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Mumbai Dock worker’s son among 04 from HCoI Coaching cleared UPSC exams

Mumbai, MAHARASHTRA :

Syed Mohammed Husain lives at the Wadi Bunder slums in Mumbai with his extended family, which includes his maternal grandmother, parents, elder brothers, and their wives and children.

UPSC Civil Services 2022 Toppers: 

A total of 04 students of Haj Committee of India (HCoI) Coaching Centre, including Mumbai Dock worker’s son Sayed Mohammed Husain, have cleared the 2022 UPSC Civil Services Exams the result of which was declared Tuesday.

Syed Mohammed Husain lives at the Wadi Bunder slums in Mumbai with his extended family, which includes his maternal grandmother, parents, elder brothers, and their wives and children.

Hussain’s father started as a labourer loading and unloading goods from trucks at the dockyard and went on to become a supervisor. Tuesday however brought the family the moment they were waiting for since the last five years.

It was when Husain cleared the UPSC 2022 Civil Services exams in his 5th attempt and secured 570th rank.

“The last failure really broke me. I spent a lot of time in a mosque contemplating about my situation and came out resolved to give it another shot,” Hussain said while talking to reporters after his success in the coveted Civil Services exams.

Road to Civil Services

Syed Husain obtained school education till 7th at Khoja Isna Asheri Jamaat School in Dongri, and later took admission in St Joseph High School to clear SSC board exams. After completing graduation in Commerce from Mumbai’s Elphinstone College, he started preparing for the civil services exams.

Besides taking help from various coaching classes in Pune and Delhi, Husain is also a beneficiary of the Haj Committee of India Residential Coaching Centre.

Others from HCoI Civil Services Coaching Classes who cleared this year’s Civil Services exams are Qazi Ayesha Ibrahim (Rank 586), Taskeen Khan (Rank 736) and Md Burhan Zaman (Rank 768).

Ayesha Qazi

In total contrast to Husain, Ayesha Qazi is a daughter of a businessman, and belongs to a well to do family residing in Kalwa, Thane area of Mumbai Suburbs.

Ayesha completed her SSC from JVM New English School and later passed HSC exams from Abdullah Patel Junior College, Mumbra. She started preparing for the Civil Services Exams in 2019 after graduation in Arts from Joshi Bedekar College, Thane.

The UPSC announced the final result of Civil Services Exams Tuesday, and recommended a total of 933 candidates from different parts of India for IAS, IPS, IFS, IRS and other Civil Services Posts.

Among the 933 candidates who cleared this year’s CSE a total of 30 are Muslims.

source: http://www.ummid.com / Ummid.com / Home> India> Education & Career / Zohair M. Safwan, ummid.com / May 24th, 2023

Rezoana wins Asian under-18 400m in record time

WEST BENGAL:

Rezoana Mallick Heena broke the eight-year-old meet record of Bahrain’s former World champion Salwa Eid Nasser as she won the girls 400m gold at the fifth Asian under-18 athletics championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, on Friday.

The 16-year-old from Nadia in West Bengal, who is coached by Arjun Ajay in Bengaluru, clocked 52.98s (Salwa’s old meet record 53.02s) which made her the world’s fastest under-18 quartermiler this year and the fastest Indian woman this season. Rezoana’s sterling sprint also bettered former Asian silver medallist Jisna Mathew’s under-18 national record (53.14s, 2015).

Meanwhile, Tamil Nadu’s Abinaya Rajarajan clocked a personal best 11.82s while grabbing the girls 100m silver in 11.82s. Bahrain’s Lalya Kamal took the gold in 11.77s.

In the boys section, India won bronze medals through sprint hurdler Sandeep Vinodkumar Gond (13.80s) and Babendra Singh (10,000m race walk, 43.16.95s).

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> Sports> Athletics / by The Hindu Sports Bureau / April 28th, 2023

UPSC CSE result 2022: Here’s list of Muslim candidates who cracked the exam

INDIA:

The list is topped by Waseem Ahmad Bhat who secured AIR 7.

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The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) today declared the results of the Civil Services Examination (CSE) 2022. In the list of top 10 UPSC toppers, one Muslim candidate has secured a place.

Out of the total 933 candidates who have made it to the final list, a significant number of 29 candidates belong to the Muslim community.

The top three ranks in the UPSC CSE 2022 have been secured by talented women. Ishita Kishore has emerged as the topper, followed by Garima Lohia in the second position and Uma Harithi N in the third position.

Following is the list of UPSC CSE 2022 Muslim toppers:

  1. Waseem Ahmad Bhat (All India Rank-7)
  2. Naveed Ahsan Bhat (AIR-84)
  3. Asad Zuber (AIR-86)
  4. Aamir Khan (AIR-154)
  5. Ruhani (AIR-159)
  6. Ayasha Fatima (AIR-184)
  7. Shaik Habeebulla (AIR-189)
  8. Zufishan Haque (AIR-193)
  9. Manan Bhat (AIR-231)
  10. Aakip Khan (AIR-268)
  11. Moin Ahamd (AIR-296)
  12. Mohammad Idul Ahmed (AIR-298)
  13. Arshad Muhammed (AIR-350)
  14. Rashida Khatoon (AIR-354)
  15. Aiman Rizwan (AIR-398)
  16. Mohamed Riswin (AIR-441)
  17. Mohd Irfan (AIR-476)
  18. Sayed Mohammed Husain (AIR-570)
  19. Qazi Ayesha Ibrahim (AIR-586)
  20. Muhammed Afzel (AIR-599)
  21. S Mohammed Yakub (AIR-612)
  22. Mohd Shada (AIR-642)
  23. Taskeen Khan (AIR-736)
  24. Mohammed Siddiq Shariff (AIR-745)
  25. Akhila B S (AIR-760)
  26. Md Burhan Zaman (AIR-768)
  27. Fathima Haris (AIR-774)
  28. Iram Choudhary (AIR-852)
  29. Sherin Shahana T K (AIR-913)

The journey to becoming a successful UPSC CSE candidate begins with the preliminary examination. Held on June 5, 2022, the preliminary exam acts as a screening test, enabling candidates to proceed to the subsequent stages of the selection process. The results of the preliminary examination were announced on June 22, paving the way for qualified candidates to move forward.

The main examination, conducted from September 16 to 25, represents the second stage of the UPSC CSE. This stage comprises a comprehensive written examination that tests candidates’ knowledge and understanding of various subjects.

Following the evaluation of the main examination papers, the results were declared on December 6. Candidates who successfully cleared the main examination became eligible for the final stage – the interview round.

After the interview process, which concluded on May 18, the Union Public Service Commission has finally released the highly awaited final results of the Civil Services Examination 2022 today.

This year, a total of 933 candidates have made it to the final list. As usual, most of the UPSC toppers are likely to opt for IAS. The list can be viewed on the official website of UPSC (click here).

source: http://www.siasat.com / The Siasat Daily / Home> News> India / by News Desk / May 23rd, 2023

21st National Federation Cup Jr U20 Athletics Championships: Bushra Khan breaks national meet record

Sehore, MADHYA PRADESH:

Competition concluded with two national meet records.

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Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): 

Bushra Khan of the Madhya Pradesh State Athletics Academy has created a national meet record in the 3000-metre run in the 21st National Federation Cup Jr. U20 Athletics Championships, which concluded on Sunday in Thiruvannamalai.

Khan created a national meet record with a timing of 9:35.21 seconds. She has qualified for the Junior Asian Championships for the second time in this tourney. With a meet record to her name, Bushra won the gold medal. This is her second medal for this feat.

In this tournament, Bushra finished second in the women’s 5000m race with a timing of 16.59.05. She is training under coach SK Prasad. In the youth games, she won the 3,000-metre gold at Tatya Tope Stadium.

In the men’s 3000m, Vikas Bind finished third in 8:29.32 to win the bronze medal, while Mo Nadeem won the silver medal in the hammer throw by finishing second in 61.56m.

In the men’s 800m, Shyam Bind finished second in 1:50.27, won the silver medal, and qualified for the Junior Asian Championships.

In men’s 3000m steeple chase, Gaurav Yadav finished second in 9:20.37, winning the silver medal.

source: http://www.freepressjournal.in / The Free Press Journal / Home> Bhopal / by Staff Reporter / May 01st, 2023

Khelo India Youth Games: Bushra Khan stays calm to claim gold in women’s 3000m race

Sehore, MADHYA PRADESH:

Bushra Khan with her coach SK Prasad. She won gold in the 3000m race at the Khelo India Youth Games in Bhopal on Saturday. Photo credit Navneet Singh
Bushra Khan with her coach SK Prasad. She won gold in the 3000m race at the Khelo India Youth Games in Bhopal on Saturday. Photo credit Navneet Singh

The ongoing Khelo India Youth Games has produced another inspirational and feel-good story. Faith is a great healer, and the adage proved true yet again. Grief-stricken middle-distance runner from Madhya Pradesh, Bushra Khan, nearly quit running last May after her father died in a freak incident.

However, athletics coach SK Prasad encouraged her to move forward in life and gradually build a running tempo.

Bushra Khan’s confidence grew and she clinched gold in the women’s 3,000m race at the Khelo India Youth Games being held in Bhopal, on Saturday, 4 January.

The promising middle-distance runner from Sehore in Madhya Pradesh was all praise for her coach in the post-race interaction.

“I owe it all to my coach, without his support, I couldn’t have clocked a personal best of 10.04.29 seconds in the 3,000m race,” Bushra said.


Bushra Khan played a waiting game in the race. She stayed behind the leading group and surged ahead when there were around 200 meters left to emerge victorious. The youngster had earlier finished second in the 1500m event of the Khelo India Youth Games on Friday.

“In 1500m, I pushed from the finish line too early and paid the prize,” the Madhya Pradesh runner said.

Bushra had to overcome grief to triumph at Khelo India Youth Games

The memories of her late father, who died last year in a freak accident, flashed through her mind after the race. Bushra Khan’s father was the only bread-winner in the family. Being the eldest in the family, she was close to her father, the coach said.

“Her (Bushra’s) father was a daily wage worker in a chemical factory in Sehore and died due to a blast in the factory,” the coach added.

That was eight months ago, but the unfortunate incident still haunts the young athlete.

“I wish my father would have been alive to see me winning,” Bushra said sobbingly.

However, Bushra’s mother and two younger sisters were there at the stadium to see her sweat around the track and get applauded for her hard work.

Six summers ago, Bushra Khan joined the state government-run athletics academy in Bhopal. The gold-winning performance on Saturday, the coach said, will act as a platform to achieve good results in the coming months.

“Despite hardship, she has given a good account of herself. I am confident she will break the 10-minute barrier by May to earn a place in the national team for the Asian Junior Athletics Championships,” the coach added.

Bushra Khan said she has a passion for distance running and is ready to make sacrifices to achieve the targets set by her coach.

“I hope I will not disappoint my coach and all those who supported me during challenging situation in my life,” Bushra added.

The story of this budding talent from Madhya Pradesh is another example of how the Khelo India Youth Games are nurturing talent.

source: http://www.sportskeeda.com / SportsKeeda / Home> Athletics> Khelo India Youth Games 2022 / by Navneet Singh / February 05th, 2023

‘Flying colours’: 12-year-old Chhattisgarh girl clears class X exams

Ghumka Village ( Balod District), CHHATTISGARH:

Nargis is the first student in Chhattisgarh to pass the Class 10 board exam at her age and achieve a remarkable feat.

Nargis Khan, a student of Class VII with Chhattisgarh CM Bhupendra Baghel | express

Raipur:  

Nargis Khan, a 12-year-old Class 7 student appeared for the Class 10 Board exam and passed with 90.5 per cent marks. The daughter of a small farmer and resident of Ghumka village in Balod district, Nargis is an exceptional student and has been a topper in her class.  

A student of the Chhattisgarh government Atmanand English medium school, Nargis has excellent mathematical skills and a strong command of the English language, said her father Firoz Khan.  

Khan had, last year visited several offices, including of the Governor, chief minister and the district collector seeking approval to allow her to appear for Class 10 exams this year. Impressed with her confidence and potential, Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel had asked the Chhattisgarh Board of Secondary Education (CGBSE) to take an expedient decision for Nargis’ education prospects.  

The CGBSE allowed her to appear in the Class 10 board exam on the basis of her outstanding academic performance, medical reports and high intelligence quotient (IQ) level test score, which was conducted by the district government hospital and the clinical psychology department of the composite regional centre of social justice and empowerment ministry, said Prof V K Goyal, secretary CGBSE. 

A student needs to be of 15 years age to appear in class 10 board exams, according to the rule. Nargis is the first student in Chhattisgarh to pass the Class 10 board exam at her age and achieve a remarkable feat.  Meanwhile, Nargis is not satisfied with the result and has applied for a re-evaluation. 

“Till class 6, she always topped securing 99 per cent. With her zeal and high diligence towards study, we even had to sometimes ask her to take a break”, her father told this newspaper.

Along with Class 10, she also appeared for the Class 7 exam this year and secured 91 per cent marks. “My dream is to clear the UPSC exam and serve the country”, she said.

The Chhattisgarh CM, appreciating her extraordinary talent and accomplishment, assured her of facilitating free coaching for the competitive exams in the future. 

source: http://www.newindianexpress.com / The New Indian Express / Home> Nation / by Ejaz Kaiser, Express News Service / May 22nd, 2023

Who was Nishat un Nisa Begum who discarded purdah during freedom movement

UTTAR PRADESH:

“I appeal to the youth of this country that they sit at the feet of this goddess (Nishat un Nisa Begum) to learn the lessons of independence and perseverance.” Famous Indian writer Brij Narayan Chakbast wrote this in 1918 about the freedom fighter Nishat un Nisa Begum.

People knew more about her husband Maulana Hasrat Mohani, who coined the slogan Inquilab Zindabad (Long live revolution). Historians have kept Nishat, like many other women, at the margins of historical narratives. She existed not as a protagonist but as a supporting actor in a play that had her husband as the protagonist.

This happened even though Hasrat admitted that he would have remained an apolitical editor if he had not married her. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad likened her to “a mountain of determination and patience.” Mahatma Gandhi also acknowledged a key role in the Non-Cooperation Movement. By no stretch of the imagination, she was a dependent woman and owed her existence to Hasrat.

Born in Lucknow in 1885, Nishat was home tutored, as was the custom of those times. She knew Urdu, Arabic, Persian, and English. Even before she married Hasrat in 1901 was teaching girls from backward sections of the society at her home. Marriage exposed her to the world of politics. Nishat and Hasrat were among the first Muslims in India to join Bal Gangadhar Tilak’s extremist group of Congress and open a Swadeshi shop in Aligarh. In 1903, the couple started a nationalist Urdu newspaper ‘Urdu e Mualla’. The British did not like it and jailed Hasrat in 1908. After his release, the couple resumed the newspaper. The newspaper had only two employees – Nishat and Hasrat.

Hasrat was again jailed during the First World War. Nishat, who like other Muslim women of her times, used to take a veil, came out in public to defend her husband in the court trial. She wrote letters to leaders, and articles in newspapers, and removed her veil while visiting courts. To go out of one’s house without a purdah was a courageous act.

Hasrat’s friend Pandit Kishan Parshad Kaul wrote, “She (Nishat) took this courageous step at a time when the veil was a symbol of dignity not only among Muslim women but among Hindu women as well”.

In those times Congress and other organizations used to raise public funds to help the families of jailed freedom fighters. Nishat declined to accept her share from it. Pandit Kishan Parshad recalled later that in 1917 when he once visited her in Aligarh he saw her living in abject poverty. Being a friend of Hasrat, he offered her money. Nishat told him, “I am happy with whatever I have”. She later asked him if he could help her in selling the Urdu books printed by their defunct press.

Kishan Parshad told Shiv Prasad Gupta, another prominent freedom fighter from Lucknow about Nishat’s condition. Gupta didn’t take a moment to write a cheque to purchase all the books from Nishat.

When Edwin Montagu visited India in 1917, Nishat was among the representatives of the All India Women’s Conference (AIWC) to meet him. In the meeting, she demanded that all the freedom fighters be released from jail.

Nishat had abandoned the purdah for good. In 1919, she attended the Amritsar Congress session after the Jallianwala Massacre and impressed everyone with her passionate speeches. A Muslim woman, without purdah and participating in politics at par with her husband, she was noticed as a “comrade of Hasrat.”

Nishat and Hasrat were sure that asking for concessions from the British was futile. They moved a resolution for Purna Swaraj (Complete Independence) and not a dominion status at the Ahmedabad session of Congress in 1921 as the party’s goal. Nishat spoke in support of the motion. The resolution was defeated as Mahatma Gandhi opposed the idea. Eight years later, Congress adopted the Purna Swaraj as its goal.

Hasrat was again jailed in 1922 and this time Nishat attended the Congress Session at Gaya without him. She eloquently opposed the participation of Congress members in the Legislative Councils. She said those who wanted complete independence from British rule could not dream of entering the assemblies formed by them.

According to Prof. Abida Samiuddin, Nishat’s politics did not depend on Hasrat alone. She was the first Muslim woman to address a Congress Session. Her work for the popularisation of Swadeshi, the All India Women Conference, correspondences with the nationalist leaders, articles in newspapers, public speeches, and other political activities are proof that she carried her identity in the Indian Freedom Struggle. She was active in workers’ movements till her death in 1937.   

source: http://www.awazthevoice.in / Awaz, The Voice / Home> Stories / by Saquib Salim / May 14th, 2023

Mahelaka Abrar, A Second Year, BA LLB Student Won The Essay Writing Competition

Aligarh, UTTAR PRADESH:

Aligarh:

Mahelaka Abrar, a second year, BA LLB student won the essay writing competition on ‘New Education Policy: Boon or Bane’ organised by the Faculty of Law, Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) to observe the National Education Day.

She was felicitated by Prof M Shakeel Ahmed Samdani, Dean, Faculty of Law.

source: http://www.indiaeducationdiary.in / India Education Diary / Home> Competition / December 01st, 2020

Powerlifting champion Sadiya Almas felicitated

Mangalgiri (Guntur District), ANDHRA PRADESH:

Sadiya Almas was awarded the title of the strong girl of India in National powerlifting championship 2020 held in Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh.

Sheikh Sadiya Almas felicitated in Vijayawada on Sunday (Photo | P Ravindra Babu, EPS)

Vijayawada : 

Shaik Sadiya Almas, who secured a gold medal in powerlifting during the Asian Powerlifting Championship held in Turkey, recently, was felicitated by the Muslim Development Society at a programme here on Sunday.

Speaking on the occasion, Sadiya Almas credited her parents for winning the medals at the championship.
“So far, I have achieved only a little in my career and I am working hard to achieve a lot with the support of my family and coach. I will bring more laurels to the country and inspire youngsters,” Sadiya said. She also appealed to the government to provide necessary funds for upgrading the gym at Mangalagiri and make it accessible for more youngsters.

The powerlifter secured the first place in Asian Powerlifting Championship held in Rajasthan in 2018. She also secured the first place in Junior State Championship held in Anakapalle in 2018. She secured ninth place in the Senior national Powerlifting Championship held at Sattenapalli in 2018. She was awarded the title of ‘Strong Girl of Andhra Pradesh’ in 64 SGF State Championship held in Nandigama in 2018.

Sadiya Almas won fifth place in Junior National Championship in Kerala in 2019 and got third place in Federation Cup Championship held in Indore, MP in 2019. Sadiya was awarded the title of ‘Strong girl of South India’ in the South India Powerlifting Championship held in 2019-20 in Hyderabad. She was awarded the title of the strong girl of India in the National powerlifting championship 2020 held in Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh.

source: http://www.newindianexpress.com / The New Indian Express / Home> Cities> Vijayawada / by Express News Service / January 25th, 2022

Aaesha Munawar of Lucknow gets a place in the Indian Olympic Association

Lucknow, UTTAR PRADESH:

P.T.Usha, President IOA and Aaesha Munawar (R)

Lucknow :

Mrs. Aaesha Munawar, General Secretary, U.P. Judo Association, has been nominated as a member of the Infrastructure Committee of the Indian Olympic Association. 

Mr. Amitabh Sharma is the Chairman of this Committee. Apart from Aaesha Munawar, the other members are Mr. Bhola Nath Singh, Mr. Vaghish Pathak, Mr. Akhil Kumar, Mr. Ravi Bengani and Dr. Amit Bhalla. This Committee will serve till the year 2026. 

This is for the very first time that a female Judoka from U.P. has been nominated in an IOA committee. 

Mrs. P.T. Usha , President,IOA ; Mrs. Alaknanda Ashok , Joint Secretary, IOA; Mr. Harpal Singh and Mr. Bhupendra Singh Bajwa – Executive Council Member, all congratulated Mrs. Aaesha  on her nomination. 

 Munawar Anzar, CEO,  U.P. Judo Association. 

source: http://www.ismatimes.com / Isma Times / Home> News> National / by Afzal Shah Madudi / March 13th, 2023