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Shaheen Bagh protester Shahzad joins BJP, says party not ‘enemy’ of Muslims Shaheen Bagh social activist Shahzad Ali joins BJP in presence of State BJP President Adesh Gupta and leader Shyam Jaju, reported news agency ANI. JOURNALISM CONSUMES MONEY, TIME. SUPPORT US: JUST CLICK TO PAY “I have joined BJP to prove wrong those in our community who think BJP is our enemy. We’ll sit together with them over CAA concerns,” he said. According to india.com, Ali was among those who sat in protest against the CAA-NRC-NPR combine in Shaheen Bagh. The anti-CAA protests had grabbed headlines with women blocking the Shaheen…

Asian Literary Society Organized Three-days Jashn-e-Azadi Festival to celebrate Indian Independence Day 2020 To get our new generation acquainted with our long walk to freedom and pay homage to all those martyrs who sacrificed their lives for our better tomorrow, Asian Literary Society organized JASHN-E-AZADI- a three days online festival from 13th August 2020 to 15th August 2020. JOURNALISM CONSUMES MONEY, TIME. SUPPORT US: JUST CLICK TO PAY In this festival eminent literary luminaries and artists from all over the country enthusiastically participated to celebrate Indian Independence Day and paid tribute to our great leaders as well as unsung heroes. Manoj Krishnan…

Conference on ‘International Health Law during Covid 19-A Perspective’ Deliberations on public and global health law and ethics in response to the Covid19 pandemic took place at the International Virtual Conference on ‘International Health Law during Covid 19-A Perspective’ organised by The Law Society, Faculty of Law, Aligarh Muslim University (AMU). JOURNALISM CONSUMES MONEY, TIME. SUPPORT US: JUST CLICK TO PAY In the keynote address, Dr Aruj Qayum, Senior Consultant and Senior Lecturer, King’s College, London (UK) shed light on how various countries responded differently at the start of the pandemic. He spoke on the effect on physical, emotional, spiritual and social…

Jamia celebrates 74th Independence Day following Covid-19 guidelines 74th Independence Day was celebrated today at Jamia Millia Islamia(JMI) while maintaining social distancing and other Covid-19 guidelines. The main function was organised at the lawns of Dr MA Ansari Auditorium of the university where teaching, non-teaching staff and a few students of senior classes of Jamia Senior Secondary School assembled for celebration in view of the pandemic. The National Flag was unfurled at 9 am as the National Anthem was sung by the gathering . A small cultural program was also held where students sang patriotic songs and gave speeches. Principal…

Mushirul Hasan wife Zoya donates ₹1.50 cr for Mushirul Endowment at Jamia Jamia Millia Islamia today established “Mushirul Hasan Endowment (MHE)” as a mark of respect for Prof. Mushirul Hasan’s commitment to Jamia and to the pursuit of academic excellence. JOURNALISM CONSUMES MONEY, TIME. SUPPORT US: JUST CLICK TO PAY August 15 is the birth anniversary of Prof. Hasan. Jamia established the endowment on the request of Prof. Zoya Hasan, wife of late Prof. Hasan. She proposed to donate ₹1.50 crore to the university for the creation of the Endowment. An institution builder, famous historian and educationist Prof. Hasan devoted the major…

Video: Kite threads turn death trap for this pigeon in Okhla A case of bird death was reported from Okhla today with a resident saying she found the bird trapped in the kite strings. JOURNALISM CONSUMES MONEY, TIME. SUPPORT US: JUST CLICK TO PAY She said before she could act or move to extricate the pigeon died with the string all around her neck, hanging from a building. This is not one-off incident as a media report pointed out that how in 2019 in Delhi, 200 birds died and 550 were injured as Chinese “manjha” ripped through them. According to indiatvnews.com, many…

Under leadership of 2 women, Jamia reaches new heights, ranks first in list of Central Universities Jamia Millia Islamia reached new heights under the leadership of two women: Vice Chancellor Najma Akhtar and Chancellor Dr Najma Heptulla. According to media reports, the iconic university which now is 100 years old has ranked first in list of Central Universities ahead of JNU and AMU, which is being celebrated by students and alumnus on the virtual world due to pandemic. JOURNALISM CONSUMES MONEY, TIME. SUPPORT US: JUST CLICK TO PAY In rankings released by the Ministry of Education, Jamia has bagged the first spot…

Jamia BE students seek fee relaxation Some students of Jamia Millia Islamia have written a letter to the university authority, seeking relaxation in fee as they claimed that some of the students have lost their jobs or their parents faced pay cuts due to pandemic. JOURNALISM CONSUMES MONEY, TIME. SUPPORT US: JUST CLICK TO PAY In a letter to top university authorities, a BE Electrical Engineering 4th year student, carrying signatures of some students, wrote: “We are students of BE (Electrical Engineering) 4th year. As we well known that India is facing Covid-19 since March. In this time, some of our students…

Video: RJ Naved bats for community journalism Naved Khan, popular radio jockey and a resident of Okhla, bats for community journalism. In an interaction with the OT in AFE, he said how he has been following the local portal to get regular updates about local issues. JOURNALISM CONSUMES MONEY, TIME. SUPPORT US: JUST CLICK TO PAY A very popular figure and down-to-earth, Khan took out time out from his busy schedule to share his view about the portal on request. He resides in AFE and has won several awards for his show at Radio Mirchi. Born in Uttar Pradesh, Khan has been…

Janmashtami celebrated in Okhla Like every year, Shrikrishna Janmashtami was celebrated in Kalka Peeth this time too. This time also, Janmashtami is being celebrated in the country for two days, but Janmashtami was celebrated on August 11 in the Kalka Ji temple. Janmashtami was observed in Kalka Ji with strict rules in view of the increasing infection of the coronavirus, said a statement issued by the . After sanitising the hands, devotees sang Bal Gopal with a distance of six feet. Along with this, devotees came to the temple through the sanitation tunnel. Every year there was a big festival…