Category: People
Feted: Mohammad Anisul Mahmood
Mohammad Anisul Mahmood, who topped in M.Sc Environmental Studies course from Bangalore University was conferred with Dr. Mumtaz Ahmed Khan Wakf Gold [...]
Nominated: Prof. G. S. Munawar Pasha
Prof. G. S. Munawar Pasha of Ghousia College of Engineering, Ramanagram has been nominated as a member to the Senate of Apex Professional University o [...]
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Muneer Hassan, the cricket commentator who pioneered the commentary in Urdu in 1969 during a club tournament in Pakistan died on July 29 in Karachi. H [...]
Magsaysay Award for Afghan Woman Governor
Afghanistan's first and only female governor Habiba Sarabi is one among this year's recipients of the Ramon Magsaysay Awards, often regarded as Asia [...]
Award for Corruption Eradication
Indonesia's Komisi Pemberantasan Korupsi, or Corruption Eradication Commission, won for its successful campaign to prosecute erring officials, recover [...]
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Sakar Khan, folk musician who played kamaicha, a bow and string instrument, died in Jaisalmer on August 10, a day after Eidul Fitr. Khan took the kama [...]
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Naturalist Zafar Futehally who had spent the last four decades of his life in Bangalore died at his home, Kihim in Konkan region of Maharashtra on A [...]
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Abd Al-Rahman Al-Sumait, who helped thousands of Africans understand and embrace Islam, constructed 5,700 mosques and four universities in Africa, p [...]
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Tamil writer and litterateur Abdullah Periyardasan died on August 20 in Ambur, 180 kms of west of Chennai. Periyardasan authored nearly 50 books in T [...]
Rajasab is new Tumkur Uniy. VC
Prof. Angadi Honnursab Rajasab (A. H. Rajasab) was appointed vice chancellor of Tumkur University on July 27. He was the dean of science faculty and [...]