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Luncheon with Congresswoman Dina Titus

SAPNA – South Asian Political Network Alliance invites you to its luncheon meeting with guest speaker Congresswoman Dina Titus, on Saturday, January 25th, at the Shiraz Restaurant, 2575 South Decatur Blvd. [Sahara & Decatur].  The price per person is $20, which includes a specially prepared splendid Indian lunch buffet by the highly acclaimed chefs of Shiraz.   The short presentation by our guest speaker will be followed by a Q&A session.  We hope to see you there. Every month SAPNA hosts a luncheon meeting and invite local and national leaders to share their perspectivesRead More

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South Asian Bar Association Business Mixer

South Asian Bar Association of Las Vegas invites the community to their Networking Mixer with Honorable Nevada Secretary of State Barbara Cegavskeon Thursday, January 23rd at 5:30 pm at the Shiraz Restaurant. The business mixer is not limited to legal professionals.  Everyone is welcome. There will be a No Host Bar with special happy hour pricing on drinks.  Grand Sponsors Paul Padda Law and Lone Mountain Family Dental are providing complimentary Hors D’oeuvres.

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Drug in dough lands Delhi Indian Cuisine on Dirty Dining

Acid reflux medication added into raw dough to help it rise.  Adding insult to possible injury, the medication had expired in 2015.  Perhaps it stands to reason that no one at Delhi Indian Cuisine would talk about that. Here’s the video… https://content.uplynk.com/3b45804dbe3d4f2ba15a987ec17c98be.m3u8 A whole lot was wrong at the restaurant on Maryland and Flamingo when it was shut down Dec. 12 with 47 demerits.  That’s when inspectors discovered a product in their kitchen called Eno Fruit Salts.  Click here for the dirty dining video and the complete news story… DisclaimerRead More

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Las Vegas dentist set girl’s mouth on fire, lawsuit alleges

The Las Vegas Review Journal reports a Las Vegas dentist set a 5-year-old girl’s mouth on fire while she underwent a routine dental procedure, a lawsuit filed this week alleges. About a year ago, the Las Vegas girl’s parents took the child to Just For Kids Dentistry & Orthodontics to have multiple crowns placed on her teeth. When the dentist, Deep Karan Dhillon, used a tool known as a diamond bur to smooth the girl’s teeth while she was under anesthetics, it emitted a spark that “caused the throat packRead More


Revisiting Vegasdesi 2019

The new decade is underway on a noteworthy note for this online publication with the first writeup on living well and enjoying the golden years of one’s adulthood by a guest author, commentator, community activist and intellectual Sulekh Jain, Ph.D.  With 2019 behind us, vegasdesi looks back at the last years’ significant news items.  2019 was a major milestone and the busiest for vegasdesi.com.  In 2019, this online publication completed 15 years of continuous publication without any funding support of any kind.  This was a significant milestone not only for this publication but for anyRead More

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Golden years of life are really gold, enjoy them fully – Guest Contributor Sulekh Jain, Ph.D.

My name is Sulekh Jain and my wife and I live in Henderson, Nevada. As a senior citizen, I have been having unlimited fun. At age 61, nearly 22 years ago, on my own, I took early retirement from GE Aircraft Engines in Cincinnati, Ohio and have never looked back. Many times people ask “how do you pass your time”? To me, this is somewhat a negative statement because this connotes as if either I am killing time or waiting for the death to come. I respond back “I don’tRead More

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EKAL Las Vegas Founder Girija Vijay Inaugurates EKAL Computer Bus

During her recent visit to India, Girija Vijay, the founder of EKAL Las Vegas chapter had an opportunity to inaugurate the EKAL mobile computer lab funded by the Las Vegas donors.  The much-awaited computer lab bus is fully equipped with sixteen working computers to collaborate with the EKAL supported schools and students in the far interiors of the State of Uttar Pradesh.   As per Ms. Vijay, the bus will be based in Mirzapur, U.P. The mobile lab will bring connectivity throughout the greater Mirzapur district in Eastern Uttar Pradesh.  EKAL’s Las VegasRead More

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UNR’s Himesh Patel along with Rushikesh Battulwar took home 1st and 3rd Prize, respectively, at the Annual American Exploration and Mining’s Meetings’ Poster Competition

Graduate students Himesh Patel along with Rushikesh Battulwar had the opportunity to present posters at the student poster session and represent the Mackay School of Earth Sciences and Engineering and the Department of Mining and Metallurgical Engineering at AEMA 2019. The judges for this competition and presentation came from a wide range of backgrounds, expertise, and experience in the industry. Battulwar took home first place in the poster presentation which highlighted his extensive research on machine learning-based technology for the detection of tension cracks from drone images. Patel was awardedRead More


U.S. Army Research Office Awards Grant to UNR Prof. Sid Pathak

Sid Pathak, assistant professor of chemical and materials engineering, was awarded a grant from the U.S. Army Research Office for his collaborative research with the Colorado School of Mines. Working with associate professor of mechanical engineering, Garritt Tucker, the project, titled “Mechanistic-Design of Multilayered Nanocomposites: Hierarchical Metal-MAX Materials for Tunable Strength and Toughness,” focuses on how multilayered materials have useful mechanical, chemical and functional properties. These can be useful when tested in wide ranges of temperature, mechanical loadings, and environmental conditions. For the complete story, please click here…


Upset Hindus urge Miami apparel firm to withdraw Lord Ganesha shorts & apologize

Upset Hindus are urging Doral (metro Miami, Florida) based clothing brand “On Cue Apparel” for an immediate withdrawal of shorts carrying images of Hindu deity Lord Ganesha; calling it highly inappropriate. Distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada, 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 thighs, hips, groin, buttocks, genitals, and pelvis. Inappropriate usage of Hindu deities or concepts or symbols for commercial or other agenda was not okayRead More