Mangaluru couple's start up pitch to be featured on popular Indian TV show "Shark Tank" on Jan 26
Popular Indian TV Show Shark Tank is all set to feature a Mangaluru couple and their start-up idea on Wednesday 26 January, when it comes on air at 9:00 pm on Sony channel and Sony LIV app.
Shark Tank offers a platform to young and aspiring entrepreneurs from India to pitch their business models to a panel of investors and persuade them to invest money in their idea.
Mangaluru couple Zamzeer and his wife Jameela Roohi will pitch their start-up idea of “Kunafa World” which they co-founded in 2018. The couple made a humble beginning in 2018 with only a Facebook page in Mangaluru which has now turned into a national brand with 10 outlets in Bengaluru, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra.
Roohi, a housewife was always passionate about baking desserts. The idea of Kunafa World that bring the middle-east desserts to India, struck the couple when Roohi served it to Zamzeer one day. Awestruck by the taste of it, Zamzeer encouraged his wife to take up baking of the dessert while he continued with his routine job.
With one Facebook page named “Bake Angel”, and Zamzeeer as her marketer, Roohi stepped into the baking business and made strides to make Kunafa World a well-known dessert brand.
A year after selling Kunafas a friend of Zamzeer, Mohammed Hafeez partnered with the couple and helped them bring up their first outlet in Mangaluru.
With several outlets of Kunafa World now running across states, Roohi handles the supply chain and operations of their brand, while Zamzeer manages branding and marketing.
"Getting selected for shark tank India show on Sony television Out of 69000 applicants all over india was a biggest achievement for both of us and for our Kunafa World business which we started as home business in Mangalore to a successful brand all over India. We thank our families, friends and everyone who supported us throughout this journey and owe our success to them" the couple told Vartha Bharati
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Hamas accepts cease-fire proposal for Gaza, but Israel's stance still uncertain
Jerusalem, May 6: Hamas announced Monday it has accepted an Egyptian-Qatari cease-fire proposal, but there was no immediate word from Israel, leaving it uncertain whether a deal had been sealed to bring a halt to the seven-month-long war in Gaza.
It was the first glimmer of hope that a deal might avert further bloodshed. Hours earlier, Israel ordered some 100,000 Palestinians to begin evacuating the southern Gaza town of Rafah, signalling that an attack was imminent. The United States and other key allies of Israel oppose an offensive on Rafah, where around 1.4 million Palestinians, more than half of Gaza's population, are sheltering.
An official familiar with Israeli thinking said Israeli officials were examining the proposal, but the plan approved by Hamas was not the framework Israel proposed.
An American official also said the US was still waiting to learn more about the Hamas position and whether it reflected an agreement to what had already been signed off on by Israel and international negotiators or something else. Both officials spoke on condition of anonymity as a stance was still being formulated.
Details of the proposal have not been released. Touring the region last week, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken had pressed Hamas to take the deal, and Egyptian officials said it called for a cease-fire of multiple stages starting with a limited hostage release and some Israeli troop pullbacks from Gaza. The two sides would also negotiate a “permanent calm” that would lead to a full hostage release and greater Israeli withdrawal, they said.
