Controversial columnist and author Tarek Fatah passes away at 73
Canada: Controversial columnist and author Tarek Fatah has passed away after battling cancer, as confirmed by his daughter Natasha Fatah on Monday. She paid tribute to her father in a tweet, describing him as the "Lion of Punjab" and a "voice of the down-trodden, underdogs, and the oppressed".
Taking to twitter, Tarek’s daughter Natasha wrote, "Lion of Punjab. Son of Hindustan. Lover of Canada. Speaker of truth. Fighter for justice. Voice of the down-trodden, underdogs, and the oppressed. @TarekFatah has passed the baton on… his revolution will continue with all who knew and loved him. Will you join us? 1949-2023."
Fatah was known for his advocacy of LGBT rights and his opposition to sharia law. He called himself an "Indian born in Pakistan" and a "Punjabi born into Islam". He was a vocal critic of the Pakistani religious and political establishment, and even criticized the partition of India. Fatah started his career in journalism as a reporter for the Karachi Sun in 1970 but was later charged with sedition and barred from journalism by the Zia-ul-Haq regime in 1977. He moved to Canada in 1987 after spending some time in Saudi Arabia. It should be noted that on April 21, false reports of Fatah's death had surfaced.
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Kasaragod: Government Medical College gets first MBBS student from Rajasthan
Kasaragod: The Government Medical College, which recently secured the National Medical Commission’s approval, admitted its first MBBS student on Monday, with Gurwinder Singh from Alwar in Rajasthan becoming the first of the 50 students in the inaugural batch of the College.
Singh received a warm welcome into the College with sweets by Principal-in-Charge Dr. KK Santosh Kumar and Medical Superintendent Dr Praveen. The admission procedure was formally completed with the recording of his attendance, reports On Manorama.
The College has seven seats reserved for candidates from the All-India rank list, and Singh qualified for a seat in the College under the All-India Medical Entrance quota.
Unlike the other government medical colleges in the state, where classes started this week after the admission of students during the first round of counseling, the Kasaragod Medical College had to wait for approval from the National Medical Commission. The College received the approval and began enrolling students after conclusion of counseling.
The classes will begin on September 30, after completion of Phase 2 of allotment. The first batch students are currently provided temporary hostel facilities at Cherkkala.
While the second student under the All-India rank list is expected to join the College today, the authorities have said they cannot guarantee how long the new students will remain, adding that some students may opt to move to other colleges if they are allotted seats there.
