Two days after the Tata Group pledged Rs 1,500 crore to fight the Coronavirus pandemic, Tripura’s Deputy CM, Jishnu Devvarma wrote to Tata Trusts Chairman, Ratan Tata, seeking material assistance to tackle the virus in the state. Devvarma’s wish list includes 100 ventilators, 50,000 Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) and alcohol-based hand sanitizers each, 1,00,000 N95…
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…
Need Of The Hour: Supporting And Facilitating The Medical Fraternity In Facing The Challenges Posed By COVID-19 (A Masina Hospital Initiative) Humanity is presently fighting a fierce battle to defeat the contagion of the dreaded Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). WZO Trust Funds have, in their own modest manner, assisted by supporting Masina Hospital (Byculla, Mumbai), in…
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…
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 8th April, 2020. WINNER: Deepika: Farha Ma’m, please teach me ‘12’ new dancing steps as I think Modiji will ask us to dance for ‘12’ minutes on our balcony at ‘12’ noon, in…
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…
A few decades ago, ‘Corona’ referred to a shoe company. I am talking of the days when TV had not yet come to India and hence the only powerful medium of advertising was the radio. Whether it was All India Radio or Radio Ceylon or Vividh Bharati, the ‘Corona’ shoe advertisement blasted like this in…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]Veera is a published Author (‘Endured’ and ‘#LoveBitesLifeHacks’) and Columnist; a passionate Educator and Counsellor; Poet and Philosopher… but most of all, a lover of all things literary.[/otw_shortcode_info_box] Welcome, dearest world, to 2020! Fearful, anxious, panic stricken – are we? Think back, to how long we have been plundering, corrupting and marauding it!…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]PT Film Critic, Hoshang Katrak takes a look at some films, which had a ‘virus’ as the central theme![/otw_shortcode_info_box] As the continents (Antarctica excluded) of our planet grapple with the lethal and unseen enemy, one’s thoughts dwell on Hollywood’s fascination for the unknown… While the perils of viral annihilation has been the subject…