On 18th April, 2020, Armene Modi was awarded the prestigious Albert Shweitzer Medal, at the ‘World Literacy Summit 2020’, in recognition of both – her academic excellence and extensive service to the community in the field of education and literacy in India. The Summit awards ceremony was held as an online experience this year, in…
While the traffic police in India usually travels in Maruti Ertigas or Toyota Innovas, the Tata Nexon could now, also be an ideal alternative, in keeping with its facelift modifications which render it to soon be one of the leading ‘Police Interceptor’ vehicles! Being the very first, made-in-India car to achieve an excellent 5-star rating…
On 21st April, 2020, twenty-five healthcare workers, including nineteen nurses, from the Pune-based Ruby Hall Clinic, tested positive for Covid-19, within the last fortnight. The highly reputable Hospital’s CEO, Bomi Bhote, shared that they had screened over a thousand staffers over the last fortnight, and that it had begun with a single case of a…
On 21st April, 2020, a fire broke out at around 10:30 am, in the premises of The Billimoria High School, in Panchgani, causing extensive damage to school property. The cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained. The Panchgani Municipality fire-fighters rushed to the site and with great effort, were able to extinguish the…
Tata Sons is planning to raise USD 1 Billion for its European operations, as reported by The Economic Times. The conglomerate may raise the money through a Revolving Credit Facility (RCF), often known as ‘Revolver Lines’. Tata Sons has begun talks with global banks including Citi, ANZ, HSBC, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group and Standard Chartered. The…
A highschool student in the Greater Boston area Myra Bhathena has launched a ‘Connect Against COVID’ Initiative via her website (connectagainstcovid.com) which aims at gathering used but functioning tech items like smartphones, tablets and iPads to give to hospitalized COVID-19 patients in the Greater Boston area. These patients are in isolation and unable to stay…
On 18th April, 2020, veteran journalist of Indian-origin, Gulshan Ewing, died of COVID-19, in London, at the age of 92. Over a 30-year career in journalism, Gulshan Ewing served as the Editor of two leading Indian magazines — ‘Star & Style’ and ‘Eve’s Weekly’, which catered primarily to women. A high-profile society journalist, Gulshan was known to…
Earlier this week, ‘Jiyo Parsi’ – a GoI undertaking, which supports our community’s efforts in arresting the declining Parsi population and aids in its increase – reinforced its efforts by launching an excellent and much needed counselling and guidance campaign, via a Support Helpline, publicized appropriately under the title, ‘WE HEAR YOU!’ This Helpline has…
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…