Indian Buddhist monks are sowing the seeds of peace and harmony between the two immediate neighbours that are linked by age-old ties of religion and culture. As Myanmar moves towards forming a new government, the monks of India and Myanmar have taken upon themselves the task for smooth transition ofContinue Reading
Patna: Your cycle-rickshaw-puller will soon take up the fight against air pollution. After all, not only do rickshaw-pullers work all day on the streets, they mostly sleep on pavements at night. When you take out your purse to pay your fare after a rickshaw ride, don’t be surprised if theContinue Reading
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Cebu: Two Asian church leaders urged participants in the 51st International Eucharistic Congress to follow the example of Pope Francis, working to reach people on the periphery. The pope’s envoy to the congress, Cardinal Charles Bo of Yangon, Myanmar, told reporters Jan. 27 that the Eucharist should compel people toContinue Reading
Guwahati – A group of university students in northeast India are lending their time and talent by organizing Community Self Help Week during which they raise funds to help educate poor neighbourhood children. The Vice-Chancellor of Assam Don Bosco University (ADBU) Dr Stephen Mavely and Prof. D.K. Bhattacharjee of Computer Science DepartmentContinue Reading
Yangon: After once trudging through war-torn Sri Lanka, their first outside India, Buddhist monks of the prominent Drukpa Lineage are now undertaking a similar foot journey for peace in Myanmar, which has witnessed decades of ethnic turbulence. The Drukpa monks are mainly based in India’s Ladakh region in Jammu andContinue Reading
In his 2016 Lenten message, Pope Francis called the faithful to place special emphasis on the spiritual and corporal works of mercy this Lent, taking into account the current Jubilee Year of Mercy. “God’s mercy transforms human hearts; it enables us, through the experience of a faithful love, to becomeContinue Reading
Roorkee: With four suspected terrorists being nabbed by the security agencies from Haridwar recently, a Madrassa in Roorkee has banned the use of social media and mobile phones to check extremism from spreading. The Madrassa, Imamdul Islam, has also imposed restrictions on the use of internet in its premises andContinue Reading
Hyderabad: A 17-year-old girl allegedly committed suicide on Monday by setting herself on fire as she was unhappy over lack of toilet at her house in Nalgonda district of Telangana. The incident occurred at Gundala village. The girl, a first-year intermediate student, doused herself with kerosene and set herself onContinue Reading
New Delhi: Over 200 heads of the Christian community, including all archbishops and a few cardinals are set to meet on February 13 in the capital as part of a national consultation to decide the community’s strategy on the efforts made by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh to reach out toContinue Reading