Month: February 2014

CONTENTMENT IS BLISS

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Sa’d ibn Abi Waqqaas (RadiyAllahu Anhu) traveled to Makkah after he had become blind. Upon his arrival the people hastened to him and kept on asking him to make supplication for them, and he did, as Allaah always accepted his supplication. ‘Abdullaah ibn As-Saa’ib (r.a.) said: ‘I came to him when I was still a young boy and became acquainted with him, so he knew me and said to me:

‘Are you the one who recites the Quran for the people of Makkah?’

I replied, ‘Yes.’
Then I asked him:

Resistance training highly effective in preventing and treating chronic diseases

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Resistance training – the term for strength work using weights, elastic bands, or the body’s own weight – has been found to be highly effective in preventing and treating chronic diseases.

” Resistance training is the bastard child of physical activity,” Joseph T. Ciccolo, co-editor of a new book, Resistance Training for the Prevention and Treatment of Chronic Disease (Taylor and Francis Group), said.

“It’s too often thought of as an add-on” to aerobic exercise, and its benefits are less widely recognized.

Lack of physical exercise ‘as harmful to health as smoking’

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Lack of physical exercise is as detrimental to health as smoking, alcohol abuse and diabetes combined, it has been revealed.

According to chief Medical Officer Sir Harry Burns , international research had shown a lack of physical activity was a major risk factor for early death, the Scotsman reported.

Harry asserted that doctors should give patients advice on what exercise to do and ways to lead a healthier lifestyle.

Successful heart transplant patients living 20 years longer than before

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A new study has found that majority of patients who have undergone heart transplantation are living 20 years or more post surgery thanks to the improvement in the procedure’s success rate.

Hector Rodriguez Cetina Biefer and Markus J. Wilhelm from the University Hospital Zurich in Switzerland led a research team that examined long-term outcomes in 133 patients from their institution who underwent heart transplantation from 1985 to 1991.

How gastric bypass surgery alleviates type 2 diabetes in patients

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A new study has found out how patients mysteriously recover from type 2 diabetes within days of the surgery, asserting that insulin secretion increases in number and performance after the surgery.

Dr Nils Wierup, who led the research at the Lund University Diabetes Centre in Sweden, said that his team had suspected this for a while, but there have not previously been any models to prove it.

The small study involved gastric bypass surgery on just four pigs, but is the only study of its kind and therefore unique.

Now, fight the flab with humorous weight-loss app Carrot Fit

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A new app, Carrot Fit, can help you lose weight in a humorous way.

Carrot Fit isn’t all that different from earlier gen of the “motivational” app. App’s moniker name comes from the “Carrot and Stick” method of training, wherein one receives rewards and punishments to enforce good behavior, TechCrunch reported.

The app is aimed at people having a sense of humour about their body, as opposed to those who are sensitive about it.

8 in 10 over-50s dissatisfied with sex lives

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Just 22 per cent of the over-50s are satisfied with their sex lives and a third, a new poll has revealed.

In the survey of 2,000 people, more than a third said that they ‘unhappy’ with their love lives, the Daily Express reported.

Fewer than 19 per cent said that they had sex more than once a week, while a third said that they no longer had sex or made love less than once a year.

Pak Taliban ‘unlikely’ to demand change of system during peace talks

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The Pakistan Taliban can demand any change in the governance system, as it can torpedo the entire dialogue process, a senior official has said.

The comments from the official came as a formal contact between government peace committee and Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) may take place soon.

According to the Nation, the Taliban has said their prime objective was enforcement of Sharia, but almost all the religio-political parties of Pakistan believe the 1973 Constitution is based on the Islamic system.

I am no murderer, says Amanda Knox in 8-page letter to judge

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Amanda Knox has written a eight page letter to judge, saying that she is innocent and did not commit the murder.

In the letter she also wrote that she’s not a thief or a plotter or an instigator, saying that she did not kill Meredith Kercher or take part in her murder or have any prior knowledge of what occurred that night, the Daily Star reported.

Knox said that she was not there and had nothing to do with it.

She and her former boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito, 29, were last week re-convicted of murdering 21-year-old Kercher in Perugia in 2007.

Egyptian court acquits 60 pro-Morsi protesters

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An Egyptian court has acquitted more than 60 supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi.

The 60 supporters were arrested during a violent protest last year, accused of attempted murder and rioting following deadly clashes in Cairo .

According to the BBC, the men, most of whom have links to the banned Muslim Brotherhood, were demonstrating against Morsi’s removal from power by the military in July 2013.

The judge also cleared a cameraman Mohamed Badr working for the broadcaster Al-Jazeera and 60 other people went on trial in December.

Pak delegation flies to Iran seeking extension of IP gasline deadline

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A Pakistan delegation has flown to Iran to hold talks on setting new timeframe for the completion of the Iran-Pakistan (IP) gas pipeline project.

The delegation would hold talks with Iranian authorities to set a new mutually agreed timeframe for the project during the talks beginning in Tehran today.

Under the Gas Sales Purchase Agreement (GSPA) signed earlier with Iran by the outgoing PPP government in 2009, the first flow of gas to Pakistan should have started by Dec 31, 2014.

Inteqal (3.2.2014)

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Janab Mohd. Yusufuddin Siddiqui s/o late Janab Ghulam Mahboob Siddiqui died on February 2.

Burial took place on Monday, February 3 at qabrastan Dhoban ki Masjid, Darussalam after namaz-e-Fajar.

Fateha sewam is fixed on Tuesday, February 4 at Masjid Dhoban after namaz-e-Asar.

Further information can be had on 9652390081.

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80-yr-old Saudi’s life on buggy

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An 80-year-old Saudi Saud Al-Sharti has been on ride since last six months. He spends days on a quad bike (Buggy) to roam between cities and provinces.

“I really wonder how this old man does it. I think he has power that not anyone can have. I would really like to meet this man just to see how strong his body is.” Abdullah Al-Shahrani, a citizen, said.

Crime In Hyderabad (3.2.2014)

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Attempt to sell fake tiger skin foiled
(Siasat News): The team of commissioner task force of west zone arrested four conmen who were trying to sell fake tiger skin.

It is said that H Vitthal Rao, 38, P Jagdish, 20, R Amarnath, 21, and Sheikh Amjad, 26, had obtained a fake tiger skin and were trying to sell the same at Rs. 6 lakh.

When they were grilled, they revealed that they had obtained the fake skin from Shankar, a Nalgonda native and trying to get heavy profit by re-selling it.

Jharkhand Police confirm arrest of two Maoists in Chaibasa region

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Police in the Chaibasa region of Jharkhand have confirmed the arrest of two hardcore Maoists.

Police said sub-zonal Maoist commander Saluka Kayam, was arrested during the join operation conducted by them and the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF).

As per the police officials, Kayam revealed important information about previous attacks carried out by the rebels and confessed his involvement in some major operations.

The police seized guns, explosives and detonators along with a bike and two mobile phones.

D’Souza says won’t be intimidated by Obama-campaign finance indictment

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Dinesh D’Souza, the conservative commentator and filmmaker, indicted by a federal grand jury on Jan. 23 on charges of using straw donors in 2012, has reportedly said that he won’t be intimidated by his indictment earlier this month on campaign-finance charges.

Referring to his yet to be released documentary film titled “America”, D’Souza said that he would proceed with his work and ideas, adding that the film will be unimpeded by what has been going on.

Demand for dry fruits shoots up during winters in Kashmir

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As the cold wave continues to tighten its grip across most parts of northern India, including the state of Jammu and Kashmir, the demand for dry fruits has increased with residents thronging local markets to buy them to keep themselves warm.

Residents were seen buying several varieties of dry fruits in Srinagar over the weekend.

They said that dry fruits rejuvenate them as they are a good source of energy, which contain concentrated fruit sugars

Visually impaired guide drivers during Nagpur car rally

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In one-of-its-kind initiative, a car rally for visually impaired people was organised in Nagpur, Maharashtra, over the weekend.

During the rally, participants used a route map in Braille to guide drivers to navigate the terrain.

“I am very happy to be a part of this car rally for the first time. I had never heard about such car rallies for blind people, so when I heard about it, I was quite shocked as to how blind people can drive a car but later on I was told that we have to guide the driver by giving them directions,” said a participant, Nitish Chauhan.

Delhi residents launch collective defence system intiative for women safety

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Residents of Delhi’s Civil Lines area organised a “Nirbhaya Walk”, an initiative to spread awareness ensuring women’s safety and security in the neighbourhood, over the weekend.

They also launched ‘Project Nirbhay’ in collaboration with Delhi Police to promote cooperative security measures or collective defence system.

Cooperative security or collective defence is a system in which society proactively contributes and takes up responsibility to ensure safety and security of women in the neighbourhood.

The tag line defining Project Nirbhay is ‘Our security is our responsibility’.

Odisha tribals demand constitutional rights at Bhubaneswar rally

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Thousands of tribals participated in a rally in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, over the weekend over a demand for implementation of constitutional provisions in tribal areas.

Protesters said the Indian Constitution guarantees forest dwellers and tribals land, water and forest rights, and mentioned that nobody can deprive them of these.

They claimed they were being exploited in the name of development and that their lands were being sold to big corporate houses.

Becks finds cooking ‘therapeutic’

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David Beckham has revealed that he finds cooking “therapeutic” and is usually the one to put together the evening meal.

The 38-year-old English former footballer has opened up about his family life to The Sunday Times Magazine and admitted that he takes just five minutes to get ready in the mornings, the Mirror reported.

The husband of former Spice Girl Victoria Beckham confessed that he starts his day by waking his kids up at 7:30am and dropping them off at the school gates.

(ANI)

Dalai Lama opens five-day Tibetan festival in Assam

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Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, has inaugurated a five-day Festival of Tibetan Art and Culture and delivered the First LBS Founders’ Commemorative Lecture on ‘A Human Approach to Peace and the Individual’here.

He also made a mention of how hardline Chinese Communists were eroding Tibet’s rich heritage, arts and culture.

Speaking at the inauguration, the Dalai Lama said: “Indeed, I feel great honour to inaugurate this festival of Tibet and particularly the chief minister who came. So I very much appreciate and then of course, the organiser.”

Hizbul divisional commander arrested in Kashmir

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A divisional commander of Hizbul Mujahideen was arrested in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag district last night.

“Mubarak Ahmad Wani alias Saqib was arrested in a joint operation by the state police, army and the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) at Hanji Dantar village near Anantnag town,” Anantnag’s Senior Superintendent of Police Sheikh Junaid.

“The operation was on from last 2-3 days, arrested him last night,” he said.

“He had been arrested in 2007 and 2011, but both times after his release, he re-joined the ranks of the Hizbul Mujahideen group,” he added.