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6 16-10-2019 to 31-10-2019 ASIA www.theasianindependent.co.uk Popular Food Blogger, Sandhya Hariharan creates an exclusive menu for ASDA’s Diwali Fiesta, this year Besides being a festival for twinkling lights, Diwali is also time for beautiful traditions, vibrant colours, stunning fireworks and delicious food! And when it comes to celebrating food, ASDA is always excited to join the momentum and spread the festive spirit. This year ASDA hosted a special Diwali event, with great enthusiasm and sheer delight. Held at Layalina, a restaurant in the heart of Knightsbridge, the room was decorated with traditional diyas, fragrant candles, colourful lights and vibrant colors of marigold for a festive atmosphere. Host for the evening, Sandhya Hariharan, a popular food blogger, presented an exclusive five-course meal that included her favourite traditional Diwali dishes but with special twists. Keeping up with its traditions, ASDA invited guests and prominent personalities from the media and culinary world for an evening to remember. The event began in a traditional manner with beautiful diyas being lit and a special mango and coconut ladoo served to all the guests on arrival. Diwali is the time when people indulge in sweet without any guilt. And ladoos are a quintessential mithai to celebrate the festival of Diwali with. At the Asda Diwali dinner, Sandhya served her family’s favourite, coconut laddoos but with a slight twist adding mango to the delectable welcome treat. The Diwali feast also initiated some great conversations of flavours amongst our guests as they relished every bite that was served. The celebration brought together some great food bloggers and influencers like Ashanti Omkar from the BBC Asia Network and popular blogger and doctor, DR. Chintal. Speaking about the menu, Sandhya said: “I have been very excited to host this Diwali Party with ASDA. Right from deciding the menu to actually getting down to cooking, it has been a great adventure. Teaming with ASDA has been wonderful as all my ingredients are easily available at one store and there has been no running around to different location to source ingredients. I’m thankful to each guest who took out time from their busy schedule to make this event a success. And I am grateful to ASDA for placing the trust in me and giving me freedom to come up with an exciting array of vegetarian dishes with their high-quality ingredients.” Guests were pleasantly surprised to know that the entire Diwali menu was created with quality ingredients bought from ASDA, making it easily possible to recreate any of the dishes, at home. Shabnam Shahi was thrilled to attend event and added, “I am so delighted to be a part of this culinary celebration that fused flavour, taste and tradition with an array of amazing dishes with quirky twists. I think these lovely dishes can be great repeats and are not just delightful ideas for Diwali but for are lovely for any kind of celebration. It was also wonderful to know that all the ingredients for these yummy dishes can be conveniently found in Asda, all under one roof… wow!”ASDA truly brought to light the traditional way of celebrating Diwali by hosting this cultural event. The detectable flavours from all the dishes kept the celebration spirit high throughout the evening. By bringing together people and food from one culture, and showcasing their range of high-quality ingredients, ASDA spread Diwali cheer in the UK!11-300x192 Indian doctor to head oncology dept in cleveland clinic New Delhi : Jame Abraham on Tuesday was inducted as the head of the Hematology/Medical Oncology Department at Cleveland Clinic in Ohio, US. Abraham -- M.D., F.A.C.P, who holds a medical degree from Calicut Medical College in Kerala, is well known in his country of birth and received an award from former President Pratibha Patil in 2010 for his contribution to cancer care. He currently serves as the Director of the Breast Oncology Programme at Taussig Cancer Institute and co-director of the Cleveland Clinic Comprehensive Breast Cancer Programme and also a professor of medicine at Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine. "I look forward to building upon Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Institute's position as a leader in hematology and medical oncology, delivering outstanding, compassionate patient care and innovative research," said Abraham. As the national principal investigator of multiple breast cancer clinical trials, Dr. Abraham has published and presented more than 200 papers. He is also the founding editor of the Bethesda Handbook of Oncology (Wolter Kluwer), one of the best-selling oncology textbooks in the world. "Successfully leading our Hematology/Medical Oncology Department requires a leader who excels at empathy, fosters a culture of teamwork, demonstrates emotional intelligence and believes in the vision of our institute," said Brian Bolwell, M.D., chairman of Taussig Cancer Institute. "Dr. Abraham represents these qualities and has exhibited a passion for department and caregiver development, and elevating our national reputation," Bolwell added. Cleveland Clinic is a non-profit multispecialty academic medical center that integrates clinical and hospital care with research and education. Indian nurses in UAE may lose jobs over new requirement another crisis -- their requests for equivalency certificate for their diploma certificates were getting rejected. The MoE is issuing equivalency certificate for diploma certificates Dubai : Hundreds of Indian nurses diploma certificates in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) were at risk of losing their jobs due to a new educational requirement, a media report said. More than 200 nurses have already lost their jobs, while several others have been demoted after the UAE made a bachelor's degree in nursing as the minimum educational qualification for registered nurses, the Gulf News said in the report on Monday. According to some of the affected, nurses with diploma certificates, who continue to be retained, were required to do a Post Basic BSc Nursing Programme from universities in the UAE accredited by the Ministry of Education (MoE) by 2020. However, several nurses, who have enrolled for the programmes in different universities, were now facing obtained from the state of Kerala, the nursing council of which is the only Indian nursing body recognised by the ministry, the affected nurses said. Kerala sends the highest number of nurses to the country. "Majority of us are hailing from Kerala itself. But we studied outside Kerala for our nursing diploma courses. A few nurses from other Indian states are also facing the same issue," said one of the affected nurses. "Many of us have already lost our jobs and now we are unable to continue our studies and apply for another job, leaving us in a 'do or die' situation," said another. The nurses said they would approach India's Minister of State for External Affairs V. Muraleedharan, who is scheduled to visit the UAE this week, seeking his urgent intervention to solve the issue.
www.theasianindependent.co.uk ASIA 16-10-2019 to 31-10-2019 7 Man-eating tiger in Karnataka forest tracked, captured Bengaluru : The man-eating tiger, which was at large for five days, was tracked down and safely captured in Karnataka's Bandipur reserve forest on Sunday after tranquilising it, an official said. "The tiger was captured late in the afternoon (around 2:30 p.m.) with the help of Soliga tribals, who spotted it hiding in a bush," state Chief Wildlife Warden Sanjay Mohan, who was supervising operations from outside the forest, told IANS over phone. The tiger, aged 4 to 6 years, had killed two men since last month and a search was on for the animal since October 9 in the 872km Bandipur forest in the state's Chamarajanagar district, about 220 Pakistani ulemas meet Qureshi over Qadiani issue Islamabad : Amid growing resentment, a delegation of ulemas, led by Maulana Muhammad Hanif Jalandhari, met Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi, here on Saturday, and expressed concern over the United Nations Human Rights Council's (UNHRC) move to discuss the Qadiani (Ahmadi Muslims) issue. The delegation, comprising members of all schools of thought, demanded that Qadianis' efforts to defame Pakistan in the UN must be countered at the government level, according to Pakistani media report. "Qadianis were declared non-Muslims in 1974 in Pakistan after differences over some fundamental issues related to Islam. But since then the issues of human rights have been making headlines", the delegation told Qureshi. The International Human Rights Organisation had again put up the case of Qadianis at the UNHRC and that it had accepted that for discussion, it added. Maulana Jalandhari told Qureshi the people of Pakistan were worried about the issue and warned the government of grave consequences if the case was not properly handled. He said Qadianis were continuously lobbying against Pakistan at the international fora. Lucknow, The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) has said that under the Shariat law, the status of any land dedicated to a mosque cannot be altered, changed or transferred in any manner. The AIMPLB Working Committee meeting held at the Darul Uloom Naadwatul Ulema under the chairmanship of its President Maulana Syed Mohammad Rabey Hasan Nadvi on Saturday reiterated what it described as the “basic stand of the Muslim Community that no Muslim can surrender or transfer or trespass such Waqf land”. The meeting was in response to the October 10 meeting of eminent Muslims under the banner of Indian Muslims for Peace where they had expressed the desire to hand over the 2.77 acre land with the Sunni Central Waqf Board to apex to the Centre as a solution to the Ayodhya Ram Janambhoomi issue. The AIMPLB in a statement said that handing over the Ayodhya land was not possible as it was “based on historical facts and evidence that the Babri Masjid was constructed without demolishing any temple or any other place of worship”. The statement maintained that the Board had fully participated in several earlier proposals for mediation with the hope that a solution based on justice could be found. “But after several efforts, it is now clear km southwest of Bengaluru. Soligas, who are experts in hunting the wild animals in the forests, found the tiger hiding in a thick bush and guided the guards and the vets to the spot. "The tiger was hit by a tranquiliser dart by forest guards atop on an elephant based on the Soligas' cues, but that attempt failed as it recovered quickly from the impact of the dart and crossed over a stream into another thicket. As a result, the Soligas had to again track it down," said Mohan. The Soligas, however, managed to spot it again and enable the big cat be hit with another dart, which succeeded in immobilising it, he said. "As the tiger lay unconscious after it was tranquilised, the forest guards brought it out in a net with the help of the Soligas," Mohan said, adding that as the elephant could not be taken to the spot where the tiger lay unconscious, the guards threw a net over it to drag it out of the thicket. The veterinary doctor administered an antidote to the tiger after it was brought out of the forest to revive it. "The tiger will be shifted to Mysore rehabilitation centre on Monday after conducting routine tests and a check-up," Mohan added. The search for the elusive tiger was intensified earlier in the day, on foot and on elephants, by about 60 forest guards, 5 Soligas and 3 veterinary doctors after the partial remains of a just-born elephant calf it killed and ate was found in the jungle. Mohan had earlier told IANS that the tiger killed the calf near the safari in a 10km radius of Melkamanahalli village in the jungle, and termed it a "good sign for knowing its whereabouts and helps us to search in the target area to capture it". Shivappa, a farmer, was the second victim of the big cat, which is said to have turned man-eater over a month ago after killing Shivamadaiah in its territory when he was returning to his village with two bullocks from another nearby village. The tiger has devoured 14 cattle during the last two months. The state Forest Department obtained a camera trap picture of the tiger early on Saturday. Muslim board reiterates BABRI STAND that there is no possibility of mediation/reconciliation and the legal proceedings are in the final stages,” it said. Expressing satisfaction at the Supreme Court proceedings, the AIMPLB were optimistic of a favourable judgment “in favour of the Muslim cause which will based on right, fair play and justice”. Then AIMPLB further said that the Babri Masjid issue was being watched not just nationally but internationally. “The AIM- PLB stated that it was a test case for the basic value of secularism enshrined in the Indian Constitution and hoped that the judgement would be in consonance of the rule of law,” the statement added. The AIMPLB has also decided to challenge the constitutionality of the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act, 2019 on grounds that far from protecting the rights of Muslim women and children in marriage, it will completely destroy the marriage and leave Muslim women as destitute. The Board also opposed any attempt to enact the Uniform Civil Code in a multicultural, multi-religious society like India. m“It will not only affect the Muslims but will also adversely affect the cultural and social rights of tribals and other religious minorities. Therefore the Board demands that the Courts of the day whether central or provincial should abstain from this anti national activity,” the statement said. UP Bullock cart race: FIR registered Muzaffarnagar : An FIR has been lodged against several persons for organising and participating in a bullock cart race in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar district. The race was held on Sunday. The FIR at the Bhopa police station named 11 persons and included several unnamed persons also. The FIR has been lodged under IPC Sections 307 (attempt to murder) and 279 (rash driving on public way). The district administration had imposed a ban on the bullock cart race. Muzaffarnagar Senior superintendent of police (SSP) , Abhishek Yadav, said that strict action would be taken against those who had violated the ban orders. According to reports, the matter came to light when someone uploaded the video on the social media. In the video, hundreds of bikers doing stunts can also be seen as bullock carts compete with each other on the road. Traditionally, bullock cart race is a popular sport among locals in the district, but the local administration had banned it, citing threat to life and cruelty to animals as the reason. New UP Congress chief Lallu meets Sonia, Priyanka New Delhi, A day after assuming charge as the new Uttar Pradesh Congress chief, Ajay Kumar Lallu met party General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi here on Saturday. Lallu later met Congress Interim President Sonia Gandhi also. Sonia Gandhi advised Lallu to work with zeal and involve everybody to strengthen the party at the grassroots level, a source said. She also asked him to give a chance to new people. Sources say Priyanka Gandhi also had a feedback meeting with all the six secretaries of the state. They gave their inputs on the upcoming bypolls. The Congress is contesting all the bypolls in the state. Many leaders have been assigned to work for the party. The leaders apprised Priyanka about the Chinmayanand case in Shahjahanpur. The General Secretary in-charge wanted to know about the agitation in Shahjahanpur, where the administration did not give permission for a procession earlier this month. The Congress has appointed Lallu as state president, but during his oath taking ceremony on Friday many senior leaders were conspicuous by their absence. The dissent is out in the open. Former Varanasi MP Rajesh Mishra said that he will not be able to advise Priyanka Gandhi any more. Another leader Siraj Mehndi resigned from the party after Lallu’s appointment. Sources say many senior leaders are upset about not being included in the new team. The Congress party has organised a three-day workshop in Rae Bareli to train its workers and leaders. Those present in the meeting were Dheeraj Gurjar, Zubair Ahmed, Rohit Chowdhary, Sachin Naik, all secretaries attached to Priyanka Gandhi. The party’s main challenge is to contain dissent, said a leader. In sharp contrast, leaders who had joined the Congress on the eve of the Lok Sabha elections have been given organisational responsibilities. These include Naseemuddin Siddiqui, Raj Kishore Singh, Kaiser Jahan Ansari, Rakesh Sachan — all of whom are recent entrants to the Congress. “They joined the Congress because they fell out with the leadership of their parent parties and not because they subscribed to the Congress ideology. They will move to greener pastures at the appropriate time again,” said another leader. The Congress committee has given around 45 per cent representation to OBCs which, party leaders claim, is ‘another political blunder’. “The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is focusing on OBCs and so are the Samajwadi Party and the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP). The upper castes and Muslims are feeling completely alienated. The Congress should have reached out to the Brahmins and Thakurs in order to fill the vacuum, but by going all out to woo OBCs, the party has committed a political blunder,” said a former president of the Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee. Murmurs are also being heard in Congress circles about associates of former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi being sidelined in the new set up. “We never imagined that there would be strife within the family too. Those who have worked under Rahul Gandhi have been ignored and this does not augur well for the future of the Congress.
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