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Three Jamia students make university proud Three MSc. Biotechnology students of the Department of Biotechnology, Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI), Ms. Ayesha Saubia, Mr. Ashwani Singh and Ms. Yashika Arora have been awarded prestigious Bayer Fellowship – “MEDHA” (2022-2023). The Office of Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India is facilitating the Bayer Fellowship Program – MEDHA offered by Bayer CropScience Limited. The selected students will receive a monthly stipend of Rs. 20,000 to complete their master’s program for two years. Prof. Najma Akhtar, Vice Chancellor, JMI congratulated the successful students and wished them good luck for their endeavors. “These…

Jamia Administrative Staff body felicitates Najma Akhtar Jamia Administrative Staff Association (JASA) felicitated Prof. Najma Akhtar, Vice Chancellor, Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) for being conferred the Honorary Rank of Colonel Commandant NCC by the Ministry of Defence, Government of India. The function was organised at the lawns of Nehru Guest House of the university on 22nd February, 2023, which was attended by Prof. Nazim Husain Jafri, Registrar, JMI, Senior Officers of the university, General Secretary, JASA, Mr. Nasim Ahmad, President, JASA, Mr. Jahangir Ahmad and other staff members of the university. Non-teaching employees of the university who have superannuated after…

Watch: Jamia students take out march in solidarity with Darshan Solanki Some Jamia Millia Islamia students on Wednesday took out a march in solidarity with IIT Bombay student Darshan Solanki who allegedly died by suicide at IIT Bombay, according to students’ groups. https://youtu.be/KdGpxF3aeMY Darshan, 18, a first-year BTech student at IIT Bombay, reportedly jumped to his death from his hostel building on campus, without leaving any suicide note, reported theprint.in The AISA, along with other organisations including AIRSO, AISA, BASF DISS, Fraternity, MSF, NSUI, SFI and SIO and students of Jamia, held a protest in solidarity with Darshan Solanki’s family…

Watch: A mini-dumper truck full of chicken, fish waste of other place comes to dump in Shaheen Bagh, caught red handed A man brings mini-dumper truck full of chicken, fish waste from other part of city to dump in Shaheen Bagh, caught red handed, according to a claim made by a video uploaded by Councillor Ariba Khan’s Man Friday on Wednesday. https://youtu.be/HgegE94zMRg In the video which was uploaded by Mohsin Khan on his timeline it can be seen how late night on Wednesday he and his men caught red handed a mini-dumper truck full of chicken and fish waste standing…

Govt to construct 15 MGD STP, 2 SPS to make Yamuna pollution-free For cleaning of the Yamuna by 2025 and to provide 24-hour clean tap water to every household in Delhi, and to connect all unauthorised colonies with sewerage networks, project of construction of 22 MGD Sewer Pumping Station (SPS) and 15 MGD STP at Jindpur in Narela assembly constituency and 9 MGD SPS at Hiranki has been approved. ALSO WATCH https://youtu.be/zI6C0hcrYWs Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Wednesday said this project will benefit about 4.17 lakh people of 40 unauthorised colonies and 14 villages of Narela and Burari. Sisodia…

BOL-JMI adjudged Best Team, wins Rolling Trophy in Rotary Rotaract National Debate Competition 2023 BOL- The Debating Society of Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) team represented by Priyanshu Chauhan, MA Human Rights, Department of Political Science and Sudeep Krishna, BA.LLB, Faculty of Law was adjudged the best team and also won the prestigious Rolling Trophy in the Rotary Rotaract National Debate Competition 2023. The event was organised by the Rotary Club of Delhi South. https://twitter.com/theokhlatimes/status/1628325938600759296 The competition was conducted in two rounds. The first round was a round table conference on the topic- “Revamping the Current Reservation System in India”. The…

Earthquake of Magnitude:4.4, Occurred on 22-02-2023, 13:30:23 IST, Lat:29.56 & Long:81.70, Depth: 10 Km, Location: 143km E of Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand, according to National Center for Seismology. An earthquake of magnitude 4.4 jolted parts of Delhi, NCR and Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday. Mild earthquake tremors were felt in many areas of Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Haryana and Delhi-NCR. The intensity was measured at 4.4 on the Richter scale and the epicentre is Haridwar. https://twitter.com/NCS_Earthquake/status/1628307294911090691 DEVELOPING STORY

Why so many police were present at Jamia today, ask Okhla residents The arrival of a large number of police at Jamia Millia Islamia turned out to be a cause of concern for many Okhla residents. A few who passed by the university today, wrote: “There were policemen at both the sides of the road extending till engineering gate at 1.19 pm.” A student said a protest was called by Mewati students group in Jamia calling for justice for Junaid and Nasir. A student said other student groups were also present with the peaceful march starting from main canteen to…

JMIAA Riyadh chapter gets new president after seven years The installation ceremony of the newly elected Cabinet of Jamia Millia Islamia Alumni Association (JMIAA) Riyadh Chapter was held recently at Amakeen Hall here in Riyadh. By M Zakir Azmi. https://twitter.com/theokhlatimes/status/1627629064130555905 It is after 7 years that the elections were held for the post of president where Eng Ghufran Ahmad polled 191 votes and won the presidential post with a huge margin of 106 votes against Abid Aqeel who polled 85 votes. All the other cabinet posts along with the executive members were elected unopposed. The new cabinet for the term…

Amanatullah has compromised on 123 Delhi Waqf Board Properties to save his skin: Ali; Waqf chief rejects charges A storm is brewing in Delhi after Congress leader Ali Mehdi went online to disclose a big expose against Delhi Waqf Board Chairman and Okhla AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan. In the video, the youth leader has alleged that Amanatullah has compromised on 123 Delhi Waqf Board Properties to save his skin, an allegation which has been rejected by the Waqf Boar chief. It all started after reports surfaced that the Union Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry has decided to take over 123…