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Hazrat Shah Khamosh: The silent Sufi saint
Syed Zuhaib Quadri By Syed Zuhaib Quadri Born in Bidar more than 200 years ago, into a Sadat family (Prophetic Descendents) renowned for their learning, erudition, and piety, Hazrat Shah Khamosh’s birth…
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Shams-ul-Huda Bihari, the unsung lyricist of Hindi cinema
Venkat Parsa Shams-ul-Huda Bihari, popularly known as S H Bihari, the renowned Poet-Film Lyricist of the Golden Era of Hindi Cinema, has produced some of the masterpieces of the Hindi film songs.…
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UN official calls millennials to protect environments
Syed Qamar Hasan By Syed Qamar Hasan A high-ranking official from the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, UFCCC said yesterday, he was optimistic that India would be able to cut…
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Opinion: It’s time for Election Commission to ban super-spreader poll rallies
Kalyani Shankar Many people doubt whether it is necessary to hold the upcoming Assembly polls in the poll-bound states next month or postpone, as the Allahabad High Court has suggested. During the…
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Explainer: Why are doctors protesting delay in NEET-PG counselling?
Resident Doctors Associations in Delhi have been protesting over the delay in National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test (Postgraduate) 2021 counselling. It is pertinent that we understand what precisely caused the delay, why…
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When Aamir Subhani visited AMU
In the summer of 1987, I was vacationing in my village when the All India Radio included brief news in its 9 pm bulletin about Aamir Subhani topping that year’s Civil Services…
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India’s pace attack is now the most formidable weapon in world cricket
For the first time in Test cricket history, India has a battery of fast bowlers who can hammer down the world’s best batting line ups. The year 2021 began and ended on…
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Covaxin-2021–A year of ups and downs or travails and triumphs
M Somasekhar January 1, 2022 rang in some good news for Covaxin, the indigenous vaccine against COVID-19 developed by a consortia led by Bharat Biotech, Hyderabad and National Institute of Virology (NIV),…
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Sultan Ghari: India’s first Islamic Mausoleum built in 1231 for Prince Nasiruddin
New Delhi: India’s first Islamic Mausoleum which was built for Prince Nasiruddin Mahmud, son of Iltumish. It is located in the Nangal Dewat Forest, near Nangal Dewat Vasant Kunj. Iltumish who was…
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UP Assembly elections biggest test for Owaisi and AIMIM
Hyderabad: From being confined to seven Assembly seats in its traditional stronghold of Hyderabad to now eyeing 100 seats in Uttar Pradesh, the AIMIM has come a long way during the last…
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Are Muslim youth turning less religious with increasing communal unrest?
The proportion of devotional Muslims has reduced since the year 2016, according to a survey titled ‘Indian Youth: Aspirations and Vision for the Future’. The report of the survey, conducted by the…
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The Dragon’s long shadow on Sri Lanka
New Delhi: For some South Asian countries like Sri Lanka, Myanmar and Bangladesh, the ‘China Nightmare’ is no longer just a bad dream. It is a living reality, which continues to threaten the…
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US knee-deep in pandemic chaos as New Year rung in
New York: The latest surge of coronavirus with the variants of Omicron and Delta combined has kept the US in complicated chaos of understaffed medical services as well as cancelled flights, while…
