Hyderabad

English may have become a global language, but it still remains a foreign language for Indians, observed Prof. Prabhakar Babu in an extension lecture at Maulana Azad National Urdu University (MANUU) today. “English is a foreign language to us because of its structure”, said the former Dean of Linguistics Dept., …

Marxist thinker Shashi Prakash recalled achievements of Russian revolution at an event organized at Lamakaan on Saturday to mark centenary of October Revolution. In the talk on ‘Socialist Experiments of the Last Century and Path of New Socialist Revolution in the Current Century’, editor of The Anvil threw light on …

Student community of Maulana Azad National Urdu University (MANUU) marched on Saturday evening in the campus to show solidarity with students of Banaras Hindu University (BHU). MANUU Students Union president Ataullah Niazi condemned the behavior of BHU administration towards its own students. While expressing solidarity with the BHU students, Niazi …

Students of Maulana Azad National Urdu University (MANUU) had a wittiest virtual ride on Friday when German language expert Prof. V Ganeshan sensitized them on intricacies of communication in English in his novel style. Delivering his talk on “Communication in English and its Dimensions”, the former Vice Chancellor of EFL …

Storytelling creates confidence in school children in a language class, expressed acclaimed story-teller Deepa Kiran at an event today in Maulana Azad National Urdu University (MANUU). Children love stories and they learn a language through folk stories, noted the founder of Story Arts India. As a teacher, she said storytelling …

Candidates of Alliance for Social Justice (ASJ), a coalition of organizations in University of Hyderabad (HCU), won all major posts in Student Union Election this year. Sreerag Poickadan emerged as the new president with a clear majority of votes, beating his rivals K Palsania of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) …

Telangana’s first international peace ambassador Mohammed Najeeb hosted grand celebration to mark United Nations World Peace Day in Hyderabad on Thursday evening. People from various walks of life attended the event at Hotel Taj Deccan in Banjara Hills, and shared their views on peace and its need across the globe. …

Hyderabad: The impunity enjoyed by killers of journalists is encouraging others to take same path, said Indian Union of Journalists Secretary General Amar Devulapalli. He was addressing a discussion to pay tribute to murdered journalist Gauri Lankesh and understand journalistic side of her life at Lamakaan on Saturday. “I strongly …

International peace ambassador Mohammed Najeeb interacted with several diplomats in Delhi to appraise worsening situation of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar. The Hyderabad-based diplomat met ambassadors from African countries, including Ambassador of Republic of Somalia Ebyan M Salah. In a courtesy call, Somalian Embassy in Delhi invited him to meet Dean …

Scores of journalists came out in Hyderabad to protest against murder of Bangalore based investigative journalist Gouri Lankesh at her home in Bangalore on Tuesday night. Members of Telangana Union of Working Journalists (TUWJ), Hyderabad Union of Working Journalists (HUJ), and others NGOs held protest at BJR Statue in Basheerbagh on Wednesday. …