Sharjah: Tributes have been pouring in for a young global media entrepreneur and journalist from India who died in Sharjah on Wednesday.
Ansif Ashraf, 37, who hailed from the south Indian state of Kerala, was best known for owning the British Herald, a UK-based online news site and magazine, which he purchased in 2018.
Prominent personalities from different walks of life in various countries posted condolence messages and paid tributes to Ansif.
Vice-President of Somaliland Abdirahman Saylici, patron of British Herald Baron Raminder Ranger, who holds a life peerage at UK’s House of Lords, Islamic scholar from Zimbabwe, Ismail ibn Musa Menk, also known as Mufti Menk, were among those who expressed shock at the untimely demise of Ansif and paid tributes online.
Facebook News Launched in UK; to Feature Content From Daily Mail, Financial Times, and More
Facebook had already agreed deals with The Economist, The Guardian, The Independent, and Mirror. By Agence France-Presse | Updated: 27 January 2021 09:49 IST
The arrival of Facebook News comes after the news tab feature was rolled out in the US in late 2019
Highlights
The coronavirus pandemic made the situation facing newspapers worse
It called on British government to impose a windfall tax on tech giants
Facebook News launched in Britain on Tuesday, delivering users of the world s leading social network curated news content bought from traditional publishers that have struggled financially.
Facebook News launched in Britain on Tuesday, delivering users of the world's leading social network curated news content bought from traditional publishers that have struggled financially.