Padil mishap: Families still in shock after losing breadwinners

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March 13, 2011

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Mangalore, March 13: Heartbroken parents and relatives of the victims of Friday's fatal road accident near Padil, are still in shock, as they have permanently lost the breadwinners of their families.

Four passengers, identified as Rakshith alias Shabari (22), Mushtaq Rahman (32), Nazeer Ahmed (40) and Abdussamad Thangal (32), were died on spot and seven others suffered serious injuries, when the Ambassador car they were travelling in collided with an oncoming lorry on National Highway 48 on the outskirts of the city.

Among the injured the condition of Nandakumar, Basheer and Ashraf is still said to be critical and they are still in emergency section. Mohammed Rafeeq, Ramachandra, car driver Aboobakar are said to be recovering at private hospitals.

The Tamil Nadu based lorry-driver Shankar, who also sustained injuries, after being beaten up by the mob at the accident spot, was produced before a local court, said police, who had taken him into custody after the tragedy.

The lorry was heading towards MRPL, while the service car was plying from the city to BC Road, carrying passengers.

Tragic stories:

Rakshith was the sole breadwinner among the three children of Armugam, a resident of Morganadu near Panemangalore. He was working as a supervisor for a contracting company in Mangalore since past two years. He was returning home after supervising a drainage work at Ullal during the time of accident.

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Nazeer Ahmed

Nazeer Ahmed, the elder most among the five children of BC Road based Late Abdurrahman and Aliyamma couple, was a writer at Moscow Timbers in Kuloor. He was also serving as the president of a local School Development and Monitoring Committee. Although, going home by bus after finishing the work was his routine, on Friday he missed the bus and boarded the service car. His body was buried near Parliya Juma Masjid in BC Road. He is survived by wife Safiya, three children and mother.

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Abdussamad Thangal

Abdussamad Thangal was residing at a rented house at Kinya Belaringe near Deralakatte after marriage, although his home town was Madani Nagar near Kuttar. During the time of accident, he was heading towards his in-law's house in Farangipet after visiting her mother, who is undergoing treatment at Unity Hospital in city. His last rites were performed near Juma Masjid of Madani Nagar on Saturday. Thangal is survived by wife Kubra and two sons.

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Mushthaq Rahman

Mushtaq Rahman, hailing from Bantwal, was preparing to open a new shop at Falnir in the city. At the time of accident he was on his way home after visiting his parents' house at Naguri near Padil. Although Mushtaq Rahman owned a car, he boarded the service car on Friday. He is survived by wife Shahida ad three children. His last rites were performed at Muhyuddeen Juma Masjid in Bantwal.

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Mangaluru, Jul 6: Two fresh deaths in last 24 hours have taken the total number of covid-19 deaths in Dakshina Kannada district to 24.

The deceased are a 52-year-old woman from Ullal and a 52-year-old man from Thokkottu.

The man was suffering from cardovascular disease and pneumonia, sources said.

The woman passed away in Wenlock hospital.

More details are awaited.

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January 19,2020

Bengaluru, Jan 19: Australia has conferred its highest civilian honour, the Order of Australia honour, on Biocon founder Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw for her contribution towards advancing the country's relationship with India.

Australia's High Commissioner to India Harinder Sidhu invested Mazumdar-Shaw as an Honorary Member within the Order of Australia (AM) in the General Division at a ceremony in Bengaluru on Friday, the Australian High Commission said in a statement.

An alumnus of Federation University Australia, Mazumdar-Shaw is the founder of Biocon, one of India's largest bio-pharmaceutical companies.

She contributes immensely to promoting women in STEM through the joint research programmes developed between Biocon and Deakin University, Australia, as part of her deep and long-standing commitment to gender equality, the statement said.

Mazumdar-Shaw - an Australian Global Alumni Ambassador - is also recognised for her sustained and significant contribution to industry academia collaboration between Australia and India, it said.

The ceremony was attended by representatives from Indian and Australian business, the diplomatic corps, and family, friends and peers of Mazumdar-Shaw, the statement said.

Speaking at the event, Sidhu said, "Dr Mazumdar-Shaw is a tireless champion of the commercial, educational, and people-to-people links between our two countries, and this award recognises her commitment to progressing the Australia-India partnership."

Honorary appointments in the Order of Australia are made to foreign nationals who have made an outstanding contribution to Australia or humanity at large.

Mazumdar-Shaw is the fourth Indian citizen to be awarded Australia's highest civilian honour.

This follows the conferment of superstar batsman Sachin Tendulkar in 2012, Former Attorney General of India Soli Jehangir Sorabjee in 2006, and Mother Teresa of Kolkata (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu) in 1982.

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July 8,2020

Bengaluru, Jul 8: The expert committee constituted by the Karnataka government to look into imparting online education in the wake of the COVID-19 lockdown submitted its report on Tuesday to the Minister for Primary and Secondary Education, S Suresh Kumar.

Amid growing pressure by educational institutions to allow them to run online classes for the students, the government set up the committee headed by noted educationist M K Sridhar.

The Minister told reporters that some schools wanted to run online classes, including for LKG and UKG students. It had also come to the government's notice that schools were reportedly charging hefty fees in the name of online teaching, he added.

"To address the concerns of parents, schools, and the future of the children, the committee was formed,"Kumar said. He further said that the government would study the recommendations and hold discussions with officials and various stakeholders before arriving at a decision.

The Education Department said that the committee, in its report, titled "Continuation of Learning in School Education of Karnataka: Guidelines During COVID-19 Pandemic for Technology Enabled Education and Beyond", has recommended teaching online or by using printed material. The committee suggested that children in the age group of three to six be taught online by way of story-telling, rhymes and games strictly in the presence of parents thrice a week just for one session a day For students from class one to three, it advised two periods a day and three days a week for online teaching.

Students from class three to five would have classes five days a week and two classes for 30 minutes a day. For students from class six to eight, there could be three classes a day for a duration of 30 minutes to 45 minutes each, while for students of class nine and 10 there would be four sessions a day between 30 and 45 minutes each.

The committee also suggested usage of Doordarshan and Akashwani for the government school children. Suresh Kumar said there were a few petitions filed in the Karnataka High Court regarding online teaching to the children.

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