The B. D. Petit Parsee General Hospital in Mumbai inaugurated a new Dialysis unit on February 10, 2022. The facility was established from the donations Neville Sarkari made to honour his late mother Homai. The two dialysis machines available in the outpatient department will allow patients to come in for treatment without having to get… Continue reading Parsee General Hospital Gets New Dialysis Unit
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Parsi Community welcomes Supreme Court’s new protocols for last rites of Parsi Covid-19 victims
Parsis in Mumbai and Gujarat have hailed the Supreme Court’s approval of a revised protocol for disposing of bodies of Parsi Covid-19 victims that re-allows for last rites as per the Zoroastrian culture. Friday’s decision comes after the Centre and Surat Parsi Punchayet (SPP) reached an agreement on ways and means to dispose of the… Continue reading Parsi Community welcomes Supreme Court’s new protocols for last rites of Parsi Covid-19 victims
Caretaker, son held for ignoring 77-yr-old Parsi man’s sickness causing his death
The case was registered on December 15, over a year after the man, identified as Yezdiar Edel Behram, died, after which the police arrested the duo as the investigators ascertained that the they purposely did not rush him to hospital after he fell critically ill to usurp his property. Article by Sagar Rajput | The… Continue reading Caretaker, son held for ignoring 77-yr-old Parsi man’s sickness causing his death
Professor Mahzarin Rustum Banaji will receive a 2022 Atkinson Prize in Psychological and Cognitive Sciences.
The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) has awarded the 2022 Atkinson Prize in Psychological and Cognitive Sciences to Mahzarin R. Banaji, the 2010–2011 APS President and an APS William James Fellow and APS James McKeen Cattell Fellow, for her work in furthering the understanding of implicit social cognition. “Her research has helped establish and quantify… Continue reading Professor Mahzarin Rustum Banaji will receive a 2022 Atkinson Prize in Psychological and Cognitive Sciences.
SII CEO Adar Poonawalla calls for faster vaccination at World Economic Forum
Adar Poonawalla made the statement as a panelist during the ‘Meeting the Challenge of Vaccine Equity’ session organised by the WEF. MoneyControl The vaccination rate needs to be faster worldwide for the Covid-19 pandemic to end, Serum Institute of India (SII) CEO Adar Poonawalla said while speaking at the World Economic Forum (WEF). Poonawalla made… Continue reading SII CEO Adar Poonawalla calls for faster vaccination at World Economic Forum
Dr. Cyrus S. Poonawalla to be conferred with Padma Bhushan 2022
Parsi Khabar is thrilled to announce that Dr. Cyrus S. Poonawalla has been awarded the Padma Bhushan Award by the Government of India. This is India’s third highest civilian award and Dr. Poonawalla is truly deserving of it. We congratulate Dr. Poonawalla and wish him, Adar and the entire Serum Institute the best in the… Continue reading Dr. Cyrus S. Poonawalla to be conferred with Padma Bhushan 2022
Covid-19: Bombay Parsi Punchayet backs usual funeral; priest says can’t silence rules
The BMC has barred the Parsi practice of letting the bodies of community members dying of Coronavirus decay naturally saying traces of the virus could spread through pallbearers Most Parsis are opposed to the burial or cremation of the bodies of community members dying of COVID The Centre’s stand in the Supreme Court that it… Continue reading Covid-19: Bombay Parsi Punchayet backs usual funeral; priest says can’t silence rules
