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Blind scientist from Mumbai donates 110 crore for Pulwama martyrs

Blind scientist Murtaza A Hamid offered to donate Rs 110 crore from his taxable income for the welfare of the Pulwama attack martyrs.
Murtaza A Hamid (Photo source: Dainik Bhaskar)

Forty-four-year-old Murtaza A Hamid recently offered to donate Rs 110 crore from his taxable income to the Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund for the welfare of the Pulwama attack martyrs. The scientist had also sent an email to seek an appointment with the PMO to meet PM Narendra Modi for the same.

Below is the screenshot of the email sent by Hamid to the PMO.

Blind scientist Murtaza A Hamid offered to donate Rs 110 crore from his taxable income for the welfare of the Pulwama attack martyrs.
Email sent by Murtaza A Hamid (Photo source: TOI)

Hamid told TOI, The inspiration to help and support those who lay down their lives for our motherland should be in the blood of every citizen of the country.

As reported in TOI, Hamid said that Hamid said if govt. had recognised his inventions timely, incidents like Pulwama attack could have been averted. He had also claimed that his innovation Fuel Burn Radiation Technology, helps to trace and locate any vehicle or object without GPS, camera or any other technical equipment.

Blind scientist Murtaza A Hamid offered to donate Rs 110 crore from his taxable income for the welfare of the Pulwama attack martyrs.
Murtaza A Hamid with Union Minister Nitin Gadkari

As per the same reports, Hamid had claimed that he’d forwarded the same proposal to hand it over free of cost to the government and National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) in September 2016 but he received initial approval two years later in October 2018.

Hamid, who works as a researcher and scientist in Mumbai, completed his graduation in commerce from Government Commerce College, Kota. Hamid, who is blind since birth, hails from Kota and is a resident of Mumbai.

Also read: Lata Mangeshkar to donate Rs 1 crore to Indian Army

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Nitin Gadkari graces screening of ‘Me Vasantrao’ at Sudama Theatre in Nagpur

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Union Minister Nitin Gadkari graced the special screening of Marathi movie ‘Me Vasantrao’ – a movie based on the life of Hindustani classical singer and violinist Vasantrao Deshpande.

The screening was held at Sudama Theatre in Nagpur on Sunday evening in the presence family members, friends and the cast of the movie.

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Mayor Dayashankari Tiwari kicks off polio drive in Nagpur

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Nagpur Mayor Dayashankar Tiwari, on Sunday, launched Nagpur Municipal Corporation’s (NMC) door-to-door polio campaign drive. He, along with Deputy Mayor Manisha Dhawade visited Rognidan Centre in Mahal, Nagpur and inaugurated the campaign by giving polio drops to a toddler.
As per NMC officials, ten Zonal Medical Officers and Ten Health inspectors would visit every house in their respective zones, in order to vaccinate children between the ages of zero-five to immune them against polio.
NMC had recognised Sunday as the official day for polio vaccination. Under Polio Ravivar, they plan to vaccinate more than three lakh kids in Nagpur. They also urged Nagpurkars to vaccinate their children at pulse Polio Booths near their homes from 8 am- 5 pm, on Sunday.
NMC Standing Committee Chief, Corporator Vijay Zalke spoke to Nation Next regarding this campaign and said, This year’s polio drive is going to be bigger than last year. We are planning to vaccinate around 3- 3.15 lakh kids. NMC is bearing the cost of infrastructure and execution. The state government provided us with the doses.
He further stated that there were special teams to vaccinate the homeless during night. ?When it comes to the health of Nagpurkars, money is not a factor we should think about, said Zalke when asked about NMC’s current financial crunch.
As per Zalke, vaccination facility would also be available in slums,, factory areas and other outskirts of Nagpur.

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Congress legislator caught watching porn in Karnataka Assembly

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Congress leader Prakash Rathod, on Friday, was caught on camera while allegedly scrolling through few adult content clips in the State Assembly. This turned out to be a huge embarrassment for both, Congress and Rathod as regional channels aired the video, in which he was ?caught in the act.
The MLC member was present in the house during the proceedings of the legislative council. While the house was in session, Rathod was watching adult content on his smartphone.
However, he threw these charges under the bus and said, I was looking for materials for a question I wanted to ask the government in question hour.
?When I was looking for question material, I deleted too many messages as my phone storage was full. What the media has shown or seen, I don’t know. I would never do such things or see such things, he added.
This was not the first time in Karnataka that such an incident had happened. Back in 2012, three Bharatiya Janata Party ministers were caught on camera allegedly watching adult content in the State Assembly. Following the scandal, they resigned from the state government due to public embarrassment.

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