Washington: US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, an Indian American, on July 15 said he lost as many as 10 family members both in US and in India to the Covid-19 pandemic. Dr Murthy, who is occupying the position for the second time, said this at a White House briefing makingContinue Reading
Mumbai: At least 31 persons, including eight minors, lost their lives in Mumbai as incessant rain from July 17 night and throughout July 18 triggered a landslip, house collapse and electrocution. The Regional Meteorological Centre of Mumbai has predicted heavy to very heavy rainfall at few places, with extremely heavyContinue Reading
New Delhi: The Delhi administration on July 18 canceled an annual walking pilgrimage carrying Ganges River water. “The Kanwar Yatra has been banned in Uttarakhand, but despite this, there is a risk of the spread of the virus due to crowding or taking out processions, in view of which thisContinue Reading
New Delhi: Ahead of a march planned by farmers near Parliament during the monsoon session, the Delhi police’s meeting with the farmer unions on July 18 remained inconclusive. A senior police officer said they had requested the farmers to reconsider their protest call citing the Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA)Continue Reading
By Lissy Maruthanakuzhy Panaji: A book to mark the Year of St Joseph hails the foster father of Jesus as the shadow of the Heavenly Father. “The reading of the book will help us to deepen our love for this great saint and to seek his powerful intercession and emulateContinue Reading
Nagpur: The Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Squad (UP ATS) has arrested three persons from Nagpur in connection with a case registered in Lucknow under UP’s anti-conversion law, an official said July 17. The three were arrested from Nagpur’s Ganeshpeth area July 16 night, he said. The accused have been identified asContinue Reading
Bettiah: At least 16 people have died at a village in Bihar in the past few days, in a suspected case of alcohol poisoning in a state that had passed the prohibition law six years ago. According to a statement issued by the administration of West Champaran district, headquartered inContinue Reading
Norwich, Conn: The Diocese of Norwich filed for bankruptcy Thursday amid several dozen sexual abuse lawsuits filed related to a former school administered by the diocese. Bishop Michael Cote, in a July 15 video message, said that the bankruptcy will “centralize all litigation and oversee a settlement that ensures thatContinue Reading
Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Kidnappers have freed a Catholic nun seized on her way to a market in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), a Catholic charity reported on July 16. Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) said on July 16 that the nun, identified onlyContinue Reading
By Olav Albuquerque Mumbai: The 48th Chief Justice of India N V Ramana on July 15 veered around to the view that the offence of sedition should be scrapped from the statute books when he asked the federal government where was the need to retain this colonial law. “This archaicContinue Reading
