Ullal: Wife dies after 2 hours of Husband’s death
Ullal: In an incident that occurred on Wednesday night, a wife died after two hours of her husband’s death at Masthikatte in Ullal. The deceased couple is Congress Leader Nazir Ahmed (62) and his wife Jamila (54).
Reportedly, Nazir Ahmed who had been suffering from pneumonia was struggling with severe blood pressure issues on Wednesday. Due to this, he was being taken to a private hospital in Thokkottu when he breathed his last midway around 12.30 am, sources in his family revealed.
Afterward, his dead body was taken to his home. Nazir Ahmed’s wife Jamila, who had seen him for the last time had fallen into grief-induced depression and experienced a cardiac arrest around 2.30 am the same time and passed away, it is learned.
Nazir Ahmed, who had been the general secretary of the Muslim League of the Ullal zone had later joined the Congress party and contested twice for the Urban Panchayat. He served as the Joint Secretary of the Ullal Block Congress, and for 15 years, he served as the President of the Supervisory Committee of the Melangandi Urdu School. Lately, he had been working as a drinking water contractor for the Ullal City Council.
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Anbumani asks PM Modi to ban sale of cigarettes for those born after 2009
Chennai (PTI): PMK leader Anbumani Ramadoss on Saturday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take legislative measures to prohibit smoking and the sale of cigarettes to individuals born on or after January 1, 2009, thereby creating a smoke-free generation.
Anbumani, former Union minister for health and family welfare, said, "Once implemented, it (ban on cigarettes) will ensure that future generations are legally prevented from ever accessing tobacco products", he said in a letter to Modi.
"I write to you with a deep sense of urgency and responsibility, drawing your kind attention to a critical public health issue that continues to endanger the lives of millions of Indians, particularly among the younger generation who are affected by cigarette smoking", he claimed.
Stating that India unfortunately bears a disproportionately high burden of tobacco-related morbidity and mortality, he said, adding that, according to global health estimates, nearly 267 million Indians, approximately one in five citizens, use tobacco.
"Each year, tobacco consumption directly accounts for over 1.35 million deaths, while exposure to second-hand smoke contributes to a total of approximately 2.3 million deaths annually", he said, adding, "these figures are alarming and reflect a public health crisis of immense magnitude".
He pointed out that Scientific evidence unequivocally establishes tobacco use as a leading cause of cancer and numerous non-communicable diseases, including cardiovascular ailments, chronic respiratory diseases such as COPD, and multiple forms of malignancies. "In India alone, tobacco is responsible for nearly 40–50 per cent of all cancer cases, with over 4.7 lakh deaths annually attributed to tobacco-induced cancers", he added.
"In this context, I strongly urge the Union government to consider enacting a transformative law similar to that of the United Kingdom, that permanently prohibits the sale and consumption of tobacco products for individuals born on or after a specified year (such as 2009). Such a generational ban would mark a decisive step towards eliminating tobacco use in India over time", he said.
