Karnataka: MLA Zameer Ahmed Khan's team helps cremate bodies of COVID-19 victims
Bengaluru: Karnataka Congress legislator Zameer Ahmed Khan is leading a team of 20 volunteers to ensure Corona victims are cremated as per their religious conventions and attended by family members.
His move was taken after witnessing situations of death due to Corona where family members were denied a chance to pay respects to their deceased relative or the body was not handed over to the family. If nobody assists in conducting the last rites of a Corona victim – regardless of the religion – Khan's team volunteers to help out.
The body of a woman who had died of Corona infection in Chamarajpet – which is Khan's constituency – was kept at a private hospital. Her body, however, was not claimed by any of her relatives. Khan paid the treatment fees to the hospital and oversaw the cremation of the body as per the woman's religion.
The incident led to the formation of the team in the city. Khan said that his close aides Ayub, Farooq, Bala, Murthy and Amir were among the 20 people in the team. The cremation of more than 120 people has been conducted since the imposition of lockdown from March 28 till now, he added.
The team members have earned the appreciation of the people by assisting in conducting the last rites, themselves wearing PPE as per government guidelines and taking other precautionary steps doing so. That they follow the convention of each victim's religion has been further lauded.
Ration supply to 40k families
“The human race is said to go through such turmoil once every century. In our times, it is the Corona attack. We should, therefore, do our best to help one another out. There is no point in doing anything after the time has lapsed,” Khan reminded.
Speaking to Vartha Bharati, the legislator said that he prayed that nobody dies of Corona attack. “I pray that even my enemy should not be in a situation where the family members do not even get to bid a final farewell to a deceased person,” he added.
Further, he said that the poor people and daily wage earners had to go without work during lockdown. “I have, therefore, distributed the ration kits given by the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike to 40,000 families in my constituency. About 3,000 people were given 5 kg of vegetable packets each for about a month and a half. I also funded the provision of food and water for 14,000 people living in sealed down places,” he said.
Referring to the Ramdhan month, Khan said that he had distributed fruits among 5,000 people for Iftar daily. “I had also arranged for the Sehri and Iftar for people under quarantine, since our money should be used for the good of the people at the appropriate time,” the legislator stressed.
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Real Madrid fines Valverde and Tchouaméni half a million euros each for altercation
Barcelona (AP): Real Madrid slapped players Federico Valverde and Aurélien Tchouaméni with half-a-million-euro ($588,000) fines on Friday for their altercation during practice.
The massive fines came a day after the midfielders tussled when the team trained. Valverde said in a post on social media on Thursday that no punches were thrown. But Valverde knocked his head on a table and he suffered a small cut that required a brief hospital visit.
On social media, Valverde initially called it a “meaningless fight” with a teammate and said “everything has been blown out of proportion."
His employers, however, considered it a significant enough breach of team discipline to nail both Valverde and Tchouaméni with fines that bite even the bank account of a top soccer player. The half-a-million euro penalties reflect the reputational damage the club was enduring in a chaotic end to a disappointing season.
In a statement, the 15-time European champion said its disciplinary action was concluded after both players expressed to the club “their complete remorse for what happened and apologized to one another.”
Madrid added they also apologized to their teammates, the coaching staff and club supporters, as well as showing their willingness to accept whatever disciplinary action the club deemed “opportune.”
Tchouaméni was back training with Madrid on Friday, two days before they play at Barcelona in a clasico. Madrid has to win otherwise Barcelona will be crowned La Liga champion.
After being notified of the fine, he posted a public apology to the club and its fans on social media.
“What happened this week in training is unacceptable,” Tchouaméni wrote. "I say this while thinking about the example we are expected to set for young people, whether in football or at school.
“Above all, I am sorry for the image we projected of the club.”
Valverde was not at practice due to the head knock.
Both players are set to play in the World Cup next month, with Tchouaméni playing for France and Valverde for Uruguay.
Chaotic end to a poor season
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The run-in between the players, who for seasons have played side by side in Madrid's midfield, came after they argued this week in previous training sessions. But tempers boiled over on Thursday. Spanish media was rife with reports that the players previously disagreed over the club's decision to let coach Xabi Alonso go after just months on the job.
It was not the only altercation involving Madrid players during training this week. Álvaro Carreras confirmed he was in a “minor” incident with a teammate. Spanish media said he and fellow defender Antonio Rüdiger got into a scuffle.
Álvaro Arbeloa, the coach who was promoted from Madrid's reserve team when Alonso was fired in January, will face tough questions on what went wrong inside the changing room when he gives a press conference on Saturday ahead of the clasico at Camp Nou.
Madrid is facing a second consecutive campaign without a major trophy amid rumors in the Spanish media that club president Florentino Pérez is considering bringing back Jose Mourinho to straighten out his underperforming team.
