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Las Vegas Asian Chamber of Commerce Offers Scholarship for Graduating Seniors
Las Vegas Asian Chamber of Commerce is offering annual scholarship to the graduating class of 2021. The Asian Chamber is interested in the character that exists deep inside each student and the best ways to get a glimpse of this character is to see his or her willingness to help others. The scholarship process primarily looks at each student’s record of service to our community and what he/she contributes to become a truly productive and exemplary citizen. The scholarship will honor high school students who demonstrate a commitment to voluntary serviceRead More
Paycheck Protection Program resumed. Top Recipients include many prominent Physicians from the First PPP Draw. Check Out Who Got How Much
Small Business Administration (SBA), in consultation with the U.S. Treasury Department, reopened the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) for PPP Loans. SBA is currently accepting Second Draw PPP loan applications from participating lenders. At least $25 billion is being set aside for Second Draw PPP Loans to eligible borrowers with a maximum of 10 employees or for loans of $250,000 or less to eligible borrowers in low or moderate-income neighborhoods. A borrower is generally eligible for a Second Draw PPP Loan if the borrower: Previously received a First Draw PPP LoanRead More
Trump’s Actions Leave Republicans Deeply Divided – Guest Author Nirmalya Chatterjee
The former President Trump’s second impeachment proceeding was swift. That was a wise strategy. The country has major challenges to tackle. Democrats presented vivid facts and clear logic. Defense arguments were largely bogus. The case wasn’t even close. But, as was predicted, it failed to achieve two-third majority support of the Senate for conviction. Some of the prominent conservative commentators summed it up – “A vote for acquittal is a vote for lie.” Suggested next steps range from forming a 9/11 style commission to investigate the insurrection to criminally prosecutingRead More
Seeking Classical Indian Music Teacher
Is there a female teacher of Indian classical music available in Henderson? This is for a 9yo girl. Please contact vegasguitar@yahoo.com
Retired Banker Gopal Ramanan Publishes Another Book of Short Stories
Gopal Ramanan, a long-time resident of Las Vegas/Henderson for 30 years, has recently published another book, “The Accident Victim & Other Stories“. Like his earlier books, which have been widely praised, this is a collection of short stories set in India. The stories span a period of some 60 years, beginning with a story set in the 1940’s during India’s struggle for freedom from British rule, followed by a story about the Partition, and continuing through the decades to a story about an accident victim that is set in modernRead More
COEXISTING WITH CORONAVIRUS !? – Guest Author Satish Bhatnagar, Ph.D.
Depending upon whom you listen to, the Coronavirus or COVID-19 has been now in the US air for a year. Like all other pandemics in world history, this too would peter out after one more year. At the same time, if this pandemic gives rise to a new economy over the dying embers of certain sections of the old economy, then it would be a world beyond my speculation. For the last 3-4 weeks, the powers-to-be in this global ‘pandemic industry’ have been carefully preparing the people to live withRead More
Pure Indian Cuisine Liquor and Other Licenses Suspended Due to Reported Shooting and Other Violations. Raja Mittal Failed to Fully Cooperate with Police.
The Pure Indian Cuisine restaurant was closed briefly by the Clark County Business License department due to the shooting near Pure premises and other licensing-related violations. The restaurant was informed by the Clark County Business Licensing Department of immediate suspension/revocation of licenses related to Hookah Services (revoked), Liquor – Supper Clubs (revoked), Food Services – Restaurant (suspended), and Incidental Activity Permit (suspended). The areas of violations cited by the business license department included… Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD) reported shooting near Pure premises was related to customers in and aroundRead More
Milan Chatterjee Appointed to the American Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists’ National Board of Governors
Milan Chatterjee, Esq. was appointed to the American Association of Jewish Lawyers & Jurists’s (“AAJLJ”) National Board of Governors at their Annual Meeting, while receiving additional charge as Vice President of the Western Region. Nevada Lieutenant Governor Kate Marshall, Attorney General Aaron Ford, and Supreme Court Justice Elissa Cadish were present at Milan’s appointment, along with his parents Saroj and Nirmalya Chatterjee. Milan will oversee the governance of AAJLJ’s national organization, while expanding the organization’s footprint in Western Region states. He will continue serving as Founding President of AAJLJ’s NevadaRead More
Athar Hassebullah Named Executive Director of ACLU Nevada
For the first time in the organization’s 55-year history, the executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada is a person of color. Las Vegas attorney Athar Haseebullah, 33, took over last week at the organization’s central valley office, right down the street from his childhood home. Haseebullah is a practicing Muslim whose parents immigrated to the U.S. from Pakistan; his tenure began seven months after then-Executive Director Tod Story departed. Story announced in June that he planned to “pursue other opportunities” after serving for more than sevenRead More
President Biden Re-opened the Door – Guest Author Nirmalya Chatterjee
You feel a long, dark winter has suddenly made way to a beautiful sunny spring morning. The cycle of nature is working. So is democracy. It has worked to bring back what was lost. President Biden has opened that closed door – very firmly yet gently. The door to the truth, unity, respect, the world, the science, and the nation’s ‘soul’. It feels like the events of the last few weeks are from a distant past. A swift transition to what we all are used to. It seemed like AmericaRead More