Danish Siddiqui started his career as a correspondent for the Hindustan Times before shifting to the TV Today Network.
11 Facts About Danish Siddiqui
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Danish Siddiqui's photos depicting mass cremations of COVID-19 fatalities in India generated outrage.
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Right-wing news portals attacked Danish Siddiqui for capitalizing on "Hindu suffering" and private grief.
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In 2013, Danish Siddiqui had secured the third position in the Arts and Culture Category at the Sony World Photography Awards 2013.
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Danish Siddiqui was a winner in the recently held Hong Kong 25th Human Rights Press Awards 2021 for Photography and Photography categories.
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On 29 December 2021, Danish Siddiqui was posthumously awarded 'the Journalist of the Year' for 2020 by the Mumbai Press Club.
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Danish Siddiqui was killed alongside a senior Afghan officer while covering a clash between Afghan Special Forces and Taliban insurgents in Spin Boldak, Kandahar, on 16 July 2021.
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Danish Siddiqui's body was handed to the Afghan Red Crescent Society.
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Danish Siddiqui claimed that as part of this operation, they had attacked a mosque where Siddiqui had gone to receive first-aid, captured him, vetted his identity, and then executed him, after fighting off the Afghan forces who came to the rescue.
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However, the-then spokesman of Afghan National Defence and Security Forces told India Today that Danish Siddiqui was indeed executed by the Taliban.
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Danish Siddiqui's coffin arrived in India, in the evening of 18 July 2021.