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FEEL NRI Conference 2012 recognizes prominent NRIs

[email protected] (S M Farooq)
February 16, 2012

Kuwait, February 16: The NRI Conference 2012 held in Kuwait on February 9 and 10 has recognized four prominent Indian nationals in the Middle East based on their leadership efforts aimed at enhancing life situation of Non Resident Indians and for their time and resources contributed to uplift the poor and downtrodden in the community.

The Conference, first of its kind in the Middle East was organized by the FEEL (Foundation for Enhancing Expatriate Life, an independent initiative of Kuwait Kerala Muslim Association (KKMA) to discuss issues related to expatriate Indians in gulf countries mainly their concerns on saving and investment opportunities.

According to FEEL, the recognition award, titled as FEEL NRI Jewel Award was established to honor those NRIs who have provided significant community and public service to the Indian Diaspora in the Middle East. By honoring those who have worked selflessly for NRI causes and India, we are providing exposure of such role models to the next generation, the press release issued by FEEL said.

The awardees included Padmashree Dr. B.R. Shetty, Managing Director of NMC Group, United Arab Emirates, Padmashree Dr. Azad Moopen, Managing Director of DM Foundation, Padmashree Dr. C.K. Menon, Chairman and Managing Director of Behzad Group of Companies, Mr. Sunny Mathews, Managing Director of Sefeena General Trading and Contracting Co., Kuwait.

M.M. Hassan, former Non Resident Affairs Minister of Kerala was awarded with NRI Sahakari Award. Mr. Hasan in his role as a Minister and as a social leader was one of the key personnel in establishing a separate department and ministry for dealing with NRI affairs. He was also the Chairman of the first ever NRI Conference held in Kuwait.

A special recognition award was presented to Nandakumaran P., the Managing Director of State Bank of Travancore for his support and participation in the NRI Conference.

The awards were presented jointly by M.M. Hassan, Satish C. Mehta, the Ambassador of India to Kuwait in presence of a large number of community leaders and conference delegates. President Abdul Fatah, KKMA’s CFO Mohammad Ali Matara, General Secretary A.P. Abdul Salam and convener Rajan Rawther decorated the Awardees with “ponnada”.

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April 7,2020

Dammam: Indian Social Forum, Dammam, Karnataka chapter distributed Food Kits for Indian expatriates labors who were in trouble due to Corona lockdown on April 6, 2020 at a labor camp here in Al Khobar.

The labors, most of them are from the staes of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh And Uttar Pradesh, were in trouble without food.

 Recieving the information leaders of Indian Social Forum immediately visited the camp to take survey.

Indian Social Forum with the help of donors distributed food kits. Indian Social Forum, Dammam, Karnataka Chapter president Mr.Mohammed Shareef Jokatte expressed gratitude for donors for their contribution.

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Muhammed Irshad
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Wednesday, 8 Apr 2020

 

Really appreciated. Working for this cause during this critical situation is really great job.

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August 8,2020

Dubai, Aug 7: One may call it good luck, but for two Indian expats it was God who prevented them at the last minute from boarding the Air India Express plane that crashed in Kerala, killing at least 18 people on board.

According to India's Civil Aviation Ministry, the Boeing 737 aircraft on a flight from Dubai to Kozhikode overshot the runway at Kozhikode airport on Friday evening. There were 184 passengers including 10 infants, 2 pilots and four cabin crew onboard the aircraft.

Noufal Moin Vetten, an Ajman resident working as an office boy in a Sharjah school, was booked to travel on the flight and had checked in as per schedule.

Recounting his miraculous escape, Vetten, a resident of Malappuram, Thirunavaya, whose visa was cancelled a week ago, told Gulf News: “I was handed my boarding pass, but when I reached immigration, they told me I had to pay a fine of Dh 1,000 (Rs 20,430) for overstay. I had only Dh 500 (Rs10,215) with me.

"I called my school PRO and he told me to come back. He said they would follow protocols and pay the fines before sending me,“ he said.

Vetten was disappointed and called his family to let them know.

“When I heard about the crash, I was saddened for all the passengers. But I'm so relieved I missed it. God has been really merciful,” said Vetten.

Afsal Parrakodan, a resident of Abu Dhabi, had a similar stroke of luck.

“My work visa was cancelled about a week ago. After getting my boarding pass, I was told I had to pay a fine of Dh1,000 at the immigration counter, but I had only Dh500 on me.”

“I was very keen to board the flight and be with my family. So I called a friend who brought me the additional Dh500, but by then, my baggage had been offloaded and the flight's doors were closed,” said Parrakodan.

“I was feeling very sad and called my mother to tell her I had missed the flight. But a few hours later, when I learnt of the crash, I couldn’t help but feel relieved and thankful to God for saving my life,“ said an overwhelmed Parrakodan who plans to fly back next week. 

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May 12,2020

Manama: Kannada Sangha Bahrain President Mr. Pradeep Shetty and Vice President of Bahrain's prestigious KHK HEROES Foundation Mohammed Mansoor on Monday, May 11, met The Second Secretary (Consular & CW) of the Embassy of India, Bahrain Mr. P. K. Chowdhury in the Indian Embassy. 

The situation, problems and relief of Indians and Kannadigas residing in Bahrain during the COVID 19 Pandemic was discussed in detail. The distribution of food (dry ration) kits, as well as those seeking repatriation, was also discussed in the meeting.

When asked about the repatriation of distressed Kannadigas, the Second Secretary said that though the number of Kannadigas who wish to return home is not much compared to the rest of the states, still Embassy is compiling all the information and will do the needful soon. 

Mr. Shetty and Mr. Mansoor told the Second Secretary that those who are in problem can contact them and they are ready to do their best.

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