At a time when rote learning and academic-based examination continue to dominate the Indian school system, a 21-year-old student from IIT Madras is on a mission to change the way knowledge is imparted. Using the peer-teaching model, which has the Harvard University’s stamp of approval, Divanshu Kumar hopes to improveContinue Reading
CHENNAI: Muthuvel Karunanidhi, a five-time chief minister of Tamil Nadu and the DMK president for 50 years, has died . He was 94. “With deep anguish we announce the demise of our beloved Kalaignar Dr M Karunanidhi at 6.10pm on August 7, 2018. Despite the best possible efforts by our teamContinue Reading
KOCHI: A protest resolution was read out and passed in many of the parishes of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church on Sunday against the National Commission for Women (NCW) chairperson’s recommendation to ban the sacrament of confession in Christianity. According to PC Alias, the public relations officer of the Church, theContinue Reading
Latin-rite Bishop Thomas Olmsted of Phoenix has been appointed apostolic administrator of a Byzantine Ruthenian eparchy also based in Phoenix in USA, following a legal dispute among Eastern Catholics. Archbishop Christophe Pierre, Vatican nuncio to the United States, announced the appointment of Bishop Olmsted to the Holy Protection of MaryContinue Reading
Chinese government agents have demolished a Catholic church in Jinan province, bulldozing it to the ground, despite a government permit to operate legally. Some 40 law enforcement officials and government workers stormed Liangwang Catholic Church on the morning of July 17, according to a report published Saturday. The communist authoritiesContinue Reading
PESHAWAR, Pakistan: Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai has called for the rebuilding of 11 schools torched by suspected Islamic extremists in northern Pakistan. No one was wounded in the attacks early Friday as the buildings were closed at the time. Police have yet to arrest any suspects, but localContinue Reading
By Sakchai Lalit With their heads bowed and wearing orange robes, the members of the boys’ soccer team rescued from almost three weeks trapped in a cave in northern Thailand on Saturday completed their time as novice Buddhist monks. About 300 people gathered for the ceremony on a rainy morningContinue Reading
Ranchi: A lower court on Thursday awarded rigorous life imprisonment to 13 men guilty of murdering five women they branded as witches at Kanjia Marai village in Mandar on August 8, 2015. Twenty-six others, including two women, were set free. Three years ago, homemakers and farmers Jasinta Toppo (55), RatiaContinue Reading
Spiritual people will humbly accept their mistakes and do penance without waiting for a court verdict.Continue Reading
Francis spoke about the difficulty of being pope, saying the work “is not easy”Continue Reading