Praveen Shetty of Fortune Group conferred HMC United International Peace Award

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February 3, 2018

Dubai, Feb 3: The Hindu Muslim Christian United (HMC United), Dubai on Thursday, February 1, honoured Praveen Shetty, chairman of Fortune Group of Hotels with the International Peace Award 2018 for his outstanding contribution to social work in the UAE and India.

Shakeel Hassan H, founder-president of HMC United and Suhail Al Zarooni presented Praveen Shetty the award trophy and certificate in a glittering ceremony at Sheikh Rashid Auditorium, The Indian High School, Dubai.

HMC united was formed with an intent to spread the message of peace and honour those who have surpassed the barriers of caste, creed and religion. HMC United is a platform all set to recognize such efforts.

Suhail Al Zarooni is best known for holding Guinness World Record twice for the years 2002 and 2003 for his collection of over 7,000 model cars. He believes that human is a social being.

Also present was the social media influencer and actor Varun Pruthi who has more than 6.6 million likes on his Facebook page and 1.6 million subscribers on YouTube. He gave a very inspiring message on humanity and world peace.

Praveen Shetty expressed his gratitude and said, "I am very pleased, honoured and humbled to accept the International Peace Award 2018."

He shared a very motivational message saying, "Mazhab nahin sikhata apas me bair rakhna - No religion teaches us to fight among each other. In other words, the discrimination of people is created among them by themselves, not by religion. Humankind would improve if we concentrate less on being human and more on being kind. Humanity means helping others at times when they need that help the most, humanity means forgetting your selfish interests at times when others need your help. We need to learn how to live with each other."

He requested one and all to live together in peace and in harmony.

Addressing the gathering, HMC United founder-president Shakeel Hassan said, "There are forces that are trying hard to disrupt the peace situation and also wanting to put an end to mankind. It is an undeniable fact that there are wars fought everyday and the world sees bloodshed all over. However, we as a collective force are looking at creating a better place for all of us and have decided to institute a Peace Award. Small little steps to unite the members of the world on one single platform and this gives us immense joy and happiness as we spread the message of peace globally."

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Dubai | NRI Entrepreneur, philanthropist Dewakara Alva no more

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August 6,2020

Dubai, Aug 6: Non-resident Indian entrepreneur and philanthropist Dewakara Alva passed away on Thursday August 6. He was 63.

Alva, who hailed from Mangaluru, was the director of Federal Insurance Brokers LLC, Dubai and was residing in Dubai for around four decades. He was reportedly suffering from health problems for last few months.

He was a patron of Tulu and Kannada language and culture in United Arab Emirates. He was a member of various NRI organizations including UAE Tulu Koota and UAE Bunts

Alva is survived by wife Saritha, daughter Powshali, and son Manal.

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Charter flight to Kerala: OICC Bahrain thanks Dr Arathi Krishna, Oommen Chandy

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June 24,2020

The Overseas Indian Cultural Congress (OICC), Bahrain, has charted aircrafts to repatriate stranded expatriates to India.

Boby Parayil, General Secretary, OICC National Committee, Bahrain has thanked all those who supported in this cause.

“The aircrafts were not licensed and were in crisis until the last minute. Finally, Mohammed Mansoor, president of Bahrain chapter of Indian Overseas Congress approached IOC Middle East in charge Dr Arathi Krishna, who helped get permission to operate flight to Kozhikode,” he said in a release.

All mandatory approvals from the Foreign Ministry of Affairs and other government officials were accomplished by Dr Arathi Krishna. OICC has expressed gratitude to her for her timely support, he said.

OICC is also grateful to former Kerala chief minister Oommen Chandy for doing necessary arrangements to get all the approvals for flight landing in Kerala, he added.

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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.