By A Staff Writer Kochi: Majiziya Bhanu, 23, a student of Dental Sciences, was declared the winner of a bodybuilding championship held here on September 9. But sadly enough, the young sportswoman is finding no support to participate in the World Arm Wrestling Championship under 55 kg category in Turkey in October. The event is…
Dr. Sajad A. Loan, Professor at the Department of Electronics and Communication, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) has been awarded a Visiting Professorship by the highly prestigious University of Waterloo (UOW), Canada. The University of Waterloo has invited him for a period of six weeks as Visiting Professor to contribute to the ongoing…
Bengaluru: Mr. Anwar Shariff, former Chairman of the Jumma Masjid Trust, died on September 7. He was ailing for some time. He was 58. As Chairman of the Trust, he implemented several reforms and carried out development activities in Eidgah Quddoos Sahib and Masjid Qadiriya, in the heart of Bengaluru cantonment area. Shariff held the…
Aligarh: Prof Christian W Troll, noted scholar of theology and philosophy and Honorary Professor St. Georgen in Frankfurt, Germany will receive this year’s International Sir Syed Excellence Award for his work on Sir Syed Ahmad Khan, while Sanjiv Saraf, founder of Rekhta Foundation will be conferred with the National Sir Syed Excellence Award for his…
Muhammad Saif Ali, a 23 year old basketball player, college student and businessman from Asansol (in West Bengal), represented The professional West Bengal Basketball Team in 2014. He says the game and personality of basketball players inspired him to be physically fit, since initially he was overweight. Gradually, Saif discovered basketball as his passion and…
Wheel-Chair bound Kashmiri receives award for promoting employment for disabled. Srinagar: Javed Ahmad Tak, a Kashmiri who received the award of the National Centre for Promotion of Employment for Disabled People (NCPEDP) on the eve of Independence Day in New Delhi, has proved how determination can convert adversity into an advantage. A victim of the…
Kurdish-Iranian Refugee Awarded 2018 ‘Fields Medal’ for Mathematics By Sameen Ahmed Khan Cauchar Birkar has become the second Iranian, after the late Maryam Mirzakhani, to win the Fields Medal, the most prestigious prize in the field of Mathematics, awarded to someone under the age of forty. Caucher Birkar, a Kurdish refugee in the UK, is…
Hanan, the 19-year-old girl from Kerala who was recently both appreciated and trolled on the social media for posting photographs of her life’s challenges, has donated 1.5 lakhs for flood relief in the State. Hanan, who received 1.5 lakhs from well-wishers after a photograph of her selling fish to support her family and fund her…
Rashida Tlaib has become the first Muslim woman elected to the US Congress after winning the Democratic primary election to represent Michigan’s 13th district. After her grassroots campaign, during which she raised over $1 million, she won 33.6% of the vote. She will enter Congress officially on the 6th November, unopposed by any Republican candidates. Her district,…
Prof. Shahid Ashraf, Pro Vice Chancellor, Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) took over as Officiating Vice Chancellor of JMI consequent upon the acceptance of the resignation of Prof. Talat Ahmad, VC, JMI by the President of India who is the Visitor of the university, Prof. Ahmad has been relieved from the charge of VC, and will…
