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In the tapestry of Kerala’s thriving business world, one name echoes with the resonance of perseverance and dedication - Pharis Aboobacker . He isn’t just a millionaire businessman; he’s the living embodiment of the adage “actions speak louder than words,” a testament to how persistence and unwavering determination can carve an extraordinary success story. Pharis Aboobacker has been a topic of conversation, intriguing everyone curious about the man behind the success. His story is more than just that of a prosperous entrepreneur; it’s a journey from an average childhood to becoming a Phoenix, rising with unwavering zeal and creating an incredible future. Pharis Aboobacker The Early Years: A Tale of Zeal and Passion Pharis Aboobacker ’s roots trace back to Nandi, a picturesque settlement in the Kozhikode district near Koyilandy. His early years were marked by diligent studies at the local Poykayil school and later, at the esteemed Farooq College in Kozhikode. Even in his formative years

After a 41-year-old Indian nurse working in Israel was severely injured in the recent Israel-Hamas war, her husband appealed to the Indian government for help. Indian nurse in Israel gets injured in war shelling, husband seeks help from Centre Sheeja Anandan, a 41-year-old Indian nurse working in Israel’s Ashdod city for the past 7 years, was injured in the Israel-Hamas war that broke out on Saturday. Her Pune-based husband, P Anandan, said he was on a phone call with her at around 12 noon on Saturday, when a missile struck. After the phone conversation was abruptly cut short by a deafening explosion, Sheeja’s husband was unable to reconnect with her. He reached out to her friends in the vicinity, who told him about the shelling and later visited Sheeja’s location after it stopped. They said Sheeja was severely injured and transferred to a government hospital. Speaking to India Today, P Anandan narrated the gravity of his wife’s situation. “My wife has undergone four surgeries. Her res

The police claimed one of the slain Lashkar-e-Taiba ultras was involved in the killing of bank guard Sanjay Sharma earlier this year. For representational purpose. SRINAGAR: Two terrorists of the proscribed Lashkar-e-Taiba were killed in an encounter with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian district on Tuesday, police said. The encounter broke out in the early hours of Tuesday after security forces launched an anti-militancy operation following information about the presence of ultras in the district’s Alshipora area, they said. “Two terrorists killed. Search going on. Further details shall follow,” the Kashmir Zone Police said in a post on X. The police claimed one of the slain Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) ultras was involved in the killing of bank guard Sanjay Sharma earlier this year. “Killed terrorists have been identified as Morifat Maqbool and Jazim Farooq alias Abrar of terror outfit LeT. Terrorist Abrar was involved in the killing of Kashmiri Pandit late Sanjay Sharma,” A

 The woman’s counsel submitted that there was no material to suggest she had a role in the crime. Kerala High Court. KOCHI: Coming down heavily on a woman who allegedly facilitated the rape of her minor daughter by the girl’s stepfather, the Kerala High Court observed that her actions were an ‘insult to motherhood.’ “The allegations against the petitioner are very serious and, if true, they are an insult to motherhood,” the court observed while dismissing the bail plea of the woman, the second accused. The prosecution said there was even an allegation that the woman, on one occasion, stripped the minor at the behest of the stepfather, the first accused. Between 2018 and 2023, the man, with the knowledge and consent of the woman, indulged in sexually flavoured talks with the survivor. The girl was forced to send her nude pictures to her stepfather’s phone. He first raped the minor in October 2018 and continued the activity. The man committed the act in connivance with the girl’s mother,

Israel has pounded the Gaza Strip over the past three days after Hamas militants surged into southern Israeli towns in a surprise attack that has left hundreds killed. Smoke rises after the Israeli air strike in the Gaza Strip on Monday, Oct. 9, 2023. GAZA CITY: Palestinian militant group Hamas threatened Monday to kill hostages if the Israeli army carried out air strikes without prior warning targeting residents of the Gaza Strip. “Every targeting of our people without warning will be met with the execution of one of the civilian hostages,” the Ezzedine al-Qassem Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, said in a statement. “The enemy doesn’t understand the language of humanity and ethics, so we’ll address them in the language that they understand.” Israel has pounded the Gaza Strip over the past three days after Hamas militants surged into southern Israeli towns in a surprise attack that has left hundreds killed. Militants, who sprayed bullets under the cover of thousands of rockets fir

Israel-Palestine War: As many as 2,300 Israelis have sustained injuries and more than 700 have died so far in the surprise Hamas attack on Saturday morning.           Netanyahu also went on to thank US President Biden and other world leaders for their support. Tel Aviv: In a stern warning to Hamas, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday said that “though Israel did not start this war” but “will finish it”. As part of its retaliation against Hamas, Israel has mobilised 3,00,000 troops. This is the largest mobilisation since the 1973 Yom Kippur War when Israel called up 400,000 reservists, Times of Israel reported. “Israel is at war. We didn’t want this war. It was forced upon us in the most brutal and savage way. But though Israel didn’t start this war, Israel will finish it,” said Mr Netanyahu in an address to the nation. As many as 2,300 Israelis have sustained injuries and more than 700 have died so far in the surprise Hamas attack on Saturday morning. PM Netanyahu la

All 10 people killed in the Hamas attack were students of agriculture from Sudur Paschim University in Western Nepal, according to ministry sources. Hamas carried out a barrage of air strikes in Southern Israel on Saturday, killing over 600 people KATHMANDU: Ten Nepali students have been killed and four others injured in Israel after the Palestinian militant group Hamas launched a wave of rocket attacks in the country’s southern region, Nepal’s foreign ministry said on Monday. Hamas carried out a barrage of air strikes in Southern Israel on Saturday, killing over 600 people, including soldiers, and wounding more than 1,900. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) in response launched multiple attacks targeting Hamas’ key infrastructure. About 1,000 people have been killed in Israel and Gaza in the biggest escalation in decades between the two sides. In a press statement, the foreign ministry here said 10 Nepali nationals lost their lives in the recent attack by Hamas in Israel. Out of the 1

Turkey's defence ministry said Friday it had launched a new wave of air strikes in retaliation for an attack in Ankara earlier this month that wounded two security personnel. A man reacts during the funeral of members of the Kurdish Asayish security forces, killed a day earlier in a Turkish drone strike, in the town of Amuda on October 7, 2023. QAMISHLI (SYRIA): A Turkish air strike on Monday killed 20 Kurdish security personnel and wounded dozens at a training centre for police in Kurdish-held northeast Syria, a war monitor said. Turkey has been bombing sites in the area since Thursday, hitting civilian and military targets and infrastructure and causing casualties, according to Kurdish authorities. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a UK-based monitor, said that 20 people had been killed and around 50 wounded after a Turkish warplane targeted a training centre belonging to Kurdish internal security forces, known as the Asayish, on the outskirts of Al-Malikiyah. The Kur

The 27-year-old student, who was in her second year of postgraduate studies, died by suicide on Friday. The police recovered a suicide note in her room, which has gone viral on social media.  The medical student blamed her seniors on her suicide note before taking an excess amount of muscle relaxant.  A 27-year-old medical student in Tamil Nadu’s Kanyakumari was found dead in her hostel room on Friday, the police said on Sunday. The student, who was in her second year of postgraduate studies at Sree Mookambika Institute of Medical Sciences (SMIMS), died by suicide. The police recovered a suicide note in her room, which has gone viral on social media. In her suicide note, she named her professors and seniors, accusing them of “sexual harassment”, “senior toxicity”, “mental abuse”, adding, “Sorry Appa, I love you the most.” Another line, written in green marker, said: “Depressed people can also be seen happy. Be kind. Don’t judge. Be there for them.” The police have registered a case and

For weeks, excited music-lovers had looked forward to the Supernova festival, held in the desert in southern Israel to coincide with the Jewish festival of Sukkot.          Israeli music festival: 260 bodies recovered from site where people fled in hail of bullets “The time has come when the whole family is about to get together again,” organisers wrote on social media before it began. “And what fun it is going to be!” Just hours later, their social media pages are now flooded with desperate people trying to find loved ones, after Palestinian militants stormed the festival and opened fire as part of huge surprise attack on Israel. More than 260 bodies have reportedly been recovered from the festival site, according to rescue agency Zaka. One partygoer, called Ortel, said the first sign that something was wrong was when a siren went off at around dawn, warning of rockets. Eyewitnesses said the rockets were quickly followed by gunshots. “They turned off the electricity and suddenly ou

"We took out several dead bodies; three of them were little children," said Amir Hussain, a 33-year-old volunteer rescue worker              Children meandered over blocks of mud-formed masonry which were once simple homes Afghanistan: The hardscrabble village of Kashkak, a collection of mud-brick homes perched on a dusty plateau in western Afghanistan, is now a pile of rubble. The village was flattened by a magnitude 6.3 quake followed by a series of eight powerful aftershocks that buried many of its inhabitants Saturday morning. “We took out several dead bodies; three of them were little children,” said Amir Hussain, a 33-year-old volunteer rescue worker who dug through the night in the hope of finding survivors. “They had just came from their school, one of them was killed in the street and two others in their home,” he said. Around him, men in dust-stained clothes hacked at the camel-coloured earth — some still looking for bodies, others gouging out graves to bury the d