King Faisal International Prize awardee economist Dr Nejatullah Siddiqui passes away
New Delhi: Indian Economist Dr Mohammed Nejatullah Siddiqui, who won the King Faisal International Prize for Islamic Studies in 1982, has passed away. He was 91.
Dr Siddiqui was born in India in 1931; he studied at the Aligarh Muslim University, and in Rampur and Azamgarh, reported The Hindustan Gazette.
A prominent Urdu and English writer, Dr Siddiqui had 63 works in 177 publications in 5 languages and 1,301 library holdings, as per the records of the WorldCat. His works have been translated into languages like Arabic, Persian, Turkish, Indonesian, Malaysian and Thai. Dr Siddiqui’s work, ‘Banking without Interest’, has been published in 27 editions in three languages between 1973 and 2000. It is held by 220 libraries in the world and is possibly the most widely read book by the writer.
The economist worked as associate professor of economics and an Islamic studies professor at the Aligarh Muslim University for a long time. He was also Emeritus Professor at the University. He was a professor of Economics at the King Abdul Aziz University of Jeddah, in the Center for Research in Islamic Economics. He was a Fellow at the Centre for Near Eastern Studies at the University of California, and a visiting scholar at the Islamic Research and Training Institute of the Islamic Development Bank in Jeddah.
He was also a member of the Central Council of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind.
The professor supervised several PhD theses at various universities of India, Saudi Arabia and Nigeria. Dr Siddiqui also served as editor or advisor for academic journals.
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Blast at unlicensed quarry in Raichur: One worker killed, one grievously injured
Raichur: A worker was killed and another sustained serious injuries in an explosion at a quarry situated in Makapur village of Lingasugur taluk in the district on Sunday.
The deceased has been identified as Venkatesh, who was a native of Bagalkot. The identity of the injured worker is yet to be ascertained.
It is also learned that mining in the quarry is being carried on without the permission of the Department of Mines and Geology.
Lingasugur Police officers have registered a case in this regard. The officers have visited the quarry as a part of the investigation.
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