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Hyderabad, October 6: In a grand tribute to the illustrious Nizams of Hyderabad, the recently restored segment of the Nizam Museum, which also features the wardrobe of the Sixth Nizam Nawab Mir Mahbub Ali Khan Bahadur, considered the world’s largest, was inaugurated today. The event was observed as part of …

Delving into the intricacies of Chandrayaan-3’s remarkable mission, it becomes evident that a constellation of advanced sensors plays a pivotal role in orchestrating its journey to the Moon’s surface. These sensors, each a testament to cutting-edge technology, work in harmony to ensure a safe, accurate, and successful soft landing. According …

Embarking on an ambitious journey to achieve a historic feat, India’s Chandrayaan-3 mission is poised to make waves with its soft landing on the Moon’s surface. As the nation’s space agency, ISRO, orchestrates this monumental event, the world watches with bated breath. Chandrayaan-3’s mission holds the promise of joining the …

1. Date: India’s Independence Day is celebrated on August 15th every year. 2. Year:India gained independence from British colonial rule on August 15, 1947. 3. Tryst with Destiny:Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India, delivered the famous “Tryst with Destiny” speech on the eve of Independence. 4. National Flag …

Muslims have made significant contributions to India in various fields both nationally and internationally. Here are some notable examples across different domains: 1. Art and Architecture:    – The Mughal Empire left a lasting legacy of splendid architecture, including the Taj Mahal, Red Fort, and Jama Masjid in Delhi.   …

The Kohinoor Diamond holds immense importance and intrigue due to a combination of historical, cultural, and symbolic factors that have captured the imagination of people across the globe. Here are some reasons why the Kohinoor is considered so important: 1. Historical Significance: The Kohinoor Diamond has a long and storied …

The Kohinoor Diamond, renowned for its exquisite brilliance and captivating history, has journeyed through time and empires, leaving an indelible mark on the pages of history. From the heart of ancient India to the grandeur of the British Crown Jewels, this legendary gem has graced the heads of mighty rulers …

 The Koh-i-Noor diamond is one of the most famous and historically significant diamonds in the world. Its name, “Koh-i-Noor,” means “Mountain of Light” in Persian. Here’s a more detailed elaboration of its history: 1. Origins and Early History: The exact date of the diamond’s discovery is uncertain, but it is …

At a time when one’s everyday life is inevitably influenced by the social networks one uses and the propagandas that brews there, telling the truth from the fake is almost impractical. This is true at least for the common man, the tragic victims of such misinformation. Thousands of lives have …

Glimpses of a Ramadan in America Three years after the Covid 19 pandemic shut doors of organizations including religious institutions like Masjids globally, many Muslims were overjoyed while many were deeply humbled to be able to experience the bliss of Ramadan once again. From congregational prayers in full attendance to …

A grand felicitation program was organized to honor frontline workers and healthcare professionals who played lead roles in the fight against Covid 19 and went to extraordinary lengths to provide healthcare support to those in need.

A recent Saudi ban announced through a tweet has once again pointed the needle of suspicion towards Indian Tablighi Jamaat, let’s analyse the whole episode. Recently most of the Indian newspapers and news channels in English, Hindi and Urdu carried a news story stating that the Saudi Arab has banned …

India and Pakistan are poised against each other, to play a more proactive and constructive role in Afghanistan’s redevelopment, trying to negate each other’s initiatives. The ascendancy of Taliban to power in Afghanistan almost two-and-a-half months ago, after the hasty and chaotic withdrawal of the US forces from the country …

Leading scientists and infertility experts are now researching whether infertility treatment can cause cancer in women. A study undertaken by Hyderabad-based Maternal Health and Research Institute (MHRI) and funded by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) aims to explore the relationship between assisted reproduction treatment and ovarian cancer. The research …

Sania Mirza is Brand Ambassador India’s leading herbal (Unani) medicine manufacturer Karkhana Zinda Tilismath on Saturday celebrated its 100th anniversary at Hotel Westin Hyderabad Mindspace. As part of the centenary celebrations, Karkhana Zinda Tilismath, one of the oldest companies of Hyderabad, launched its latest product “Zinda Tilismath Balm”, a pain …

Muslim leaders to Discuss Challenges Faced by Indian Muslims Hyderabad, October 18:  All India Majlis e Tameer e Millat’s 72nd annual public meeting will be held on Tuesday, 19th October at Exhibition Grounds, Nampally from 9 am to 1pm. Known as Jalsa-e-Rahmatul lil Alameen, the public meeting is a grand …

Hyderabad, Ocober 16: “Over 90% of Indian startups fail because of poor technical foundation or gap between the industry and the academics”, said renowned business mentor and MSME coach Dr Azmathullah Khan. Delivering a lecture on “Challenges in MSME” and proposing solutions to the current crises faced by the MSME …

72nd Tameer e Millat Jalsa Announced All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) leaders are all set to address a mammoth public meeting in the city, said Mr Syed Aneesuddin, Chairman Reception Committee, 72nd Jalsa Yaum-e-Rahmatul lil Alameen organized by the All India Majlis e Tameer e Millat (AIMTM). Addressing a press …

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia:  On August 11, Ambassador Dr. Ausaf Sayeed, in the run up to first bilateral naval exercise between Saudi Arabia and India, accompanied by Real Admiral Ajay Kochhar, Captain Sachin Sequeira, Deputy Chief of Mission Shri N. Ram Prasad and Defence Attaché Col. Gurtej Singh Grewal called on …

Report by Jaleel Ansari, Al Jubail | Saudi Arabia The Embassy of India in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is gearing up to celebrate India’s 75th Independence Day in a special way. This August 15th also marks the 75th anniversary of bilateral relations between India and Saudi Arabia. Speaking during …

A more holistic and pragmatic approach needs to be adopted by the policy makers to make Indian agriculture sector more competitive and profitable. Since Independence agriculture sector has remained the main source of national income and occupation in India. In 1947, 72 per cent of the total working population was …

The 2020 survey carried out by Carnegie Endowment, tries to find and analyse the reasons for Modi’s popularity in the United States. Indian-origin American citizens now comprise the second-largest immigrant group in the USA. Over the years with increasing political influence and playing an active role in the US internal …

75 years after independence and 72 years after India became a republic, instead of feeling ecstatic and consolidating our achievements we are forced to ponder the question, whether our freedom fighters, leaders and constitution framers dreamt of the India in its present form? At present we are standing at a …

It seems as if the Indian Muslims are under a collective siege from the external as well as internal forces and pressures. External pressure is being applied from the outside to weaken it psychologically, lessen the morale of its followers and instead of allowing them to focus their energies on …

Post-Brexit strategy poses great challenges for the UK; to redefine its internal and external policies besides handling the worsening pandemic situation calls for pragmatism in a large dose.  Now that the UK has left the EU and has lost the shelter of the EU’s single market and customs union at …

It’s not only the Muslims, even Hindus and Jews have raised questions about the use of the COVID vaccine, due to prohibited substances in its composition.  Even before the COVID vaccination process starts in India. The Indian Muslims have courted another controversy. The question is whether they’ll be amenable to …

2020 set many new paradigms, which may be the norm in the coming years, too. Perhaps the humans have awaited no other year’s end so eagerly across the world as that of 2020. Similarly, no other event in the recent history has had such a far-reaching impact as that of …

By: Abdul Rahman M. Baig JEDDAH, December 29:  The Indian Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Dr Ausaf Sayeed on December 25 formally launched the Indo Saudi Medical Forum (ISMF) in Jeddah, in the presence of eminent healthcare personalities of the kingdom. The forum is aimed at promoting bilateral ties between the …

If the Indian madrassas could reorient themselves, it may silence their critics besides influencing the government to support these initiatives. The first institute of Islamic Madrassa education was at the estate of Hazrat Zaid bin Arkam near a hill called Safa in Makkah, where Prophet Muhammad was the teacher and …

The sudden warmth might be due to the increased Chinese belligerence, in the region and the world over, and also might have a bearing on the upcoming US presidential elections. Some recent observations and statemenst by the US State Department on India’s role in the region, have led to predictions …

A Special Interest Group (SIG) on Endometriosis deliberated on the recent advances in medical management of endometriosis. The discussion organized by IFS in association with ISSRF held on the virtual platform Zoom saw participation of experts from across the disciplines to explore the advances in treatment on endometriosis, a painful …

An Australian think tanks has brought out considerably verifiable proofs of the destruction of Uyghur and Islamic monuments in Xinjiang province of China. Reports about the Chinese persecution of Uyghur and other other minorities by the Chinese Communist Party are not new anymore, and they have always been denied by …

Dr Kafeel Khan, Gorakhpur’s modern day Maseeha who is seemingly abhorred by the Uttar Pradesh government, in an exclusive interview with GAWAH reveals what the Special Task Force wanted him to confess in jail. In the Kafeel Khan vs State of Uttar Pradesh case, the Allahabad High Court did not find …

Thanks, but No Thanks  – say the farmers to the government on Farm Bills 2020.  Last week, Indian government has passed three legislations in the Lower House of Parliament during its Monsoon session of Parliament. Lok Sabha passed bills to replace the agricultural regulations. These bills have drawn severe criticism from …

“Khan Lateef Khan had very purposeful meetings focussed on Education. He was a rare combination of vision and action”, said Telangana Advisor Mr A K Khan. It is a great loss for the community and the country, he said. At the personal level he was a very generous person, and …

By: Asad Mirza The seesaw like relations between India and Nepal, have taken a nosedive for the worse, during the last fortnight. The immediate provocation is the long-standing territorial issue surrounding Kalapani, a patch of land near the India-Nepal border, close to the Lipulekh Pass on the India-China border.  However, …

The continuous images on television and social media platforms of beaten out, hungry, gaunt faces of luggage carrying individuals on their heads, some of whom walking bare foot, with their earthy possessions on their heads and shoulders, with women and children in tow; were enough to pull one’s heartstrings. This …

By: Asad Mirza Perhaps this will be the first time for many Muslims around the world that they’ll be observing Eid-ul Fitr, the most important and looked forward-to festival amongst Muslims, in completely new and unparalleled circumstances. Forced upon us by the pandemic Corona, which has changed everyone’s day-to-day life …

By: Asad Mirza The Covid-19 has given birth to many controversies, over reactions of the world leaders to the pandemic and its subsequent control by their governments, to who spread or manufactured the virus, China or the US. The latest to join this series of controversies is a 26-minute slickly …

by: Asad Mirza The political developments during the last five years, and in particular since the last May have forced many a Muslim intellectuals, community sympathisers and well-wishers to turn into a pessimist. They are brooding that many recent political developments and reaction of the Muslim religious and community leaders …

By : Asad Mirza In the recent days, post Delhi riots and Tableeghi Jamaat’s alleged actions violating the Corona pandemic related rules have brought into sharp focus, the anti-Muslim narrative promoted by fake news web sites, social media and most of the mainstream TV channels across India. Indian Muslims, have …

By: Dr. Ram Puniyani They say ‘history repeats itself first as a tragedy and then as a farce’. In case of India, communal violence not only keeps repeating itself, the pattern of the tragedy keeps changing every next time. Some features of the violence are constant, but they are under …

By: Asad Mirza The condemnation of the controversial CAA and the violence perpetrated against Muslims protesting against the Act, by the international community continues unabated. Iran has become the latest country to join the ranks of the European parliament, the British parliament, UNHCR, Pakistan, Turkey and Malaysia to criticise the …

By: Asad Mirza US President Donald Trump became the seventh American president to visit India, with his maiden two-day visit on 24 February 2020. The government which has become habitual of spending big bucks on irrelevant but optics high events, spent more than an estimated 250 crore rupees on the …

For the common Indian and particularly the Muslim community, the war of obfuscation on NPR, NRC and CAA continues. The PM and HM have issued contradictory statements on the controversial law and its implementation. Critics say NPR, alongside the NRC and CAA, will lead to the mass exclusion of Indians, …

By: Asad Mirza 8 February in Delhi saw the end of one of the most vitriolic, hate-fuelled and destructive election campaign in India. The ruling BJP made it an issue of honour, but they made one mistake. With one arrow they wanted to kill both the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) …

Hyderabad, February 8: The Indian government has no money to deliver on the numbers it presented while announcing the 2020-2021 Union Budget, said Member of Parliament and former Finance Minister Mr P Chidambaram. Presenting a perspective on State of Indian Economy ‘Union Budget 2020-21’ at Muffakham Jah College of Engineering …

by: Asad Mirza Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presenting the Union Budget 2020 has suggested a new education policy, besides several measures that will bring in a paradigm shift in the educational system and creation of employment. According to the FM, by 2030 India is set to have the largest working-age …

New Delhi: Taking note of the offensive statements by several BJP leaders during the current electoral campaign, Delhi Minorities Commission’s Chairman Dr. Zafarul-Islam Khan has written to the Chief Electoral Officer of Delhi to take action against these leaders. Dr. Khan said in his letter that “BJP leaders from Shri …

Washington, D.C., January 29, 2020: India’s government has become “the enemy of the people” who are protesting the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), Magsaysay Award winning civil rights activist from India, Sandeep Pandey, said at a briefing at the United States Congress this week. The police have especially been targeting the …

Hyderabad, February 1: Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) President Capt. N. Uttam Kumar Reddy described the budget presented by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Seetharaman on Saturday as highly disappointing, especially for Telangana State. Uttam Kumar Reddy, in a media statement, said except for some changes in Income Tax slabs, there was …

Washington, D.C., January 29, 2020: The U.S. must oppose a new Indian law that aims to deny citizenship to Muslims and render them stateless, subject to detention and deportation, an official with the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has said. The U.S. Government must also consider the “use …

by Asad Mirza 72 years after independence and 70 years after India became a republic, instead of feeling ecstatic and consolidating our achievements we are forced to ponder the question, was this the India, dreamed of by our freedom fighters, leaders and constitution framers? At present we are standing at …

By : ASAD MIRZA For the past one-month or so, since the new Citizenship Amendment Act and NCR and NPR were thrust on the Indian citizens, the country has been waddling in a chakravyuh (maze) of ambiguous promises and statements. People are demonstrating against the decision due to the ambiguities regarding …

Shaheen Bagh women have presented a model of Gandhian Satyagraha in practice. Shaheen is a Persian origin word in Urdu, referring specifically to the Barbary falcon In Persian, Shaheen literally means ‘majestic’ or ‘like a king’. It also symbolises speed, superiority, determination, loyalty, strength, wisdom, freedom, focus, ambition and aspiration. …

Activists Urge Communities To Unite Against Dark Laws Hyderabad, January 12: Organizations like RSS, with a vested agenda, have always posed damage to DNA of India’s secularism. Addressing the seminar titled India and RSS at Media Plus Auditorium in Hyderabad on Sunday afternoon, social activists opined that the ongoing social and political …

By: Asad Mirza One has lost the count of sleepless nights spent since 15 Dec when the ‘police action’ against Jamia students started a whole chain of protests and reprisals across the country. Jamia was followed by AMU and scores of cities in UP and down south in Karnataka. The …

IDH London Opens Its First Store in Hyderabad Hyderabad, January 7: UK-based renowned ‘modest’ fashion store IDH London on Saturday inaugurated its first mercantile establishment in Hyderabad, Telangana. The brand showroom inaugurated at City Centre Mall, Banjara Hills, brings internationally acclaimed products loved in over several countries to Hyderabad. IDH …

Request to Pass Bill To Reject NRC NPR in Assembly Condemn JNU Attacks, Laud Hyderabad Police We Will Serve Our Community, Save Our Nation For the Future Generations Warn Fellow Citizens Against Submitting Documents Hyderabad, January 6: A group of women organizations on Monday urged the Telangana state government to clarify …

By Asad Mirza It seems the ruling class in India is trying to teach the public, the rudimentary alphabets. For it first comes the CAA then NRC then NPR. But unlike the traditional alphabets the new alphabets means the same. So whether it is CAA or NRC or the NPR, …

By:  Asad Mirza Azadi has become a dirty word these days, whereas it has always been regarded as the most sacred tenet of human existence throughout the world. The expression of Azadi in the post-colonial era widely differs in the strict sense of the term, as it was used then and …

By:Asad Mirza American President Donald Trump on Wednesday became the third U.S. president (The first two, Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton, were both acquitted. Another president, Richard Nixon, resigned rather than face impeachment and trial.), to be impeached as the House of Representatives formally charged him with abuse of power …

by: Asad Mirza The protests against the CAA started as soon as the news that the Bill has been given Presidential Assent became public. The first protestors were students, and within five days of the start of protests from Jamia, it spread to 22 campuses across India, medical and legal …

3 Day International Conference on “Recent Advances in Civil Engineering Infrastructure” Inaugurated  Civil Engineers Create Civilizations 2 Trillion Dollar Investment in Infrastructure Required Skill Enhancement Not in Line with Urbanization Hyderabad, December 16: “Avoid corruption in civil engineering and push people away from corruption in infrastructure development”, said Consul General …

Just in two days the protests against The Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 have spread to many cities in the country. The protests which started in Assam after 4 December spread to West Bengal, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Delhi, UP and Bihar after 13 December. Before we analyse the reason for such rapid …

Express Hope on Review of Citizenship Amendment Bill Hyderabad, December 10:  The Indian diaspora in Middle East have strongly objected to the Citizenship Amendment Bill passed in Lok Sabha on Monday midnight. Indians in Qatar, particularly from Hyderabad, are apprehensive and restless about the ongoing political developments in India, said …

The number of devotees thronging Ayodhya, to have a glimpse of the old Ram temple at the disputed site has been swelling since the SC verdict awarded the disputed land in entirety to the Hindu temple, ending 69 years old litigation.  This also is a pointer to the plans of …

In the next general elections in the UK, British Muslims constitute a swing vote to which none of the major or smaller political parties has paid any attention. Muslim voters in the UK, numbering 2 million, have the ability to swing the result, one way or the other. This is …

British Indians (also Indian British people or Indian Britons) are citizens of the United Kingdom (UK) whose ancestral roots lie in India. According to latest figures, Indians comprise about 1.4 million people in the UK, making them the single largest visible ethnic minority population in the country. The largest group …

By: Asad Mirza At last the Supreme Court of India pronounced its verdict in the title case of Babri Masjid-Ram Mandir case in Ayodyha. The SC verdict put an end to the 82-years long legal battle to the ownership of the disputed site. Though the verdict accepted many facts, which …

Hyderabad, October 24: The Indian Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Dr. Ausaf Sayeed IFS on Thursday took to social media to assuage concerns of Indian Muslims amid reports of hike in visa fee. In a statement on social media, he clarified that there is no increase in the visa fee for …

A Guinness World Records distinction is being sought for the longest series of lectures on legendary poet Allama Iqbal. The series of lectures titled ‘Iqbal Shinasi’ (meaning: Understanding Iqbal), commenced in October 1997 and are since then held every week in the Conference Hall of Masjid-e-Alia at Gun Foundry in …

By: Asad Mirza Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be in the US today, on his first visit to the US after becoming the country’s prime minister for the second time in may, this year and fourth since he became the prime minister for the first time in 2014. As …

The Islamic countries are neither against nor have protested the Jammu and Kashmir situation in India after the abrogation of article 370, said Union Minister of India Mr. Dharmendra Pradhan. Interacting with Mr. Zafar Javed, India Coordinator of the Islamic Development Bank who is also the Secretary of the Sultan …

By: Asad Mirza The Draft National Education Policy (NEP) 2019 prepared by a committee chaired by Dr K. Kasturirangan was shared by the Ministry of Human Resource and Development for public comments in June earlier. The policy aims at making India a knowledge superpower by equipping students with the necessary …

Every day routines including food habits, the choice of cosmetics and usage of plastics can influence the onset of Vitiligo disease, a medical condition where skin loses pigmentation resulting in white-like patches randomly. Eminent Unani physician Dr. M. A. Waheed, who was presented Padma Shri in April 2017 for his …

By: Asad Mirza While the Brexit saga keeps on unfolding and the race for the next prime minister ship heats up between Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt, an all encompassing and incisive report by the House of Commons on UK-India relations has gone comparatively unnoticed by the media both in …

By: Asad Mirza The National Register of Citizens and the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill emerged as key issues during the election campaign with both BJP President Amit Shah and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at loggerheads over it. The BJP is pitching the NRC as a strong step against infiltrators …

By: Asad Mirza It would not be an overstatement to say that the 2019 Lok Sabha election verdict and the sheer scale of the National Democratic Alliance’s victory is in large measure a manifestation of the deepening religious divide in the Indian society. The most recent example of this divide …

The Embassy of India, Riyadh, organised the ‘Gandhi Cycle Rally for Peace’ on Friday, 7 June 2019 in association with the  Diplomatic Quarter Authority and Saudi Cycling Federation to commemorate the 150th Birth Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. More than 150 persons of different nationalities, gender and age, including many Saudi …

Hyderabad, Jan 30:  Working journalists who are independent of political and powerful influence are in danger in India, said renowned author and veteran journalist Seema Mustafa. Addressing an interactive session organized at the Ghulam Ahmed Auditorium at Sultan ul Uloom Education Society (SUES) by the Sarvodaya International Trust, Ms Seema Mustafa …

30 Lakh Lawyers Needed in India: Amirullah Khan “Law is a noble, honourable and service-oriented profession. It helps in ameliorating the society and giving it new direction. No other profession can bring such magnanimous change in the society as law”, said Justice V. Eshwariah. Addressing a gathering of nearly 400 …

 “The current situation in Palestine is like Apartheid that once existed in South Africa”, said Ambassador of State of Palestine to India Adnan Abu Alhaijaa. Apprising the media of the current situation in Palestine at Media Plus Auditorium, Gun Foundry post noon on 27th October, the Palestinian Ambassador said “Israel …

Infertility Experts Inaugurate IFS Telangana Chapter Call To Project India’s Research & Development at International Level​ On 13th August 2018, Indian Fertility Society conceived its Telangana State chapter in a formal ceremony held at Hotel MariGold in Begumpet. While the birth of the Telangana State Chapter leases hope for field …

“As technology is progressively influencing lifestyles, it transforms the psychology of generations in more than apparent ways. For youngsters to be successful in India’s composite culture, they must be psychologically strong and spiritually gleaming”, said renowned US based psychiatrist Dr. Khutbuddin Mohammed. Addressing young minds during a seminar on “How …

Eminent social activist spearheading the nation-wide Rally for Rivers campaign, Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev, appreciated the efforts of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh governments in protecting the States’ water bodies, and increasing the green cover through various government schemes. Rivers and Farmer Suicides He however pointed out that India is losing more …

We are living in a virtual mesh of smart devices digitally connected to each other – from smartphones and smartwatches to smart shoes, wireless health monitors and even smart clothing. The world that we live in today is incomplete without internet and network connectivity. These devices that take readings from …