By Niladry Sarkar Kolkata, Jan 20, 22: Stunting among children aged five years and below has increased in seven districts of West Bengal, according to the latest National Family Health Survey, published in November 2022. The numbers of wasted and underweight children have also increased in 10 and nine districtsContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Sobri, Assam, Jan 16, 2022: A three-day convention was organized to help Ranglong, one of the critically endangered tribal communities of northeastern India, to reinvent, rejuvenate and become relevant in modern society. Some 1,000 people attended the January 14-16 convention held at Sobri village near St.Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Jan 15, 2022: A group of Catholic women in India January 15 appealed to authorities in the Church and two women religious congregations to ensure safety and security of the survivor, companions and witnesses in the nun rape case. The appeal from the SistersContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Mon, Jan 14, 22: A huge crowd gathered in the bitter cold in Mon, Nagaland, to pay their respects to the 14 civilians killed by the armed forces a month earlier. The speakers at the gathering on January 6 and 7 repeatedly affirmed the need forContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Varanasi, Jan 8, 2022: The civil society people in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh committed to secularism and composite culture, have initiated a series of programs to promote communal harmony and peace. The programs, held under the banner of “Paigam-e-Muhabat (Message of Love), are being held in theContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Jan 8, 2022: The All India Catholic Union, the largest laity group in the country, has expressed concern over the aborted visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Punjab. “The Catholic Union prays, as does every Indian citizen, for the long life of NarendraContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Sagar, Jan 7, 2022: The Madhya Pradesh High Court has stayed the forcible shifting of orphans from St. Francis Orphanage in Sagar, a town in the central Indian state. “Shifting of 44 orphan children from St. Francis orphanage was stopped after the Jabalpur bench of MadhyaContinue Reading
By Matters India Report Hyderabad, Jan 4, 2021: The Human Rights Forum that works in the Telugu states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana has expressed solidarity with the Muslim women who have been targeted in a recent fake online auction site ‘Bulli Bai’ and put up “for sale’ to theContinue Reading
By C M Paul Kanniyakumari, Jan 4, 2022: A Christian Higher Education body launched a new reader on American Culture for Asian students simultaneously in India and USA. The book entitled “American Popular Culture” published by Salesian College Sonada/Siliguri is available on-demand both in India and USA. Book launch onContinue Reading
By Nirmala Carvalho Mumbai, Dec 31, 2021: A priest in Bombay archdiocese has been convicted of abusing a teenage boy in 2015. A court dealing with POCSO (Protection of Children Against Sexual Offences) cases on December 29 awarded life sentence to Fr Lawrence Johnson. The priest was arrested in 2016,Continue Reading