Meher Tabassum is a Scientist working at the Division of Remote Handling and Robotics, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, India. She is a Government of India employee, with an official status of Class I Gazetted Officer. In an interview with TwoCircles.Net, she shares her aspirations and the importance of education for young Muslims today. “I was born in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, to a highly educated Sunni Muslim family. Since my…
by Indira Satyanarayan Mumbai: April 14 was a memorable day in the history of elegant Saifee Hospital when hree of its leading doctors were feted with honours. Dr. H. R. Undre, Head of the Department of Surgery, was honoured for receiving the Scroll of Honour by the National Board of Examination, New Delhi under the Ministry of Health. The young Achievers Award was presented to Dr. Aijaz Ashai,…
Inclusive growth has emerged as the key theme of the Planning in the country in the wake of high degree of inequalities. The Right to Compulsory and Free Education Act was passed two years ago and will become justiciable from April 1, 2013. Under the Act every child in the age group of 6 to 14 can demand free education from the State. It incorporates the…
New Delhi: The All India Muslim E d u c a t i o n a l Society is organising its 9th Educational Conference “ Iqra 2012, on 5th and 6th May in Jaipur. P a r t i c i p a n t s from all over the country will discuss their views and ideas to uplift the educational standards of Muslims in India. The All India Muslim Educational…
Tobacco was responsible for 1,20,000 death”84,000 men and 36,000 women”adults in 2010 in India, according to a paper published in The Lancet. Oral cancer is said to cause twice as many death as lung cancer. Which means those who chewed tobacco (pan masala, zafrani patti etc) were more vulnerable to death. About 170 million Indians chewed tobacco and 120 million smoked, according to a 2009- 2010 survey. The tobacco-related cancers constitute…
By Mohd. Ismail Khant Hyderabad: The 5000-km long, ten-day yatra that began from Batla House in Delhi on 12th April with an aim to create awareness regarding illegal arrests of Muslims, ended at Mecca Masjid in Hyderabad on April 21. The caravan named “Safar-e-Insaf-o-Bhaichara” was organised jointly by Khudai Khidmatgar, National Alliance of People’s Movements (NAPM), Mission Bhartiyam, Act Now for Harmony and Democracy (ANHAD), National Confederation of Human Rights Organisations, and…
‘Rise of Sea Level will Gobble Up 50 Major cities’ Neeraj Jain is a social activist and is one of the founders of the Lokayat, an activist group based at Pune taking up several causes in the public interest. Ecology is one among them. He recently made a presentation at the Poona College on the threat of Greenhouse Effect in the threeday conference on ‘Worldview of Development: Challenges and Alternative…
Hyderabad: The Academy of Research, Translation and Islamic Dawah here will organize a 3-day international seminar on the life, works and mission of renowned Islamic researcher Dr. Hameedullah, a citizen of former Nizam State who later migrated to Paris and continued his writing career spanning over nearly five decades. The seminar will be held on September 21-23, 2012 in Hyderabad and will highlight his multifarious contribution to literature on Quran,…
Empowering Young Minds to be Leaders of Tommorrow “It is a greater work to educate a child, in the true and larger sense of the word, than to rule a state.” William Ellery Channing. This quote by one of the greatest Theologians of United States, bears testimony to the significance of education. It is one great tool that holds the…
By Our Correspondent Jaipur: A clandestine deal with the powerful mining lobby on a 100-year-old roofless mosque situated on a hill-top at Pur village in Bhilwara district of Rajasthan has resulted in its demolition. This has enraged the community, as the culprits were Muslims who sold the revered place of worship for Rs. 65 lakhs. The Jindal Saw Limited, owned by the O. P. Jindal Group in which…
