By Matters India Reporter Salvador: Marielle Franco, 38, a black Human Rights Activist, from the world’s largest Favelas (slum) in Rio de Janeiro was apparently assassinated on March 14. Marielle was a groundbreaking politician who had become a voice for disadvantaged people in the Favelas. The human rights activists whoContinue Reading
By Irudhaya Jothi Salvador: Brazil has produced some of the most iconic players in the history of the world of football. From Pele to Garrincha and Ronaldo to Kaka, the country has a catalogue of stars that is scarcely believable. Most of the social activists have studied the Brazilian educatorContinue Reading
They bowed their heads in honour of the dead. They carried signs with messages like “Never again” and “Am I next?” They railed against the National Rifle Association and the politicians who support it. And over and over, they repeated the message — Enough is enough. In a wave ofContinue Reading
The motto of WSF 2018 is to “Resist is to Create, to Resist is to Transform”Continue Reading
For good or ill, a single sound bite sometimes sums up the essence of an entire papacy. Take Pope Leo X. A scion of the storied Medici family and a patron of the arts, Leo had a penchant for luxury. Upon his election, he purportedly uttered, “Since God has givenContinue Reading
Stephen Hawking overcame degenerative motor neuron disease to probe mysteries of cosmosContinue Reading
New Delhi: At least 49 people were killed when a plane approached the runway from the wrong direction, crashed and burst into flames while landing at Kathmandu’s Tribhuvan Airport in Nepal on Monday. Flight BS 211, which belongs to US-Bangla Airlines, a privately owned Bangladeshi carrier, was flying from Dhaka,Continue Reading
Washington – Teen sex may be down, but widespread access to smartphones is driving an increase in teen sexting, recent research has found. According to an analysis of studies by JAMA Pediatrics, as many as one in seven teens, or about 15 percent, are sending sexually explicit text messages, whileContinue Reading
Kigali: At least 16 people were killed and dozens more injured after lightning struck a Seventh-Day Adventist church in Rwanda, a local official said March 11. Fourteen victims were killed on the spot as lightning hit the church in the Nyaruguru district in the Southern Province on Saturday, local mayorContinue Reading
“Katy Perry, please stop,” the nun said on Fox 11 in Los Angeles. Please stop trying to buy the Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary’s convent, even though the nuns had gone to court to block the sale.Continue Reading