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Mumbai: India’s street dish pani puri has achieved international recognition. In fact, it was captured in the MasterChef Australia 2023 competition where Indian-origin chef Adi Navgi made headlines by presenting the Indian street favorite Pani Puri with a Mexican twist in the Surprise Mystery Box Challenge. Indian-origin chef Adi Navgi, a 31-year-old contestant who is part of MasterChef Australia 2023, surprised the judges by making pani puri in the surprise mystery box challenge. On this achievement, the contestant said that I gave a Mexican twist to pani puri by making it with avocado…

The BJP government at the Center has announced a gift for the sugarcane farmers of the country. The cabinet has decided to increase the FRP of sugarcane. Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur informed that the government has increased the Fair and Remunerative Price (FRP) of sugarcane by Rs 10 per quintal to Rs 315 per quintal for the 2023-24 season. Anurag Thakur informed that the cabinet has approved the highest ever fair and remunerative price of Rs 315 per quintal for sugarcane farmers for the sugar season 2023-24. This decision will benefit…

Islamabad.In Pakistan, 23 people lost their lives in different rain-related incidents. The pre-monsoon rains have started here. The death toll in several rain-related incidents in the country has risen to 23 in the last 24 hours. While giving this information, officials said that a spokesperson of the Emergency Service Rescue-1122 in Punjab province has given the cause of the deaths. They say that during the rains in the country, these deaths have happened due to electric shock, drowning and lightning. The spokesman said five people died in Narowal district and two in Sheikhpura district due…

Thiruvananthapuram, 27 June 2023 – UST, a leading digital transformation solutions company, has announced its role as an Innovation vendor for Project Rosalind, an experiment in application programming interface (API) prototypes for central bank digital currencies (CBDC) from the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) and the Bank of England (BOE) via the BIS Innovation Hub London Centre. Uniting leading innovators from their respective industries, Project Rosalind developed and tested prototypes for an application programming interface (API) specifically built to distribute retail CBDCs. CBDCs have the potential to positively disrupt and drive innovation across several sectors. UST collaborated with the BIS and BoE on the…

Haverfordwest (Pembrokeshire, Wales) based online gift-shop “Wisdom Wares” removed socks carrying images of Hindu deity Lord Ganesha; after Hindus protested calling these “highly inappropriate”. “Hop Hare Bamboo Socks – Ganesha”, which were earlier selling at £7.95, were absent from “Wisdom Wares” website when searched today. “No results found for “Ganesha””, it pointed out. Distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, who spearheaded the protest, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, thanked “Wisdom Wares” for understanding the concerns of Hindu community, which felt that such a product was insensitive. We were, however, still waiting…

Upset Hindus are urging Haverfordwest (Pembrokeshire, Wales) based online gift-shop “Wisdom Wares” to immediately withdraw socks carrying images of Hindu deity Lord Ganesha; calling it highly inappropriate. Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, said that Lord Ganesha was highly revered in Hinduism and was meant to be worshipped in temples or home shrines and not to adorn one’s legs/feet/ankles/calves or absorb sweat. Inappropriate usage of sacred Hindu deities or concepts or symbols or icons for commercial or other agenda was not okay as it hurt…

GOPIO-CT officials met with Connecticut Congressman Jim Himes in Stamford on Friday, June 16th. The delegation was led by GOPIO Chairman Dr. Thomas Abraham, who is also Advisor and Trustee of GOPIO-CT, along with GOPIO-CT Board Members Ravi Nichani, Nandu Kuppuswamy, Anita Mathur and Fr. Sudhir D’Souza. Other members present were Cecil Nazareth and Ram and Jane Jhunja. The delegation discussed with Rep. Himes on several matters including geopolitical threat in the South Asia region by China especially to India, upcoming State visit of Prime Minister Modi which includes addressing…