By Irudhaya Jothi Bogor, May 29, 2019: The train from Jakarta Kota takes around 90 minutes to reach the city named Bogor in the heart of West Java, which is some 1,000 feet above sea level. The mountainous range is cool and out of reach for pollution of Jakarta city.Continue Reading
Chennai, May 28, 2019: Tamil Nadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit appointed Vaidehi Vijayakumar as Vice-Chancellor of the Mother Teresa Women’s University at Kodaikanal. Purohit, who is also the Chancellor of the University, said Vijayakumar would hold office for a period of three years. Vijayakumar had served Anna University and several overseasContinue Reading
New Delhi, May 29, 2019: The Delhi High Court on May 28 was moved for implementation of the national commission to review the working of the Constitution (NCRWC) proposal on population control and ‘two-child norm’ as a criteria for government jobs, aid and subsidies. A public interest litigation (PIL), filedContinue Reading
Karachi, May 29, 2019: The Pakistan government has sought the help of the World Health organisation (WHO) to probe the recent outbreak of HIV in the country’s Sindh province, that has till now affected over 600 people, mostly children, according to a media report. Till now, 681 HIV positive casesContinue Reading
New Delhi, May 29, 2019: With school admissions always being seen as a tough task for parents, a start-up founded by a 16-year-old girl is promising “guaranteed admission” for children in the Delhi-NCR region and has added more than 50 schools to its network. Staria, which started operations in JanuaryContinue Reading
New Delhi, May 28, 2019: A cancer patient lodged in a Rajasthan jail moved the Supreme Court on May 28 seeking bail to fulfil his last wish of wanting to “die in the lap of his mother.” Aasu Jaif was arrested in a counterfeit currency case in 2018. In theContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Bhadravathi, May 28, 2019: A seminarian of Karnataka’s Bhadravathi diocese died in road accident near Shimoga, some 300 km northwest of Bengaluru, the state capital. Deacon Varghese Kannappilly died on the spot on May 27 when his motorcycle was hit from behind by a speeding jeep.Continue Reading
Poland, May 28, 2019: The Congregation of the Sons of Divine Providence in Poland has ordained a seminarian who is sick with cancer. 31-year-old Michał Łos was diagnosed with an acute form of cancer one month ago. A graduate of the Major Seminary of Saint Luigi Orione, Michal desperately wantedContinue Reading
Ludhiana, May 28, 2019: A seveth gradern was stamped on his arm as his parents failed to pay school fees for two months in Ludhiana, Punjab. After the student was sent home with a defaulter stamp on his arm, the parents reached the school and lodged a complaint, following whichContinue Reading
By chhotebhai Kanpur, May 27 2019: Post 23/5 we have had a plethora of political analysts giving us their considered opinions. I have read many of them in both print and online. Let me add my own two pice to the debate. Firstly, my choice of headline. Those familiar withContinue Reading