Every week, HuffPost India will bring you a carefully curated list of things to cheer for, from India and around the world. Our third installment includes Pakistan getting the first Hindu woman as a civil judge, a stray dog in Madhya Pradesh saving a woman from molestation and a man saving a woman’s life after learning CRP through the show The Office.
Pakistan’s first Hindu woman judge
Suman Kumari became the first Hindu woman in Pakistan to be appointed as a civil judge, PTI had reported.
Suman, who hails from Qambar-Shahdadkot, will serve in her native district. She passed her LLB. examination from Hyderabad and did her masters in law from Karachi’s Szabist University, Dawn reported.
According to Pawan Kumar Bodan, her father, Suman wants to provide free legal assistance to the poor in Qambar-Shahdadkot.
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Stray dog saves woman from being molested
A stray dog in Bhopal’s Chhola area came to the rescue of a woman when she was being molested by a man who had broken into her house.
The woman used to feed the dog, named ‘Sheru’, regularly. The Times of India reported that the accused knocked on the woman’s door and when she opened the door, he forced himself in and grabbed her.
The dog reportedly attacked the accused and drove him away. However, he stabbed and injured the dog before fleeing, reported News18.
Locals pitch in to construct house for MLA
Newly-elected MLA in Madhya Pradesh, Sitaram Adivasi, lived in a thatched hut in the Sheopur district with his wife. Looking at his plight, the people of his constituency are now donating money to get a proper house constructed for him, PTI reported.
The 55-year-old BJP leader became a first time MLA after defeating Congress’ local heavyweight Ramniwas Rawat from Vijaypur constituency in Sheopur in the Assembly polls held in November last year, and is waiting for his first salary.
The MLA, overwhelmed by the gesture of locals, said when he gets his first salary from the government, he will “use it for the welfare of the poor” in his constituency.
Asia Bibi offered asylum by Canada
Pakistan’s Supreme Court upheld the acquittal of Asia Bibi, a Christian woman who spent years on death row after being convicted of blasphemy, dismissing a petition filed by Islamists who have called for her execution.
She is moving to Canada after accepting an offer of asylum by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
Bibi was convicted in 2010 for making derogatory remarks against Prophet Muhammad. In October last year, Pakistan’s Supreme Court overturned her conviction.
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Man saves woman’s life with CPR he learned from an episode of The Office
A 21-year-old man in Tucson, Arizona saved a woman’s life after providing CPR that he learned from an episode of the TV show The Office. Cross Scott saw an unconscious woman in the driver’s seat of the car which was moving forward slowly.
He placed a rock in front of a tyre to keep the car from rolling. He checked the pulse of the unconscious woman and did not feel anything. According to The Arizona Daily Star, Scott remembered an episode of The Office in which Steve Carell’s character does chest compressions on a practice dummy to the beat of the Bee Gees song “Stayin’ Alive” during an in-office CPR training.
With that in mind, Scott leaned over the woman, got his hands in position and began singing the song out loud. The woman started breathing again in maybe a minute.
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(With PTI inputs)