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A rule-based Twitter platform might curb the fake news
Twitter has been in the news since Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, took over the company. His tweets regarding making Twitter a safe space for free speech have gained…
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Hyderabad boxer seeks govt funding to compete internationally
By Sanjana Gupta Taduri Hyderabad: After boxing at the state and national levels, city-based boxer Aftab Ahmed Osama is now aiming for an international medal. However, Osama is also seeking monetary support…
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Hyderabad: The Idgah Baoli in Qutb Shahi tombs is an architectural gem
Hyderabad: Think Qutb Shahi tombs, and the first image that probably comes to one’s mind are huge domes. Given that the massive tombs in the royal necropolis make for an imposing view…
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Joe Biden enjoys more support than Donald Trump
Will a potential Joe Biden versus Donald Trump presidential race happen in 2024 in the United States? It is the question after the two current and former presidents have thrown themselves in…
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Researcher and writer Omar Khalidi passed away 12 years ago; his legacy lingers on
Omar Khalidi had become his official name. For his folks and friends, he was Nasrullah who lived in the Osmania University campus. Today is his 12th death anniversary. He is counted among…
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2019 rewind: Malaysian hijabi doctor introduces first-ever disposable sterile headscarf
The experience of being asked to leave the operating theatre (OT), at the Queens Medical Centre, in the United Kingdom (UK) due to wearing a headscarf that did not fit according to…
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Urdu Journalism beyond rhetorical flourish
Much admired peace hardly goes well with the elemental human psyche, and violence, animosity, discord, and conflict get approval instantly; hence Media cannot knock over it swiftly. In a fact-free world that…
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Meet Khan Bahadur Khan who revolted against British at 70 years
Khan Bahadur Khan, the ruler of Rohilkhand, who fought against the British to liberate the motherland, was born in 1781. Declining a very high official post offered by the East India Company,…
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Is Puri Jagannath Temple the final claimant of the Kohinoor?
So many writings have come up on the Kohinoor diamond by contemporary court chroniclers and foreign travellers like Tavernier and Bernier. Many colonial administrators have also given ample information about the esteemed…
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Football magician Mohammed Salim captured hearts of people in Scotland
Who was the first Indian footballer to play for a European football club? Very few people in India will be able to answer this question correctly. He was a Kolkata-based football player…
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Gujarat: 20 years after train carnage, communal fissures run deep in Godhra
Godhra (Gujarat): A road cleaves through, marking the divide between Muslim dominated areas and Hindu majority localities, a metaphor perhaps for communal fissures that run deep in a town that instantly recalls…
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Meet Ghanim Al Muftah; the boy who opened FIFA with a Quran verse
Doha: The Qatari young boy of determination, Ghanim Al Muftah, kicked off the opening ceremony of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 on Sunday by reciting a Quranic verse in a scene…
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Pakistan made Al Rihla footballs are flying high at the Qatar World Cup
The Pakistan football team may not be participating in the FIFA World Cup in Qatar but the country has made its presence felt at the mega event in another way. The footballs that…
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Tamil Nadu: BJP is trying to project itself as third alternative
Despite trying hard for decades, the BJP has little or no presence in the southern states except ruling Karnataka. The South contributes 129 seats, of which the BJP has only 29. Notably,…
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And quietly flows the Musi (Musa)…
Heritage activist, Sajjad Shahid, gives a rational explanation to this saying, “The Musa and Musi are both identical in the Arabic, Persian and Urdu scripts. The only difference is the diacritical ‘alif’…
