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Atlanta: Honorable Consul General of India at Atlanta USA, Dr. Swati Kulkarni inaugurated the Global Indian Council, a new global network organization for Indian diaspora. In the inaugural speech, “Government of India will give due encouragement to all efforts made by organized organizations like GIC to spread India’s fame and culture globally. In particular, in the 75th year of Independence Day celebrations of India Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, the organizations should work together to spread and nurture India’s social, cultural, and political visions abroad,” Swati Kulkarni stated. She wished the…

Kochi:  Zee Keralam, the popular entertainment television channel, has honoured the exemplary services of the Kerala Home Guards by providing them with rain coats. The Zee Keralam gesture was an effort to salute and honour the services that the Kerala Home Guards have been rendering to the society. A voluntary force that serves as an auxiliary force to the Kerala Police and Kerala Fire Force, the Kerala Home Guards has, in its force, mostly retired service men. Deployed for traffic control on the city, their services come in handy for…

Hackensack, New Jersey: The Northern New Jersey Community Foundation’s (NNJCF) Frank DeLorenzo Memorial Scholarship Fund awarded Pilar Carranza, a graduate of the Leonia High School class of 2022 in Leonia, New Jersey, its fourth annual scholarship.  This fall, Carranza plans to attend Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles and study animation and fine arts. The NNJCF donor advised fund memorializes Leonia High School 1964 classmate Frank DeLorenzo.  A $2,000 scholarship award is given to a student, who demonstrates talent and ambition as an artist, musician, or writer,…

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,…

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…

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…

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…

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 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…