The COVID-19 Virus, which has been on a ‘World Tour’ for the past three months and has embraced over 2 million people during its ambitious, international flight, has its musketeers now sojourning in the USA – the ‘Land of Opportunities’, giving a whole new meaning to the ‘dying to be in the US’ preference of […]
Calling all our readers to caption this picture! The wittiest caption will win a fabulous prize! Send in your captions at editor@parsi-times.com by 22nd April, 2020. WINNER: (Singing to the tune of Hindi song – ‘Sheela ki Jawaani’) “What’s my name? What’s my name? My name is Sheela…. SHEELA BAI!!” By Pervin Watchmaker Ahmedabad
. . Though our schools have been shut for over a month now, due to the ongoing and necessary Governments directives of a Lockdown, we have used this time to perfect the use of technology to reach out to our students at home. Since there is the possibility of the Lockdown getting further extended, beyond […]
During the current lockdown all over the world, our Community’s IT, Business and Networking pro, Yazdi Tantra has been offering live Webinars to help lay users employ technology more effectively, to their own benefits. He has already conducted three successful Webinars – Google Tips & Tricks (http://bit.ly/TTGoogle1); GMail Tips & Tricks (http://bit.ly/TTGmail1); and Chrome Extensions […]
It’s easy to smile when all is rosy, but to smile and keep the faith during trying times needs emotional conditioning. The stresses brought on by the ongoing lockdown makes us easy prey to worry, despair or even panic. While we put on brave faces and wait for the virus to die out, we try […]
The Narielvala Agiary, situated close to Mumbai’s Dadar station, brought in its grand 198th Salgreh, on the 15th of April, 2020. In keeping with the necessary restrictions imposed by the lockdown to contain the novel coronavirus, the Agairy was not open to the public, but a Machi was offered on the occasion, in the evening […]
Bringing in a bit of cheer and relief from the scary and depressive COVID-19 pandemic, which continues to unfold at an alarming speed, the Ontario Zoroastrian Charitable Foundation will livestream the Parsi Natak, titled ‘Madan Ni Mansik Hospital’, presented by the Toronto Parsi Drama Group, on the 18th of April, 2020 at 7:00 pm ET […]
On 13th April, 2020, the Life Sciences division of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) Ltd, in Hyderabad, shared that it is collaborating with the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), to design new chemical entities, using Artificial Intelligence (AI), for treating the novel ‘Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2’ (SARS-CoV-2), the source of COVID-19, which […]
In keeping with the global slowdown of the economy due to the ongoing Pandemic, a number of organisations have had to let go of workers or re-design the pay structures, as the lockdown forces employees to stay home. Recently, Zoroastrians.net – owned by one of our Community’s foremost networking and business visionaries, Yazdi Tantra – […]
“We were all in shock,” says Highland Park resident Natasha Thanawalla, when they were informed on Friday (10th April, 2020) that they would be airlifted home. The very next day they were returning home to Auckland on a Royal New Zealand Air Force C-130 Hercules, a military cargo aircraft carrying vital supplies including satellite phones […]
On 15th April, 2020, Davier Agiary celebrated its glorious 165th Salgreh. Due to the lockdown, a Jashan and celebration for the public could not be held, so Er. Homi Sena, the Panthaki of Bordi Agiyari performed the Jashan ceremony at the Agiary without the presence of humdins at 5:00pm, asking interested community members to light […]