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Jamia Millia Islamia student Shaheen Abdulla has won the Delhi Minorities Commission (DMC) Award 2019 in the print and electronic media category with acclaimed journalists like Qurban Ali (former BBC journalist), author Humra Quraishi and Aditya Menon (The Quint). Mahtab Alam (The Wire, Urdu) has also won the award. Shaheen is studying Convergent Journalism at Jamia and also works with Maktoob as Creative Editor. The DMC is headed by Zafarul Islam Khan who brings out The Milli Gazette. While lauding the “young committed journalist,” the awarding committee praised Shaheen’s work as one of “substance and promise.”

Okhla-based activist Shama Khan has been awarded the “Community Service Award 2019” by the Delhi Minorities Commission and was felicitated by its chairman Dr Zafarul Islam Khan very recently. The programme was held at Vikas Bhawan, Delhi. Shama told OT over phone that the award is an achievement for her as her work has got recognition. Awards are given in 14 categories, of which Shama was selected for the third category: “Community Service Award 2019”. Shama said for years she has been working in slum areas, providing free education to the underprivileged children. Shama said her work is also connected…

Zakir Nagar-based social activist Musharraf Husain (chairman of Roshan Trust) has been honoured with the Delhi Minorities Commission 2019 Award for his outstanding contributions to community service. DMC chairman Zafar-ul Islam Khan presented the award to the activist a few days ago. Musharraf Husain is also treasurer Milli Council and is in-charge of Darul Qada, Okhla chapter. He played an important role in opening free Joga Bai library in the locality. Born in 1947 in UP, Musharraf Husain was head of Batla House Government school and is a known figure.

Many Okhla netizens mourned the death of 45-year-old Akhtar Alam on Friday due to coronavirus. Alam, an alumnus of Jamia Millia Islamia who resided in Okhla for years, died in Al Jubail, Saudi Arabia, where he was working as a General Manager in a polyclinic, said a netizen on Friday. Born in Katihar, Alam came to Delhi for higher studies after which he moved to the Middle East in hunt for job, wrote residents on the social media. He is survived by four children and a wife who reside in Bangalore, said Syed Tahseen Ahmed, who knew him.

Noida-based Anand Mohan Zutshi Gulzar Dehlvi, a veteran Urdu poet and freedom fighter, is no more with us. He died on Friday afternoon, five days after he recovered from coronavirus. He was 93 years old. “His corona test came negative on June 7 and we brought him home. Today he had lunch and at around 2.30 pm he passed away. He was quite old, and the infection had left him very weak. So doctors are thinking it was possible a cardiac arrest,” said his son Anoop Zutshi as reported by the media. Mourning his death, many Okhla netizens shared his…

As rain and hailstorm lashed Okhla a few hours ago on Wednesday bringing the much needed relief from soaring temperature, many netizens shared videos and photos of the changed weather on the social media. Noida and Delhi experience hailstorm. Some Okhla residents who relished the moment said though the rain didn’t last long it brought relief from the heat. The Indian Meteorological Department said the change in the weather has been caused by a cyclonic circulation over north Rajasthan.

Dr Wali Akhtar Nadwi, a Jamia Millia Islamia alumnus and Arabic Professor at Department of Arabic, University of Delhi, passed away today, according to social media posts. A resident, who knew Dr Wali, 60, confirmed the news of his demise to OT over phone. Dr Wali was residing in Shaheen Bagh with his family and according to residents close to his family he was unwell for the last few days undergoing treatment. Dr Wali did his BA from Jamia in 1991, MA in 1993 and PhD in 1999. Dr Wali had breathing problem and he died before his Covid test…