On 23rd April, 2022, the dynamic team of Empowering Mobeds held its Inaugural function to officially launch ‘The Empowering Mobeds Trust’, at the Dadar Athornan Institute. Commencing auspiciously with a Jashan in the morning, performed by the Madressa’s students, the program was held in the DAI Hall which was completely packed with Mobeds, Madressa parents, Panthakies…
Hearty congratulations to our tiny tot achiever from Surat – Delfryn Kaizad Jogi – currently studying in Senior Kg at Ryan International School (GSEB) Surat, for winning the first prize in the Zonal Level competition of ‘Poem Recitation and Story Narration’, which was recently hosted by St. Johns High School, in Aurangabad. Delfryn topped the Story…
For the sixth time in a row, Mumbai-based Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, Dr. Aspi Navroze Raimalwala, was awarded the prestigious Presidential Appreciation Award 2021-2022, for his outstanding contribution to the Indian Medical Association (IMA) at local and national level, by IMA President – Mumbai, Dr .Jitesh Mehta, at a gala function, on 10th April, 2022, at…
Author Marzban Jamshedji Giara, regarded widely for his comprehensive acumen and study of the Zoroastrian religion and culture, has penned yet another gem for the benefit of community members, titled, ‘The History of Holy Fire Iranshah and Udvada Gam’ – a 144-paged, richly illustrated, hard bound edition, which has been sponsored by The WZO Trust…
On 17th April, 2022, 44-year-old veteran Dirt-Bike racing champ, Rustom K Patel, once again stole the show at the All-India ‘DIRT HAVEN MX CROSS’ biking event by winning 2 Golds and 2 Silvers across the 4 categories he participated in, displaying his excellent and smooth riding skills to the younger generation racing there. The event…
On 31st March, 2022, the Delhi High Court turned down a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking a directive to the Central Government to award the Bharat Ratna – India’s highest civilian honour – to leading industrialist, former Chairperson of Tata Sons and philanthropist, Ratan Tata, for his exceptional services to the nation. A bench headed…
April 6, 2008 marked the inception of the ‘Structured Religious Course’ at the M J Wadia Agiary Hall, conducted with the aim of exploring and sharing knowledge about our glorious Zoroastrian religion. The brain-child of Trustee Kersi Limathwalla, this course is backed by the community’s leading religious scholar and priest, Er. Dr. Ramiyar Karanjia, as…
The Tata Group launched its much-anticipated super-app – Tata Neu, on 7th April, 2022, bringing together grocery-to-hotel-to-airline ticket booking and medicine on a single platform, in its attempt to take on Amazon, Flipkart and Jio platforms, amid India’s rapid growth in the consumer digital economy sector. N Chandrasekaran, Chairman of Tata Sons, said, “The Tata…
Pride of our community and globally revered industrialist, Ratan Tata, Chairman Emeritus, Tata Sons, recently enjoyed a joy-ride in the custom-built, 72V Nano EV. Referring to this as a ‘moment of truth’, the Pune-based Electra EV expressed their hope in gaining insights from Tata’s feedback after his car ride. “It is a moment of truth for Team…
On 4th April, 2022, Adar Poonawalla, the CEO of Serum Institute of India (SII), the world’s largest producer of vaccines by volumes and the leading provider of the anti-Covid vaccine, Covishield, said that India’s current low number of active coronavirus cases could be attributed to the fact that it opted for the right vaccine for…
On 3rd April, 2022, the Bardoli Zarthosti Anjuman organised a glittering felicitation ceremony honouring three Parsi stalwarts of our community – Padmashree Shri Yazdi N. Karanjia – stage personality and iconic Parsi comedy theater and drama veteran; Kersi K Deboo – Member of the National Commission for Minorities; and Dr. Homi Doodhwala – petitioner for Zoroastrian traditional last rites….