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Amaco Jubail emerge champions of ‘JF Winter Cup 2019’

Media Release
February 5, 2019

Jubail: Excitement, passion, color and the cricketing excellence of “JF WINTER CUP 2019” a knockout cricket tournament for noble cause got off to an exhilarating annual event of sports at SABSA Cricket Ground at Rakah (Al-Khobar) in the eastern province of Saudi Arabia. The extraordinary cricket Tournament was organized by Dammam Unit of ‘Jamiyyatul Falah’ a charitable organization.

The foggy, dusty and cold weather conditions in the morning didn’t changed the mood of Cricket Tournament and it took off smoothly with great piece of enthusiasm by all the players of 8 top cricket teams of Eastern Province. All the matches played had shown a marvelous piece of performance and the real sportsman spirit was displayed by all the players during the Tournament. The excitement and interest towards the game was beautifully exhibited by all the teams despite of 8 over a side match.

Nizamuddin Shaikh, President of JF Dammam Unit and Ahmed Kabeer, Chairman of the tournament inaugurated the opening ceremony and Mohammed Siraj, the sports event manager had described the rules and regulations on the ground to all the Cricket Teams and the inaugural match of the preliminary round was started off on-time and followed by all other matches as scheduled. All preliminary and quarter final matches were played in the morning and afternoon session and the Semi-Finals and Finals were played under delightful atmosphere.

Amaco Jubail won JF Winter Cup 2019, beating Blue Stars Dammam by 7 wickets in the finals played at SABSA Cricket Ground.

Amaco won the toss and opted to file first. Blue Stars lost their first wicket of Imran very quickly in the 2nd ball of the match. The fine all-rounder Khashif joined Nihal and both played sensible innings and built up strong partnership for 35 runs for the 2nd wicket and Khashif got out when the score is 36. In the middle Blue Stars lost their vital wicket of Nassir for duck. At this crucial stage Salman joined Nihal and both batsmen played more carefully and added 20 runs and took the score to 64 in 4th over. After the fall of Salman, Blue Stars middle order batsman’s find difficult to score runs against fine bowling and fielding performances by AMACO players. Blue Stars keep losing the wickets and managed to reach a total of 70/7 in allotted 8 over. Nihal 31, Khashif 25 and Salman 10. AMACO bowler Shafeeq bowled magnificent bowling spell by keeping good line, length and grab 3 important wickets. He took 3/11 &, Muthalib took 2/25.

On Chase, Rameez and Muthalib opened the innings and they lost important wicket of Muthalib when the score was 4. At this moment, good striker of the ball, Saleem joined Rameez. Both batsmen played magnificent innings by hitting Blue Stars bowlers all over the ground and added valuable 50 runs for the 2nd wicket. The lost the vital wicket of Rameez when the score was 51. Also, AMACO lost the wickets of Bala in the quick gap. On the other hand Saleem took the challenge and played remarkable innings of unbeaten 39 runs and took his team for glorious victory in 6th over. Saleem smashed 4 huge sixes and 2 boundaries in his innings. AMACO were 73/3 in the 6th over. Saleem not out with 39 and Rameez 13. Blue Stars bowler Salman took 3 for 16.

Prior to the Mega Finals, 1st Semi Finals was played between Blue Stars Vs Shine Arabia. Batted first Blue Stars were 82/7. Asir 24, & Khashif 24. In reply Shine Arabia was able to reach 54/8 in allotted 8 over. Salaam scored 23.

The 2nd Semi Finals was played between Karavali Vs AMACO. Karavali batted first and made 64 in allotted 8 over. Faran 13 and Shail 28. In reply AMACO were chasing a target of 68/1 in the 6th over. Rameez 21 and Saleem 22.

The first half of the Tournament was well executed by all the 8 Cricket Teams. The second half of the Tournament – the post-match presentation and the closing ceremony – was hosted by Rafiq Nariyar. The program commenced with Qirath by Ameen Shaikh. Nizamuddin Shaikh, President of JF Dammam Unit, addressed the audience with his welcome speech and thanked the audience for their kind presence. A brief presentation of Jam’iyyatul Falah was offered by Ahmed Kabeer, Chairman of the Tournament.

The presence of prominent guests and audience had built a pleasant environment of joy and happiness on the ground and their presence was appreciated by the Host. The Main Sponsors for the Cricket Tournament “EXPERTISE”, “RAQWANI COMPANY”, “KMT” and “ZAMIL INFO SERVICES” were presented with memento. The main sponsors and distinguished guests had shared and invited on the dais.

The host took the opportunity on behalf of JF Dammam Unit and tribute all the wonderful moments of “JF Winter Cup 2019” to all the players of 8 Cricket Teams for showing the great sportsman spirit throughout the Tournament and received a huge applaud from the great audience. He thanked all the 8 Cricket Teams and encouraged them as a WINNER of ‘JF Winter Cup 2019’, because they all played for the Noble Cause, for which JF Dammam Unit is always thankful for their charitable contribution.

The success of the tournament was dedicated to its Main Sponsors, Co-Sponsors and all the well-wishers of Jam’iyyatul Falah, who had been a great support and foundation to “JF Winter Cup 2019”, and their encouragement had given the opportunity to JF Dammam Unit to work for the betterment of the community back home.

Office Bearers of JF Dammam Unit presented the memento to all the Main Sponsors, Co-Sponsors and Well Wishers of Jam’iyyatul Falah.

Subsequently, the prize distribution ceremony was hosted by Mohammad Siraj and he announced the winners for their performance in the Preliminary, Quarter Final, Semi-Final and Finals. Individual awards were presented to different players in various categories.

Best Batsman awarded to Khashif of Blue Stars

Best Bowler awarded to Thafseer of AMACO

Best Wicket Keeper awarded to Niyaz of AMACO

Best Outfielder awarded to Salman of Blue Stars

Saleem of AMACO judged “Man of the Tournament” for his remarkable batting performance throughout the tournament.

Man of the Match for FINALS was awarded to Shafeeq of AMACO.

Niyaz, the Captain of “AMACO” Cricket Team collected the Winner’s Trophy from Chief Guest Masood Ali Al-Dalbouh and at the same time, each winning players had collected their individual trophies. Jabbar, the Captain of “BLUE STARS” Cricket Team collected the Runners-up trophy from JF Dammam Unit’s President Nizamuddin Shaikh and the players were distributed with their individual trophies.

Vote of thanks was proposed by Shahul Hameed, ex-President and ex-NRCC Ameer of JF Dammam Unit.

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JF Well-Wisher…
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Tuesday, 5 Feb 2019

CONGRATULATIONS........ to all the Sports Working Committee and Executive Members for making another SUCCESS event of Sports for the NOBLE CAUSE. Every year I attend and hard miss your events. I would like to appreciate the TEAM-WORKS you guys have is amazing and its inspiring to other organizations. May Allah bless your organization to grow year afte year to build a better society back-home - Aameen. Keep it up and looking forward to attend your Family Get-Together Event soon - IN-SHA-ALLAH.

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June 5,2020

New Delhi, Jun 5: On World Environment Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday urged citizens to ensure that the flora and fauna thrive and take a pledge to preserve our planet's rich biodiversity.

"On #WorldEnvironmentDay, we reiterate our pledge to preserve our planet's rich biodiversity. Let us collectively do whatever possible to ensure the flora and fauna with whom we share the Earth thrive. May we leave an even better planet for the coming generations," the Prime Minister tweeted.

He also shared a clip from his last 'Mann Ki Baat' programme where he mentioned about conservation of rainwater and protecting the rich diversity of nature.

"On June 5, the entire world will celebrate 'World Environment Day'. The theme for this year's 'World Environment Day' is bio-diversity. This theme is especially pertinent in the current circumstances. During lockdown in the last few weeks the pace of life may have slowed down a bit but it has also given us an opportunity to introspect upon the rich diversity of nature or biodiversity around us," the Prime Minister had said.

"Much of the avian fauna had sort of disappeared due to sound and air pollution, and now after years people can once again listen to their melodic chirping in their homes," he said.

The Prime Minister also said that water conservation, in particular the conservation of rainwater, is essential and exhorted everyone to strive for saving rainwater in the upcoming monsoons.

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January 22,2020

Jan 22: India's ranking in the latest global Democracy Index has dropped 10 places to the 51st spot out of 167 owing to violent protests and threats to civil liberties challenging freedoms across the country.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government has been criticized by rights groups and western governments after shutting off the internet and mobile phone networks and detaining opposition politicians in Kashmir.

Modi’s government has also responded harshly to ongoing protests against a controversial, religion-based citizenship law. Muslims have said their neighborhoods have been targeted, while the central government has attempted to ban protests and urged TV news channels not to broadcast “anti-national” content. Some leaders in Modi’s ruling party called for “revenge” against protesters. India’s score in 2019 was its worst ranking since the EIU’s records began in 2006, and has fallen gradually since Modi was elected in 2014.

The Economist Intelligence Unit’s 2019 Democracy Index, which provides an annual comparative analysis of political systems across 165 countries and two territories, said the past year was the bleakest for democracies since the research firm began compiling the list in 2006.

“The 2019 result is even worse than that recorded in 2010, in the wake of the global economic and financial crisis,” the research group said in releasing the report on Wednesday.

The average global score slipped to 5.44 out of a possible 10 -- from 5.48 in 2018 -- driven mainly by “sharp regressions” in Latin America, Sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East and North Africa. Apart from coup-prone Thailand, which improved its score after holding an election last year, there were also notable declines in Asia after a tumultuous period of protests and new measures restricting freedom across the region’s democracies.

Asia Declines

Hong Kong, meanwhile, fell three places to rank 75th out of 167 as more than seven months of violent and disruptive protests rocked the Asian financial hub. An aggressive police response early in the unrest, when protests were mostly peaceful, led to a “marked decline in confidence in government -- the main factor behind the decline in the territory’s score in our 2019 index,” the group said.

In Singapore, which ranked alongside Hong Kong at 75th, a new “fake news” law led to a deteriorating score on civil liberties.

“The government claims that the law was enacted simply to prevent the dissemination of false news, but it threatens freedom of expression in Singapore, as it can be used to curtail political debate and silence critics of the government,” EIU analysts said.

China’s score fell to just 2.26 in the EIU’s ranking, placing it near the bottom of the list at 153, as discrimination against minorities, repression and surveillance of the population intensified. Still, in China “the majority of the population is unconvinced that democracy would benefit the economy, and support for democratic ideals is absent,” the EIU said.

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Agencies
July 13,2020

Jaipur, July 13: Amid a deepening political crisis in Rajasthan where the number 2 leader of the Congress party Sachin Pilot has revolted, over 200 Income Tax (I-T) sleuths raided the residences and properties of two of Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot’s close confidants.

The Income Tax department has carried out searches at over a dozen locations linked to Congress leader Dharamender Rathore as well as jewellery firm owner Rajiv Arora, both of whom are considered close to Gehlot.

Officials said that the raids that are underway in Jaipur, Kota, Delhi, and Mumbai were done after a complaint of tax evasion was made. Under the scanner, they said, are transactions that were made outside the country.

The curious timing of the Income Tax department’s action against Gehlot’s aides has made the Congress accuse the sleuths of acting on the behest of the BJP.

Congress spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala tweeted: “After all, BJP's lawyers came on the field. The Income Tax Department started raids in Jaipur. When will ED arrive?”

The Congress is facing a cliffhanger in Rajasthan after the open rebellion by deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot, who on Sunday night claimed that he had the support of 30 MLAs and that Gehlot was leading a minority government in the state.

However, Congress leader Avinash Pande on Monday said 109 MLAs have signed a letter of support to the chief minister, well above the majority mark of 100. The party has issued a whip to all the MLAs, asking them to attend the Congress Legislature Party meeting at 10.30 am. 

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