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Legacy of Danish Siddiqui, India’s star photographer

On: July 20, 2021

New Delhi: Danish Siddiqui, India’s first Pulitzer Prize winner in feature photography who rose to the top of his profession while documenting conflict, carnages, and human suffering, was killed in a crossfire between Afghan forces and the Taliban on July 16. Siddiqui was reporting the war in Afghanistan for Reuters.Continue Reading

UN chief grieved at Indian journalist’s killing in Afghanistan

By: Matters India

On: July 17, 2021

In: Indians Abroad

United Nations: UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on July 16 expressed grief at the killing of Indian photo-journalist Danish Siddiqui in Afghanistan, with the UN mission in the war-torn country calling for an investigation into his killing of reporters. “The Secretary General grieves the journalists killed or indeed harassed anywhereContinue Reading