Refugees: Our sisters and brothers
2016-06-19
We are a society which has forgotten how to weep, how to experience compassion Continue Reading
Chennai woman tortured in Saudi Arabia comes home
2016-06-19
Another sorrowful tale of a woman from Tamil Nadu who went to work as a maid in Saudi Arabia has come to light. Dhakshayini, a mother of two children aged eight and five and separated from her husband, left the confines of her mother’s home in Tondiarpet to work asContinue Reading
Indian Air Force inducts first batch of women fighter pilots
2016-06-19
NEW DELHI: Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar formally commissioned India’s first three women fighter pilots – Bhawana Kanth, Avani Chatuvedi and Mohana Singh – along with flight cadets of various branches of the Indian Air Force at the Air Force Academy in Dundigal on Saturday. Flight cadets Avani Chaturvedi of MadhyaContinue Reading
Swiss missionary kidnapped in Mali ‘still alive’
2016-06-19
Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) has released a video, purporting to show that a Swiss nun kidnapped in Mali in January is alive and in good health. The three-minute video, posted on social media on 16th June, shows a veiled Beatrice Stockly speaking in French, saying that she has beenContinue Reading
Witch hunt victim narrates harrowing tale
2016-06-18
Tonto: Four men were sent to jail on June 17 for branding a middle-aged woman, mother to two school-going children, a witch at a West Singhbhum village only 100 km from Jamshedpur. The men were part of a group of six who had on the night of June 10 forcedContinue Reading
Udta Punjab
2016-06-18
Genre: Drama Cast: Shahid Kapoor, Alia Bhatt, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Diljit Dosanjh Director: Abhishek Chaubey Abhishek Chaubey’s Udta Punjab is littered with standout scenes, but none matches the sledgehammer impact of the climax. Sudden, quick on the draw and stunningly to the point, it bringsContinue Reading
Agnivesh presents spirituality book to Pope Francis
2016-06-18
The two met at UN meet on world food programContinue Reading
Catholic nuns nurse the sick at Hindu festival
2016-06-18
Ujjain: Sr. Alice Purayidom administered an IV drip to Omi Devi, who had suffered severe sunstroke. Devi’s husband, Dariya Singh Donda, stood anxiously near her bed inside a makeshift tent that functioned as a dispensary. At least 50 others waited their turn outside the tin-roofed dispensary set up by theContinue Reading
Churches offer free funerals for Orlando victims
2016-06-18
The religious community in Orlando is showing support for victims and families of Sunday’s horrific mass shooting. Several churches in the Orlando area have offered to host funerals for the victims of the tragedy at their facilities, free of charge. “People want to come to the assistance and the aidContinue Reading
Catholic Health Association of India and Hansen’s disease
2016-06-18
People struck by Hansen’s disease, or leprosy, were the subject of an international conference in Rome last week. Jointly organized by the Vatican’s Pontifical Council for Healthcare Workers and a number of charitable foundations and organizations, the June 9-10th conference brought together leading experts in treating and caring for thoseContinue Reading