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Indian-American prof receives Young Urologist of the Year award

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New York: An Indian-American Associate Professor at New York-based Albert Einstein College of Medicine has been honored with the Young Urologist Award in recognition of her efforts and commitment to advance the development of fellow young urologists.
Dr Nitya Abraham, Program Director for the Montefiore Urology residency program, has mentored countless students, residents, fellows and junior faculty both at her institution and others in the New York region.
“I’m grateful to my mentors over the years, my chair at Montefiore Medical Center, and of course, my parents and supportive husband, for molding and equipping me to win this award,” Abraham said in a statement.

“At a time when rates of physician burnout are increasing, it is wonderful that the American Urological Association and its leaders are recognising the hard work of many young urologists across the country,” she added.
According to the American Urological Association (AUA), a ‘young’ urologist is defined as someone (who has completed training) who has been in practice for 10 years or less.
Abraham is also the Chair of the Executive Curriculum Committee for Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and has served the AUA as an Oral Board Review Course faculty member. She is a member of the Society for Urodynamics, Female Pelvic Medicine, and Urogenital Reconstruction (SUFU) Young Urologists Committee and social media committee.
The awards committee described Abraham as a prolific researcher with a clinical research focus on the impact of social determinants of health on pelvic floor health.
She has received funding from the US Department of Defence for urinary diagnostic markers of interstitial cystitis, and is also a co-author of the AUA White Paper on Rationale and Strategies for Reducing Urologic Post-Operative Opioid Prescribing, a statement released by AUA said. A graduate of University of Connecticut, Abraham completed Medicine at New York University Langone Medical Center and the Urology residency at the same place.

She did a fellowship in Female Urology at Cleveland Clinic, following which she joined the Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx. She is the daughter of Dr Thomas Abraham, Chairman of Global Organisation of People of Indian Origin (GOPIO) International, and retired internist/geriatrician Dr Susy Abraham.
Along with Abraham, Rena Malik, MD from Mid-Atlantic Section at the University of Maryland; Jesse D. Sammon, DO from New England Section at Maine Medical Partners Urology; Sarah Vij, MD from North Central Section at Cleveland Clinic; Alexander J. Ernest from MD, Society of Government Service Urologists at Brooke Army Medical Center, etc., also received the award.
Established in 2012-2013, AUA’s Young Urologist of the Year Award is presented annually to select early-career members in recognition of their efforts and commitment to advancing the development of fellow young urologists. The following members were selected by their colleagues who serve on the Young Urologists Committee and endorsed by their respective Section/Society to receive this special honor for 2023
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

April 3, 2023
Russia arrests young woman for St. Petersburg bombing

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Russian law enforcement on Monday detained a young woman suspected of bombing a St. Petersburg cafe, in which a pro-Kremlin military blogger was killed and dozens injured on Sunday, according to media reports.
In a video from the interior ministry published by state news agency TASS, a woman presented as Darya Trepova can be heard saying she “brought a statuette” inside the cafe, which “later exploded.”
She said she had been arrested for “being present at the place” where the bombing occurred.
POLITICO was not able to independently verify whether Trepova’s statement was made under duress.
Trepova was reportedly detained for several days last year for taking part in a protest against the war in Ukraine on the day Russia’s full-scale invasion started.
Russian military blogger Vladlen Tatarsky was killed by the St. Petersburg cafe blast, which also injured 25 people according to Reuters.
Tatarsky — whose real name was Maxim Fomin — was part of a group of high-profile influencers filing reports on the Ukraine war. He had more than half a million followers on Telegram.
According to AP, Tatarsky utilized “ardent pro-war rhetoric” in favor of Russia’s war in Ukraine.

Russia’s top investigative body announced Monday it had opened a probe into the bombing, which it labeled a “high-profile murder.”
The state-controlled Russian National Anti-Terrorism Committee called the bombing a “terrorist act” and accused Ukraine’s special service of planning the attack.
Mykhailo Podolyak, an adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s office, tweeted that Russia had “returned to the Soviet classics: isolation … espionage … political repression.”
This is the second time a pro-Kremlin media figure has been killed on Russian soil since the invasion began.
Last August, Darya Dugina — who was under U.S. sanctions for spreading misinformation about the war — was killed in a car bombing.

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April 1, 2023
Young Girl Fom Central Kashmir Writes Quran After Memorizing It

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SRINAGAR: A young girl from central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district has written the holy Qur’an after memorizing it.
Salima Jan from the Anderwan area of Ganderbal is pursuing BA and wrote the Qur’an during morning and evening times and completed it in around four months.
Salima said that due to the religious environment at their home, she a passion for writing the Qur’an.
“I started writing the Quran in November last year and completed it in March,” she said, adding, “My family has been very supportive and they provided me with everything I needed to complete the work.”
Salima said she has learned the Qur’an from many clerics and has memorized it by heart.
Her parents said it is a proud moment for them and the whole locality. “Remaining connected with one’s religion in today’s era is rare. We are proud of her,” they said. (KNO)

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March 29, 2023
Congress launches poster of Young India ke Bol’ programme

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Kolkata: The Congress on Tuesday launched the poster of the Young India ke Bol’ programme, through which the youth wing of the grand old party will select its spokespersons for the district, state and national levels.
Young India Ke Bol’ West Bengal in-charge Shams Shahnawaz said the programme will provide a political platform to the youths of the country, and they would be able to present their ideas in a democratic manner.
“At a time when the BJP is trying to gag dissent, Youth Congress will give microphones to lakhs of youths. The programme will make our leader Rahul Gandhi’s dream of maximising people’s participation in democracy a reality,” Shahnawaz said in a release.
Online applications for the programme will begin on April 23 and the finale will be held in Delhi in June.
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March 22, 2023
Meet Abid Ali, a young writer from Srinagar who published his first book recently

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Srinagar, Mar 22: A young writer from summer capital Srinagar has written his maiden book titled ‘A war already lost’.
Abid Ali Mir (29), a resident of Pandrethan, Srinagar after pursuing graduation and diploma has been writing on different issues and has published his first book recently.
Abid while talking to news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) said that he has been interested in writing since childhood but after completing graduation started writing fully.
“A war already lost is a short fiction that is my first book and I am already working on my second book that is going to be published next year,” he said.
“At a time when many youths are inclined towards mobile addiction and lethargy, with little interest in literature, I keep writing so as to attract more and more towards literature and keep them away from drug addiction and other social issues.”
He encourages everyone to pursue their passions with determination and achieve success in their respective fields, creating their own history in the process.
He is grateful for his parents’ and wife’s love and support, which have shaped his journey with strength and resilience.

“My main motive behind publishing this work is to show people that writing is a way to empty your mind from stress and share the thoughts which we are usually unable to speak about,” he said, adding that lot of people usually find it difficult to share their problems with others and this stress eats them up from inside and writing it down can possibly help one to stress less and feel better.
A person should share his/her knowledge because if a person leaves this world, their knowledge will stay alive,” he said, adding that he strongly believes that culture defines a person and one should always entertain it’s culture no matter how low or high they are in life.
“My message to the youth of J&K will be that be strong in each and every situation and never let depression and other things decide your fate,” he said—(KNO)
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( With inputs from : roshankashmir.net )

March 22, 2023
Young girls from Kashmir break stereotypes, opt for male dominant jobs

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Srinagar, March 20: Women empowerment in Jammu and Kashmir was not less than a challenge for the Indian government, but the measures taken so far have brought laurels and also proved fruitful as many of the young girls instead of sitting idle at home, have managed to set up their own units where they earn their livelihood.
The young girls with the active support of the government scheme UMEED through the J-K Rural Livelihoods Mission (JKRLM) have proved themselves within the society.
Defeating many odds, the girls have not only stood against the critics, but they managed to break the stereotypes in the Valley by preferring the “male-dominated” jobs, receiving appreciation from every nook and corner.
The famous delicacies in Kashmir, known as ‘Wazwan’, are being served to the people, especially on marriages, engagements and other special occasions. The one who prepares Wazwan is known as ‘Waza’ (Chef).
It was a male-dominated job, but nearly half a dozen girls from the Ganderbal district are breaking the stereotypes and have engaged themselves in the profession and earned their name as well.
These young girls from central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district are serving famous delicacies to people on special occasions.
“It was something new for the people as so far only males would prepare the Wazwan. At the beginning of our journey, we were criticized by the people and also faced many odds. With the passage of time, everything changed as the family, as well as the society, started appreciating us,” Ishrat Irshad, one of the girls said.
“It was all with the support of NRML’s UMEED that they have been able to achieve their goal and also become an example for the girls, who aspire to achieve their dreams. As time passes, we are not being invited to the functions like engagements, marriages and other events where we prepare food for the guests,” she said.

These girls are presently getting appreciation at a first-of-its-kind Sale of Articles and Rural Artisan Society (SARAS) event, being organized for 11 days at the Boulevard area of Srinagar.
Besides the girls from Ganderbal, there are many carts and every cart has a different story of women empowerment.
In another instance, the young girls from Srinagar outskirts have also preferred a male dominant job as they sell the famous barbeques and other fast-food items.
Barbeques in Srinagar are one of the fast foods that sell hot cakes every day. The young as well as old men install their carts at different places every day to sell the barbeques and other fast-food stuff.
However, it is for the first time that the girls have become engaged in selling barbeques and other food items on the outskirts of Srinagar.
Unlike the men who sell fast food on roads and in restaurants, these girls get orders for functions and events in bulk through which they earn their livelihood as well.
Mumtaza, one of the members of the self-help group was not sure whether they would get any response from the people. Still, as the people started relishing the barbeques prepared by them, they started getting calls almost every day, which helped them to set up their unit more vigorously.
The National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM) assisted the girls to get trained, which has been proving fruitful for them.
The girls further appealed to other women not to think about the future, but start their journey at the earliest to achieve their dreams.
“There is nothing impossible. We (females) can do anything, but there should be a will. Anyone, who wants to touch the sky, has to come out of her home and start afresh to achieve the target,” they said.
Pertinently, while inaugurating the 11-day National level fair SARAS (Sale of Articles and Rural Artisan Society) on the banks of world famous Dal Lake Near Ghat No- 8 Boulevard Road, the Mission Director Jammu and Kashmir Rural Livelihood Mission (JKRLM), Indu Kanwal Chib had said that there are many platforms where the women are being skilled in both farm and non-farm skills.
She also said that 40,000 women are already millionaires as they are earning more than one lakh a year and 65 per cent among them are entrepreneurs.–(ANI)
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( With inputs from : roshankashmir.net )

March 20, 2023
Aishmuqam’s Young Poet Wrote his 2nd Poetry Book SADA E DIL.

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Anantnag: A Youth from Aishmuqam area of Anantnag district in South Kashmir gave up her higher studies and even his passion for reading poetry and literature for over years to come up with his own Second poetry collection – ‘SADA E DIL’
Born and brought up in Ashmuqam locality of Anantnag town, has recently published his 2ND book of Poetry Collection.
Yass Muqami claimed that the book has a variety of poems and main focus is on various faces of life, including kindness, love, hate, struggles, fate, emotions, suffering, and other things.
He advised Kashmir’s younger generation, to focus on your dreams and work hard to attain them because the Valley is full of talented young people.
Yass told that he started writing from 2015 and completed it in 2018 and finally it was Published March 20 2023.
He thanks to Irshad Ahmad Ganaie who wrote Book Preface besides encouraged and boosted his poetic Techinques.

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March 19, 2023
The Sharp-Witted Representative Who Opened the Doors of Congress to Young Moms
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What hard-fought success Schroeder got — “It took nine months to deliver each of my children and nine years to deliver FMLA,” she’d later say — came from “her humanity and her persistence and her humor,” says Ellen Bravo, the former director of 9to5, National Association of Working Women, one of many national groups that worked for the bill’s passage. Year after year, Schroeder leaned into the absurdity of Washington, deploying a brand of witty straight talk that drew attention to her causes, well before social media and viral memes.
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“She was able to not just withstand obnoxious attacks on her, but to direct withering responses at the people” who went after her, Bravo says. “She handled them in a way that ate right through the veneer of authority.”
Schroeder was the one who declared that Ronald Reagan had a “Teflon-coated presidency” (an idea that reportedly came to her while frying eggs on a nonstick pan) and dubbed George H.W. Bush and Dan Quayle members of the “lucky sperm club” because they were able to run for office with the benefit of family wealth.
And she faced her own indignities with humor and theatrics. When she won a seat on the House Armed Services Committee early in her tenure, the chair, a Louisiana Democrat named F. Edward Hébert, was angry that she and Ron Dellums, a Black Democrat from California, had been placed on the committee against Hébert’s wishes. He provided only a single chair for the two of them, so Schroeder and Dellums squeezed into it together — “cheek-to-cheek,” she would later write — and sat that way for two years. “Barney Frank used to always say it’s the only half-assed thing I did when I was in Congress, but I’m not sure that’s true,” she quipped to the House historian years later.
Even as Schroeder grew in influence, eventually launching a short-lived bid for president in 1987, she faced doubts and digs about her demeanor: the time she wore a bunny suit to entertain kids in the U.S. Embassy during a 1987 Armed Services trip to China, the fact that she would sometimes sign her name with a smiley-face in the “P.” Some of the biggest scrutiny came when she dropped out of the presidential race and openly cried at the press conference, launching 1,000 think pieces about gender, politics and public norms.
But Schroeder had never feared wearing her motherhood or womanhood on her sleeve, down to bringing her children — and sometimes a pet bunny named Franklin Delano Rabbit — back and forth with her to Denver and on official international trips. “They’d usually spill at least two Cokes and a glass of milk on me before I got off [the ground],” she told the House historian years later. “I was always sticky … People would just be horrified, but that’s how we were.”
That unapologetic approach to parenthood is less rare today, in many public spheres. But there are still plenty of barriers to women with young children running for office, says Liuba Grechen Shirley, who ran for a New York congressional seat in 2018 with two toddlers at home and went on to form the group Vote Mama, which supports young mothers in politics.
And on the congressional level, at least, the family-friendly policies Schroeder championed at the height of her influence have largely been frozen in time. While the FMLA was game-changing 30 years ago, most of its advocates consider it woefully incomplete. As Grechen Shirley and Bravo point out, the law covers only 60 percent of workers, due to restrictions on eligibility. Many eligible people aren’t able to take advantage of it because they can’t afford to take the time off. (Bravo notes that state laws mandating paid sick leave are gaining momentum — they’ve been passed now in 11 states and the District of Columbia.)
Grechen Shirley attributes the lack of progress to a lack of representation. The 118th Congress has a record number of women and yet that’s still only 153 of 540 voting and nonvoting members, or 28 percent of the body. But it’s not just that there aren’t enough women in Congress, Grechen Shirley contends, echoing what Schroeder discovered 50 years ago. It’s that there aren’t enough mothers.

“It’s because our policies were not made by people who have the lived experience. If we want to change the system, we have to change the system-makers,” she says. “So many women will wait until their children are grown before they consider running, so it’s difficult to build that political power to get tenure, to get those leadership positions.”
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( With inputs from : www.politico.com )
March 17, 2023
Apply For Fully Funded Young Leaders Camp

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SRINAGAR: “Youth Break the Boundaries Foundation” of Indonesia is inviting applications for a week-long fully funded Young leaders camp 2023.
International citizens between 18-30 years who have a keen interest in leadership, community service, cultural exchange, and a good command of the English language are eligible to apply. TOEFL/ IELTS certification is not mandatory. The documents required for the fellowship include a CV/resume, a valid passport, a personal statement, and a letter of recommendation.
Selected candidates will be provided with full expenses throughout the week. Candidates will get an opportunity to develop their leadership skills, expand their global network, engage in community service, and develop cross-cultural links.
The last date to apply is March 28, 2023.
Eligible candidates need to apply online through the official website.
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March 15, 2023
Two young Afghan girls cycle their way up to world portals; may represent their country in Olympics

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On a scorching afternoon in Italy last year, two women cyclists could be seen toiling their way uphill along a steep mountain road in the Dolomite mountain range. As the heat increased, their struggle became harder but they pushed on. It was a 10 kilometre long climb but the two women seemed tireless. After 17 winding bends, the cyclists finally reached the top of the mountains and then paused to take a break. Below them lay a scenic green valley dotted with tiny houses and villages.
In Italy where cycling is a very popular sport and there are many passionate followers, the sight of two women pedaling their way up a difficult route would not be a surprising sight. But in this case, what was amazing was that these two young women were not Italians. They were from Afghanistan. Their names were Yulduz and Fariba Hashimi who were forced to abandon their hometown and settle in Italy when the Taliban authorities forbade them to continue with their beloved sport of cycling.
The story of the two sisters is fascinating. They were born in the province of Faryab in northern Afghanistan. The region forms the border with Turkmenistan and its economy is dependent upon agriculture and animal husbandry. The women of the region produce a variety of carpets known as Kilims which are sold all over Asia. But in the midst of such a rural ambience, were born two sisters whose talent lay in cycling. Unfortunately, the roads in the area are in bad condition and nobody in their right mind would ever try cycle on such roads.
But when the adventurous duo saw a neighbour’s cycle, they wanted to ride it. Aged only 14 and 17 at the time, they borrowed the cycle and learnt to ride it. They then went to a nearby town where a cycling competition was being conducted and entered their names. After one sister finished her event, she gave the cycle to the other sister who took part in her race. Amazingly, despite being beginners, one sister came first and the other came second in their respective races. From that day they were hooked.
They took part in more competitions but they had to keep it a secret from their parents who did not approve of their sporting activities. However, their parents soon found out because their photos had appeared in the local media. “They were upset at first. They asked me to stop cycling. But I didn’t give up,” said younger sister Fariba. Eventually the parents gave in.
But there was opposition from other quarters too. They were abused and threatened by people who did not want girls to take part in sports. “All I wanted to do was win races. But people threw stones at us and tried to run into us with their cars,” said Yulduz. But the duo did not give up. Soon they were called up for the national team. Everything was going well till the Taliban came to power in 2021.
They were officially instructed to stop cycling. If they continued with sport, they would face harsh penalties. It was then that the sisters realised that they would have to go away from Afghanistan if they wanted to continue their careers. Somehow, they contacted an Italian woman named Alessandra Cappellotto who was a cycling instructor.
The Italian woman decided to help them. She knocked on many doors beginning with the Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs and United Nations officials. After a lot of effort, Alessandra managed to bring the two sisters and three other girls (also cyclists) from Afghanistan to Italy. Needless to say, for the teenage girls, leaving their home was a traumatic experience. They had to say goodbye to their families, not knowing when they would see them again. Even now they become deeply emotional when they think of their parents. But the sisters have each other to share their innermost feelings.

Alessandra brought the girls to a town in the Veneto region of northern Italy, close to where she lives. She helped the group settle in their new country, organised a house for them to live in, arranged part-time jobs, and taught them the Italian language. Alessandra also provided them with brand-new cycles and a professional coach. “She was like a mother to us,” said Fariba.
Their successes continued in Italy. They have won races against European rivals and Fariba has even been inducted into a professional cycling team. Now their hopes are to represent Afghanistan in the Olympic Games. However, it all depends upon the decision of the Afghan government. Whether the government will allow women cyclists to take part in the Games or not, is the big question. But the President of the Afghanistan Cycling Federation, Fazli Ahmed Fazli is optimistic. “These women are amazing riders and I’m sure that soon they will win in big races for Afghanistan,” he said.
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March 13, 2023