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Aquib scoops DW Environmental Journalism award Aaqib Fayaz, who has recently completed his MA in Convergent Journalism from the Anwar Jamal Kidwai Mass Communication Research Centre (AJK-MCRC), Jamia Millia Islamia, has been declared the winner of the Deutsche Welle (DW) Environmental Journalism Programme from India. Aquib’s film on the conservation of waterways in Kashmir won the award from the top shortlisted films from India. He produced and directed this film during his studies at AJK-MCRC, JMI. Vice Chancellor Prof. Najma Akhtar congratulated Aquib for the achievement especially because media students of Jamia are encouraged to raise social, cultural and developmental…

Jamia alumnus Ghizal bids goodbye to Riyadh, talks about his future plans in farewell function Ghizal Mahdi’s friends organised a farewell evening in his honour, on the occasion of his bidding good-bye to Riyadh, KSA, after spending an active social life for around quarter of a century. The speakers paid rich tributes to Ghizal Mahdi’s immense contribution to the Indian community in Riyadh in general, and the Riyadh chapter of Jamia Millia Islamia Alumni Association in particular. Speakers spoke very highly about his versatile self, sincerity and commitment towards the community. Notably, Ghizal Mahdi was a founder member of two…

The Okhla Times wishes its readers Happy Independence Day.

YouTuber Rizwan bags award for work in Jamia Nagar Police public library YouTuber Rizwan Khan, 38, was given award for providing free guidance to aspirants at Jamia Nagar Police-public library, according to a social media post. CAPTION: Devesh Srivastav, IPS, Spl Commissioner of Police/ Crime (l) giving award to Rizwan Khan on 20th Annual day of Shikhar He told the OT over phone that he with others were given award by a senior Delhi Police official at an event held in the city on Saturday. Khan also runs a coaching institute by the name Plasma at Okhla Head and is…

Unani literature in French, Spanish, Germen, Russian planned Prof. Asim Ali Khan, Director General, Central Council for Research in Unani Medicine and Advisor (Unani), Ministry of Ayush, Government of India, visited CCRUM’s peripheral institute Hakim Ajmal Khan Institute for Literary and Historical Research in Unani Medicine (HAKILHRUM) located at Jamia Millia Islamia. During his visit, Prof. Khan reviewed progress of the institute in the area of literary research, translation of Arabic/Persian Unani classical books, editing of Unani literature, compilation of documents on scientific lines, digitisation of important manuscripts, SNOMED-CT project, etc. He praised the role of the institute in bring…

Delhi sees 2 Covid deaths, 62 cases in last 24 hours India’s national capital on Friday witnessed two deaths due to Covid after a gap of three weeks, according to data shared by the city health department. It said the city saw 62 fresh cases as the positivity rate rose to 0.12 per cent in the last 24 hours. The death toll due to the coronavirus infection in Delhi rose to 25,093. It was on October 22 when the last Delhi reported death. The city had seen total four deaths in October and five in September.

Another woman appointed at top post in Jamia Top three positions in Jamia Millia Islamia are occupied by women with Tanseem Fatma being the new entrant. Vice Chancellor and Chancellor are women. In a notice dated November 11, the university said: “…Jamia is pleased to appoint Professor Tanseem Fatma, Department of Biosciences, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Jamia, as Pro Vice Chancellor with immediate effect till the expiry of the term of the present Vice Chancellor or till she attains the age of 65 years or till further orders, whichever is earlier.” Born on January 23, 1957, Professor Fatma is a…

Watch: 10 meters in 25 minutes: When traffic moved at snail’s pace at Jamia today Several residents who were travelling or returning to their homes after long-hour of work got stuck in traffic jam at Jamia towards Batla House. https://youtu.be/q1Bi7RsZcxI A resident Rumi said it was a nightmarish experience as his vehicle moved just 10 meters in 25 minutes. He reported about the jam at 6.11 pm. Traffic jam is not new for Jamia Nagar residents but such pathetic situation was something which left many surprised. Rumi said the root cause for such huge jam was a bus breakdown. Traffic…

‘Fire damages giant 50-year-old tree at Okhla Head’ A tree thought to be about more than fifty years old has been damaged in a fire that broke on Sunday night, according to a resident. No casualty was reported as the blaze was doused in a few minutes with minor damage to the shop very close to the tree, said a resident. How long the tree has been there is not known, but resident Abdul Wahab Malik, 40, said he has seen the tree standing there since his childhood. What led to the fire is still a mystery, he said, adding…

JMI faculty’s invention ‘Artificial Intelligence Based Dustbin’ gets Australian Patent An Artificial Intelligence based dustbin invented by Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) faculty Dr. Mansaf Alam and his team has been granted a patent as an intellectual property by the Patent Office, Government of Australia. Dr. Kiran Chaudhary, Shivaji College, DU, and researchers from other institutes were also part of the team. Dr Alam is Associate Professor, Big Data, Cloud Computing, and IoT Laboratory, Department of Computer Science, JMI. The main objective of the invention titled ‘Artificial Intelligence Based Dustbin’ is to make dustbin smart by enabling it to detect harmful…