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COVID-19: Shah Rukh Khan gives four-storied office space for quarantine facility

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Mumbai, MAHARASHTRA :

The superstar’s decision to donate his office comes just a couple of days after he made huge contributions to the government to aid the battle against the COVID-19 pandemic.

Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan (File Photo | PTI)
Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan (File Photo | PTI)

Mumbai :

Wipro, Azim Premji Foundation commit Rs 1,125 cr to tackling coronavirus

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Bengaluru, KARNATAKA :

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IT major Wipro Ltd, Wipro Enterprises Ltd and Azim Premji Foundation, have together committed Rs 1,125 crore towards tackling the unprecedented health and humanitarian crisis arising from the COVID-19 pandemic.

“These resources will help enable the dedicated medical and service fraternity in the frontline of the battle against the pandemic and in mitigating its wide-ranging human impact, particularly on the most disadvantaged of our society,” the companies  said in a statement.

Of the Rs 1,125 crore, Wipro Ltd’s commitment is Rs 100 crore, Wipro Enterprises Ltd’s Rs 25 crore, and that of the Azim Premji Foundation is Rs 1,000 crore. These sums are in addition to the annual CSR activities of Wipro, and the usual philanthropic spends of the Azim Premji Foundation, the statement added.

Integrated action will be taken for a comprehensive on-the-ground response in specific geographies, it said.

source: http://www.deccanherald.com / Deccan Herald / Home> Business> Business News / by DHMS, Bengaluru / April 02nd, 2020

These heroes from Hyderabad spend savings to feed the homeless, beggars

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Hyderabad, TELANGANA :

A mosquito net-maker and an auto driver have been using their savings to feed the homeless and beggars every night.

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Hyderabad :

A day after Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao announced the state-wide lockdown and curfew from 7 pm to 6 am, the streets were uncharacteristically empty post nightfall.

While most of the residents stayed at home figuring out ways to procure essentials to sustain till the lockdown period, a group of youngsters from Sanath Nagar went around the city, braving the curfew and the police, to distribute food to the homeless and labourers at night.

Mohammed Qadeer, a mosquito net-maker, and his friend Mohammed Ghazi, an auto-rickshaw driver, have been using their savings from the day of lockdown to feed around 100-150 homeless and beggars every day at night. What they’re doing is of significance: though there are many people distributing food during the day, there is hardly anyone doing it at night due to the curfew.

The Express chanced upon the youngsters a few days ago at around 9 pm and accompanied them while they distributed food packets to the needy. While Qadeer rode a motorcycle alone, two others were on another bike holding a large crate filled with food packets – comprising dal and rice.

They moved slowly looking out for homeless or beggars sleeping on the pavements. When they approached one such person who was sleeping in front of a restaurant at Somajiguda, there was a look of disbelief on his face when he realised that he was being given food.

They were stopped by a bike-borne traffic police, who enquired what they were doing out at night. After Qadeer and others explained to the police of their service, they were let go. “This has happened every day till now. We are always stopped by the police, but they let us go when we tell them why we are out,” he said on Wednesday.

They have now started distributing food in different areas like Lakdi ka Pul. “We are not affiliated to any NGO and we do not have any external funding,” Qadeer told Express. The Sanath Nagar resident makes food at his house, with his family helping him in the cooking process.

“We take utmost care when it comes to hygiene and ensure cleanliness while cooking food,” he said. However, as of on Wednesday, Qadeer said they have been facing financial issues and that they may not be able to distribute food for two days.

source: http://www.newindianexpress.com / The New Indian Express / Home> Good News / by Ahik Sur / Express News Service / April 02nd, 2020

Amid COVID-19 scare, Keralite teen donates stem cells for Chennai patient

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Pullepady (Ernakulam District), KERALA :

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Kochi:

Even when the fear of COVID-19 has gripped the entire nation, a Keralite teenager has come forward to donate stem cells for a critically-ill patient at a Chennai hospital in neighbouring Tamil Nadu.

Hiba Shamar, a native of Pullepady in Kerala’s Ernakulam district, donated the stem cells recently.

A vehicle carrying the blood stem cells harvested from Hiba crossed over to Tamil Nadu the other day.

The 18-year-old has become one of the youngest people to donate stem cells in the state.

The daughter of N M Shamar and P M Seenath, Hiba is a first-year BCom student at the St Teresa’s  College in Ernakulam. She had registered as a stem cell donor during a camp held at her college five months ago.

The camp was organised by Smile Makers and DATRI Blood Stem Cell Donors Registry.

Procedures were initiated after her stem cells matched with that of the patient in Chennai. Hiba  readily agreed for the donation after the gravity of the situation was conveyed to her.

After taking all the necessary precautions, Hiba donated the stem cells at the Amrita Hospital in Kochi. Hiba reached the hospital along with her mother Seenath and maternal uncle A M Naushad.

After the stem cells were harvested, a Blood Stem Cell Donor Registry worker went to the Cheranallur  police station and took permission to travel to Chennai.

At the end of the 13-hour travel, the stem cells reached Chennai the other night.

source: http://www.english.manoramaonline.com / OnManorama / Home> Districts> Ernakulam / by Manorama Correspondent / March 27th, 2020

Hubballi hotelier offersrooms for quarantine

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Hubballi, KARNATAKA :

Managing Director of Hotel Metropolis handing over a letter to Deputy Commissioner Deepa Cholan in Dharwad on Tuesday offering 46 rooms of his hotel for quarantine purposes.
Managing Director of Hotel Metropolis handing over a letter to Deputy Commissioner Deepa Cholan in Dharwad on Tuesday offering 46 rooms of his hotel for quarantine purposes.

At a time when apprehensions about the spread of COVID-19 pandemic are increasing, a hotelier from Hubballi has offered a total of 46 rooms in his lodge for quarantine purposes of those who have returned from foreign countries.

Apart from providing 46 rooms in one section of Hotel Metropolis on Koppikar Road in Hubballi, Managing Director of the hotel Ashraf Ali Basheer Ahmed has offered to provide food to those quarantined.

Mr. Ashraf Ali handed over a letter on offering rooms for quarantine purposes to Deputy Commissioner of Dharwad Deepa Cholan here on Tuesday. Lauding the initiative by Mr. Ashraf Ali, Ms. Deepa Cholan termed the act of the hotelier as a model one.

Mr. Ashraf Ali requested Ms. Deepa Cholan to send a team of officials to inspect the hotel. He said that the Metropolis Group had already handed over 70 rooms owned by the group near the international airport in Mumbai to the Government of Maharashtra. The hotel group had taken up the initiative under its CSR activities, he said.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> States> Karnataka /  by Special Correspondent / Hubballi, March 25th, 2020

Kasaragod man offers to put up quarantined people at his hotel

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Kasargod, KERALA :

The Century Park building near the new bus stand in Kasaragod would be handed over to the authorities to be converted into an isolation ward
The Century Park building near the new bus stand in Kasaragod would be handed over to the authorities to be converted into an isolation ward

Kasaragod:

Even as authorities struggle to find accommodation facilities for quarantined people amid COVID-19 outbreak, responsible citizens have offered to help.

C I Abdullahkunji of Kudlu in Kasaragod district has informed the authorities that his three-star  hotel can be used as an isolation facility for free.

The Century Park building near the new bus stand in Kasaragod would be handed over to the authorities. Eighty-eight rooms of the top three floors of the seven-storeyed building would function as isolation ward.

The daily rent of one room is Rs 1,500.

All rooms have two beds each and the bathrooms have geyser facilities. The hotel has a water tank with a storage capacity of 45,000 litres.

The hotel owner said the necessary precautions have being taken. The water tank has been sanitised  and filled up. The hotel premises have also been cleaned.

Municipal secretary S Biju, and deputy DMO Dr Geetha Gurudas carried out an inspection at the building.

source: http://www.english.manoramaonline.com / OnManorama / Home> Districts> Kasargod / by Manorama Correspondent / March 27th, 2020