Some 30 years ago, on May 21, 1993, more than 200 people were hospitalized and 21 dead, after drinking contaminated municipal tap water, in the Ghatiya, Khateek Pada, and Mandi Sayeed Khan areas of Agra.

The Aligarh Historians Society of Aligarh Muslim University organized the 21st Prof M Athar Ali Memorial Lecture, which was delivered by Prof Naman P Ahuja from the School of Art and Aesthetics at Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi, who is also the General Editor of the prestigious art journal, Marg, published from Mumbai.

“In the global negotiations on climate change, this will be the year of climate finance – a year when the world will try and agree to what is being called the ‘new collective quantified goal’ for climate finance, the prime agenda at the 29th Conference of Parties i.e. CoP, to be held later this year.

The Department of Museology at Aligarh Muslim University organised an international seminar on "Museum for Education and Research", in collaboration with the International Council of Museums and the International Council for Biodeterioration of Cultural Property.

Prof Shaheena Tarannum has been appointed as the Chairperson of the Department of English at AMU for three years, with effect from May 14.