Thiruvanathapuram: In a first in the country, Kerala will soon introduce a universal Comprehensive Newborn Screening (CNS) programme to assess newborns in public health facilities in the State for birth abnormalities and critical congenital illnesses within 48 hours of birth, to improve the quality of survival of these babies. TheContinue Reading
Indore: Self-styled spiritual guru Bhaiyyuji Maharaj committed suicide by shooting self at his residence in Silver Springs here on Tuesday. Maharaj fired from his licensed gun at his right temple. He was rushed to Indore’s Bombay Hospital, where he was declared dead, DIG Harinarayanachari Mishra told Times of India. TheContinue Reading
A Roman Catholic priest has been shot dead inside a chapel in the northern Philippines as he was preparing to say Mass, the third cleric to be killed in six months, police say. Father Richmond Nilo was behind the altar of the Nuestra Senora de la Nieve Chapel in ZaragozaContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi: Jees Kariyil and his elder brother Jeevan were excited to win an award at the second edition of SuperStartUps Awards, a platform to recognize the most loved start-ups in Asia. “No word to define the moment!” gushed Jees, co-founder of Joboy, on his Facebook pageContinue Reading
Thiruvananathapuram: The rain havoc during this South West Monsoon in Kerala with incessant heavy rains, flash floods and debris flows, has claimed 21 lives and left 591 houses fully damaged. Now, the next spell of heavy rains gear up in parts of Kerala and Lakshadweep till June 15, State EmergencyContinue Reading
Panaji: The Goa Church has demanded withdrawal of the draft Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) notification 2018, saying it seems like “guidelines to facilitate projects rather than protecting the environment”. The Centre for Responsible Tourism (CRT), an initiative of the Goa Church, claimed that the notification regularises violations to CRZ andContinue Reading
The move is part of the Church’s efforts to inculcate the constitutional values in young generationContinue Reading
KOCHI: In the mid-1980s media in Kerala was agog with reports about Catholic girls from the state being taken to Italy with the promise of a career in nursing ending up as domestic helps in nunneries in Europe. The reports mentioned about one Fr. Cyriac Puthenpurackal as one of theContinue Reading
Bengaluru: Sunday school teachers and Christian educators from the Diocese of Karnataka North in the united Church of South India have received training to develop child-friendly churches. They gathered at the CSI Synod Centre in Chennai for three days of training, sponsored by Evangelical Mission in Solidarity, a German-based missionContinue Reading
Guwahati:Thousands of protesters on June 10 gathered at the Gauhati Commerce College and blocked the busy RG Baruah Road for nearly three hours, leading to massive traffic jam. The protesters, demanding speedy justice against lynching of two youths in Assam’s Karbi Anglong district on Friday night, were subjected to mildContinue Reading
