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Mangalurean teen Shoaib Sayed shines in Sweden

P A Hameed Padubidri, RUH, KSA
July 20, 2019

Many talents remain hidden without exposure to the outer world until they reach some milestone. Such milestone sometimes makes the talents to reach a higher level of recognition. It may be in school/college days or outside of it.

Shoaib Sayed Shahul Hameed, a 16-year-old Mangalurean in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, came to my glaring attention when he was selected for   the "GOTHIA CUP" (The World Youth Cup) tournament, which is now underway in Sweden. He was selected from Jeddah Sports Club (JSC) Football Team, Jeddah, which is the only soccer academy recognized in Saudi Arabia under-18.

JSC Football Team reached Sweden last week to participate in the world's largest youth cup football tourney. Around 1,600 teams from more than 80 countries compete in this playoff every year.

The team, led by its captain Azim Ahmad, will face USA, Germany, Denmark, Spain, Sweden & other youth teams from all over the world at Gothenburg stadium in Sweden. 4 officials of the team including its Coach Basil Basheer accompanied the team.

Shoaib is participating under-18 category in the World Youth Championship at Gothenburg in Sweden. Shoaib, representing JSC, is contesting in Group 7 in which teams from America, Denmark and Spain took part & his team's first playoff is against Spain & then Denmark and America respectively.

Shoaib is fond of football since childhood. He took part in various interschool & other football tournaments in Riyadh, Jeddah & other parts of the Kingdom & bagged many trophies & prizes. He not only restricted his games to only football, but also participated & pocketed many cups in the athletics.

Born in Al-Khobar, he did his schooling from kinder garten upto grade 7 in International Indian School Dammam. Due to his father's transfer in company from Khobar to Riyadh, he did his high school from grade 8 to grade 10 in Riyadh Al-Yasmeen International School.

Having in hectic in extracurricular activities, he never lagged behind in his academic excellency. He stood on the top list of distinction in grade 10 CBSE Board exam. He is now pursuing his grade 11 in the same school in science faculty. Representing in the international level from his Al-Yasmeen Intl. School, he brought an excellency in name and fame to his school.

He is the last amongst three children of Sayed Shahul Hameed and Aysha Ibrahim couple, who hails from Falnir, Mangaluru. Sayed Shahul Hameed is a senior NRI resident, working for AFS Food Catering company as a senior accountant in Riyadh. He is also ex-President of Jamiyyathul Falah, Dammam Unit and very active in social activities in other Mangaluru-based organizations.

Shoaib seems to be a young budding football star shone in the Kingdom and in the Gothenburg stadium of international fame. Let us wish him all the best & come out with flying colors in the days to come.

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Agencies
July 3,2020

New Delhi, Jul 3: The aviation regulator DGCA said on Friday it was extending the suspension of scheduled international passenger flights in the country till July 31 but added that some international scheduled services on selected routes may be permitted on a case to case basis.

Scheduled international passenger flights were suspended in India on March 23 due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Modifying its June 26 circular that stated that scheduled international passenger flights will remain suspended till July 15, 2020, the regulator stated on Friday it has decided to extend the deadline to July 31, 2020.

However, international scheduled flights may be allowed on selected routes by the competent authority on a case to case basis,” said the circular by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA).

Air India and other private domestic airlines have been operating unscheduled international repatriation flights under the Vande Bharat Mission, which was started on May 6 by the Central government.

India resumed scheduled domestic passenger flights on May 25, after a gap of two months.

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News Network
July 12,2020

Bengaluru, Jul 12: Karnataka on Sunday registered 71 COVID-19 deaths, its highest single day count, and 2,627 fresh cases, pushing the tally of infections in the state to 38,843, the health department said.

The total positive cases include 22,746 active cases and 15,409 discharges, the department said in its daily bulletin.

The total active cases include 532 people admitted in the ICUs across the state.

Of the 71 fatalities, a record 45 were reported in Bengaluru alone including the death of 16 day-old baby girl and 17-year-old girl with chronic kidney disease, taking the total mortalities in the city to 274.

Among the districts, where new cases were reported, Bengaluru urban accounted for 1,525 cases, followed by Dakshina Kannada with 196, Dharwad 129, Yadagiri 120, and 19 in Bengaluru Rural.

Since the outbreak of the pandemic, 8.39 lakh samples have been tested including 20,050 on Sunday alone, of which 7.80 lakh tested negative.

Other than Bengaluru, five fatalities were reported in Dakshina Kannada, three each in Mysuru, Hassan, Davangere and Belagavi, two each in Haveri and Bagalkote and one each in Dharwad, Koppal, Tumakuru, Vijayapura and Chamarajanagar.

While majority of those who died of coronavirus suffered from Severe Acute Respiratory Illness and Influenza Like Illness, significantly 21 victims did not have any pre-medical conditions while eight were the asymptomatic patients with pre-medical conditions.

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August 9,2020

Shivamogga, Aug 9: Minister of State for Railways Suresh Angadi on Saturday virtually inaugurated Malgudi Museum at Arasalu in Karantaka's Shivamogga.

The old station building at Arasalu has been converted into museum.
BJP MP from Shivamogga BY Raghavendra said that the old station building at Arasalu has been renovated keeping with 'Malgudi' theme in mind.

"It is a tribute to the makers of the popular television serial 'Malgudi Days' as the station features predominantly in the episodes which broadcast on Doordarshan in the 1980s," he said.

The museum has been designed by a famous artist John Devraj, who was the part of the serial Malgudi Days. The Mysore Divisional Railway funded the museum.

"The approach road and station area wear a new transformed look. The innovative idea of having a tea-shop in a narrow gauge coach at Arasalu station adds charm to the green surroundings," the MP said.

"Popular and internationally acclaimed serial Malgudi Days was shot here in Arasalu. The SWR Mysore division manager Aparna Garg helped to transform the station to fictional village Malgudi," he added.

The museum is about 30 km from Shivamogga city. It has steam engines and bogies besides collections of photographs hanging on the wall taken during the time of shooting for Malgudi Days.

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