Dementia is a general term for a decline in mental ability, severe enough to interfere with daily life. Memory loss is an example. Alzheimer’s is the most common type of dementia. Dementia is not a specific disease. It’s an overall term that describes a wide range of symptoms associated with a decline in memory or other thinking skills severe enough to reduce…
Pursuit of profits is encouraging corporate hospitals to indulge in unethical practices. Often medical practitioners have their eyes on pockets and wallets rather than hands on pulse. Commercialisation of hospitals and medical profession is emerging as a big challenge on the health front in India. With no regulatory authority still in place, the mushrooming private and corporate hospitals around the country are making hay while sun shines.…
Obsessive addiction with new media is turning many youth into ‘Cyborgs’ A new term ‘Cyborg’ has gained currency. It stands for those who are ‘continuously connected’ and seem to consider it normal. These people are the ones whose lives have merged seamlessly with their machines, be they computers, iPads, iPhones, mobiles, smartphones and what not.…
Indians are living longer, thanks to the better nutritional standards and health awareness and access to health facilities. The current average national life expectancy is 65. With retirement age being 58 or 60, depending on the state where one resides, an average individual will have to live five to seven years as part of an…
Dubai plans to build the first eco-friendly mosque near the Clock tower Roundabout in Deira. Awqaf and Minors Affairs Foundation (AMAF) said, the 45,000 square feet mosque would take shape over an area of 105,000 square feet. As the largest mosque in Dubai, the facility will accommodate 3,500 worshippers. Using green building techniques, the mosque is likely to be completed in 2013. The mosque will feature green spaces,…
A special village for orphans, abandoned children and those of unknown parentage is being built in Umm Al Qaiwain in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in the lines of the world famous SOS Children’s Villages. The ministry of social affairs said the village, officially named “The Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Social Care Village”, is being constructed and funded by the Khalifa bin Zayed Humanitarian Foundation. The…
The Dutch Muslim Party (NMP) has dissolved, following the resignation of leaders Henny Kreeft and Jacques Visser. The two men, converts to Islam, started the party in 2007 with the purpose of decreasing the gap between Muslims and non-Muslims. The party had little electoral success, winning no seats in the 2010 federal elections, with 0.5% of the vote. The party dissolved because “the time is not…
Rabia Khedr and her younger sister Uzma Khan were awarded Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee medals for their efforts in advocating for disabled people. The blind Muslim sisters were among more than 600 Canadian receiving the medals at Toronto’s Roy Thomson in third week of June. Khedr is a well-known Canadian Muslim who has worked tirelessly to raise awareness around disability issues. At university, she became actively involved with the…
A recent TISS report reveals that poverty and illiteracy are the key factors for the large population of Muslims in jails. By A Staff Writer A recent report by two scholars, Dr Vijay Raghvan and Roshni Nair of the Centre for Criminology and Justice at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) reveals that Muslims comprise 32.4 % of the prison population in…
By Maqbool Ahmed Siraj Islamic banking is only nominally different from conventional banking and the element of interest gets camouflaged. For suave, soft- spoken and everpensive Abdul Hamid Taylor, life has been a multi-tiered escalator, offering one station after another, each elevating him to a newer height. A banker by choice, qualification and training, Hamid having dealt with money in ample measure, is now looking to…
