New Delhi: “Disturbed” over not receiving salary for the past two years, a private school teacher allegedly died by suicide at his house in Delhi’s Pitampura. Police said Tanoop Johar was found dead on June 22 night by his family members. Johar, a Taekwondo coach at a school in Rohini,Continue Reading
By Lisa Monteiro Panaji: Catholic priests in Goa, both diocesan and religious, now lead by example by getting vaccinated. “I took the vaccine the moment the announcement was made that it was available for the under-60 age group,” said Father Eugene D’Silva, rector of the Redemptorist seminary in Varca. AmongContinue Reading
Baroda: Although she was born into the Wankaner royal family and married the Maharaja of Baroda, Radhikaraje Gaekwad eschews the notion that her life has been extraordinary. Her father, Maharajkumar Ranjitsinhji of Wankaner, was the first in the family to give up his title and become an officer in theContinue Reading
Rome: Pope Francis had an unusual encounter at his June 23 audience, meeting a Spider-Man impersonator who usually dons the outfit to entertain sick children. Italian Mattia Villardita, 28, has been performing in paediatric hospitals dressed as the comic book superhero for the past four years. He shook hands withContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi: Every third Jesuit who succumbed to Covid-19 in the world since June 2020 was Indian, according to a list circulated by Father Arturo Sosa, superior general of the Society of Jesus. The list, sent with a letter to all heads of 83 provinces, six independentContinue Reading
Hong Kong: Hong Kong’s pro-democracy tabloid Apple Daily said it will print its last edition on June 24, after a tumultuous year in which it was raided by police and its tycoon owner and other staff were arrested under a new national security law. The end of the popular 26-year-oldContinue Reading
New Delhi: A parliamentary panel on June 22 asked the Ministry of Women and Child Development to conduct a survey on the impact of the pandemic on anganwadi services and malnutrition levels among children. The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Education, Women, Children, Youth and Sports chaired by Rajya Sabha MPContinue Reading
New Delhi: Citing alleged incidents of mob lynchings at Haryana’s Mewat, UP’s Loni and some other places, Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind President Maulana Arshad Madani on June 20 said that cases of hate increase when elections are around. “People of a certain ideology started targeting unarmed Muslims on the basis of theirContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi: The women section of the Conference of Religious of India undertook a study after media reported about widespread exploitation of Catholic women religious in the Church. The reports in L’Osservatore Romano and Matters India in 2018 spoke of nuns in menial occupations with little recognitionContinue Reading
By Purushottam Nayak Kandhamal: Ashalota Nayak says her husband’s brave death in Odisha’s 2008 anti-Christian violence has inspired her to serve society. “My husband had no fear of death to witness Jesus as the radicals attacked him,” recalled the 46-year-old widow of Bikram Nayak while speaking to Matters India onContinue Reading
