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Tag: 23rd January 2021
SII Working On Four More COVID-19 Vaccines
In addition to Covishield, Serum Institute of India (SII), the largest producer of vaccines in the world based on volumes, is working on four more vaccines against the novel coronavirus, as per its Executive Director, Suresh Jadhav, who shared this announcement during a webinar. He said that SII has been working on five vaccines against the […]
From the Editors Desk
Dear Readers, If we should step back and glance, from the bird’s eye-view, at the current ongoings in the world, it would be impossible to miss the striking similarities echoed by various nations, with regard to leadership and leaders. The greater part of the past decade has been dominated with global news about growing unrest […]
Caption This – 23rd January
Calling all our readers to caption this picture! Winning Caption and Winner’s Name Will Be Published Next Week. Send in your captions at editor@parsi-times.com by 27th January, 2021. WINNER: First Chicken: Thanks to the virus – No Navjotes, No Weddings, No Khotta Kharchaas! Center Chicken: Thanks to Chicken Flu – we can roam abount freely and not […]
Letters to the Editor
Trusteeship For BPP As each BPP election costs about 40 lakhs to the coffers of BPP and a fairly big amount to the candidates, it is better that interim elections be avoided and the candidates are elected, uncontested. This time we have two virtuous candidates contesting – Anahita Desai, who commands an excellent track record […]
ZAC Holds Sherevar Parabh Jashan
A Jashan was performed in honor of Sherevar Amshashpand (Sherevar Mah, Sherevar Roj), at the Zoroastrian Association of California (ZAC) by Ervads Zarrir and Zerkxis Bhandara. Sponsored by Dhun Alamshaw, the Jashan was attended online by about 40 people over Zoom. After the Jashan, Er. Zerkxis led the Humbandagi, followed by an explanation of the importance of Sherevar Amshaspand. Sherevar Amshaspand looks after the sky and the attribute of this Amesha Spenta is moral strength […]
Nowroze Baug’s G-Block Celebrates Centenary Function
Nowroze Baug was the first of the Parsi colonies to be envisioned and built by the magnanimous benefactor – late Bai Jerbai Wadia, in 1908. Its ‘G Block’ was the eight of the thirteen buildings built at a cost of Rs. 1,54,331 and inaugurated on 10th Jan, 1921 thereby marking its centenary on the 10th of January […]
Don’t Miss The Second ‘Ba Humata’ Webinar!
The ‘Ba Humata’ Webinar is a Prayer, Leadership and Entrepreneurship Global Webinar series on ‘Prayer with Action and Action with Prayers’, where our worldwide community’s leading priests, leaders and entrepreneurs share their wisdom, insights and guiding principle for the welfare of community members across the globe. After the tremendous success of the first Webinar, Ba […]
Let Me Sacrifice Myself At The Altar Of Service
Man comes not to the world just for his own good, but for the good of all mankind. He has to work unswervingly for the amelioration of the many ills which afflict all living beings. The ideal of life for man is to forget himself in his service to his fellowmen. He has to serve […]
TechKnow With Tantra: Google Go: A Lighter, Faster Way To Search
Google Go has all the core Google features, but it offers them in an app that takes up minimal storage space and works well even in weak data connection. The search results are optimized to help you save upto 40% of your data. You can point your camera to any text and make Google read […]
Meherbai’s Mandli Holds A Dental Conference
Meherbai’s Mandli was like one big happy family who were always there for each other – in good times and bad. Whenever a Mandli-member had a problem, Meherbai would hold a meeting and sort out that problem. She was a mother-figure and almost everyone in her Parsi colony reached out to her for counselling, since […]