Kochi: To call Father Prashanth Palakkappilly a friend of nature is an understatement. Throughout his career as the principal of Sacred Heart College, in Kochi’s Thevara suburb, since 2010, he was known to use a bicycle to travel short distances, trying to inculcate a sense of ecological responsibility among hisContinue Reading
Jerusalem: Archaeologists from the Israeli Antiquities Authority believe they have found remnants of an earthquake that hit Jerusalem, the ancient capital of the kingdom of Judah 2,800 years ago. The earthquake is mentioned in the books of Zechariah and Amos. Zechariah 14:5 reads: “You will flee as you fled fromContinue Reading
New Delhi: New research conducted by the London School of Economics and Political Science has collected data to argue that minorities Muslim and Christian populations in India face an imminent threat by discrimination and racial violence that needs to be dealt with. The research was commissioned by an organization knownContinue Reading
Dhaka: The police have arrested 10 people in connection with a case of vandalism of four temples, several idols, six shops and some houses of Hindu people in Shiali village of Rupsha Upazila in southern Khulna, a senior police official confirmed on Aug. 8. The incident took place on Aug.Continue Reading
The Zoological Survey of India, one of the premier organisations involved in taxonomic studies of fauna, got its first woman Director. Dhriti Banerjee, entomologist with an expertise in Diptera, has taken over as the 18th director of the 105-year institute on August 6. Headquartered in Kolkata, the ZSI has 16Continue Reading
A priest who spent two years in captivity with a jihadist group in the Sahel region revealed how he “felt the silence of God” during his two-year ordeal which saw him dragged across Africa. Father Pierluigi Maccalli from the Society of African Missions (SMA), who was kidnapped in Niger, nearContinue Reading
Coimbatore: A video of a Revenue Department staff, a Dalit, falling at the feet of a caste Hindu in Ottarpalayam village in Annur taluk has triggered protest and outrage. The video shows Ottarpalayam thandalkarar, Muthusamy falling at the feet of a caste Hindu, identified as Gopinath, to apologize for whatContinue Reading
Matters India Reporter Guwahati: A civil society body of eminent citizens met in Guwahati to discuss the on-going Assam-Mizoram border stalemate and initiate peace, 7th August 2021. The extra-ordinary meeting of Assam Nagarik Samaj, representing the civil society of Assam, met under the leadership of Paresh Malakar, its General Secretary,Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi: The Latin Catholics of India on August 7 prayed for the health of the world that is awaiting the third wave of the coronavirus virus pandemic. Prayer services were conducted from the tombs of St. Thomas in Chennai, St. Francis Xavier in Old GoaContinue Reading
Kochi: Nuns and priests now have to pay income tax as the Kerala High Court has held that salaries paid to them are liable for tax deduction at source. The court pronounced the verdict quoting the Bible verse, “Render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and unto God theContinue Reading
