The Story of Khadija by Saniyasnain Khan, a Delhi based author has bagged the Sharjah Children’s Book Award. The award carries a cash prize of UAE Dirham 15,000 i.e., Rs. two lakh. The Story of Khadija is based on the life of Prophet Muhammad’s first wife. It has been translated into French, German, Turkish, Malay,…
Shirin Sharmin Chowdhury was elected Speaker of the Bangladesh Parliament called Sangsad on April 29. At 46, Shirin hold a Ph.D. in law from Essex University in Britain. She was earlier Minister for Women and child Affairs in the Prime Minister Hasina Wajid’s cabinet. She replaces former Speaker Abdul Hamid who was elected President of…
Arwa Al-Hujaili has registered as the first woman advocate in Saudi Arabia on April 9. She would practice under Waleed Al-Abul Khair as an apprentice. An apprentice has to serve three years under a full fledged advocate under the Saudi law.
Jamia Milia Vice-Chancellor Najeeb Jung has been appointed to the ‘Expert Committee’ to consider Backwardness of the States and develop a composite Development Index of States. The committee has been constitute by the Ministry of Finance of Government of India. It will consider backwardness of the States in terms of measures like distance of the…
Meem Afzal: Urdu journalist Meem Afzal, who earlier ran Urdu weekly Akhbar e Nau from Delhi has been appointed spokesperson of All India Congress Committee. Mr. Afzal was meanwhile India’s ambassador to Angola and Turkmenistan. He was Rajya Sabha member too for a term.
Mr. Chauhan presented the Shaheed Ashfaqullah Khan Award to Ms. Firoza Khan of Balaghat for service to minority education at the ceremony. Mr. Veteran journalist Azizuddin was given the Capt. Hameed Khan Award and artist and cartoonist Mr. Riyazuddin Ahmed from Indore was presented with Abul Kalam Azad Award. The awards carry Rs. One lakh…
Karnataka State Urdu Academy chairman Hafiz Amjad Karnataki and Karnataka State Minorities Commission Chairman resigned from their respective posts on November 19. The resignation followed defeat of the Bhartiya Janata Party in the Assembly election held on May 5 and swearing in of the Congress government in the State on May 15. Hafiz Amjad, an…
Nayeemul Hassan, a Pakistani origin British citizen was elected Lord Mayor of Manchester on May 15. A Labour party councillor Nayeem had earlier been Deputy Mayor. Manchester City Council has 100 members. Of these 16 belong to Muslim community. Even earlier, another Muslim Muhammad Afzal Khan had been elected Lord Mayor of Manchester.
Dr. Suraiya Tarannum, Professor and Head, Dept. of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering, was conferred the “Shiksha Rattan Puraskar” on April 15, 2013. The award presentation ceremony was organized by the India International Friendship Society, in New Delhi at the India International Centre. Dr Suraiya is the daughter of Dr. Shukur Ahmed, Professor (Retired), of Al-Ameen…
Samina Baig, 21, became the first Pakistani woman to climb Mount Everest, the world’s highest mountain along with her brother Mirza Ali and other women Mountain climbers on May 20, 2013. Samina and Mirza hail from Shimshal village in Hunza Valley in Pakistan. Mirza Ali is the third Pakistani male to conquer the Mount Everest.…
