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Eastern Blues wins ‘Hidaya Foundation Jubail cup-2013’

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May 6, 2013
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Jubail May 6: First ever cricket tournament of Hidaya Foundation Jubail unit came to an end with Eastern Blues winning ‘Hidaya Foundation Jubail cup-2013’ by defeating SAB Middle East.

Winning the toss SAB decided to bat first in the 8 overs final match but their batsmen failed to score freely in front of tight bowling with well supported fielding by Easter Blue players. SAB batsmen able to score just 23 runs in first 7 overs, but some big hits in last over got them 20 more runs and finished with 43 runs for the loss of 7 wickets in stipulated 8 overs. Ali scored 18 and Usman scored 9 runs for SAB while Imthiyaz and Ashfak took 2 wickets each for Eastern Blues while Nazmaan took 1 wicket.

Defending moderate target of 44 runs SAB Middle East fought back with Monish struck twice in his first over. Easter Blue lost their third wicket when the score was just 2. But Iqbal and Ashfak stabilized the innings by adding 28 runs for the 4th wicket. Iqbal remained unbeaten with 20 runs while Ashfak scored 17. At the end Eastern Blues achieved the target quiet comfortably by losing 5 wickets with 2 overs to spare.

Earlier in the first semi final SAB Middle East defeated Lanka United by 7 wickets. Batting first Lanka United scored 52 runs in allotted 10 overs. For Lanka Badar scored 15 runs while Shamsher made 14. For SAB Abid took 3 wickets. In reply SAB achieved the target in just 6 ove’s by losing only 3 wickets. Abid scored 25 runs while Shoiab scored 15.

In nail biting second semi final Eastern Blues beat Amaco by 3 runs. Batting first Eastern Blues scored 57 runs in 8 overs. Qayyum scored 15 runs and Imthiyaz scored 10. For Amaco Rameez took 2 wickets. While chasing the target at one stage Amaco needed just 22 off 18 deliveries with 7 wickets were in hand. But some accurate bowling from Eastern Blue bowlers stopped Amaco batsmen in achieving the target. Amaco were 54/4 at the end of 8th over and fell 3 runs short.

Iqbal from Eastern Blue awarded as Man of the Final Match and Man of the Series goes to Khasif of SAB Middle East. Best Batsman is awarded to Ali of SAB while Imthiyaz from Eastern Blue declared as Best bowler of the tournament.

Hidaya Foundation Jubail unit president Ismail Real Tech, Zaheer from Al Muzain, Farooq Portpolio president of JF Jubail, Salman MD of Saleh Ayed Balharith Est. , Abdul Hameed from Real Tech, Sunder Das from Kannada Sangha, Abdul Maksood from Amaco Cricket Club and Asif Amaco advisor of Hidaya Foundation Jubail were guests for the closing ceremony. Asif briefed the activities of Hidaya Foundation and informed that whatever funds collected from this event will go to betterment of education sector in back home.

Total 24 teams participated in this flood lit tournament which held for 3 weeks at beautiful Dywidag ground. President Ismail congratulated organizing committee led by Imran Hertz and his team for their wonderful efforts to successfully complete this event.

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Agencies
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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Media Release
May 30,2020

Dammam: Indian Social Forum, Dammam, Karnataka chapter organized a "Live along with COVID-19" webinar on 29 May 2020 in association with HealthCare Polyclinic, Dammam.

The webinar at Zoom App. featured over 150+ resident Kannadigas from Saudi Arabia's eastern and neighboring provinces.

Dr. Shailendranath made a presentation on the program and gave useful information. Indian Social Forum Dammam, Karnataka Chapter President Sharif Joktake delivered the keynote address. General Secretary Irshad Jokatte stalled the program.

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Media Release
May 2,2020

Dubai: In response to UAE health authorities encourage blood donation campaign Anivasai Kannadigara Okkuta - U.A.E, conducted blood donation camps on April 22 at Abu Dhabi Blood Bank Khaldiya and on 23/04/2020 at Blood Transfusion and Research Centre, Sharjah.

The Abu Dhabi camp was inaugurated by Head of Department of Abu Dhabi Blood Bank, On this occasion she gave brief inputs of the benefits and features of blood donation, urged the participants to spread greater awareness about the importance of blood donation and congratulated the AKO members for their selfless social service and wished all the best for their future endeavours.

Abdul Rasheed, President of AKO presided over the function and Anivasai Kannadigara Okkuta Vice President Mr. Mohammad Nasir appreciated the effort for organizing this camp and gathering youths to be a part of this noble cause as life is precious on this earth. "Each drop of blood counts much, so kindly take it as personal compassion to help unknown who requires blood with no relatives to help him/her.

In Abu Dhabi 41 and in Sharjah 49 donors participated in this event and donated their blood. It was nice to see cheerful smiling donors doing a great community work.
Blood bank staff and AKO Organizing team enthusiastically arranged the campaign which was witnessed by many members and leaders of various community organization of Karnataka.

Anivasai Kannadigara Okkuta President briefed the participates about the ongoing social work of AKO in this current COVID-19 pandemic grim situation AKO is working on following fields: AKO Members have stepped up to support needy community during the Covid-19 pandemic have gone out of their way to comfort those struggling to deal with the challenging situation.

While thousands of people continue to #StayHome, many are in quarantine, there are those on visit visa and stuck here, others have lost jobs or face salary cuts. AKO in coordination with UAE Embassy and other social organization have been able to ensure basic necessities are fulfilled with food provisions and medical assistance to needy.

Providing counselling to bachelors and families those are on quarantine and isolation.

The organizers thanked everybody especially, UAE Health Authority, Abu Dhabi Blood Bank Khaldiya and Blood Transfusion and Research Centre, Sharjah, Management and staff as well as donors for their time and support for the good cause.

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