By Lissy Maruthanakuzhy Panaji: On May 16, the feast of Ascension of Jesus into heaven, the Church celebrates the World Communications Day. This year, for the 55th World Communications Day (WCD), the theme chosen by Pope Francis is “Come and See” (Jn 1:46), Communicating by Encountering People Where and asContinue Reading
By Don Aguiar Mumbai: On a single January day in 1997 India vaccinated 127 million children against polio. The following year, another 134 million were vaccinated in a single day. No Aarogya Sethu, no Cowin, no OTP, no running from hospital to hospital, no PM’s photo on anything. India hasContinue Reading
By Ram Puniyani Mumbai: Four states and a Union Territory saw the elections in 2021. Despite the dangerous Corona wave the elections were held in a way which suited the ruling dispensation at center. While West Bengal (WB) results were most awaited and later welcomed for different reasons, BJP alsoContinue Reading
By Sujata Jena Bhubaneswar: As many as 30 Dalit houses were set on fire in a village under the Puri district of Odisha, eastern India. According to Bada Khabar, an Odiya news channel, the houses in Brahmapur village were burnt on May 9 as the Dalit families refused to carryContinue Reading
Vatican City: The Vatican has told the bishops of England and Wales that it is amending the Code of Canon Law so that “crimes against minors are considered under a different title than crimes against the obligations of celibacy on the part of clerics.” The Pontifical Council for Legislative TextsContinue Reading
An independent panel has concluded that the catastrophic scale of the coronavirus pandemic could have been prevented but a “toxic cocktail” of dithering and poor coordination meant the warning signs went unheeded. In its long-awaited final report on Wednesday, the Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response (IPPPR) said aContinue Reading
New Delhi: In a setback to civil rights activist Gautam Navlakha, the Supreme Court on May 12 dismissed his plea seeking bail in the alleged Elgar Parishad-Maoist link case of Bhima Koregaon in Maharashtra. The top court examined the technical grounds raised by Navlakha for the default bail as theContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi: As many as ten Catholic priests succumbed to Covid-19 in the past 24 hours in India, according information arriving from various parts of the country. Six priests died on May 12 and four on the previous day. As many as 92 priests and one seminarianContinue Reading
New Jersey: The majority of laborers who worked at a temple site in New Jersey in the United States have come from the Dalit community, a report stated. According to the report by The New York Times, the prominent Hindu sect Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha (BAPS) is accused ofContinue Reading
Pune: Since April, the daily count of new cases has increased five times in India, from about 80,000 to more than 400,000 a day now. During the same time, however, the number of deaths being reported every day has increased almost 10 times, from about 400 a day to overContinue Reading
