Category: Ethical Fund
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Challenges and Opportunities for Halal Food Industry: A Prospective from Indian Market
By Shahbaz Alam Nadwi The global Islamic economy has gained an increasingly strong foothold in the world economy, driven by increasing Muslim consumer demand for dedicated products and services compliant with Islamic law that has developed the global sub-sectors of Halal food, Islamic financial services, cosmetics and pharmaceuticals, modest fashion, Muslim friendly travel, and Islamic-themed…
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UN provides $20mn for drought emergency in Somalia
The UN relief envoy in Somalia has allocated $20 million from the Somalia Humanitarian Fund (SHF) to provide immediate assistance to communities at risk due to drought in priority locations. Mogadishu, 4thJune 2022: The UN relief envoy in Somalia has allocated $20 million from the Somalia Humanitarian Fund (SHF) to provide immediate assistance to communities at…
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UN to ask $8bn from donors for Afghan crisis
Kabul: Deborah Lyons, the UN’s top envoy in Afghanistan, announced that the world body will ask $8 billion from donors as aid to help the war-torn nation amid the ongoing humanitarian crisis, the media reported. Addressing an international gathering at the Presidential Palace, Arg, here on Wednesday, Lyons said that transfer of cash to Afghanistan…
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Al-Khair Co-Operative Credit Society Strives to Improve the Economic Lot of Low-Income Groups
By Danish Reyaz Although the commercial banking system has propagated to far-flung areas, a large chunk of people, especially the poor, still remain out of their bounds. Reasons are many, including banks own reluctance towards disbursing small loans to these people. As a result, poor and low-income families often go to the local money lenders,…
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UPSC Qualifiers Felicitated By Zakat Foundation Of India
by Shaheryar Hossain for Maeeshat New Delhi: Okhla based Zakat Foundation of India (ZFI) felicitated its students who cracked UPSC exam on Sunday. While Syed Zafar Mahmood, a former civil servant, has been running the Sir Syed Coaching and Guidance Centre under the parent organisation ZFI, 28 students from his centre qualified UPSC exam this…
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Muslims donate for charity more than Hindus do: Govt. Survey
Maeeshat.in, Mumbai, July 16: Per household per month, Muslims donate Rs 126 for charity (i.e. to institutions) while Hindus donate Rs 82. But Christians donate far more than these two communities do – the Christians donate Rs 296 per household per month. Even Sikhs are ahead of Hindus by donating Rs 154 for charity per…
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Cox & Kings’ #GetawayGoddess creates buzz on Twitter
Mumbai : (IANS) Leading travel group Cox & Kings Ltd on Tuesday launched #GetawayGoddess campaign on Twitter asking women about various reasons that stop them from exploring the world. As soon as the hashtag went online, it reached 30 lakh people within no time, generating over three crore impressions in a flat four hours and…
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BigChemist.com celebrates Women’s Day with a heavy discount pill
New Delhi : (IANS) Offering the fairer sex more reasons to cheer this International Women’s Day, online pharmacy BigChemist.com, an omnichannel market place for medicines and healthcare products is offering up to 50 percent discount on its featured personal care, nutrition, baby and maternity care products, an official statement said. “This is a small gesture…
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“Transparency and cooperation are the pillars of Islamic Relief”
Islamic Relief India is full of energy and vitality with the aim to help the weaker section of the society.Over the years, it has traversed through an intricate maze of lanes. Having its headquarter in Birmingham, Islamic Relief India can claim with command, to quote the current Country Head Mohammad Akmal Shareef, “We follow the…
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Azim Premji Gives Half of His Stake in Wipro for Charity
Bengaluru: IT czar Azim Premji has given away almost half of his shareholding in Wipro, India’s third largest exporter of software services, towards philanthropy. Wipro’s billionaire founder has given away an additional 18 per cent of his stake in the IT company for charity, thus earmarking a 39 per cent of stake (worth Rs…