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India to launch trials on new TB vaccine; Hyderabad firm Bharat Biotech takes lead
TB or Tuberculosis, the once dreaded disease, continues to remain a top killer in India. BCG, the only available vaccine is over a hundred years old. The multi-drug therapy, though quite effective…
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How the last few Seviyah makers of Hyderabad are keeping the craft alive
Hyderabad: In the tiny lanes of Chaderghat, Dabeerpura, Yakutpura, Golconda, and Langer Houz, families work for weeks in the holy month of Ramzan to make vermicelli (seviyah). While branded buying seviyah from…
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Rooh Afza: Soulful saga of iconic summer drink transcends borders
Jeddah: For over a century, people in India and Pakistan have relished Rooh Afza, a cooling squash with rose fragrance and crimson shade. The syrup was developed by Hakeem Hafeez Abdul Majeed,…
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Khalid Ansari, ex-owner-editor of Inquilab and Mid Day returns to Mumbai for charity work
Over three decades ago, I knocked at the office door of Khalid Ansari’s son Tarique Ansari (Tarique Bhai) in Mumbai. Then Khalid Ansari Sahab was too big for a young Bihari boy…
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MP: 17 held for celebrating Pakistan cricket win found innocent after 6 years
Six years after a group of 17 Muslim men, including two minors, who were wrongly accused of celebrating Pakistan’s victory in a cricket match in June 2017, a Madhya Pradesh court found…
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LS Polls: Opportunity for Pakistan to prove responsible neighbor
Lok Sabha elections in India offer a grand opportunity to Pakistan to demonstrate that it is a responsible neighbor, and if it does so it can re-open a door for dialogue with…
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Citizenship (Amendment) Act rules, 2024 – understanding its origins
The Indian central government notified the Citizenship (Amendment) Act rules recently. The rules expedite the citizenship process for persecuted minorities who migrated from Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Afghanistan and arrived in India before…
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Whether or not to eat watermelon, asks Kashmir this Ramzan
By Suhail Khan Srinagar: A year after record consumption of watermelons in Kashmir, this Ramzan, the most pertinent question in Kashmiri households remains whether or not to eat them now.A social media…
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Election 2024: Govt must prioritise political transparency, accountability, ethical behaviour
The Chief Election Commissioner, Rajiv Kumar, has announced the 18th Lok Sabha election schedule, starting in April. He has identified four major problems that affect India’s free and fair elections. These are…
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Kashmir parties unburden themselves of goal of restoration of Article 370
Kashmiri politicians have unburdened themselves of the huge goal post of restoration of Article 370, realizing neither the ground realities in the country nor the people favour them. They have scaled down their goals, which were…
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India yet to sign international refugee convention
While the Opposition is up in arms attacking the Modi government notifying the controversial CAA just days before general election is announced, there is another important issue on which India has yet…
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Nathervali Dargah: A testament of South India’s centuries-old Islamic tradition
By Abinaya Sivagnanam In the heart of Tamil Nadu lies Tiruchirappalli (or Trichy), home to the Hazrath Thable Alam Badusha Nathervali Dargah. The shrine is a testament to the centuries-old Islamic tradition…
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Who will be the next President of the United States?
Joe Biden and Donald Trump, the current and former Presidents, are competing for the White House. They won most of the seats in the Super Tuesday primary. This is the first time…
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Modi’s tryst with Bollywood: The rise of right-wing narrative films
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Gudur Narayan Reddy’s movie ‘Razakar: Silent Genocide of Hyderabad’, based on the annexation of Hyderabad to India in 1948, is slated for release on March 1. So is…
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Social Media is a health hazard; What India is doing to curtail this hazard?
Recently the mayor of New York City, Eric Adams, declared social media as a health hazard, especially for young teenagers. The city became the first major city of the world to do…
