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Indian airports becoming hub of wildlife trafficking

Satyen Mohapatra Hyderabad: Indian airports seem to have become a hub for smuggling illegal reptiles. Through 18 airports in the country between 2011-2020, 70,000 native and exotic wild animals, including their body…
Viewpoint: Hijab, Muslim women and Karnataka HC judgement

Dr. Mohammad Manzoor Alam It is an obligatory duty of every society to secure women’s rights, making their freedom certain, granting equality and protection by all means. Islam and the Qur’an have…

Lucknow’s 183-year-old Nawabi kitchen gears up for Ramzan

Lucknow: More than 600 families in Lucknow will now get an Iftar spread from Saturday when Ramzan begins. Owing to the pandemic, the 183-year-old Nawabi kitchen at Chhota Imambara was shut for…
European Academic on Malabar Muslims deported from Airport

Thiruvananthapuram: A European academic who studies Malabar Muslims for the past thirty years was stopped from attending a conference in Thiruvananthapuram and was deported from the airport without any valid reasons by…
Hyderabad’s City Grandhayala Samastha Library lies in neglect

Hyderabad: City Grandhayala Samastha Library, one of our oldest libraries, awaits attention of the authorities concerned and efforts of the local public representatives to help restore its past glory. Situated at Shalibanda,…
How Telangana’s Yadadri temple transformed into architectural marvel?

Hyderabad: After more than five years of renovation and reconstruction, Telangana’s Yadadri temple has transformed from a small hill shrine into a magnificent and sprawling pilgrimage centre and an architectural marvel. Sri…
Jam-e-Jahannuma: Marking 200 years of Urdu journalism in India

By: Dr. Md. Zafar Iqbal Hyderabad: Most people might be unaware, but 27th March is a historic day in the history of Urdu Journalism. On this date the first ever printed newspaper…

Talmiz Ahmad writes an informative, engaging book on West Asia; says it is at war with itself

Talmiz Ahmad, a veteran foreign affairs expert and a former senior diplomat, has come up with a book, WEST ASIA AT WAR–Repression, Resistance and Great Power Games, which has begun to create…
Iran is working hard to keep dialogue open with Saudi Arabia: FM Hossein

Tehran: The ties between Iran and Saudi Arabia are facing problems and challenges but Iran is working hard to keep the dialogue open between the two Middle Eastern powers, Iranian Foreign Minister…
Mushairas continue to charm despite poor quality

J.S. Ifthekhar Hyderabad: Have mushaeras (gatherings of poets where poetry is recited) lost their charm? No way. Not for Hyderabadis at least. Even the dreaded Corona did not deter them from slaking…
UP gets Yogi 2.0 ministry of 52; loser Maurya’s caste ensures him Dy CM chair a second time

With a lone Muslim minister Danish Azad Ansari and five women in the ministry, Uttar Pradesh formally got its 2.0 Yogi Adityanath headed team again. Adhering to his 80- 20 baseline hardcore…
Why do you fear my way so much? A review of GN Saibaba’s poetry collection

Two nights ago, I thought back to the time I skimmed through a 2018 Guardian article titled “Skim reading is the new normal”. As it always goes with google searches, an unexplained…
Ice Cream, the ancient Persian dessert has become a worldwide craze; Are you enjoying it?

Summer is approaching and soon the ice cream parlours will do roaring business. Parents and their children will be making a beeline to these outlets to get a taste of their favourite flavour.…
100-year-old Mahboobia mosque remains abandoned in Moosarambagh

By: Mohd. Sibghatullah Madrasa-e-Asafia and Masjid-e-Mahboobia (Photo: Sibghatullah Khan/Siasat.com) On our weekly heritage walks, we come across wonders that leave us in awe long after we leave. During our Moosarambagh heritage walk…
Who is Ramzan Kadyrov? Chechnya’s infamous ‘Kremlin’s Dragon’

From sending Chechen forces to fight on behalf of Russian President Vladimir Putin in Ukraine to clashing with Tesla CEO Elon Musk on social media asking him to ‘pump up’ to fight…