Tata Sons and its estranged minority shareholder, Shapoorji Pallonji (SP) Group, have clashed once again with the former objecting to cash-strapped SP Group’s plans to pledge a portion of its stake in the Tata Group parent to raise money. Pallonji Mistry and sons, Shapoor Mistry and Cyrus Mistry, who together control the diversified SP Group,…
New Varasiaji, ‘Yazdan’, installed at Udvada Pak Iranshah Atashbehram.
On 28th March, 2020, Ratan Tata, Chairman Emeritus, Tata Sons, the parent company of Tata Motors, announced that Tata Trusts had pledged Rs. 500 crores to help in the fight against the dreaded COVID-19 or coronavirus. Within a short while of this news, Tata Sons followed suit, pledging Rs. 1,000 crores donation towards the same…
The organizing committee of the 12th World Zoroastrian Congress is happy to announce the results of the Logo Design Competition that was held recently. Over 175 entries were received from all over the world for the 12 WZC Logo Design Competition. The jury deliberated over these entries for over two weeks and finally announced USA-based…
On March 26, 2020, Yazd Shahid Sadoughi University Of Medical Science, Iran received the second humanitarian package of medical supplies and safety equipment, sent to them through the support of Indian Zoroastrians. Over the past three weeks, two containers of medical supplies had been sent to Iran, that has been facing a major challenge controlling the…
Will Not Admit New Cases Or Visitors Till Mid-April On 1st April, 2020, the B D Petit Parsee General Hospital issued a statement that it was in Lockdown mode and would not be admitting any new cases or permitting any visitors to enter the hospital, till 15th April, 2020. Services were suspended after a patient,…
On 2nd April, 2020, Serum Institute India’s Chief Executive Officer, Adar Poonawalla, shared that he has invested in the Pune-based molecular diagnostic company, Mylab Discovery Solutions Pvt. Ltd. (MDS) – the first Indian firm to get commercial approval to make and sell coronavirus testing kits (named Mylab PathoDetect COVID-19 Qualitative PCR kit, approved by Indian FDA/CDSCO and ICMR evaluation)….
We know the physical causes that lead to earthquakes and tsunamis, but there are more subtle spiritual issues involved, based on the Karmic principle, that all right actions bring joy, while wrong actions bring grief. When wrong actions reach an extreme, it leads to massive destruction (pralaya) bringing about an en-masse settlement (group-karma) of human…
Actor Manisha Koirala is seen in the role of an archetypal Parsi mother in the oncoming Netflix original film – ‘Maska’. Maska will show Manisha as the eccentric and extremely protective Parsi mother, whose son, Rumi (a confused millennial who dreams of becoming a movie star until his girlfriend knocks sense into him), has gone…
Two young Ervads from New York and New Jersey recently completed their second level of priestly training or Martab, by performing the Venidad ceremony after a nine-day nahn (purification). The Martab was completed in two different Agiaries in Mumbai. Ervad Porus Cyrus Pavri, son of Yasmin and Ervad Cyrus Pavri, completed his Martab ceremony at the…
The Little Hearts Preschool held its Annual Concert on 11th March, 2020 at The Mumbai Marathi Sahitya Sangh Auditorium, celebrating ‘Happiness’ as the theme. The spectacular show was put up by 140 children, all under four years of age, whose performances were much appreciated by a cheerful audience of around 400 parents, grandparents and…