faced by the volunteer team in its operation, Qazi said that, “Sometimes people turned up without coupon. We didn’t want to turn them down and send them empty-handed. So we gave them basic ration kits with food essentials. We wanted to make sure that at least 1000-2000 rupees worth of goods is given to everyone.”
The Madrasa did not restrict itself to setting up the mall and distributing goods. They hired buses and drivers to drive people from their houses to the mall and back. “Our volunteers helped people load the bus with their goods that drove them and sometimes, all the way to Mahad, which is at least 100 kilometres away. Sometimes, we also delivered mattresses and other heavy items to the doorstep of the affected houses.”
The Madrasa sent out an appeal for help and mobilized a strong volunteer base of people of all ages from the nearby villages.
Qazi recalls that what was especially striking was the enthusiasm with which young volunteers and students of madrasa served the community. “This is what we teach our students in the school – to help everyone and work for the public good. My brother, Mufti Qazi Muhammed Ibrahim Maqbooli, who is also the principal of the school, and I provide free education and necessary items such as bags, stationery, books etc. free of cost to all our students.”
“At the Madrasa, we believe in serving humanity no matter what religion a person belongs to. Some Hindus in the area were hesitant about whether they will also receive the relief goods or not. We went to their houses to reassure them that we served everyone irrespective of religion,” Qazi said.
Talking about his motivation in serving the public, Qazi said, “Our parents always taught us to serve people. My father is bedridden and needs constant support and care. Despite this, all members of my family gave all their time to relief work. Last year, when the cyclone devastated thousands of homes in Konkan and there was no electricity for 3 months, we distributed ration kits to all affected areas. To me, the message of our faith is to love, share and view everyone with equality.”
What stands out in this brave example of relief work is not the generosity and benevolence of a charitable institution, but the humility and empathy of people who understand what it means to live in human society. Through their exemplary action, the people of the Madrasa and the volunteers of the region showed what it means to truly care and serve the people by opening up their spaces, giving their valuable time and providing labour for the welfare of a disaster-struck community.
source: http://www.twocircles.net / TwoCircles.net / Home> Lead Story / by Nikita D, Twocircles.net / August 23rd, 2021
A book entitled “Nizaam-I-Bhopal”, highlighting the forgotten facets of Bhopal’s military history, penned by Lt. Gen. (Retd.) Milan Lalit Kumar Naidu, PVSM, AVSM YSM, the former Vice-Chief of Army Staff, was recently released.
The book was released by current Vice-Chief of Army Staff Lt. Gen. C. P. Mohanty at Dronachal, the headquarters of Sudarshan Chakra Corps, in Bhopal.
Lt. Gen. Naidu’s untiring efforts gave shape to his book “Nizaam-I-Bhopal”. It took five years of research, poring through Farsi (Persian) and Urdu records that led to the book.
It is only befitting that this wistful narrative is brought out by Bhopal’s very own son, Milan Naidu, who personifies that gentility, sophistication and aesthetic refinement to do justice to any literature to do with Bhopal. As a thoroughbred officer-and-a-gentleman with the highest military credentials and an illustrious career behind him only could have produced such an exquisite and masterful body of work “Nizaam-I-Bhopal”. The unforgiving ravages of time, circumstances and dominant instincts that governed its leadership from time-to-time, have been minutely analysed, explained and postulated for posterity. The rich, unsung and often unknown facets and tapestry of Bhopal’s military traditions, legacy and its continuing imprints are generously captured, documented and brought alive in this book.
In the book “Nizaam-I-Bhopal” Lt. Gen. Milan Naidu (Retd.) has charted the transformation story of rag-tag forces of the Indian princely states, from the 18th century to that modern Army. He has lucidly described the socio-economic-politico environment which existed in those times and analysed the evolution, rules, service conditions, ceremonials and battles fought by state forces, with special reference to Bhopal State.
The Book is a historical analysis of the Militaries of the Bhopal Princely State. Bhopal had the singular position in the comity of Princely States in British India, with a 175 years’ continuous line of Begums rulers. They were visionaries, educated and erudite. They displayed tremendous administrative ability, leadership qualities and diplomatic acumen, coupled with comparable skill at horse riding and arms. These Rulers set the tone of the Militaries and its motivation. The Bhopal Battalion, as part of the Indian Expeditionary Force, was the first non-Europeans to have disembarked at Marseilles in France to fight the War on foreign shores battling the weather and enemy alike.
A Bhopal battalion was even awarded one of only nine Victoria Crosses given out to Indian soldiers in Mesopotamia in the Great War. That same unit is part of Pakistan now. In the 1965 India-Pak war this battalion was awarded “Nishan-e-Haider”. The icing on the cake was that its Militaries were demobilized in a peaceful and a placid manner, to be absorbed by the Civvy Street in a symbiotic equation.
With such historical genesis and background of the State Forces, Lt. Gen. Naidu (Retd.) helps us to understand how much of our present Army developed its traditions, values and ethos; the singular character which it win the Kargil war despite the severe adversities.
This book is of true historical value, especially of the painstaking research, much from many primary sources, obtaining information from abroad (including Pakistan), interviewing progeny of the soldiers, and finally putting all of it in order.
The author’s observations on the governance and policies of the rulers help us to trace the developmental process of the state. How these issues impinged at various times on the States Forces is reflected subtly. Some of the anecdotes narrated in the book are hilarious and some quite poignant.
Kalim Akhtar, a historian and researcher says: “It is interesting to read how the Bhopal army collaborated with the British and fought the World Wars as well. It presents a true picture of history after years of research of Farsi (Persian) and Urdu records maintained in libraries, as far as the UK. It will be of great interest to lovers of history and especially those who love Bhopal.”
While Iram Khan, a housewife, in her comments about the book says: “It is well researched and attention grasping and would recommend it to anyone who has even a slight curiosity about the old world charm that the city of Bhopal still exudes”.
Meanwhile, the author of the book, Milan Naidu joined the National Defence Academy and was commissioned into the famed Rajput Regiment in 1967. He served for 41 years, holding several key positions – including worked as Military Attaché in Germany; Commanded 5th Battalion the Rajput Regiment in Sri Lanka; Commander of the Corps in Ladakh and GOC-in-C Army Training and Doctrine Command at Shimla before being made the Army Vice-Chief. He attended Canadian Forces Command and Staff College Course in Toronto. After retirement, he was appointed a member of the Armed Forces Tribunal at New Delhi.
His other assignments include: Working Chairperson of the Organising Committee for the Military World Games 2007; Member of the Executive Council of the Indian Golf Union; Chairperson of the Centre for Land Warfare Studies; Member of the Executive Council of the United Service Institution of India.
Lt. Gen. Naidu (Retd.) was born and brought up in Bhopal, the state capital of Madhya Pradesh. He did his schooling from Bhopal passing out X Class (Matric) from St Josephs Higher Secondary School, Bhopal in 1963. I may mention here that he was seven years senior to me in the school where I too studied in the sixties.
He did his M.Sc. in Defence Studies from Madras University in1984-85. Later on he did M. Phil in Defence Management in 1989-90. He completed Post Graduate Diploma in Environment and Ecology, Barkatullah University, Bhopal in 1996-97.
He won the Junior Small Bore in the National Shooting Championship in 1963. He was awarded ‘Shooting Blue’ in NDA.
source: http://www.maeeshat.in / maeeshat.in / Home> Books> Business / by Pervez Bari / August 02nd, 2021
