Karavali Welfare Association Riyadh organizes Karavali food fest and cooking contest

October 19, 2013

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Riyadh, Oct 19: Karavali Welfare Association Riyadh(KWAR), a well Known NRI social Organization, conducted their maiden food festival and cooking competition on October 4, 2013 at Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Even though it was KWAR’s maiden show at this level, a total number of 12 teams took part in this completion which was mainly based on Mangalorean traditional dishes and cuisine.

The Grand Show was well managed by KWAR’s Cultural secretary Prakash Shetty, Suresh Suvarna, Jayakar Poojary and ably supported by KWAR executive members.

The show began at 1 p.m. and the four designated judges, experts in food industry began their evaluation based on Taste, Presentation, Hygiene and Variety.

All dishes presented were homemade preparations exclusive to KWAR Members and their families. The judges were amazed by the sheer variety of Mangalorean tongue twitch, finger licking multi cuisine and well prepared sweets. It was a great task for the judges to judge near 100 different varieties and they did their task with great sense of responsibility testing their taste buds.

All the food stalls were bearing traditional names such as Parba, Oorda Ruchi, Kudla Hut, Raj Kamal, Barsa Adpil, Halli Thindi, Oggarane, Murudeshwar specialty, Konkan Ghar, Konkan Ghar family and Pakashala.

The Best category of Homemade Tasty Food(RUCHI) was won by Mrs and Mr. Sathish Amin (Oorda Ruchi), Barsa Adpil, won second and Barsa Halli Thindi won the third prize.

The other winners were ‘Kudla Hut’ of Latha Rajesh, Ritika Kamath and Smita Haridas for Best presentation, best stall and also bagged the highest votes for ‘Viewers’ Choice’ for the Best stall.

Parba group rightly won the Best Prize for the Best in Hygiene. Konkan Group won a Special Prize for the Variety of Food they displayed in their well-managed Stalls. The Crowd of around 300 men/women and children were entertained to the tune of Bollywood Famous Lungi dance by Eric D’sa and his Konkan group.

KWAR Vice President Parvez ALI enthralled the crowds with some spot games with some lovely prizes. All the participants were awarded Special Certificates in recognition of their hard work, dedication and participation.

KWAR president Royston Prabhu thanked all the members for their overwhelming support and invited all those present to be part of KWAR’s 6th Annual day Celebrations which will be held in Riyadh on the 22nd Nov 2013.

The show ended in a cordial note after reciting the national Anthem.

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KSCC holds blood donation drive in Dubai

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June 28,2020

Dubai: A blood donation drive was conducted by Karnataka Sports and Cultural Club (KSCC) at in Al Wasl Club Stadium here on Friday, 26th June 2020.

The drive started around 1:00 pm and continued till 4:00 pm as per schedule provided by the Dubai Health Authority (DHA) Blood Donation Centre and 60 people donated blood to support the Blood Bank. The drive was well organised by maintaining social distance in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

As blood cannot be produced but only can be donated, this drive will help many patients in need of blood during emergencies. Donors were also feeling proud and happy at this moment thinking of saving someone’s life.

DHA Blood Donation Centre staff carried out the screening and testing done in very well manner keeping social distancing during this pandemic. Volunteers of KSCC were also helping the staff to keep people in safe distance and to make this drive a success.

KSCC Manager Mr. Mohammad Shafi and other office bearers were present at the event venue. KSCC thanked the volunteers, Community Development of Authority (CDA), Dubai Health Authority (DHA), Blood Donation Centre, Government of Dubai and Al Wasl Club Stadium for making the event successful.

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AIE plane crash: Two NRIs in UAE thank God for missing flight at last moment

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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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‘Eid a symbol of gratitude and unity: KSCC distributes Eid kts across UAE

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May 25,2020

Dubai: Karnataka Sports & Cultural Club (KSCC) distributed Eid Kit across the UAE (Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, Al Ain, Ajman, Ras Al Khaimah to the ) needy people on Eid al Fitr.

KSCC President Mr. Mohammed Ismail Said: “Eid is a Symbol of Gratitude and Unity. As the last few weeks have been hard for each one of us, we wanted to stand in solidarity to celebrate Eid, by helping labours and needy people. He also said that “We are together to be part of UAE. Serving these meals is our core social responsibility."

KSCC recently conducted humanitarian services during COVID-19 pandemic in 2 phases and conducted Blood Donation Drive. They have also planned to conduct next Blood Donation Drive on 25th May, 2020.

The KSCC main objective is to develop the expatriate community into a well-nourished section of society in the areas of social, sports and cultural activities.

On behalf of KSCC, and the entire executive council Mr. Mohammed Ismail, President of Club, extended a very heartly thanks and gratitude to the Main sponsor of the event M/s. EMSQUARE, Engineering Consultant, and Tawakkal Overseas Dubai.