For over 4 decades, Muslims have suffered at the hands of right-wing extremists, who have corrupted the secular soul of India, to further their political agendas, or spin hate against the Muslim community. While both Hindus and Muslims coexisted peacefully for decades, extremist aberrations have ruined and wrecked India’s harmonious …
Read More »Advanced Fertility Treatments Must Reach Poorest of the Poor: Telangana Governor
3-Day International Conference on Reproductive Health Inaugurated Hyderabad, February 23: Advanced fertility treatments must reach the poorest of the poor, said Telangana Governor Dr. Tamilisai Soundararajan. Speaking after inaugurating the International Conference on Reproductive Health and 34th Annual Meeting of the ISSRF 2024 on Friday, the Governor said innovations must …
Read More »NEW PARLIAMENT BUILDING: VICE PRESIDENT OF INDIA AND CHAIRMAN RAJYA SABHA HOISTS NATIONAL FLAG AT GAJA DWAR
LOK SABHA SPEAKER GRACES OCCASION National Flag Hoisted At New Parliament Building A Day Before Forthcoming Session Of Parliament New Delhi; 17 September, 2023: Vice – President of India and Chairman, Rajya Sabha Jagdeep Dhankhar hoisted the National Flag at the New Parliament Building, today in the presence of Lok …
Read More »From Crown Jewel to Silver Screen: The Kohinoor Diamond’s Shining Influence on Culture
In the captivating world of gemstones, few have captured the human imagination quite like the Kohinoor Diamond. Its luminous beauty and storied history have not only made it a treasured jewel but a cultural icon that has left an indelible mark on art, literature, and, notably, the world of pop culture. Journey …
Read More »Saudi Ban on Tablighi Jamaat: A Reality Check
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 …
Read More »The Summit for Democracy
The summit hosted by the US president, instead of bringing together democratic voices at a common international platform, gave birth to many controversies. A US sponsored two-day virtual democracy summit wrapped up last week. It was promised by President Joe Biden during his election campaign last year, as he wanted …
Read More »Syed Vicaruddin – End of an Era (Tribute and Video Documentary)
Chief Editor or Rahnuma-e-Deccan Urdu DailyChairman Indo Arab League Hyderabad Passes AwayHyderabad, December 9: Mr Syed Vicaruddin, one of the most revered Muslim personalities of India passed away on Thursday night at Olive Hospital in Hyderabad. He was the editor of the Hyderabad-based‘Rahnuma-e-Deccan’, which completed its century last year. Mr. …
Read More »Old foes poised against each other again
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 …
Read More »The ‘Good’, the ‘Bad’ and the ‘Deobandi’ Taliban
While an effort to classify the Taliban into good and bad is rather easy, the underlying reasons to classify them as Deobandi becomes a little tough and illogical. The seizure of Afghan capital, Kabul by the Taliban and their declaration to declare Afghanistan an Islamic Emirate has again raised the …
Read More »Religious and racial hatred propelled by A.I.
Recently a Stanford University team found that some Artificial Intelligence programmes are giving misleading results, for queries related to religious minorities and race. We are living in a Digital Age in which more and more complex tasks are being entrusted to machines. In addition we are also worried about the …
Read More »Indian Agriculture: Maladies and Remedies
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 …
Read More »India at 72 In the first year of the new decade, we’ll mark the 75 years of our independence and 72 years of India as a republic, but there are many questions, which assail the common Indian.
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 …
Read More »Beware of the NPR
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, …
Read More »Azadi……..? From What?
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 …
Read More »The Deadly NRC-CAA Duo
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 …
Read More »India against CAB
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 …
Read More »Ayodhya : The Battle Lost
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 …
Read More »Will India’s New Education Policy Harm Its Rich Culture?
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 …
Read More »Congress’s Fall, BJP’s Rise and the Muslims
By:Asad Mirza Rahul Gandhi’s resignation as Congress President seems to have put the party on the brink of a collapse. Even after getting rejected by the people, who do not think that the party has changed much after Rahul Gandhi took over the party’s command in December 2017, and despite …
Read More »Modi 2.0 and the Muslims
The NRC and the Muslims
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 …
Read More »Indian Working Journalists in Danger : Seema Mustafa
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 …
Read More »Shrinking Rivers Will Turn India Turn Into A Desert: Sadhguru
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 …
Read More »Interview with Registrar of Newspapers of India Director S.M.Khan
A 13-year long stint as the official spokesperson of the Central Bureau of Intelligence. Press Secretary for former President of India Dr. A.P.J.Abdul Kalam until his demise on July 27 last year. Director General of News at Doordarshan. That’s a short bio of Mr. S.M. Khan, a 1982 batch IIS …
Read More »Hyderabad To Host Jamaat e Islami National Members Meet
For the first time since the dawn of the 20th century, the Jamaat-e-Islami Hind is organizing its National Members Meet in Hyderabad this December. More than 10,000 core cadre members of the Jamaat from various states across India will gather at the Wadi-e-Huda for the 4-day conference. According to Jamaat-e-Islami …
Read More »Lance Naik Feroz Khan’s Martyrdom Intensifies Patriotism in Muslims!
From the archives…Sixty six years since the partition of India, yet the archaic tension at the border line has reluctantly refused to disappear. The masqueraded enmity between the two nations continues to prevail as the diplomatic talks between the officials on either side failed to ease the violators of peace. …
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