OVER the centuries, there have been many a European who learnt and loved Urdu and then carried out some academic ...

Welcome (back) to Dawn.com on the first day of 2025. As we continue to report the news in its most original form, and find new and interesting ways to do so, here’s a snapshot of what you ...

Last year's word of the year for the Oxford Dictionary was vax, while words related to vaccines spiked in frequency in 2021 because of Covid, with double-vaxxed, unvaxxed and anti-vaxxer all ...