Category: People
Mubeen Munawar
Mubeen Munawar, a poet, has been appointed the Chairman of the Karnataka State Urdu Academy. Mainly a writer of Naats (elegies of the Holy Prophet), M [...]
Suu Kyi Striped of 7th Honour
Aung San Suu Kyi, State Councillor (position equal to Prime Minister) of Myanmar, has been stripped of her Freedom of Edinburgh Award for her refusal [...]
Javed Ahmad Tak
Wheel-Chair bound Kashmiri receives award for promoting employment for disabled.
Srinagar: Javed Ahmad Tak, a Kashmiri who received the award of t [...]
Cauchar Birkar
Kurdish-Iranian Refugee Awarded 2018 'Fields Medal' for Mathematics
By Sameen Ahmed Khan
Cauchar Birkar has become the second Iranian, after the la [...]
Young achievers honoured by Stars of North East
Guwahati: Three young achievers -all girls and path breakers were felicitated at the "Star Talk Seven" event organised at the Goat Research Statio [...]
A Photographical Tribute
Wildlife photographer Masood Hussain's first solo exhibit was his way of thanking his school teachers for everything they did.
Hyderabad: A photogr [...]
Peace Efforts
Dubai: Sheikha Lubna Bint Khalid Al Qasimi, President of Zayed University, received a medal from the 'Religious Freedom and Business Foundation' rec [...]
Fatuma Ahmed – Kenya’s First Female Major General
Fatuma Ahmed became the first Kenyan female soldier to be sworn in as major general of the Kenyan military. At a swearing-in ceremony held in Nairob [...]
Rumana Jafri
Rumana Jafri, who was born and brought up in Bhubaneshwar, is working tirelessly for the service of others. She happens to be the first female and t [...]