Mathews George Chunakara Today, 10 December 2018 is the 70th anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) by the General Assembly of the United Nations. The UDHR is a promise by States to uphold the equality and inherent rights of every human being. Its 30Continue Reading
Rana Ayyub Mumbai, Dec. 9, 2018: At the crack of dawn on Dec. 5, 1992 , my mother found a poster on the door of our apartment in Mumbai (then Bombay). The poster had an image of the Babri Mosque, painted in black with men holding swords standing in aContinue Reading
By Rajiv Theodore New Delhi, Dec. 3, 2018: Renewable energy came in as a whiff of fresh air. India is today the world’s largest renewables auction market and ranks 2nd after Chile in the 2018 Climatescope. Beside promising cheap energy, renewables was also seen as a weapon to lift millionsContinue Reading
133 million young adults, including 63 million women, will get to cast their vote in 2019Continue Reading
By Rajiv Theodore New Delhi, November 26, 2018: Today in the era of back to back tech revolutions, the concept of smart agriculture has come into the forefront which promises among other things to wipe out hunger especially in the Asia-Pacific region. According to Transparency Market Research (TMR), the globalContinue Reading
By Irudaya Jothi SJ Kolkata: On the 10th anniversary of the violence against Christians in Odisha Kandhamal District, the Church in India celebrates Dalit Liberation Sunday on November 11. The celebration of Dalit Liberation Sunday is a clarion call to the whole Christian community to renew our faith, and toContinue Reading
By Deepkamal Kaur Jalandhar, Nov. 7: Among the various controversies dogging Bishop Franco Mulakkal of Jalandhar is the formation of a new congregation by him — Franciscan Missionaries of Jesus (FMJ). Many priests in the northern Indian diocese have voiced concern over the congregation’s structure and speed of growth, besidesContinue Reading
Stephanie McCrummen, Kim Severson and Julie Moskin emphasize the need for independent journalistic investigations instead of relying on social media testimonies.Continue Reading
By Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-Kiun Beijing, Oct 24, 2018: In September, the Vatican announced that it had come to a provisional agreement with the government of China over the appointment of Catholic bishops. Supporters of the deal say that it finally brings unity after longstanding division — between an undergroundContinue Reading
By Medha Patkar and Sandeep Pandey The legendary Professor Guru Das Agrawal, who got promoted from a lecturer directly to professor at the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology at Kanpur after having finished his PhD from University of California at Berkeley in two years and laid the foundation of India’sContinue Reading