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By:  Smitha George Palakkad,Kerala: A unique 6-day residential conference attended by 15 bishops and around 1360 priests, including world renowned evangelists has started at the Sehion Retreat centre in Attapady near Palakkad. Sehion Retreat centre is the official retreat centre for the diocese of Palghat under the patronage of Bishop JacobContinue Reading

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Patna: Jharkhand’s BJP-led government headed by chief minister Raghubar Das on Tuesday cleared the draft of an anti-conversion bill with provisions of jail term up to four years and fine up to Rs 1 lakh for those converting anyone’s religion through force or allurement. With the government planning to introduceContinue Reading

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A new bishop has succeeded in the Diocese of Hong Kong in continental China. Coadjutor Bishop Michael Yeung Ming-cheung of Hong Kong became bishop after Pope Francis accepted the resignation of Cardinal John Tong Hon, who stepped down having reached the canonical retirement age of 75 three years ago. ‎UnlikeContinue Reading

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United Nations: India is the world’s third-biggest exporter of beef and is projected to hold on to that position over the next decade, according to a report by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). The OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook 2017-2026 report, releasedContinue Reading

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Narmada dam oustees in Madhya Pradesh, some of whose districts face the threat of submergence due to closure of the gates of the Sardar Sarovar dam in neighbouring Gujarat, today stood their ground even as the water level in the Narmada river is rising steadily. The state government had askedContinue Reading