by admin | May 25, 2021 | Islamic Banking, Islamic Finance, News
Liyakat Ali Khan addressing Press Meet at Press Club in Mumbai, Dr Ismail Shaikh, Wajid Qazi, Junaid Hasan and Danish Reyaz also can be seen
Awarded Gold Medal as Recognition of its Cooperative Banking Services
Mumbai: “Jan Seva Cooperative Credit Society is the only interest-free monetary institution in the country. With a sum of just Rs 191,000, it began its journey and within seven years its revenue touched the mark of Rs 224 crore in 2016. With zero income at the start, its income crossed Rs 3 crore last year,” said Liyaqat Ali Khan, Director, Jan Seva Cooperative Credit Society, while addressing a press conference here on Thursday.
Addressing the media at the Mumbai Press Club, Liyakat Khan said: “It is the only monetary institution which provides non-business loans and investment services to its members free of cost. It is no more taking any charges from them. Not only this, last year it distributed 10% profits to its shareholders.”
He further said that in the cooperative credit sector, Jan Seva is the largest institution that offers interest-free loans and it has got permission from 12 state governments to work.
“I am pleased to inform you that as recognition of its better performance, Jan Seva has been selected for the Gold Medal 2017 from Islamic Finance Forum of South Asia (IFFSA) which is headquartered in Colombo, the capital city of Sri Lanka. I want to congratulate and thank all members of Jan Seva who have cooperated me to reach this stage,” he said.
Main Services of Jan Seva:
- Saving Accounts like conventional banks
- Facility to earn Halal profits through interest-free investment
- Loans up to Rs 1 Lakh for non-commercial needs without any interest and charges
- Commercial loans up to Rs 25 lakh
“Both Muslims and non-Muslims are benefiting from our services in key states of the country,” said Liyaqat Ali Khan.
Speaking on the occasion, Dr Ismail Shaikh, Director, Jan Seva said: “It is due to Allah’s blessings that Jan Seva has been able to establish its identity in a very short period of time. People have posed faith in it and have taken it to new heights.”
“There are several institutions in the country but the position Jan Seva has got is rare. Our clean leadership has adopted such business patterns in a clean environment that now all people are appreciating it,” he said.
On the occasion, Wajid Qazi, Regional Manager, Jan Seva, invited the audience to visit the office of Jan Seva.
by admin | May 25, 2021 | Media
Candle light vigil today at 7 PM
The Mumbai Press Club expresses a serious concern over the killing of senior journalist Gauri Lankesh who was shot dead outside her home in Bangalore on Tuesday evening.
Ms Lankesh, 55, was shot dead by unidentified men from close range; three bullets hit her, one on the forehead, reported news agency IANS.
We request the governments of Karnataka to order CBI investigation into this sordid killing of a member of the Fourth Estate. The Club also demands that the Karnataka government should ensure that the culprits are subjected to maximum punishment – be it the foot-soldiers or the masterminds.
Ms Lankesh was the editor of weekly ‘Gauri Lankesh Patrike,’ a Kannada tabloid. Like her father, who was a noted Kannada writer, Gauri Lankesh faced opposition and criticism of her journalism.
Ms Lankesh is survived by her mother, her sister Kavitha Lankesh and brother Indrajit who runs Lankesh Patrike.
At the time of crisis, we stand behind the family and condemn the killing in strongest possible words and urge for speedy investigation and trial.
If this is how the Fourth Estate is going to be treated by the powers that be, while the government looks the other way, it is indeed a black hour for Indian democracy.
-Candle light vigil today at Club
Mumbai Press Club, in alliance with other media organisations, will hold a candle light vigil Today (6th September) at 7 pm seeking justice for our colleague. We all will meet at the gates of the Press Club where will hold a candle light vigil along with the portraits of the slain journalist.
All members are requested to attend the candle light vigil.
Looking forward to your support for strengthening journalist rights and unity!
by admin | May 25, 2021 | Corporate, Corporate Buzz, Media, News
Vinod Dua
Redink award for lifetime achievement goes to Vinod dua and Raj Kamal Jha of Indian Express gets ‘Journalist of the Year’ award at NCPA in Mumbai.
Mumbai: The RedInk Award for Lifetime Achievement in Journalism for 2017 has been bestowed on veteran journalist Vinod Dua. The award, a part of the National RedInk Awards for Excellence in Journalism, and instituted by the Mumbai Press Club, given to Mr Dua by the Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday, 7th June, in Mumbai.
Raj Kamal Jha
The Lifetime Achievement Award recognizes Mr Dua’s extensive and versatile contribution in different formats and subjects. He was among the country’s first psephologists, co-anchoring election analysis programs alongside Dr Prannoy Roy on Doordarshan. Later in 1985, he anchored ‘Janvani’ (People’s Voice), among the first program’s where ordinary people came forward to question ministers and their policies. He made a mark too as among the first anchors of electronic and broadcast journalism, being the first to produce a talk show on Zee TV with ‘Charavyuha’ in 1992. He also produced ‘Parakh’, a weekly current affairs magazine telecast on Doordarshan, and other popular news shows like Tasveer-e-Hind, Chunav Chunauti, Pratidin and Parakh, and Kaun Banega Mukhyamantri.
He was also editor of Hindi ‘Newstrack’ the first video magazine in the country from the India Today Group, a format that was later phased out. He also served as Editor of NDTV India and continues to be an active journalist today, anchoring a popular show called ‘Jan Gan Man Ki Baat’ on the digital platform The Wire.com.
Simultaneously, another coveted award, the RedInk Award for the ‘Journalist of the Year’ 2017 has been given to Raj Kamal Jha, Chief Editor of the Indian Express for providing exemplary stewardship over the last couple of years to the newspaper; and for pulling it back from an aimless drift to focused reporting and restoring what it has always been known best for – investigative journalism. Jha also led from the front to make Indian Express part of an international investigative team that cracked the global money laundering scam know as ‘The Panama Papers’.
Jha served with the Statesman in Kolkata, and the India today Group in New Delhi. He has been with the Indian Express since 1996.
Danish Reyaz with Vinod Dua after award ceremony
These awards were bestowed on the two senior journalists by the Managing Committee of the Mumbai Press Club after a lengthy period of consultations among senior members of the profession, and a survey of over 100 journalists in different beats and fields.
Apart from these two awards, the Redink Awards for Excellence in Journalism are given in 11 other categories to 30 other journalists for meritorious work in TV, print and digital formats. These awards are given through competitive entries that are curated and judged by distinguished juries in each category.
The competitive award categories include Politics, Crime, Health & Wellness, Business, Environment, Human Rights, Photography, Science & Innovation, Entertainment & Lifestyle and Sports& Mumbai Star Reporter.
Star India is the Presenting Partner for Mumbai Press Club Redink Awards for Excellence in Journalism 2017, while Aditya Birla Group, Glenmark Pharmaceuticals, Zee Entertainment, Eros International, Indiabulls Housing, Dr Reddy’s Laboratories, National Stock Exchange, Nanavati Hospital and JSW Steel are the Award Partners. The Hindu Group and Facebook are the media partners.
The Awards presented to the winners at a glittering ceremony at the Jamshed Bhaba Hall, NCPA, in Mumbai on 7th June. The Chief Guest for the event was Shri Devendra Fadnavis, chief minister of Maharashtra.
The RedInk Awards, the only national recognition for good journalism instituted by a professional body, have been created to raise the bar of news and feature writing in India and to encourage fair play and high ethical standards in media.
In the past, doyens of journalism including Vinod Mehta, Kuldip Nayar, N.Ram, Mrinal Pande, Dr Prannoy Roy and last year T N Ninan have been recipients of the ‘RedInk Award for Lifetime Achievement’.
by admin | May 25, 2021 | Corporate, Corporate Governance
Mumbai: The Mumbai Press club which represents over 2,500 journalists, strongly and unequivocally condemns the ban by the Union Ministry of Information & Broadcasting (I&B) on the Hindi news channel NDTV India for purportedly airing “sensitive information” in respect of the Pathankot attack by terror groups near the border. The Club also demands that the ban, imposed for one day on 9 November, should be withdrawn forthwith.
NDTV India in its response to a show cause by the government has said that channel did not report anything which other channels and newspapers had not covered simultaneously. It is therefore mischievous to singles out a particular channel for such penal action.
Though there are various legal options available for the government in the Indian Court of Law for any irresponsible media coverage, the I&B ministry action of banning against a specific TV channel that has been critical of the government, and has done serious ground reporting on the views of the common man, does not augur well for freedom of expression of the country.
The I&B ministry’s order imposing the ban is vague and also does not disclose what specific clips or information can be termed ‘sensitive’ and ‘useful to the enemy’.
Any penal actions like the ban of NDTV India that infringes on media operating and reporting freely will be stoutly resisted by media persons everywhere.
by admin | May 25, 2021 | Employment, News, Private Jobs
Aaj Tak Reporter Akshay Singh; Photo Credit India.com
Mumbai: The Mumbai Press Club demands an immediate CBI inquiry into the mysterious death of Aaj Tak reporter Akshay Singh. Any delay in ordering the probe will only strengthen the perception that India is sinking to the depths of another ‘failed’ Banana Republic.
Like others, who have died under mysterious circumstances, Akshay’s death needs to be probed by the CBI rather than Madhya Pradesh’s SIT, which depends on the state police for inputs and information. Nothing short of ordering a CBI probe into Akshay’s death is acceptable. We also urge Prime Minister Narendra Modi to break his silence on this perplexing and tragic issue.
Mumbai Press Club also deeply mourns the death of Akshay Singh, special correspondent of Aaj Tak, who died investigating and reporting the Vyapam scam at Ujjain, in Madhya Pradesh. We stand by the Dahod-based family of Singh, who was just 38.
Whatever may be the autopsy report, the case should not be treated as normal as we over the last one month have seen reports of many similar and unnatural deaths of people connected with the Vyapam scam, be it witnesses, accused, suspects, investigators and beneficiaries.
The death of Akshay has come at a time when the journalist fraternity is yet to come to terms with the burning to death of Jagendra Singh of Shahjahanpur in Uttar Pradesh and Sandeep Kothari of Balaghat in Madhya Pradesh, whose burnt body was found in Wardha district of Maharashtra. The two back-to-back similar incidents have come as a shock and a wake up call for all media persons.
Mumbai Press Club also demand an immediate sacking of MP minister Kailash Vijayvargiya who has been accused of showing appalling insensitivity with his dismissive comment on Akshay.
On its part, the Mumbai Press Club has taken the lead in helping file a case in the Supreme Court demanding a CBI Inquiry and is in touch with different journalist associations, organisations, federations and bodies in UP and New Delhi. The Club will also be extending some financial assistance to the bereaved families of the dead journalists.
The Mumbai Press Club has also set up a fact-finding team in collaboration with the Nagpur Union of Working Journalists to visit Nagpur, Wardha and Balaghat and investigate the brutal murder of journalist Kothari.
