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Hyderabad: Ashurkhanas come alive to mark Islam’s 1444th year
Hyderabad: With the sighting of the new crescent moon on Saturday night, the beginning of the new lunar calendar year – 1444 Hijri – set in. With it, the first month of the…
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With Hindutva pressure rising Muslims feel need to reassert their role in freedom struggle
Hyderabad: Unfortunately, we seem to have come to a situation, where many of us have begun to ask: Did Muslims play any role in independence movement? With the force of insinuation and…
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Bhopal’s first plastic surgeon Dr. Zaheer-ul-Islam dies, people bid a tearful adieu
Bhopal: People bade a tearful adieu to Bhopal’s first plastic surgeon Dr. Zaheer-ul-Islam when he passed away here on Wednesday last. He was in his late eighties. He is survived by his…
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Greening the greyfields: how to renew our suburbs for more liveable, net-zero cities
Perth: Our ageing cities are badly in need of regeneration. Many established residential areas, the greyfields , are becoming physically, technologically and environmentally obsolete. They are typically located in low-density, car-dependent middle…
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Belling the cat? Difficult or improbable
Honorable Chief Justice of India, N.V. Ramana, in a recent address to the Indian American audience said; ‘Let me make it clear, we (SC) are answerable to the Constitution and the Constitution…
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Monkeypox: No need to panic
Satyen Mohapatra All countries must put their house in order with the monkeypox becoming a multi country outbreak and World Health Organization declaring monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency of international concern. “There is…
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Mr and Mrs Jinnah – The marriage that shook India: Sheela Reddy
Divakar Kaza A lot of us are familiar with Sheela Reddy. She is a prolific journalist and a political commentator and in her last avatar was the books editor of Outlook magazine.…
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No shorts in cricket, please; it will ruin the game
The traditions and culture of cricket that made it a gentleman’s game with a all encompassing aura are being threatened by ill conceived innovations. The latest move that is under consideration is…
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Muslim tailors in Gorakhpur are busy stitching clothes for Hindu ‘Kanwariyas’
There are numerous tales of communal harmony to be told from India in the torrid times when Hindu- Muslim polarization is constructed on the Indo- Gangetic plains to erect the edifice of…
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Competition, rivalry and friendship—I and Binod shared it all; now he is no more
Built on a hill-like high edge of a pond–in local dialect it is called bhinda or pokharbhida–the school was our world. Its tiled roof which leaked when it rained heavily, whitewashed walls,…
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Why men shouldn’t ignore sexual wellness issues
New Delhi: When was the last time you heard a man discussing his sexual wellness in a peer group or a social setting, or even with his loved ones? Chances are, you…
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MonkeyPox is a serious health threat; in case of any symptom rush to your doctor
The first case of MonkeyPox was reported in India on July 15. It was, incidentally also the first one from the entire South East Asian region as per the WHO. A 35-year-old…
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Pakistan put on notice; J&K shrines cannot remain separated by LoC
Arun Joshi On Sunday India’s defence minister Rajnath Singh posed a politically, militarily high-voltage question after having delivered an answer to the query as a backgrounder: “How is it possible that Lord Shiva’s iconic (shrine) Baba…
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Monkeypox: WHO declares it global health emergency here’s what that means
Norwich: The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared the current monkeypox epidemic a global health emergency. The committee of independent advisers who met on Thursday July 21 2022, were split on their…
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Hyderabad: Oldest Parsi fire temple to complete 175 years
Hyderabad: The Seth Viccaji – Seth Pestonji Meherji Parsi fire temple, the oldest in South India, located at Mahatma Gandhi Road in Secunderabad, will turn 175 years old at the end of…
