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Union Coop Delegation Visits ‘Bustanica’

Benoi Nair

Bustanica, which means your garden or orchard in Arabic, has unveiled the 330,000 sq. ft. controlled farm facility making it the world’s largest hydroponic farm. Dubai, UAE: A delegation from Union Coop organized an official visit to the largest vertical hydroponic farm in the world, ‘Bustanica’, which was recently opened by Emirates Flight Catering in Dubai. The visit was in the interest of the cooperative to provide the best and finest types of Agricultural produce from vegetables and fruits to consumers by establishing contracts with various sources and companies outside…

League of Women Voters Installs Board of Directors and Readies to Prepare Voters for General Election in November

Luhrs & Associates

Eastern Bergen County, New Jersey: — The League of Women Voters of Northern Valley (LWVNV) elected and installed its 2022-2022 board of directors and officers at its 76th annual meeting.  The LWVNV outlined its plans to provide voters with information they need to make informed decisions in the General Election in New Jersey on Tuesday, November 8, 2022.  They heard speaker Eric Benson from Clean Water Action discuss how New Jersey could reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 50% by 2030. Board of Directors Installed At the organization’s Annual Meeting,…

Chefs From the Clergy to Compete in Cook-Off for Healthy Eating

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Englewood (New Jersey): Cheer on your favorite local celebrity clergical chef at the Partnership for Healthy Eating’s Neighbors Helping Neighbors Eat Healthy’s ‘Cook-Off for Healthy Eating’.  The competition takes place on Thursday, August 25 from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at St. Paul’s Church, located at 113 Engle Street in Englewood, New Jersey.  The cook-off, presented by The Community Chest and Alstede Farms as a project of the Partnership for Healthy Eating, is free and open to the public. Clergy from Englewood — Reverend Preston Thompson from Ebenezer Baptist Church…

Union Coop Signs Agreement with Ferjan Dubai to Support its Community Initiative

Benoi Nair

Dubai, UAE: Union Coop signed a memorandum of understanding with Ferjan Dubai, one of the youth initiatives and projects. It provides financial support for its community initiatives, in order to reach members of the community through the accounts of Ferjan Dubai, which is concerned with gathering the residents of the residential neighborhood in one place, and spreading awareness among individuals about the various events held in their residential areas. Dr Suhail Al Bastaki – Director of Happiness & Marketing Dept. and Ms. Alia Al Shamlan, the founder of Ferjan Dubai…

Aegon Life’s Revamped Website Designed by Moonraft Offers 100% Digital Experience to Customers; Setting New Benchmark for the Industry

Press Release

Thiruvananthapuram:  Moonraft Innovation Labs, the experience and innovation design arm of UST, and a global experience design and innovation firm, recently revamped the website of Aegon Life, India’s leading digital life insurance company, to further enhance their digital proposition and customer experience.  To keep up with an increasingly growing digitally-savvy customer base, Aegon Life transformed its site to offer all retail products in a completely digital and do-it-yourself way, without requiring any document upload or visit to diagnostic center for medical examination. Moving towards a D2C pull-based distribution model required an intuitive digital experience…

Champakulam Chundan oarsmen visit original snake boat at UST Thiruvananthapuram campus

Press Release

Thiruvananthapuram: The original Champakulam Chundan, the most-celebrated among snake boats in Kerala that currently adorns the UST campus in Thiruvananthapuram, had a set of high profile visitors this weekend. The boat, which had been brought to the UST campus after it had retired in 2013, was called on by the Kerala Police team, the oarsmen of the new generation Champakulam Chundan after it won this year’s Champakulam Moolam Boat Race, on July 12. At the Champakulam Moolam Boat Race held on July 12, the Kerala Police Boat Race team won…

Union Coop: AED 4,673 Million spent on community contributions since the beginning of 2022

Benoi Nair

Dubai, UAE: Dr Suhail Al Bastaki, Director of Happiness and Marketing Department, Union Coop revealed info on the societal contributions made by the cooperative since the beginning of the current year 2022, which amounted to AED 4,673,113.96, noting that the Cooperative is one of the most supportive private entities for all sectors in the country through its societal contribution that enhances its presence to serve the Emirati community and participate in advancing the curve of growth and development. He pointed out that the cooperative has clear imprints in its societal…

Upset Hindus urge Spain brewery to remove goddess Lakshmi image from its beer & apologize

Universal Society of Hinduism

Upset Hindus are urging Artes (Barcelona, Spain) based microbrewery Societat Cervesera Artesenca to apologize and remove the image of Hindu deity Lakshmi from its MandarIPA beer, calling it highly inappropriate. Distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, said that inappropriate usage of sacred Hindu deities or concepts or symbols or icons for commercial or other agenda was not okay as it hurt the devotees. Zed, who is president of Universal Society of Hinduism, indicated that goddess Lakshmi was highly revered in Hinduism and she was…

Royal Enfield Continental GT Cup is back with Season 2

Press Release

Kochi: After a spectacular first season last year at the JK Tyre FMSCI National Racing Championship, Royal Enfield is ready to once again set the track on fire as it returns for Season 2.  The JK Tyre presents Royal Enfield Continental GT Cup 2022 opened registrations for this season on July 20, 2022.  With its new Pro-Am series format, the upcoming edition of India’s only retro-racing championship promises to be fiercer, showcasing every nuance of racecraft. Royal Enfield has focused on encouraging and nurturing the culture of Pure Motorcycling for…

Hindus seek Diwali holiday in Orange County schools in Florida

Universal Society of Hinduism

Hindus are urging all public, private/independent, charter, parochial schools in Orange County (Florida) to close on their most popular festival Diwali; which falls on October 24 this year. Distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada today, said that it was simply not fair with Hindu pupils in Orange County schools as they had to be at school on their most popular festival, while schools were closed around other religious days. Zed, who is President of Universal Society of Hinduism, stated that since it was vital for Hindu…