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Vaisakhi Akhand Path at Gurdwara Guru Nanak Prakash
Gurudwara Guru Nanak Prakash invites the community to celebrate Vaisakhi with Shri Akhand Path Sahib from Friday, April 14th through Sunday, April 16th, 2023. Rajinder Kaur Grewal and her family have graciously sponsored the 3-day program with langar sewa.
Vasant Utsav by Students of the Nritya Academy of Indian Dances – FREE Concert
Nritya Academy of Indian Dances invites the community for a FREE concert on Sunday, April 16th, at the West Charleston Library, by the talented students of the academy. Students will showcase a kaleidoscope of vibrant Indian dance traditions and cultural heritage. The FREE concert “Vasant Utsav” under the direction of Nritya Academy’s owner and creative director, Ms. Purbasha Banerjee, will showcase multiple Indian dances, from Southern India’s Kathakali to Bharatnatyam. Thirty-five students will be performing numerous dances featuring Baharnatyam, a Bollywood fusion, and folk dances from various regions of India. Ms.Read More
How are deepfakes dangerous? UNR Prof. Paromita Pain Explains
Dr. Paromita Pain, an assistant professor of global media in the Reynolds School of Journalism, explains how one can identify deepfakes. How can someone detect deepfakes? Detecting deepfakes is getting more difficult as the technology that creates deepfakes is getting more sophisticated. In 2018, researchers in the United States demonstrated that deepfake faces didn’t blink like humans do, which was considered a great way to detect if images and videos were fake or not. However, as soon as the study was published, deepfake creators started fixing this, making it evenRead More
Hindu mantras read at Elko County Board of Commissioners 1st time since its creation in 1869
Elko County Board of Commissioners had Hindu invocation in its April five meeting, said to be the first Hindu prayer since its creation in 1869, containing hymns from world’s oldest extant scripture.Distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed delivered the invocation from ancient Sanskrit scriptures before the Board. After Sanskrit delivery, he then read the English interpretation of the prayers. Sanskrit is considered a sacred language in Hinduism and root language of Indo-European languages. Zed, who is the President of Universal Society of Hinduism, recited from Rig-Veda, the oldest scripture of the worldRead More
Gloomy Weather Didn’t Dampen the Spirit of Holi Celebrations. Check out the Pictures…
On March 19th, over 250 people got together at Mission Hills Park. Revelers endured lower-than-average Vegas temperatures and the occasional rain shower to welcome spring and celebrate Holi – the spring festival of colors. Organized by the Friends of India Las Vegas (FOILV), the umbrella organization of the Indian community in Las Vegas, it featured food, performances, and of course, music and colors aplenty. As part of new initiatives, the organization’s Youth Wing was launched on the same day for children up to 18 years old. Hopefully, that will bring theRead More
EKAL Vidaylaya Fundraiser on Friday, April 7, 2023.
Ms. Girija Vijay, a dedicated, tireless volunteer and prolific fundraiser for EKAL Las Vegas, is pleased to announce an evening of 2023 EKAL fundraiser and concert on Friday, April 7th, 2023, at the West Charleston Library. This year Ekal is excited to present Sa Re Ga Ma fame, Vishwanath Batunge, and his team to entertain the donors and guests to raise much-needed funds for EKAL programs in India. Message/Appeal from Ms. Girija Vijay: Dear School Sponsors, Las Vegas Ekal committee is grateful for your generous donation to our chapter which was foundedRead More
Viney Singal, President & Managing Director, Valtus Capital Group, and Real Estate Developer Larry Canarelli Launch Real Estate Venture Firm
Longtime developer Larry Canarelli and investment banker Viney Singal on Wednesday unveiled their new venture, Capro Capital, saying it will focus on “partnering with top real estate operators and developers nationwide,” with a concentration in the western United States. “We’ll stay in markets we’re really comfortable with,” Singal, founder of Valtus Capital Group and CEO of the new investment firm, told the Review-Journal. Backed by Canarelli’s management arm Bruin Capital Partners, Capro boasts $100 million of capital and aims to have $500 million of assets under management for its firstRead More
Dr. Muhammad Tufail Settles with NV Board of Medical Examiners
In August 2022, the Investigative Committee of the Nevada State Board of Medical Examiners filed a formal Complaint against Muhammad N. Tufail, M.D., alleging three (3) violations of Nevada Revised Statutes. Count I and II alleged malpractice and a violation of the standard of practice, while count alleged a violation of a failure to maintain complete medical records by Dr. Tufail. As per the investigation, a patient was admitted to a local hospital with an initial complaint of chronic back and lower extremity pain. Her MRI revealed spinal stenosis forRead More
Rubber hits the road for RTDensity
UNR Electrical Engineering Professor Sesh Commuri’s road construction tool goes to market. A new quality-control tool for road construction developed by Electrical & Biomedical Engineering Professor Sesh Commuri debuted last week at the ConExpo-Con/Agg in Las Vegas, one of the largest construction trade shows in North America. RTDensity, a device that will enable crews to verify pavement quality as they build asphalt roads, is manufactured by G4 Technologies, a subsidiary of the California-based construction company George Reed International (GRI), and is based on the Retrofit Intelligent Compaction Analyzer (RICA) developedRead More
Long Time Vegas Resident Jagdish Patel Pens Multiple Books
Penning books after retiring as an engineer became a passion for Jagdish Patel, 40 years plus resident of Las Vegas. During the past few years, Patel has written four books with diverse themes reflecting love, happiness, and relationship issues. Patel uses a day-to-day common sense approach to explore and recommends what it takes to be happy. The Shattered Dream is Patel’s memoir focusing on his subtle first love and on coming to America for higher education. In the Gujarati language, Neha, a novel, is about a newly married Gujarati womanRead More