13-Jul-2020
Hyderabad: The Centre for Study of Society and Secularism (CSSS) has organized a press conference to announce the 2nd Dr. Asghar Ali Engineer Memorial Lifetime Achievement Award to be conferred posthumously on Late Justice Hosbet Suresh. The press conference will be on Zoom Cloud Meeting on 13th July 2020 at 3.00 pm. The link of the…
25-Jun-2020
کینیڈاکے شہر وینکوور میں واقع یونیورسٹی آف برٹش کولمبیا نے مشہور سماجی کارکن تیستا سیتلواڑکو ڈاکٹریٹ کی اعزازی ڈگری سے نوازا ہے۔وہ یہ اعزاز حاصل کرنے والی ۱۷؍منتخب عالمی شخصیات میں شامل ہیں۔یونیورسٹی آف برٹش کولمبیاانہیں اعزاز سے سرفراز کرتے ہوئے کہا ہے کہ ’’تیستا سیتلواڈ شہری حقوق کی سرگرم کارکن ، مصنف اورہندوستان میں…
25-Jun-2020
UBC the award of an honorary degree is recognition by the University of British Columbia of distinguished achievement or of outstanding service. The criteria for the award of an honorary degree are excellence, eminence and accomplishment. Nominees must be exceptionally distinguished: scholars, creative artists, public servants, persons prominent in the community and the professions, and…
24-Jun-2020
Renowned civil rights activist Teesta Setalvad, who played a massive role in the campaign for justice for the victims of the 2002 massacre of close to two thousand Muslims in the state of Gujarat, has been nominated for Spring Congregation Honorary Degree by University of British Columbia. The UBC describes Setalvad as a person who…
24-Jun-2020
The University of British Columbia (UBC) has conferred an honorary doctorate on human rights defender and journalist Teesta Setalvad. Setalvad, the Secretary, Citizens for Justice and Peace (CJP) as well as editor and co-founder of Sabrang India was chosen for a long history of defending the rights of people from religious minorities and oppressed socio-cultural…
24-Jun-2020
मानवाधिकार कार्यकर्त्यां आणि पत्रकार तिस्ता सेटलवाड यांना ‘युनिव्हर्सिटी ऑफ ब्रिटिश कोलंबिया’ने मानद पीएचडी जाहीर केली आहे. सेटलवाड या ‘सिटिझन फॉर जस्टीस अॅण्ड पीस’ या संस्थेच्या सचिव आहेत. २००२ मध्ये गुजरात दंगलीतील बळींना न्याय मिळवून देण्यासाठी चळवळ उभी करण्यात त्यांची महत्त्वाची भूमिका होती. मानवाधिकार, महिलांचे हक्क, आदिवासी हक्क, धार्मिक अल्पसंख्याकांचे प्रश्न यासाठी त्या काम करतात,’ असे…
24-Jun-2020
UBC announces 2020 honorary degrees, recognizing seventeen individuals for making substantial contributions to society. Spring Congregation Honorary Degree Recipients Tantoo Cardinal, C.M. A celebrated Canadian actor of First Nations/Métis descent, Tantoo Cardinal has a remarkable record of performance on stage, television, and film and has been widely recognized for her contributions to the growth and…
24-Jun-2020
Among the seventeen global personalities who have been chosen to be conferred with the prestigious Honorary Doctorate degree from the University of British Columbia (UBC), Canada, in 2020, is Indian minority rights activist Teesta Setalvad. The full list detailing the names and achievements of the 2020 Honorary Degree Recipients has been released on the official site…