‘Help Us Fill The Community Chest’ at The Community Chest’s Gala on June 9

(Eastern Bergen County, New Jersey; May 5, 2022) –The Community Chest of Eastern Bergen County holds its annual spring gala, Help Us Fill The Community Chest, on June 9, 2022 at 6:30 p.m. at Montammy Golf Club, located at 7 Montammy Drive in Alpine, New Jersey.  Producer and director Harry Martin, an Emmy Award-winning TV journalist and an anchor of newscasts at three leading television stations in New York City, joins The Chest as emcee. With the motto ‘Neighbors Helping Neighbors’, the organization’s mission is to lead initiatives and support…

UST Partners with SAP to Integrate SAP Business Technology Platform into UST Sentry Vision AI as Part of Its Offering

Thiruvananthapuram:  UST, a leading digital transformation solutions company, announced it has signed an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) agreement with SAP, enabling UST to integrate SAP Business Technology Platform (SAP BTP) into its Cogniphi AI Vision platform, which will be subsequently marketed as UST Sentry Vision AI. The offering will help build predictive, contextual and analytical capabilities into retail and manufacturing operations through advanced video analytics, as an SaaS-based packaged solution that can easily be integrated with SAP S/4HANA® and RISE with SAP. UST Sentry Vision AI is a cutting-edge, vision-based artificial intelligence…

12 Long Island school districts to close on Diwali in 2022: Hindus call for Diwali holiday in all LI schools

Welcoming 12 Long Island (New York) public school districts closing schools on Diwali this year, Hindus are urging all public school districts and private-charter-parochial-independent schools in Nassau and Suffolk counties to close on their most popular festival Diwali. Distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada today, said that it was simply not fair with Hindu pupils of most of the Long Island schools, as they had to be at school on their most popular festival while there were holidays to commemorate festivals of other religions. Diwali falls…

FIA and the Indian Consulate celebrated Gujarat Maharashtra Day

The Federation of Indian Association and the Indian Consulate celebrated Gujarat Maharashtra Day on May 1. 2022 at the Indian Consulate premises in New York as part of the ongoing celebrations of ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’ commemorating 75 years of Indian Independence. The chief guests to grace the occasion were  Ms. Archana Joglekar – a celebrated actress, director & a renowned Kathak exponent, and Ms. Kaajal Oza Vaidya – a noted author, scriptwriter, radio jockey, and a motivational speaker. The event was attended by Hon Consul General Sh. Randhir Jaswal,…

GOPIO DEPLORES CONNECTICUT STATE GENERAL ASSEMBLY CITATION CONGRATULATING ON DECLARATION OF SIKH INDEPENDENCE

Global Organization of People of Indian Origin (GOPIO) – Connecticut Chapter deplores the citation by a few members of Connecticut General Assembly congratulating declaration of Sikh Independence. “This initiative is from a few fringe elements who have no interest in the State of Connecticut, but promoting their own personal divisive agenda,” said Dr. Thomas Abraham, Chairman of the Global Organization of People of Indian Origin and Trustee of GOPIO-CT. “Indian American community in Connecticut consists of Hindus, Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains and Parsees. All these communities live together as…

A Collapsed Christendom of the North and West as Old and New Blazing Beacon Lights in the South and East 

The Orthodox world must categorically denounce Patriarch Kirill – a sycophant of Putin – for his brand of distorted Orthodoxy. The politicking patriarch’s benediction “May the authorities be filled with responsibility for their people, humility and the readiness to serve them even if it costs them their life”grants permission to carry out genocide of innocent people. Such a despicable version of sullied Christianity will cut a swathe throughhumanity far more than the unholy Crusades, colonialism, communism, Marxism, socialism etc.! The community of faith brought into being on the day of…

Hindu temple breaking ground in Pennsylvania

A Hindu temple and community center named “Shanti Mandir” is breaking ground in the Danville area of Pennsylvania on May 15, which is reportedly a million-dollar project. Groundbreaking Ceremony (Bhoomi-Pujan), to honor goddess Bhoomi (Earth), will include Ganesh Puja, Punya Ahvachan (purification process), Navgraha Puja and Maha Aarti. According to reports; the 30-acre site which includes a pond has been secured, construction is expected to begin soon, and the temple is hoped to be functional by next spring. When completed, besides being a place for worship; this temple plans to…

Technopark firm Accubits Technologies to hire around 500 professionals

Thiruvananthapuram: Accubits Technologies, the Thiruvananthapuram Technopark-based technology company, has announced that it will recruit close to 500 professionals to ramp up its products and services in the near-term. The company will look to hire talent to fill job positions that are open in different departments over the next three months. Apart from hiring professionals who would report for work at its offices, Accubits has also announced that it would make remote work option available for the job positions. This is in view with the current pandemic situation. The 500 job…

Fossils of giant marine reptiles found in the heights of the Swiss Alps

Fossils from some of the largest creatures ever to swim Earth s oceans – whale-sized marine reptiles called ichthyosaurs – have been found in a counterintuitive place: atop three mountains in the Swiss Alps up to 8,990 feet (2,740 meters) above sea level. Scientists on Thursday described rib and vertebrae fossils from two ichthyosaur individuals: one about 69 feet (21 meters) long and the other about 49 feet (15 meters). They described from a third individual the largest-known tooth from any ichthyosaur with a base 2.4 inches (6 cm) wide and…

‘Eid al-Fitr’ Promotions: Union Coop Declares Discounts of up to 75%

Dubai, UAE: Union Coop, the largest consumer cooperative in the UAE, announced the launch of a promotional campaign dedicated to Eid al-Fitr, which will continue until May 9, 2022. The cooperative announced a discount of up to 75% on more than 1,500 basic food, non-food and essential consumer goods, as part of its goals and its keenness to launch community initiatives aimed at making consumers happy, meeting their requirements and providing them with high-quality products at competitive prices, in addition to supporting and serving all social segment groups, which is…