Autorickshaw driver honoured for returning bag carrying gold jewellery

Autorickshaw driver honoured for returning bag carrying gold jewelleryDubai: An auto rickshaw driver from Kerala has been honoured in Dubai for his act of returning a bagful of gold ornaments worth at least half a million rupees to its rightful owner.Calicut resident Mohammed Rafeeq was selected for the award by a special committee of the Kozhikkodu District Pravasi Association KDPA UAE, Emirates 24/7 reported here.I feel honoured to be invited to the UAE and to be given a public reception and reward following media reports about my honesty and integrity. Most of the auto rickshaw drivers in my city are honest, Rafeeq said.Recalling the incident on March 18, he said: Two ladies and a gentleman booked my three wheeler from the city to the railway station. I dropped them at the station and took another passenger.After half an hour, I noticed a bag in the back seat. When I opened it, it was full of gold ornaments. I decided to go back to the railway station and hand over the gold to the lady.I know that they were in Calicut in connection with a marriage programme. When I reached there, the lady was crying and appealing for help with many people assembled around her, he said. RelatedGovernment Considers 50 Per Cent Quota for Women in Urban Local BodiesViolence And Blame Traded Over Communal Tension in Keralas Nadapuram266 Kg Gold Missing From Keralas Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple: Audit Report

Take a Tour of Britains Eerily Beautiful Golden Blood Factory

Take a Tour of Britains Eerily Beautiful Golden Blood FactoryBlood is grouped into four types A, B, AB and O based on markers known as antigens carried on the surface of red blood cells, as well as 600 possible additional antigens. Its furthered sub typed by the presence or absence of another marker known as Rh factor, according to the Red Cross. One blood type housed in the lab contains no antigens whatsoever and is among the rarest types in the world.Whites photos provide a rare glimpse into the lab, which was founded in the 1940s. He described entering the buildings nondescript lobby then entering into a grey room to put on a blue surgical gown, shoe protectors and a hairnet. Next, he passed through an airlock into The White Room, the huge, sterile warehouse where rare blood from all over England is stored and processed.Very rare blood shared by under .01 percent of the population is processed and stored separately from the rest of the blood to avoid mistakes, White explained. However, British hospitals pay about $200 per bag regardless of blood type. If blood is needed in another country, the hospitals negotiate the rates.White, who called the lab a fascinating and miraculous space, said photographing the lab was more than a visual treat.Its quite easy to pass by the building without appreciating how much blood is needed in hospitals and how much of it passes through this place, he said.