interest and period of loan to get the EMI instantly. It also provides calculations and working for the entire calculation, the principal amount repaid along with the interest paid each year along, with totals over the entire loan period. Those working for banks/ financial institutions are provided a mobile-friendly EMI Calculator widget to install on […]
Let’s Play It Safe Dear Readers, While the past month has seen a steady rise in the number of H3N2 flu (influenza) cases in the city, a couple of days ago, the Union Health Secretary – Rajesh Bhushan, reported that India was also witnessing a significant daily increase in the number of COVID-19 cases. In […]
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On 23rd March, 2023, the Thane Zarthostis gathered to celebrate the auspicious Ava Roj-Ava Mahino at the Patell Agiary, with a Jashan followed by a Humbandagi at the holy well of the Agiary. Zarthostis offered floral tributes, coconut, Dar-ni-pori and lighting the divo at the well in the morning. In the evening, the holy well […]
Ahura Support, an NGO for the benefit of differently-abled individuals needing special care at all stages of life, held its fourth Annual Sports Day at the Sir Ness Wadia Memorial Pavilion, Rustom Baug, on 5th March, 2023. The event flagged off with a march past followed by various races designed to suit each beneficiary. Activities […]
Query From Parsi Times reader, Bakhtawar Appoo: “Is there a cycle of re-birth in our religion and does a soul choose his/her parents at the time of birth?” Noshir Dadrawala responds: The Zoroastrian religion, in its most pristine form, focuses on this life and not so much on the after-life. What is important is […]
The Zoroastrians of Switzerland met for an early Navroz celebration, on 19th March, 2023, in Geneva. The get-together was held at the Iranian restaurant, ‘Hafez’, where the young and old of the community got together to bring in and celebrate the Season of Spring. Amdist all the ‘soo khabars’ and ‘majama cho’, interspersed with smatterings of French and […]
Recently, the Ladies Wing of World Zarathushti Chamber of Commerce (WZCC-WE) organized an industrial visit to Mustang Socks and Accessories Factory (Palghar), owned and run by two dynamic women entrepreneurs –Naazeen Katrak and Lubeina Shahpurwala. Over twenty WZCC members visited the factory, alongside Global Chairperson of WZCC’s Ladies Wing and President, India Region – Behroze […]