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fiacona mourns the demise of the catholicos of the east

Our Bureau It was a welcome sign to see the
New York heads or representatives of vari-
ous denominations to sit on the
ederation of Indian same dais in Thiruvalla to cele-
American Christian Orga- brate the Indian Christian Day
Fnizations of North Amer- on July 3, 2021, which is sort of a
ica (FIACONA) has extended miracle,” said a statement from
its condolences at the demise of FIACONA.
his holiness Baselios Marthoma “FIACONA hopes that this
Poulose Bava of the Indian Or- will be the beginning of the union
thodox Church. of Churches or at least greater
He was one of the youngest cooperation between churches.
persons to become the Catholi- Late Catholicos was a pious and
cos of the East and the only one passionate person. He loved
to be consecrated by his prede- and treated all in an affection-
cessor. He was a scholar and ate way. He will be missed by all
a gentleman who cared for the those who knew and loved him.
welfare of the poor and the dis- I was told by those who studied
torted. with him for post graduate stud-
“History may picture him and the new administration of ant role to bring its member ies at the CMS College that he
as the head of the church who both churches will come togeth- churches to a round table dis- was a caring priest with good
had to deal harshly with anoth- er and settle their issues amica- cussion and sort out the issues in spirit. On behalf of FIACONA
er sister church, but in his heart, bly. We hope that the National a Christian manner rather than we extend our heartfelt condo-
he wanted peace with all the Council of Churches (NCC) dragging the name of Christ in lences to all the bishops, priests
churches. We can only hope and Kerala Council of Church- the court system and making a and believers who grieve at the
that the situation will improve, es (KCC) will play an import- mockery in front of the world. loss of their beloved Bava.”

Team led by indian americans wins exploraVision competition

Our Bureau The stem cells would be

New Jersey, NJ grown into healthy “mini lungs”
and a supporting biodegradable
n Indian American-led artificial micro-pump could be
team from Morganville, added during transplant to sup-
ANew Jersey, was victori- port the patient’s respiration un-
ous in the Grades 7 through 9 til their new lungs can function
section of the 29th annual Toshi- independently, it added.
ba/NSTA ExploraVision compe- Anya Gupta was on a team
tition. The competition featured from A.D. Henderson Universi-
shared innovative proposals the winners in their age group. in various age groups of the com- ty School in Boca Raton, Florida,
to help overcome some of the As technological innovations petition as well. In the K-3 section, that took second for their Bio-
world’s greatest challenges, from make space exploration more the Lung Transplant Using Stem Bot in the grades 4-6 age group.
healthcare to sustainability ef- common, this team of eighth Cells team from Vernon Hills, Il- Climate change poses a major
forts to energy efficiency, a news graders from Marlboro Me- linois-based Hawthorn Elemen- threat to our global water supply
release said. uring an unprece- morial Middle School sought tary South, comprising students and natural ecosystem. This team
dented school year, these stu- to make rocket launches more Mulhar Sule, Shivansh Tripa- from A.D. Henderson Universi-
dents and their coaches showed eco-friendly by reducing the thi, Anay Chigurapti and Srin- ty School developed The BioBot
dedication and creativity in de- emission of greenhouse gases, ithik Sabry, took second prize. to rapidly break down plastic
veloping new solutions and tech- the release said. Realizing that the COVID-19 collected from rivers and oceans,
nologies to improve the world Mag-Launcher is an innova- pandemic may lead to an in- converting it into micronutrients
around them, it added. tive, reusable electromagnetic crease in lung diseases globally, for the ecosystem, it said.
The Mag-Launcher team repulsion system designed to this team of third graders from The technology would be con-
from Marlboro Memorial Mid- advance space exploration while Hawthorn Elementary South tained in an “interceptor,” which
dle School, coached by Saman- causing minimal harm to the en- developed a method to grow uses artificial intelligence, drones,
tha Pagliaro and led by students vironment, it added. healthy human lungs using a pa- solar panels and supercomput-
Pranshu Suyal, Mighan Li, Ayan Several Indian Americans tient’s own bone marrow stem ers to manage the harmful en-
Patel and Suchit Basineni, were took home second-place honors cells, the release said. zymes and their containment.

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