The unmistakable chatter of typewriters outside courthouses and government offices will soon fall silent in Mumbai as stenography colleges on Friday hold their final manual exams. The roughly 3,500 institutes teaching the antiquated ways of the typewriter across Maharastra will be phased out as India pushes ahead with a driveContinue Reading
Chennai: As many as 7,620 Indian nationals are lodged in foreign jails, with the highest number in Saudi Arabia. In response to a question raised in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday, minister of state for external affairs M J Akbar said due to strong privacy laws prevailing in many countries,Continue Reading
Calcutta, Aug. 9: The rented home of the Mirik block development officer was stoned early morning yesterday – the first attack targeting a state government official during the current phase of the Gorkhaland agitation. Binay Tamang, the assistant general secretary of the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha, said: “Certain anti-socials are indulgingContinue Reading
Yozan David No system is perfect. All systems have loopholes and gaps. But what is more acceptable and workable has always been sought after. Organisation of human life as a society or state in the 21st century has displayed that the democratic form of governance still remains the best option.Continue Reading
New Delhi: The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI) and CBCI Office for Tribal Affairs jointly organized here a conference on the theme “The Sustainable Development Goals and UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in the Indian context” on August 9. The conference was organized to commemorate theContinue Reading
Pope Francis has ordered a Belgian Catholic charity to stop offering euthanasia in its psychiatric hospitals. In May, the Brothers of Charity group announced it would allow doctors to perform euthanasia at its 15 psychiatric hospitals in Belgium, one of only two countries — along with the Netherlands — where doctors areContinue Reading
A member of the Jesuit Order has been ordained a bishop in Ireland in a marked departure for the Irish Catholic Church. Bishop Alan McGuckian, 64, was ordained Bishop of Raphoe on Aug 6, the first ever member of the Jesuit Order to be appointed a bishop in Ireland. ArchbishopContinue Reading
The central government’s proposal to amend the Indian Penal Code (IPC) with stricter anti-racist provisions has received cold response from states other than the north eastern states whose people are mostly the victims of racism in India. The proposed amendment has provisions to punish those who are guilty of racistContinue Reading
Pope Francis said that the fact that kids are now being taught that they can select their own gender is “terrible” and is the “exact opposite” of God’s creation. Before a group of Polish bishops during World Youth Day last week, Francis spoke of powerful forces in culture that are fundingContinue Reading
Erbil,Iraq: After three years in exile from Iraq’s Nineveh Plain while it was occupied by the Islamic State, the Dominican Sisters of St. Catherine of Siena are returning to their homeland to face the daunting challenge of rebuilding their destroyed communities. “Three years ago, we left our homes at nightContinue Reading