By Matters India Reporter Bhubaneswar: Xavier University Bhubaneswar (XUB) bagged Four Palmes Global Award for outstanding academic excellence in management education and research. In a glittering ceremony held on November 9, France-based Eduniversal Convention gave away the award at the Grand Hyatt in Dubai. While over the past few yearsContinue Reading
Child and maternal malnutrition remain the single largest risk factor, responsible for 15 percent of the total disease burden of India in 2016. Two years after Swachh Bharat Abhiyan was launched, the per person disease burden due to unsafe water and sanitation was 40 times higher in India than inContinue Reading
Dehradun: The real aim of education is to make people compassionate and service-minded, says a leading Indian environmentalist. “Artificial intelligence will do mechanical work but the world does not run on mechanical work, it thrives on the heart- on compassion and on care,” asserted Vandana Shiva on November 13 whileContinue Reading
The women of this country shouldn’t, blinded by political partialities, condone stratagems that dehumanize themContinue Reading
Mumbai: In an exemplary move, civic officials and members of the Christian community from Andheri East shifted a stone cross located on the road opposite Holy Family Church inside the premises Tuesday. The move follows the Bombay high court’s order to remove wayside shrines. The 75-year-old church at Chakala givesContinue Reading
Mumbai: A gigantic multicoloured mural, depicting Mahatma Gandhi alighting from a train at a railway station in the 1940s, went on display at the iconic Churchgate station building, earning praise from millions of daily Western Railway commuters. The permanent mural, sponsored by Asian Paints Ltd as part of its CSRContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Mumbai: As an answer to Pope Francis’ invitation to dedicate November 19 as “World Day of the Poor” by increasing our deeds of love towards the poor, Focolare Movement India is set to launch a new project called “DIL”(Deeds that say I Love). “The aim ofContinue Reading
The Karnataka Sahitya Academy has announced a massive research project titled Dalit Christians Samskrutika Shodha Maale on Dalits who converted. It envisages study of cultural, social aspects, conflicts and the political changes of Dalits who converted. The project has been taken up under the Special Unit of Schedule Caste andContinue Reading
Bengaluru: group of 25 city-based techies who took part in two-day hackathon Hack4Her, have come up with technology-based solutions to support education for women. These include providing access to online educational materials for girls, including a need-based helpline with information on their rights, building capacities of tutors in Kishori SanghasContinue Reading
Dhaka: During his upcoming apostolic journey to Bangladesh from November 30 to December 2, 2017 Pope Francis will ordain 16 new priests in Dhaka. AsiaNews spoke to some of them who all express their excitement and anticipation at their priestly consecration. They include Jashim Murmu, from the diocese of DinajpurContinue Reading