ફીલ્ડ માર્શલ એસએચએફજે માણેકશાની 12મી પુણ્યતિથિ નિમિત્તે 27મી જૂન, 2020 ના રોજ, કોઈમ્બતુરના નીલગિરિસ જિલ્લામાં, વેલિંગ્ટન સ્થિત ડિફેન્સ સર્વિસીસ સ્ટાફ કોલેજ (ડીએસએસસી) દ્વારા પુષ્પાંજલી સમારોહનું આયોજન કરવામાં આવ્યું હતું. એક સત્તાવાર રિલીઝ મુજબ, કમાન્ડન્ટ ડીએસએસટીના લેફ્ટનન્ટ જનરલ વાયવીકે મોહને, સ્થાનિક પારસી સમુદાયની હાજરીમાં, ટ્રાઇ-સર્વિસ બિરાદરો વતી, દેશના પ્રથમ ફિલ્ડ માર્શલના અંતિમ આરામ સ્થાન પારસી ઝોરાસ્ટ્રિયન…
અરે સાયરસ, કાલે સાંજે રોશનભાભીને જવેલરીની દુકાનની અંદર જતા મેં જોયા, આવી વિકટ પરિસ્થિતિમાં પણ તું સોનુ ખરીદે છે? અરે નવીન, તારી જોવામાં કંઇક ભૂલ થતી હશે. ના સાયરસ 99% સંગિતા ભાભી જ હતા. મેં ત્યારે વાત ને ઉડાવી દીધી. પણ વાતની ગંભીરતા સમજી તેના મૂળ સુધી જવાનો મેં ઘરે પહોંચી પ્રયત્ન કર્યો. રોજના નિયમ…
Be Parsi, Buy Parsi – An Atma-nirbhar Community! Dear Readers, Even as we welcome and brace ourselves for the outpouring of our Rain-gods, the overcast skies add only marginally to the gloom that the pandemic has set in. In addition to having claimed innumerable lives across the world, COVID-19 has emerged as the modern-day nemesis…
Calling all our readers to caption this picture! The wittiest caption will win a fabulous prize! Send in your captions at editor@parsi-times.com by 15th July, 2020. [otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”] Disclaimer: Some of our ‘Caption This’ Contest photos are taken from freely available, public online resources and are published in a light and humorous vein, which…
On 29th June, 2020 Mumbai’s 20-year-old Khushnaz Nevil Dadrewalla secured second position in the Under-21 category of the All India Open Girls Online Chess Tournament, organised by Shri Sheetala Mata Shaktipeeth Trust, New Delhi, through Lichess.org digital platform. A total of eighty-five girls participated in the event from all across India. Holding up the Mumbai…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”] The ‘Global Iranshah Initiative’ is a worldwide endeavour of love and devotion to our holiest of holy, Pak Iranshah, in Udvada gaam (Gujarat), with an aim to support and perpetuate its legacy and our priceless and timeless heritage. The global initiative was officially first launched on 24th December, 2017 at the second…
After the success of his previous volume of the acclaimed Sufi saint and poet – Jalal-ud-din Rumi’s poems, Farrukh Dhondy is back with a brand new collection of Rumi’s translations. The UK-based writer, playwright and activist has selected and translated a new collection of Rumi’s poetries, in a book titled, ‘Rumi – A New Collection’,…
Avesthagen Limited, with support from the Foundation for a Smoke Free World, New York, USA, is developing a systems biology-based approach for the early predictive diagnosis of tobacco related cancers such as lung, head and neck, esophagus, stomach, colon, prostate and bladder cancers to achieve cessation of smoking. Researchers at Avesthagen Limited are studying how…
Earlier this week, Adar Poonawalla, Chief Executive Officer of Serum Institute of India (SII), the world’s largest vaccine manufacturer, said that an approval for SII’s vaccine by the Drug Controller General of India (DGCI) was at least six months away, as the organisation is focussed on following due processes ensuring its safety and efficacy. “Once…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” background_color=”#e8e8e8″] Parsi Times presents our readers ‘The Zen Series’ by PT Columnist, Kashmira Shaw Raj – a professional Taichi and Qigong practitioner and teacher, as also a sought-after clinical psychologist and healer. These Zen stories will resonate with you and help you connect within, at a deeper, inner level to encourage and empower…
Whenever there was a formal or even a semi-formal occasion, Meherwanj’s BP would rise to the rooftop, because like most women, his wife – Meherbai, was never ready on time. Just as philosophers keep asking, “What is the purpose of life?” Meherwanji kept asking “Why do wives take so long to dress?” Oh hello! He was…