By Santosh Digal Thiruvananthapuram, Oct. 27, 2018: The web portal, countercurrents.org, has been awarded this year’s Solidarity Media Award initiated by Solidarity Youth Movement. Countercurrents.org received this special award for its courageous interventions in upholding Human Rights and Citizen’s Rights’. Countercurrents editor Binu Mathew will receive the award on OctoberContinue Reading

By Ria Das Prague, Oct. 25: A girl from Haryana has won the Miss Deaf Asia 2018 title at an international pageant held recently in Prague, Czech Republic. Nishtha Dudeja has thus become the first Indian to clinch a title at the Miss Deaf World Pageant. She triumphed against fromContinue Reading

By Santosh Digal Rome, October 3: Cherylanne Menezes is the only woman in the 14-member Indian delegation participating in the Synod of Bishops starting in Rome today. The October 3-28 synod will address the theme “Young People, the Faith, and Vocational Discernment.” Matters India talked to Menezes about her expectationsContinue Reading