Bangalore-based biotech firm Avesthagen is studying an inbred Indian population. Bangalore-based biotech company Avesthagen said Wednesday it has launched a genome project to build a genetic database of an inbred India community known as the Parsis. The Avesthagenome project will study the Parsis people of the Zoroastrian community to gather data for a genealogical and… Continue reading Inbred Investment Eyes Genomes
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Avesthagen launches AVESTAGENOME
Avestha Gengraine Technologies Pvt. Ltd., (Avesthagen) a leading biotechnology company today announced the launch of the AVESTAGENOME TM project, a unique project to build a complete genetic, genealogical and medical database of the Parsis. In today’s biotechnology driven medical care, the quest for new, more effective therapies and diagnostic tools have become essential to understand… Continue reading Avesthagen launches AVESTAGENOME
Ardeshir Cowasjee – The Grand Old Man of Karachi
Ardeshir Cowasjee is a renowned newspaper columnist in Pakistan, whose weekly columns appear in the nation’s oldest English language daily Dawn. A man of very few words (as the reader will discover), Mr. Cowasjee is Chairman of the Cowasjee Group and engaged in several philanthropic activities. I’m pleased to welcome Mr. Ardeshir Cowasjee. Sir, you… Continue reading Ardeshir Cowasjee – The Grand Old Man of Karachi
Persepolis Recreated
An amazing video of Persepolis, completely recreated digitally.
A Small but Mighty Religion; What we Believe: Zoroastrianism
Mehlli Bhagalia and his wife, Perin, tend a small flame in their home in Carlsbad. Bhagalia said the flame, safe in the fireplace, has been consecrated by the couple’s prayers and is only extinguished when the couple go away. Just as the cross and the star of David are symbols of Christianity and Judaism, the… Continue reading A Small but Mighty Religion; What we Believe: Zoroastrianism
Mumbai: Parsi community celebrates Navroze
The Zoroastrian community in India, particularly those in Mumbai, is all set to celebrate the beginning of the New Year or Navroze. For Mehrad Faroudi, this day is special as his grandmother Audokht has come visiting all the way from Yazd, Iran. Audokht’s daughter is married to local Mumbaikar Zubin, whose family migrated to India… Continue reading Mumbai: Parsi community celebrates Navroze
Iranians Celebrate the New Year 1386
Right after midnight on Wednesday, 21 March, Iranians will be celebrating Norouz (new day), the start of 1386, the new Iranian year – a celebration which is at least 2,500 years old. The new year is also celebrated in Afghanistan, in areas inhabited by the Kurds, in some former Soviet Union republics in central Asia… Continue reading Iranians Celebrate the New Year 1386
Avesthagen initiates Parsi genome project
Avestha Gengraine Technologies (Avesthagen), a Bangalore-based integrated biotech company, has launched ‘Avestagenome’, a project to build a complete genetic, genealogical and medical database of the Parsi community. According to Villoo Morawala Patell, founder and managing director, Avesthagen, the project is biotechnology-driven and would aim to come up with therapies and diagnostic tools to understand linkages… Continue reading Avesthagen initiates Parsi genome project
The Persian king who is remembered every year
He was one of the most illustrious kings of ancient Iran (then called Persia) On 21st March, Parsis and Iranis the world over celebrate Jamshedi Navroze named after the Persian king Jamsheed of the Peshdadian dynasty who ascended the throne centuries ago on the day of the spring equinox. This day was deliberately chosen since… Continue reading The Persian king who is remembered every year
