To create awareness about the ill-effects of tobacco use, on “World No Tobacco Day”, the Sri Shankara Cancer Hospital and Research Centre organized a Walkathon which brought together over 1200 people. The most heartening aspect of this was to see so many youngsters joining the march! By Nigar It is nice to always look at…
Survey of Madrassas by SIO By A Staff Writer Bangalore: Seventy eight per cent of the students who have graduated from Madrassas, the Islamic theological schools, cannot converse in Arabic language; over 86% of these madrassas do not impart instructions in basic mathematics and civics; 74 % of them do not have a library. These…
By Abdul Adil London: Prime Minister, David Cameron, joined over 800 people to celebrate the very best of Muslim contribution to British society. The 12th, The Muslim News Awards for Excellence, 2014, Britain’s longest standing Muslim awards event, was held in central London on March 31. The Guest of Honour, Cameron, said, “I’m delighted to…
Today, walk into any hospital and the lobby is packed with people in pain. Try to read their faces, and the one thing that you will find common among them all are the worry lines that say, “What is going to happen to me? Who will take care of me?” Outside the lobby of the…
Today, walk into any hospital and the lobby is packed with people in pain. Try to read their faces, and the one thing that you will find common among them all are the worry lines that say, “What is going to happen to me? Who will take care of me?” Outside the lobby of the…
By Zaidul Haque Jalpaiguri/Kolkata: All of us are familiar with four wheeler ambulance. But a motor bike serving as an ambulance is quite unusual. However, a tea garden worker in Jalpaiguri district in West Bengal uses his motorbike to take poor villagers to hospitals and clinics free of cost. Karimul Haque from the Dhalabari village…
