On 29th September, 2020, the Pune-based Serum Institute of India (SII) – the world’s largest vaccine manufacturer by volume, announced that, along with Gavi – the Vaccine Alliance, a public-private global health partnership that aims to increase access to immunisation in poor countries, and The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, it looked to accelerate the […]
Category: Community News
Shahen-ni-Baaj Performed In Udvada To Usher In Good Times
A Shahen-ni-Baaj was performed under the auspices of Udvada Nine Families Shahenshahi Athornan Anjuman, on 26th September, 2020 (Roj Mohor – Mah Ardibesht, YZ 1390), wishing away the ill effects that the pandemic has caused to humanity. Er. Kobad Bharda performed the Baaj Ceremony at the Udvada Doongerwadi premises at 9:40 am. Alongside the Baaj, […]
Book Launch: ‘Fashion Musings’ By Meher Castelino
Mumbai-based author, fashion celebrity and reckoned as the pioneer of Fashion Journalism in India – Meher Castelino, recently announced the launch of her third book, titled, ‘Fashion Musings’ – a humorous take on fashion, beauty and films. Available in digital (Rs. 99/-) and print (Rs. 295/-) formats on Flipkart and Amazon globally, ‘Fashion Musings’ takes […]
Smita Crishna-Godrej Is India’s Richest Woman!
– Networth Marked At Rs. 32,400 Cr! – With a whopping networth of Rs 32,400 crore, Smita Crishna-Godrej, the third-generation heir of the Godrej clan, has been pegged as India’s richest woman, as per the ‘IIFL Wealth Hurun India Rich List’. She holds a one-fifth stake in the family assets of the Godrej family, […]
100 TPC Celebrates First Online Festival
100 Thousand Poets for Change (TPC) celebrated its ninth poetry festival, the first of its kind to be celebrated online, on 20th September, 2020. Organised by Rati Wadia – former Principal, Queen Mary School; Katie Bagly, award winning writer of children’s books; and Menka Shivdasani – award winning poet and editor, and ably conducted by […]
Tata Taps Wealth Funds To Buy Out Shapoorji Stake
The Tata Group has reached out to several investors, including sovereign wealth funds, to raise funds to buy out the Mistry family’s stake in Tata Sons Ltd, with Chairman of Tata Sons, N. Chandrasekaran leading talks with potential investors, as per media reports (livemint.com). This would, once and for all, put an end to the ongoing […]
Online Petition To Save Parsi Gate, Marine Drive
A group of concerned citizens have started an online petition to save the Parsi Gate at Marine Drive in South Mumbai, which is likely to be relocated by the BMC for the upcoming coastal road. The petition states, the over a century-old gate, built by Pallonji Mistry and philanthropist, Bhagojisheth Kheer in 1915, has been […]
Munich To Unveil ‘Freddie Mercury Street’
Legendary rock singer of Parsi Zoroastrian descent, Freddie Mercury, the frontman of then iconic rock band, Queen, is being honoured with a street named after him in Munich, Germany. This is the unanimous resolution of Munich’s city council. Five years ago, the radio station ‘Rock Antenne’ and its rock community, had put in the official […]
Jamshedpur’s ‘AIDS-Warrior’ – Dr. H K Gardin Passes Away
Jamshedpur’s much loved and respected Dr. H K Gardin, who had earned the reputation as the city’s ‘Warrior of AIDS and HIV’, passed away on 24th September, 2020 after initially testing positive for the coronavirus, at the age of 61. Dr. Gardin had retired as TMH’s (Tata Main Hospital) renowned skin specialist and physician, and […]
SII Starts Final Phase Of Clinical Trials For Vaccine
On 21st September, 2020, the Serum Institute of India (SII), the world’s largest producer of vaccine in volumes, started the Phase-III or last and final stage of clinical trials, for the Covid-19 vaccine ‘Covishield’, at the state-run Sassoon General Hospital in Pune, Maharashtra. As per Dr. Muralidhar Tambe, Dean, Sassoon General Hospital, the dose of the […]
Cyber Fraud Steals From Pallonji Mistry’s Daughter’s Bank Account
An unidentified cyber fraud stole Rs 90,000 between June and July from the bank account of 62-year-old Laila Rustom Jehangir, one of the two daughters of billionaire and business magnate, Pallonji Shapoorji Mistry, who owns one of the biggest conglomerates – the Shapoorji Pallonji group. An FIR has been registered at the Colaba police station. […]