Patna, July 6, 2020: Lightning strikes killed 147 people in the north Indian state of Bihar over the last 10 days, officials said July 5, warning of more extreme weather conditions to come, driven by climate change. Around 215 people — farmers, rural laborers and cattle grazers — have nowContinue Reading
By Adrija Bose Kathmandu, September 24, 2019: In 2015, when an earthquake hit Nepal, killing 9,000 people, women started to disappear. The survivors soon found without much choice, but to trust the promises of overseas work and education, that turned many into victims of trafficking. To their rescue came aContinue Reading
By Brit Dawson May 15, 2019: In South Asia, there’s a devastating correlation between weather-related disasters and the rising number of women being trafficked for sex. Every year, in the remote depths of the Himalayas, hundreds of nuns clean plastic from the waterways of the mountain range. Trekking miles, theContinue Reading
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The Presentation Sisters are among the first Catholic institutions in the world to announce their divestment from fossil fuels. They are involved in a joint announcement today, from a coalition of more than 40 Catholic organisations across five continents, which marks the first anniversary of Pope Francis’ encyclical Laudato SiContinue Reading
Diphu: The Peace and Justice Committee of the Presbyterian Church of India (PCI) organised a one day meet on ‘Declaration for Action on Mitigating Climate Change”. The meet was held at Presbyterian Assembly house, Central ward, Shillong on Nov. 1. The meet exclusively discussed on the climate changes which isContinue Reading
Vatican City: President Michael D Higgins and Pope Francis have urged world leaders to recognise the need for new and effective responses to global challenges. The two heads of state met in the Vatican where they discussed migration, climate change, sustainable development, the failure to prevent ever increasing threats ofContinue Reading
Rome: Pope Francis has called for urgent action to stop climate change and proposed that caring for the environment be added to traditional Christian works of mercy such as feeding the hungry and visiting the sick. In a message to mark the Catholic church’s World Day of Prayer for theContinue Reading
The temperature touched 44° Celsius in three Telangana districts on ThursdaContinue Reading
Temperatures soared above 37 degrees Celsius over a 72-hour periodContinue Reading