26 Fellows of Zakat India Foundation clear UPSC exams
New Delhi: When the results for the UPSC exams came out on Friday, it was a proud moment for Zafar Mahmood, President of the Zakat Foundation of India and everyone associated with the organisation. Out of the 990 successful candidates, 26 owed all their achievements to the efforts of the Foundation, which had funded almost all their hostel and tuition fees to help them prepare for the exams.
Talking to Twocircles.net, Mahmood said people have realised that this is the only way to reclaim their rights.
“This mission is continuing since last 10 years and we are thankful to Allah that we were able to make a difference. The number of students who are also qualifying the exams is also seeing an increase in last few years which is a good news for the community,” he told TwoCircles.net.
The Fellowship is given to students after conducting a written test and an interview held in Delhi.
Once selected, the Foundation provides a hostel in Delhi at a subsidised rate of Rs 2,000 per month and pays up to 90% of the tuition fees that the students need to pay for IAS coaching.
The candidates are also provided the joint guidance and supervision of Zakat Foundation of India, Aishabai Trust and Interfaith Coalition for Peace in order to help them properly prepare for the Preliminary, Mains, and Interview for Personality Test for the UPSC Civil Services Examination. People who wish to apply for the scholarship to prepare for UPSC exams to be held in 2018 can visit this page for more information.
Also, continuing its legacy of providing quality coaching to students, 25 students from Jamia Millia Islamia Residential Coaching Academy also made their entry into the civil services. Last year, 27 students had cleared the exams.
Courtesy: TwoCircles.net.
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Explosion near CRPF School in Delhi caused by lit cigarette butts: Report
New Delhi: The investigation team that probed the explosion that took place outside the CRPF School in the Prashant Vihar area of the city on October 20 morning has reportedly not found any terror force behind the blast.
The investigation team, consisting of Delhi Police and staff members from central agencies, has stated in its report that cigarette butts thrown by a local resident might have come in contact with industrial waste and have caused the explosion. Circumstantial evidence does not show the incident to have a terror angle to it, reports The Indian Express.
The Delhi Police, the city bomb squad and the fire brigade had rushed to the spot following the explosion, which was initially believed to have been caused by a crude bomb. The forensic experts who inspected the spot hinted at the presence of potassium chlorate, hydrogen peroxide and some electrical wires there. The school wall had been damaged and the windows of a car nearby had shattered in the explosion.
The investigation team scanned the CCTV camera footage and zeroed in on around 10 people questioned. A senior police officer said that a North Delhi-based businessman from Prashant Vihar was found to be present at the spot around five minutes before the explosion, as he had come there on Sunday morning to walk his dog. The CCTV footage showed him smoking and, after questioning him, the team concluded that he had left lit cigarette butts before leaving the spot, the officer added.
The spot where the explosion took place is learned to have been usually used for dumping garbage and also has a public urinal.
An officer has said that the Delhi Police had consulted forensic and technical experts of the National Security Guard regarding the things found on the explosion site but are yet to get the report. The officer added that they have found no detonator so far.
