The new BPP Board started working in October 2015. For the first three and a half years, we proudly proclaimed to one and all, that BPP was not selling any houses and genuinely catering to the needs of the poor and underprivileged community members, especially in need of Housing. However, from Day One itself, my…
Calling all our readers to caption this picture! Winning Caption and Winner’s Name Will Be Published Next Week. Send in your captions at editor@parsi-times.com by 25th August 2021. [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…
Do Not Let Your Guard Down… Yet Dear Readers, Before all else, on behalf of Team Parsi Times, I’d like to thank you for your abundant response and your kind words of appreciation and encouragement, for our bumper Parsi New Year issue. Our aim is to get your weekend started with a smile on your…
On 12th August, 2021, the Delhi High Court extended the deadline given to the Centre to nominate persons to the vacant positions in the National Commission for Minorities by two months. Justice Rekha Palli said the process, which was earlier directed to be concluded by July 31, be completed by September 30. The High Court’s…
The Annual General Body meeting for Bhopal Parsi Anjuman (BPA) was held virtually on August 1st, 2021. Special condolences were shared for the departed previous President – Rohin Gandhi, as also Farokh Sarkari. The new Executive Committee for BPA was selected, comprising President – Col. (Retd.) Firoze B. Allavali; Vice President – Squadron Leader Zanosh…
On Sunday, 22nd August, 2021, the Ba_Humata (with_Good Thoughts) Webinar series presents a special webinar to celebrate Khordaad Saal. Titled, ‘What Asho Zarathushtra Means To Me’, the webinar comprises a Humbandagi by young Ervads from India – Er. Zahan Turel and Er. Farmaan Dastoor. This will be followed by short talks and religious songs which…
Serum Institute of India CEO Adar Poonawalla on Friday said he is hopeful that Covovax, another COVID-19 vaccine being manufactured by his company in India, will be launched in October for adults and for children by the first quarter of 2022. He also thanked the government for all the support provided to Serum Institute and…
One of the best Android keyboards, G-Board now has improved features including Glide Typing (simply gliding your finger over the characters instead of tapping them individually); Voice Typing (dictation); Multilingual Typing (need not manually switch between languages– Gboard autocorrects and suggests from your enabled languages); Translate; Inbuilt Clipboard Manager (stores up to 5 snippets in…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” background_color=”#e8e8e8″] 26th August, 2021 marks International Dog’s Day, also commemorated as International Pet’s Day, across the world. As a community, we inherently love pets, especially dogs, as they fill our lives with ‘paw’sitivity and happiness with their unconditional love and acceptance of us. No wonder we treat these little angels as our very…
One of the nation’s most formidable legal stalwarts – Justice Rohinton Fali Nariman, the second-most senior judge of the Supreme Court, retired on 12th August, 2021, post his seven year tenure as Judge. Having disposed of nearly 13,565 cases, Justice Nariman practised as an advocate for over 35 years and was only the fifth lawyer…
India ended the Tokyo Olympics with a record seven medals, including a Gold medal – the first for India in athletics, won by Neeraj Chopra in Javelin Throw; two Silvers by Ravi Kumar Dahiya (Wrestling 57 kgs) and Mirabai Chanu (Weight Lifting – 49 kgs Women); and four Bronze medals by P V Sindhu (Women’s…