Mangaluru: Popular social organization of Mangaluru ‘Team B-Human’ has donated Rs. one lakh for the treatment of the son of Umar Farooque Ustaad, a resident Kinya, who had sustained severe burn injuries.

According to the reports, Umer Farooque, an employee at the Kodaje Badriya Juma Masjid, was living in hardship with his wife and two kids and had to recently avail loan to repair his house which was severely damaged due to storm.

To add to his woes, his three-year-old son Ibrahim Batish, sustained 80% burn injuries after hot water fell on him accidentally. Batish is currently receiving treatment at a private hospital in Derlakatte. Umar’s other son Dawood Hakeem is battling kidney-related ailment, reports added.

A fundraising campaign was recently run on local social media platforms to help Umar in sustaining in the hardship and to raise funds for the treatment of Batish. Taking note of the viral messages on social media, ‘Team B-Human’ came to the rescue of Umar and donated Rs. one lakh.

‘Team B-Human’ has also arranged for Rs. 70 thousand from its well-wishers which will also be deposited to Umar’s account soon. ‘Team B-Human’ in a release added that it will take care of Batish until he is discharged from the hospital post-treatment. It also added that those willing to lend support to Umar can contact their officials.

Founder of ‘Team B-Human’, Asif Deals, members Basha, Althaf, Sadiq, Shameem, and others were present when the cheque of Rs. one lakh was handed over to Umar.

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Bhatkal: The Karnataka unit of the All India Ideal Teachers Association (AIITA) has welcomed the Karnataka government’s decision to strictly ban school children from dancing to obscene songs during educational and cultural programmes in government, aided, and private schools across the state.

AIITA Karnataka State President M. R. Manvi congratulated the government for taking what he termed an important step to preserve the sanctity of education.

“Such decisions to safeguard the dignity of school children and uphold the values of education are the need of the hour. This rule should not be limited to government schools alone but must be strictly implemented in all private educational institutions as well,” he said.

He further urged the government to address other concerns within school programmes.

“The government should not only prohibit obscene dances in the name of school anniversaries, but also ensure that plays and dialogues that incite religious hatred are avoided. Schools should be centres of harmony, not platforms for spreading hatred,” he added.

According to a recent circular issued by the Department of School Education and Literacy, obscene dances are adversely affecting the mental health and moral values of students.

In this regard, schools have been advised to use songs that promote nationalism, positive thinking, the greatness of Kannada culture, and value-based traditions instead of inappropriate content during programmes.
The circular also emphasises that students should be dressed in decent attire.

AIITA also backed the department’s warning that disciplinary action would be taken against head teachers if such guidelines are violated. The association has further demanded that district Deputy Directors of Public Instruction strictly monitor the implementation of these rules.